Musings of a Compulsive Thinker

'Tis the season

The season for big undertakings, I suppose. In August I will finally take the train trip that I've been planning for at least the last 7 years. This week my dad will depart on a 30-day backcountry hiking expedition across the Colorado mountains. One of my sisters is currently vacationing in Hawaii; the other one is on the way home after competing in the USA Climbing youth national championships.

Why do we travel this time of year? This is when everybody takes the big family vacation, while the kids are out of school. Popular destinations are a zoo during the summer. The rest of us, logically, should therefore prefer to do most of our travelling outside of the peak season... but we don't. We follow the crowd, and then we complain about how crowded it is. People are such silly creatures.

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Labels: ponderings, travel

posted by the alygator @ 4:22 PM