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Life's little vacation pleasures, end of summer edition

Some of us who travel have found "that place" or perhaps, a fortunate few, a handful of places, to which we return regularly. Those of us who love to travel, those of us who are already thinking about the next trip before they've gone on the current one, like to see what's out there. Why? Because it's there.

I love to keep going, and I love to see the next stop down the road. Every trip I take is special, every destination wonderful, and usually, before I leave, I'm thinking about coming back to this great location I've just come to enjoy.

But the truth is, however, for most of these, once I'm gone, something else has caught my attention, and though I really do hope to come back to Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Dominican Republic or Antigua, for example, there's still Uruguay, Peru, Hong Kong, Thailand and Vietman (to name a few).

Still, a couple of places, both domestic and exotic, have captured me, and I suspect every traveler finds a place or two like this. Often, the place is less about something to go "do" or "see" and more about the way it makes you feel. For those of us who, perhaps, believe we lead a hectic lifestyle, it might be that place that allows us to relax, to be the laid-back, fun-loving person most of us secretly think we really are, even if deep down.

It is to this place or to these couple of places that we return regularly, start to have our little pleasurable routines, those things that, for each returning trip, we can anticipate with comfort. Here, then, are a few of the little pleasures of one of my favorite places (in no particular order):

1. Saturday morning tennis round robin tournaments, two blocks from the ocean, with participants who are often twice my age and still very fit.

2. Getting fresh muffins from the confectionary.

3. Sitting all afternoon at the ocean, under an umbrella, listening to my ffavorite tunes, having a homemade cocktail, while reading a good book.

4. Walking my dogs with my wife down quiet streets.

5. Having Thai, fresh seafood and comfort food all within a five minutes' drive of my house.

What are your little vacation pleasures?

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posted by Wesley Deaton @ 12:08 PM