Things I Learned on Vacation:
- It’s a lot more fulfilling to drive into the Mountain timezone that to drive out of it.
- It’s a wonderful thing to hear your kids say, “That’s beautiful!” from the back of the car.
- My oldest son has a proneness to Altitude sickness. I have a proneness to other people having altitude sickness making me sick.
- Rain can really spoil your vacation, if you don’t have a place with an indoor pool.
No, I did not wear floaties.
- When you have an indoor pool be prepared to swim for a minimum of 2 hours each time.
- A family of 5 sharing one bathroom is an adventure.
- My kids hate walking around Wal-Mart in Ruidoso as much as they hate walking around Wal-Mart in Lubbock.
- Redbox has changed the way we travel as a family.
- Driving up the mountian to Monjeau Lookout is the coolest thing to do when in Ruidoso.
We're all shivering while a stranger was taking our picture at Monjeau Lookout.
- When visiting Monjeau Lookout in the evening, wear a jacket. It was freezing cold!
- Visiting Bonita Lake is the stupidest thing to do when in Ruidoso.
Seriously? It's a lake and you can't swim or picnic?
- “You are in Bear Country” signs can really freak out a 7 year old boy.
We never saw any bears, but saw a few dozen deer.
- It’s all right to eat popsicles as an after-breakfast treat.
- I will never actually read the books I take with me on a family vacation. I’m beginning to think it’s a urban legend that adults get to read books while vacationing…
- My kids like to stare at strange looking people when they get into a swimming pool. (Embarassing…)
- My wife enjoys having in a iPhone on vacation. (Yet, she still asks me for directions while holding it in her hand.)
- Having wi-fi where your staying is much preferable to not having wi-fi.
- Almost nothing rivals playing in a cold stream.
Ryan would later fall in this very stream, and get a bad case of wet pants!
- Tripadvisor.com is a real lifesaver, and I’ve found most of their online reviews to be spot-on!
- It is ALWAYS better to rent a condo than to stay in a hotel room. Trust me, I’ve done both.
- It’s better even if the condo has a few bugs crawling around.
- Those roaches in the condo, will try and sneak home in your bags. Trust me, I’ve seen it firsthand.
