Friday Night Halfway to... Nowhere
Woohoo! It's Friday night, the start of a three-day holiday weekend, and tonight we're driving to... nowhere.
...No, we're not driving to a place that feels like the middle of nowhere. We're not even driving to a spot halfway between hither and yon. We are driving literally nowhere. We're staying home.
It's kind of a bummer to stay home on a three day holiday weekend. It's kind of a point of pride for me to take advantage of the meager time off from work we get in the US by going somewhere on holiday weekends, even if it's only a driving trip of a few hours each way. But two things conspired against us getting away from home this weekend.
First, we're tired. We were out three weekends in April and another two already in May. And we've got two trips planned in June already, with at least one not long after that in July. Suddenly, "Let's just stay home" sounds like a not-unreasonable way to spend a long weekend.
Second, hotels are expensive. I mean, "Let's just stay home" wasn't actually our top choice. We looked at going to a few places we could drive to. But the costs of staying anywhere halfway nice this weekend are through the roof. Since we didn't feel strongly about the need to get out this weekend we didn't care to pay $300+ per night to do so.
So, what will we do instead? Well, one of my ideas was "Lounge around by the pool" at least one day, but unseasonably cool weather right now makes that a no-go unless I want to lounge in long pants and a light jacket rather than swim trunks and a tropical shirt. We're talking about taking a long drive out to a hike in remote Wine Country tomorrow. It's a worthy idea; we'll see if we get up early enough in the morning to make it a reality.
...No, we're not driving to a place that feels like the middle of nowhere. We're not even driving to a spot halfway between hither and yon. We are driving literally nowhere. We're staying home.
It's kind of a bummer to stay home on a three day holiday weekend. It's kind of a point of pride for me to take advantage of the meager time off from work we get in the US by going somewhere on holiday weekends, even if it's only a driving trip of a few hours each way. But two things conspired against us getting away from home this weekend.
First, we're tired. We were out three weekends in April and another two already in May. And we've got two trips planned in June already, with at least one not long after that in July. Suddenly, "Let's just stay home" sounds like a not-unreasonable way to spend a long weekend.
Second, hotels are expensive. I mean, "Let's just stay home" wasn't actually our top choice. We looked at going to a few places we could drive to. But the costs of staying anywhere halfway nice this weekend are through the roof. Since we didn't feel strongly about the need to get out this weekend we didn't care to pay $300+ per night to do so.
So, what will we do instead? Well, one of my ideas was "Lounge around by the pool" at least one day, but unseasonably cool weather right now makes that a no-go unless I want to lounge in long pants and a light jacket rather than swim trunks and a tropical shirt. We're talking about taking a long drive out to a hike in remote Wine Country tomorrow. It's a worthy idea; we'll see if we get up early enough in the morning to make it a reality.