As soon as my wife and I were married we decided on a few things. The first was that we were going to travel the world together and have amazing adventures. This kicked off immediately as we honeymooned in Mexico, Belize, and the Caymen Islands, thanks to a Carnival cruise. The second was that we […]
Category Archives: Vacation
Riding a Unicycle Backwards Across a High Wire
I didn’t mean to do it. It’s just one of those things that happens, I guess. I certainly didn’t wake up that morning planning to ride a unicycle backwards across a high wire. But there I was, balanced precariously above the people walking obliviously beneath me, with nothing between us but two stories of space […]
The Death of Summer Vacation
When I was a kid we had twelve weeks of summer vacation. School got out the first/second week of June and resumed after Labor day. Then, while I was in high school though I forget which year exactly, they proposed a new schedule giving us only ten weeks of vacation, and people flipped their schnitzel. […]
Surprise Wienermobile
My family and I spent the past several days in Syracuse, NY visiting my wife’s sister. We did a lot of fun and exciting things. We went to an amazing science museum, hiked around a lake, found some spectacular restaurants, and toured the zoo. But none of these things could compare to the surprising excitement […]
Family Camping Trip: A Disaster in Three Parts
DISASTER ONELast year we borrowed my mother’s tent and took the family camping for a night, and Ruby loved it so much that she spent an entire year asking when we could go again. Well, this summer we went again, and now that I have recovered from the trauma, I can finally discuss it. It […]
A Day in Quebec City
For our ninth anniversary, my wife husbandnapped me and took me to Quebec City, the only walled city north of the Mexican border. Clearly we were not going to leave without checking out the walls themselves, but first we took a little side trip to La Chute Montmorency. Montmorency Falls is a waterfall just a […]
Surprise Vacation to Quebec City
I knew that my wife was planning something for our anniversary, but I had no idea what it was. All I knew was that she told me to take Friday night off from Burger Night, but other than that I had no clues. As the mysterious Friday approached, I did start to get a few […]
Tenor Dad’s Sure-Fire Vacation Tips
As a seasoned traveler with young children, and once in a while without them, I have come to learn a great number of things that I think might be of use to the rest of the world. And since I am so generous and giving, I have decided to share them with you now. You’re […]