I got the whole day off !!!

**Easto** · 05-28-12, 09:43 AM

This is great!

The wife took off with her kids and grandkids for a day in the mountains. I was asked if I wanted to go and there is no way in hell I'm driving on a holiday up to where they were going. There will be so many people that any actual "wilderness" experience will be totally lost. On top of that I didn't feel like wasting 2 hours in the car going there and then coming back.

So... cleaning the house, waxing the car, going for a run in the park, kicking back in the sunroom with a cigar and then fire up the BBQ and having a few hot dogs.

Don't get me wrong, I love my wife but I'm old enough where I don't want to spend a highly coveted day off with a bunch of screaming kids and spending 4 hours on the road. I come from a small familiy and when holidays come around everyone just does their own thing. We all love each other dearly but when I get a day off, that's what it is... A DAY OFF.

***YeOldeStonecat*** · 05-28-12, 09:56 AM

Yup I don't like traveling on holidays either....highways get too packed.

Dealt with crowds yesterday in a big bike run, time to chill today at home...sitting by the pool side drinkin' brews and getting some steak 'n shrimp 'n corn on the cob on the grill.

**Dan** · 05-28-12, 11:36 AM

we went to my wife's family re-union party yesterday,actually it was pretty fun,not a lot of screaming kids made it better

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she has a very large family,I also come from a very small family,like 10 total now !

how was Kauai btw ?

**cybotron r_9** · 05-28-12, 12:17 PM

Yep, I hate driving for holidays.

We use to drive 10+ hrs. to Georgia from Fla. every Memorial weekend to spend with my girlfriends cousin and his family.

When I got there I was beat, and when I got home I was the same.

They're not speaking so now I get to stay home and relax and enjoy the holiday.

**Dan** · 05-28-12, 12:49 PM

ya,we never go anywhere far/overnight on any holiday weekends,we have very flexible schedules for work and prefer taking trips on NON holiday times.

**Easto** · 05-28-12, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Dan

how was Kauai btw ?

It was great! The wife had never been there before and she couldn't believe how beautiful it was. It really helped recharge my batteries. The plane home was diverted due to a medical emergency (2 hours out) and we had to turn around and land in HNL, so we got 1 night on American Airlines for free. When she saw how crazy HNL was she was glad we went to Kauai. I haven't been to HNL for about 30 years and I couldn't believe how much it's grown. I thought it was out of control back then... I wouldn't suggest it to anyone.

**Easto** · 05-28-12, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by Dan

ya,we never go anywhere far/overnight on any holiday weekends,we have very flexible schedules for work and prefer taking trips on NON holiday times.

I try to push the same agenda with my wife but she's very close to her children and when they call, she goes. I keep suggesting doing it the day before or something like that but I never win.

**blebs** · 05-28-12, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Easto

There will be so many people that any actual "wilderness" experience will be totally lost. On top of that I didn't feel like wasting 2 hours in the car going there and then coming back.

I understand that. I've had more then one weekend totalled by too many people being in an area where there shouldn't be anyone. Wilderness camping turned horribly wrong.

**Easto** · 05-28-12, 06:43 PM

The last holiday we spent with her familiy was somewhere out in the desert, it was 114 in the shade and it was a 1 1/2 hour drive in each direction. I lost points on that one, I was pissed off the whole day and the wife knew it. That was a total waste of a day.