No, we're not going anywhere; at least not right now. I'm insisting on a grand trip for our 20th, but that's still a couple of years away. What a blog that's going to be! But I digress...
Last night I had the opportunity to participate in a contest where the winner would receive two airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States. Not that I won; I would have had to have participated to even have a chance to win. It did get me thinking though: Where would I go if I were to win?
I first thought that I would go to Orlando; I've always wanted to go to Disney World. That would be hell on Earth for Andy, though, so I quickly decided against Florida.
Secondly, I thought of Denver. We've got lots of family there and it would be lovely to visit them. I only dismissed this idea because I reasoned that if I won tickets, I'd like it to be a date kind of a trip, not a family kind of a trip.
Hawaii came to mind. I think it'd be nice visit the islands someday. There's just all that sand. And beaches. I hate sand and beaches.
I briefly entertained the idea of going to Washington, but I ruled that out since I hope to live there one day. No need to spend free tickets on a trip up north.
After thinking about for while, probably way too long, I settled on somewhere back east. Boston and New York were the top of the list. Boston would be fun; think of all of the pubs that we could visit! But New York...yeah, that's where I decided I'd go.
In the car this evening, I asked Andy where he'd go if given freebies. (Clearly I've used way too many brain cells on this...) The conversation went like this:
AC: "It would seem like we should maximize the value by going somewhere kind of expensive. So probably New York. Stay in the city, have some fun."
Me: "That's what I came up with too. I really think that would be my choice, but I'm kind of scared of the people there, so I don't know..."
AC: "Are you kidding? You're just as bat-sh*t crazy as they are! You'd fit right in!"
You know, he's right. So it's settled; if we ever win free airline tickets, we'll go to New York.
3 comments:
I LOVED New York. I didn't see any crazy people, but one might argue that would be half the fun. I did see a lot of beautiful, physically fit, well-dressed people and a lot of tourists. I also ate the best pastrami sandwich in the entire world. I think NYC is a fine choice!
New York is totally my choice too!, I asked Steve and thought he would say New York too. He said Canada...
I said go watch your football game...
New York is awesome, I havent been since 8th grade but my mister and I plan on going back to the city someday (as we are planning on visiting all 50 states by the time we have been married 50 yrs).
I would also say if you did do the east coast don't limit yourself to one state, they are a lot smaller and closer out there. We did a DC, NJ, DE, PA and MA trip.
I would also throw out an Alaskan Cruise as an idea. Seriously the best trip EVER, other than Hawaii (but I love the water).
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