When we were planning the trip, we said "We need to see as much as possible because we may never get back there again." After we arrived and started our journey we said "We need to make a list of all of the places we will see NEXT time we come here." After nearly two weeks on the road and barely scratching the surface of things to do, places to see, and experiences to be had, we started looking at real estate brochures for a "summer place". After arriving home, we have talked more and more about it and both agree that we could see ourselves spending summers "working" in Alaska once we retire in 12 years.
A few days ago, as we were presenting A's 80 year-young aunt with her Alaska-themed birthday gifts in preparation for a three-week trip she's taking there next month, A's mother made a comment about wanting to go to Alaska with us. The next day she said it again to A while they were cutting wood. She was totally serious. A came home and asked me if I'd like to go back again next summer... Um. Yes!
We had been planning on our next "big trip" being to Ireland but when your husband says he'd like to do a trip with his parents and fulfill one of their dreams before they get too old to take or enjoy a trip like that, you readjust.
So... less than two years after we were last planning our "once in a lifetime trip to Alaska", we are in the early stages of planning our next trip there!
We, of course, have many places that we would like to see again and many places that we didn't get to last year. I think that with a year to plan, we will surely be able to come up with a bang-up itinerary again! And I'm really looking forward to it!
But... 2015 WILL find me on the Emerald Isle come Hell or high water!
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