Comments on: Getting Local http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:57:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: L. http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88631 L. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:39 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88631 You say, "It also seems a tad unfair to use such a huge chunk of Mr. A’s -- the family’s -- money to finance my own personal agenda." Perhaps this says more about me than about you, but.....it doesn't seem unfair to me at all! You say, “It also seems a tad unfair to use such a huge chunk of Mr. A’s — the family’s — money to finance my own personal agenda.”

Perhaps this says more about me than about you, but…..it doesn’t seem unfair to me at all!

]]> By: lisa http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88535 lisa Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:13:44 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88535 So, I just spent a night at the museum with hundreds of Texans. Oilmen, that is. I'm just saying, if you want to explore other cultures... ~lmc So, I just spent a night at the museum with hundreds of Texans. Oilmen, that is. I’m just saying, if you want to explore other cultures… ~lmc

]]> By: Rebecca http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/comment-page-1/#comment-88479 Rebecca Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:17:22 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/07/08/getting-local/#comment-88479 I've recently discovered the joy of local vacations - My folks have a time-share condo a 4-hour drive away from us, over the mountains where the air is hot, the water is warm enough to swim in, and the hills are covered with orchards. We've taken our girls a couple of times now, and it's as close to relaxing for me as any vacation-with-young-kids is likely to be. The very fact that I'm surrounded by miles of orchards, with no note-worthy natural or human-made wonders that "must" be visited is very freeing. We eat a lot of grilled food, we swim, we eat too many popsicles. Having been raised on family vacations involving getting up at the crack of dawn to experience dawn on the local mountain, hiking to waterfalls, etc, all the lazing about and lack of inertia in heaven. I miss travel, but I've discovered that family vacations in seemingly boring places suit me just fine. I’ve recently discovered the joy of local vacations – My folks have a time-share condo a 4-hour drive away from us, over the mountains where the air is hot, the water is warm enough to swim in, and the hills are covered with orchards. We’ve taken our girls a couple of times now, and it’s as close to relaxing for me as any vacation-with-young-kids is likely to be. The very fact that I’m surrounded by miles of orchards, with no note-worthy natural or human-made wonders that “must” be visited is very freeing. We eat a lot of grilled food, we swim, we eat too many popsicles. Having been raised on family vacations involving getting up at the crack of dawn to experience dawn on the local mountain, hiking to waterfalls, etc, all the lazing about and lack of inertia in heaven. I miss travel, but I’ve discovered that family vacations in seemingly boring places suit me just fine.

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