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I came upon this Q&A as I take a break from packing up the soft top for the start of yet another summer carousing the Adirondak mountains... this essay reminds me of the importance of getting a little wind in one's hair and the refreshment that comes from exploring both old and new destinations.

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Happy packing and have a great summer in the mountains.

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Beautiful pics. My wife and I are cruising the Adriatic from Venice to Athens next month and your photos have made me even more interested in the trip. Thanks for sharing.

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Sounds wonderful!

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What a sweet trip. The pictures are great.

Looks so relaxing and interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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Great question

Beautiful pictures Allison

Thank you for sharing

Also looks pretty special where you and H are now!

Enjoy your vacation!

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Idyllic. Amazing pics! Those blues, the quality of light... Another great Q&A. Thank you for bringing us along. ☀️

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The blues cannot be under described, really. I would just stare at it — transfixed with the seeming endlessness of color.

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I can identify with your childhood "vacations." My parents would awaken us (3 boys) at 4am so we could get an "early start;" Cheetos so we didn't have to stop; as the youngest, I slept on the "shelf" behind the rear set. Loved visiting our grandparents in rural GA, even though they didn't have indoor plumbing, but always glad to return home. Thought you might enjoy this perspective by singer-songwriter SYML (Brian Fennell), writing about his song Sweet Home > "’Sweet Home’ is never one place. It is never one person. It is a collision, beautiful and hideous, of every place and every person that we entangle ourselves with that allows us to recognize ‘home’. This song feels cozy and nostalgic, like the nostalgia of something good enough to carry us through any storm. That is home.” https://youtu.be/fBve4u6x-bs

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Yes, you have the picture for sure. Thank you for sharing this!

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Allison, that cruise sounds wonderful. Could you possibly tell me the name so I can go on it someday? I’m serious!❤️❤️

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I think it was a Royal Caribbean cruise? I can find out for sure from Miss Connie. 10 days, leaves from the port of Rome, goes to Naples, Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, and I think 2 other places I can’t remember.

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Thanks Allison!💜🛳️🌊

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Nice🦋

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Gorgeous pics, Allison. I agree about traveling. We’ve both been retired for a few years now, and have a “boy” living south of Houston. We snowbird every winter for a month or so, and every trip there or back we take a route we’ve never driven to go places we’ve never been. We’re north of Detroit, and one year went to Houston via St. Augustine. Why? Never been there before. That’s reason enough.

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Despite living in the centre of Europe, I have yet to visit Rome, Greece or Turkey so you are one up on me. Like you, my trips were always work-related but that did take me to Israel in less stressful times and I was able to see the many perspectives of The Holy City through the eyes of Christian, Jewish and Muslim guides.

Those kind of trips really bring those ancient places to life and it saddens me that some of those special places are often the centre of such violence and conflict rather than of worship and universal peace.

I am glad that you were able to make that great trip post-pandemic and I’m sure that it brought the ancient world to life.

Px❤️

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It did, and it awakened a desire to know more about more in a general sense.

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Wonderful morning read. Thank you for both the interesting question and the thoughtful (as always) answer

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Allison, you had me at "pork rinds and a can of Vienna sausage." The objective correlative kicked in. My mind was filled with thoughts of my childhood. I was living with my grandmother in north Florida, because my parents couldn't quite afford my older sister and myself for a time.

We were on a small farm, in a wooden frame house with a tin roof; no electricity, an old "ice box" seldom containing ice; no running water and a one-seat outhouse far enough from the back of the house to keep the "fragrance" away from the kitchen. We had crackers and Vienna sausage for lunch, or sometimes a "treat," sardines and "soda" crackers, and a glass of milk, fresh from the cow. Concerning your comments on travel and trips. I remembered an old poem I wrote many years ago in one of my books.

"Let's go on a trip.

We can go anywhere.

We can sail there by ship.

Or fly there by air.

We can go now dear.

I don't really care.

Its just like being here.

Except we would be there."

However, now after over 40 years of travel, I often tell anyone who asks me if I have ever travelled in my life: "I've been around the world twice. And talked to everyone at least once (sic)" _ MRVERITAS.SUBSTACK.COM

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I just happened across this Q &A and I'm glad I did I agree getting away is important and of course the pictures are wonderful especially those with Hayes and you

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What a fantastic question!! I LOVE to travel, don't get to do it often enough, and love hearing about others' experiences. My "bucket list" of places to go is so long it's basically just the world, but that's ok. The excitement of getting ready for the trip, the exhilaration of a new place to explore, and the comfort of coming home to one's own bed combine to make for a truly unique and special human experience!

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