Comments on: Comfort of the Known http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/ Travel site featuring tips, resources, images, video... Tue, 15 May 2012 22:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Family-Friendly Montana Hike « The World is Calling http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Family-Friendly Montana Hike « The World is Calling Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:30:02 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-3470 [...] time we drive through here, en route to Our Lake, I marvel at the amazing Swan Range to one side, the Mission Mountains on the other. It’s a [...] [...] time we drive through here, en route to Our Lake, I marvel at the amazing Swan Range to one side, the Mission Mountains on the other. It’s a [...]

]]> By: Little Bighorn Battlefield « The World is Calling http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2999 Little Bighorn Battlefield « The World is Calling Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:43:16 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2999 [...] and Chief Sitting Bull enjoyed one of his last victories—in our annual burning quest to get to The Lake. But an interest in history persuaded me to stop this year, with my two youngest children in tow. [...] [...] and Chief Sitting Bull enjoyed one of his last victories—in our annual burning quest to get to The Lake. But an interest in history persuaded me to stop this year, with my two youngest children in tow. [...]

]]> By: Lewis & Clark Caverns « The World is Calling http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Lewis & Clark Caverns « The World is Calling Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:06:58 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2879 [...] 13) there in 2008 and we all loved it. This year, as we were passing by on the highway, en route to The Lake, they were reminiscing about it and how it compared to Glenwood Caverns in Colorado. (In our [...] [...] 13) there in 2008 and we all loved it. This year, as we were passing by on the highway, en route to The Lake, they were reminiscing about it and how it compared to Glenwood Caverns in Colorado. (In our [...]

]]> By: theworldcalls http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2740 theworldcalls Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:08:49 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2740 I think if you can go to a place any time of year, regardless of weather, that's definitely a place of the heart. Hubz grew up in Issaquah...he's always wanted to get me to the Olympic Peninsula. On the list! I think if you can go to a place any time of year, regardless of weather, that's definitely a place of the heart. Hubz grew up in Issaquah…he's always wanted to get me to the Olympic Peninsula. On the list!

]]> By: pam http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2739 pam Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:26:58 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2739 I was chatting with @artistatlarge on Twitter yesterday about this. I go at least once a year, sometimes two or three times, out to the Olympic Peninsula to visit the rain forest. I don't care about season, it doesn't matter -- one February, we took my MIL and her traveling buddy, there was snow on the ground but the sky was blue and there were no winds. I could go on and on about my love for this place, but I'll just say, YES, there IS such a place for me and it's the Olympic National Park. You should go. I was chatting with @artistatlarge on Twitter yesterday about this. I go at least once a year, sometimes two or three times, out to the Olympic Peninsula to visit the rain forest. I don't care about season, it doesn't matter — one February, we took my MIL and her traveling buddy, there was snow on the ground but the sky was blue and there were no winds. I could go on and on about my love for this place, but I'll just say, YES, there IS such a place for me and it's the Olympic National Park. You should go.

]]> By: theworldcalls http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2738 theworldcalls Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:22:12 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2738 I understand, Amy. Family vacation spots are sometimes chosen by the generations before us...I'm glad you get together with the clan, even at Disney! And I bet the kids are excited about THAT every year. I know mine would be. Where is your family off to next? I understand, Amy. Family vacation spots are sometimes chosen by the generations before us…I'm glad you get together with the clan, even at Disney! And I bet the kids are excited about THAT every year. I know mine would be. Where is your family off to next?

]]> By: theworldcalls http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2737 theworldcalls Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:20:02 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2737 Yes! We meet up with my brother/SIL, and many cousins who have children. The baby is our sweet little niece. That's part of what I love--concentrated time to get to know extended family. How else do you get that? Sounds like you get something sim in NH. If your kids are anything like mine, they'll be clamoring to go every year. Yes! We meet up with my brother/SIL, and many cousins who have children. The baby is our sweet little niece. That's part of what I love–concentrated time to get to know extended family. How else do you get that? Sounds like you get something sim in NH. If your kids are anything like mine, they'll be clamoring to go every year.

]]> By: Amy @ The Q Family http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2736 Amy @ The Q Family Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:09:35 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2736 How wonderful!! Being an immigrant with my family half way around the world, I do miss this kind of opportunity to have family gathering. But we do go to Orlando almost every year. It's not by choice but rather by invitation because my in-laws have a timeshare there. I wouldn't have picked that as our annual visit (no matter how much I love Disney I still think it's a bit much to do it every year) but I have to admit that it's an easy choice and after several years we feel more relax and less stress of going there and starts to explore more than theme parks. I do wish we will find a place that we can return as a family but my wanderlust soul tends to pick different destination whenever we plan our trip. :) How wonderful!! Being an immigrant with my family half way around the world, I do miss this kind of opportunity to have family gathering. But we do go to Orlando almost every year. It's not by choice but rather by invitation because my in-laws have a timeshare there. I wouldn't have picked that as our annual visit (no matter how much I love Disney I still think it's a bit much to do it every year) but I have to admit that it's an easy choice and after several years we feel more relax and less stress of going there and starts to explore more than theme parks.

I do wish we will find a place that we can return as a family but my wanderlust soul tends to pick different destination whenever we plan our trip. :)

]]> By: Kara http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 Kara Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:01:17 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2719 Lovely, lovely! Now, do you meet out there w/ siblings, so your kids have cousins to play with? (Cuz I know that baby isn't yours; unless this is an old photo.) I have gone EVERY SUMMER since my 10-year-old was born to my mom's house on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. Our routine is similar, though I must admit, I regress to my childhood and let my mom do most of the cooking. (She sometimes does my laundry, too.) We eat out a lot, too, in the touristy restaurants on the lake. We go to the go-karts, batting cages and ice cream stands. It's familiar and heavenly, and I hope my kids will always want to take the time to go "to the lake" even as they reach their teen years. Thanks, Lisa! Lovely, lovely!

Now, do you meet out there w/ siblings, so your kids have cousins to play with? (Cuz I know that baby isn't yours; unless this is an old photo.)

I have gone EVERY SUMMER since my 10-year-old was born to my mom's house on Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. Our routine is similar, though I must admit, I regress to my childhood and let my mom do most of the cooking. (She sometimes does my laundry, too.) We eat out a lot, too, in the touristy restaurants on the lake. We go to the go-karts, batting cages and ice cream stands. It's familiar and heavenly, and I hope my kids will always want to take the time to go "to the lake" even as they reach their teen years.

Thanks, Lisa!

]]> By: theworldcalls http://theworldiscalling.com/2010/07/the-comfort-of-the-known/comment-page-1/#comment-2712 theworldcalls Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:51:56 +0000 http://theworldiscalling.com/?p=4543#comment-2712 Thank you--you should come back and explore. Although I always wonder what it'd be like to visit as someone who's never been. Make sure you make time for Glacier--an astounding park. Thank you–you should come back and explore. Although I always wonder what it'd be like to visit as someone who's never been. Make sure you make time for Glacier–an astounding park.

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