Vacation Overhaul
Each year we take a road trip to Myrtle Beach with the entire fam and spend a week on the beach in a condo and doing some tourist trap crap. We spend an enormous amount of money on the trip, but it has always been worth it.
Well this year we decided that between the condo fee and the gas prices, we would do a vacation overhaul. Our family has a very small cottage on Lake Erie and we decided to spend a few days there (no charge) as our mini vacation this year. Drive time 1hr compared to 14 hrs, that was a plus right there. I have been visiting this cottage since I was a little girl and was worried that my family and I would have a difficult time finding things to do compared to Myrtle Beach. I did some research on the web and found some very interesting activities that I had never known about before. I even printed out coupons to some of the activities to try to save a little more money.
The entire trip and planning was really a breeze. We packed up the car and even had room for my son’s new leopard gecko and tank, all the fishing gear and coolers. We made a point of stopping at our favorite fruit stand on the way and let the kids pick out all their summertime favorites. Who would have thought that a fruit stand would cause so much excitement. We spent the days by the water, fishing, relaxing, swimming and even had quiet time for a few drinks for mom and pop.
All in all our trip was great, relaxing and best of all, my family thought it was better than Myrtle Beach. We saved money, we bonded as a family (even the gecko) and had a great time!