Vacations

[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkorchid]Cabins at Colter Bay or Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons right about now would be nice! The air is dry up there. Very low humidity/dewpoint. It has been known to snow up there in September. The elk may be starting their trek out of the Tetons to their winter quarters on the range.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]When the snow gets too deep, some of these places close in October I think, we can all move to Jackson Hole for awhile.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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[FONT=Georgia][SIZE=3][COLOR=#9932cc]One of the items on my “Things to Do Before I Die List” that I made back when I was younger (in my 30’s) was to cross country ski across the Teton range during elk migration. To watch the Tetons turn to a purple hue at sunset would please me just as much at this point as skiing across the range. PURE HEAVEN! [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

Hi Mike,
I HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING! And a vacation would be so much nicer when you’re with people who feel what you feel.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could all get together, rent cabins on a lake, and have a vacation together. I would suggest a central state like Missouri, maybe around Branson, Table Rock Lake?

Unfortunately for me, my finances are very tight and unless I borrowed from family or won lottery, can’t budget a vacation for at least two/three years.

Mike, I wish you hadn’t posted this. I gave up camping four years ago–I’ve found getting down to the level of the tent is no problem–gravity plays a part in my life whether I’m trying to get to ground level or nor. It’s getting back on my feet that’s the hard part.

My holiday each year is visiting my family in Florida. I’m glad to see them; I miss being close enough to see them more regularly. But there are aspects of the trip that make it a chore, and this year, having to deal with both my disabilities and also my husband’s (he has a variety of disorders), is making it worse. Sad to say, I’ll be glad to get the trip over.

My real holiday is the GBS Support Group’s annual conference–a weekend away with people who walk like ducks (if they walk at all) and have to go to bed at 9.00 and can compare notes on muscle loss and breathing difficulties, and can laugh about times when we fall and cry about times when we fall.

I love my family. I love you guys, too.

Deb

Interesting subject to see posted here as I just purchased airline tickets for me to go from Oklahoma City to Mission Viejo, California (just south of LA). I went there about 6 years ago and my dearest friend understood what was wrong with me as she was living here 10 years ago when I got sick. I made it through the nasty streets of Tijuana but pooped out when it came to going to Whisky A-Go-Go. This time I have no desire to go to Mexico or the mountains for apples, I just want to sit by the ocean and my friend knows this. Maybe the Whisky place for a few…

I’ve scheduled this event the last weekend in October – during my birthday. I booked an aisle seat so I could possibly move a bit more than being stuck by a window – although the view would be nice. Oh well. I can’t believe I came up with this idea yesterday from nowhere. I only have to take off 2 days from work. Woo Hoo!!! I am pumped and wish I were going tomorrow 😀

Before CIDP Vacations,
My favorite things to do were go up in the mountains, pitch a tent and sit by the campfire and listen to the bird and animal noises and the wind blowing threw the pine trees. No one around, no people just me. I would sometimes go fly fishing for Trout. Aw! memories!
Lea

mike, i’m in! the only draw back for me is finances. i use to go camping and traveling every year since i was 4 years old. i last went camping just a couple years ago due to my health issues. my parents have a moho and are going this sunday, i keep asking them if i can go but for some reason they won’t take me serious. it is hard on them to see me like this , knowing how active i use to be and all. i have problems stepping up into their moho, so i really wouldn’t go , but would love to go and visit them at the campgrounds. my kids would love to go camping and often ask me when will we be able to go again. that is what breaks the heart. but i’m all for getting together somewhere. i wish i had enough money to pay for everyone to get together and have a good time-doing nothing, playing cards, with no explanations, no rules, no guilty feelings. it would be a cabin in the woods next to a lake full of big fish, not too warm and not too cold, with a babbling brook that flows under a nice footbridge.

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Nobody else around (only those I chose) , sleep and read, listen to the lions roar around the camp fire at night. Nature.

Ali,

I looked at the Sabi Sabi website. WOW! I’d love to go there- it looks wonderful!

SuzyQ

SuzyQ,

Did you see all the other lodges available? go through the link on the left hands side, they are stunning, and you are right, it really is like nothing you’ve ever experienced! There is nothing for tens of miles, just you and the sounds and smells of nature, but the big plus is that amongst all that, you have the comfort and luxuary of the lodge. It is impossible to put into words :confused: .

Ali,

I did and they are amazing. That’s my kind of place! The very idea makes me smile:)

SuzyQ

My idea of a good time is staying in New York or going to London.

Used to go camping with one of my girlfriends, her husband, their daughter, my daughter. They laughed because my idea of roughing it was leaving the hair dryer home.

Regards,
Marge