Determinizing Travels

This here is the time of the year that we make all our upcoming travel plans. We know we'll going down to Georgia twice, once in February for a delayed holiday celebration, and again in October for some exchanging of the vows between Kevin and Mariah. Then we have my side of the family's group getogether, which is looking like it'll fall in September sometime, probably right after Labor Day. Good time to hit the hot spots out on the shore. November and December are usually off the table as far as taking a vacation because of all of the holiday madness. Too much to cram into a short period of time. January is almost over as far as I'm concerned. And March is looking like it's gonna be the month that I have to make that long-planned, oft-delayed work trip which could be anywhere from 3 to 5 weeks. So that leaves mid-April to August an open slate and the world our dartboard. Well, at least the American midwest to the east coast. We probably won't be boarding any planes as a trio just yet. Talks are already under way to make it out to Chicago and hit some lake Erie and Ohio/Indiana family on the way to and fro. That would probably take place sometime between Laura's birthday in mid-June and Yuula's in late August. But we'd also really like to head north, as far as time will take us. Awesome people, great cities & too many sites to list. The options are kind of limitless. Southern Connecticut and Boston are obvious destinations but we're yet to hit the Vermont/New Hampshire leg and Maine seems like a distant planet. But nothing a nice week-long roadtrip couldn't cure. A day here, a night there, maybe camp out at that spot where we can be the first ones in the country to see the sun come up, sounds like a plan. Keeping on the move but stopping long enough to take in the moment. And all this could take place in early spring when it's still chilly at night so we can wear sweaters near the shore and warm during the day so we could drive with the windows down. This along with all the "local" daytrips that assuredly take place and I think that without much effort we've given ourselves and pretty extensive itinerary. We should start packing.