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rjohns39 said:
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Most of our vacations ALWAYS had a mission and generally involved family. Two come to mind... I have to rank the second as the best.

When we lived in Riyadh we had to take four trips (1 per quarter) every year... Long story on why. Generally we took one to Germany, one to Cypress and the other two were generally UAE or Bahrain. Though Cypress was cool, NEVER get caught traveling internationally with a kid with Chicken Pox... Think Home Alone NY.

#1: We decided to have our SIL and Nieces join us at a resort just outside Ider Oberstein in Germany. Taxes are Illegal in Saudi so airfare for all three was like $800 and our cabin was big enough for all of us. I did have to pick them up in Belgium at the airport. We were already world travelers but to see these three in the international environment at Christmas time was a blast. Just some highlights. No, you can't just put the plug adapter on your 110v hair dryer and plug it into 220! OMG! Teen aged girls and no hair dryer. Imagine how relieved they were when DW pulled one out they could use. The girls were in heaven when we visited the winery and even more so when the owner gave us a private tour (I've known him for years). They were both old enough to order a drink at the bar, how cool is that? Eating fresh roasted chestnuts while shopping on the square was also cool. But the highlight of the trip was when my youngest niece asked me: "Uncle Bob can I just have a grilled cheese sandwich and fries for dinner?" The owner and I were good friends so after I explained to him what a grilled cheese was he was more than happy to have me come in the kitchen and help him make not one but four... One for my niece and one for each of his family. Good news was he had a wheel of cheddar in the fridge (I was thinking I might have to make it with Gouda or butter kaise. American cheese is well, American and not really cheese.). All in all it was a fantastic trip and my nieces still talk about it today. Sadly SIL passed a few years ago, but she had the thrill of her life during the trip.

#2: No mission, no agenda... DW and I went to TN. We stayed in a converted Howard Johnson hotel that claimed to be a time share. It was horrible! But we got to visit Sgt York's house and meet his youngest son and several of his grand kids. We stayed at the gaylord and took in the oprey with back stage passes of course. And we visited friends in Smith County.... After searching for more than 10 years for our retirement location.... We both fell in love with the place... And here we are now.

Well that about covers vacations...
I spent more than 20 years as a government contractor, last seven were virtual (how that happened is another story). Like Rae, I'm not comfortable getting into details. Prior to that I was in the Air Force... Started as an avionics tech working weapons systems, lasers, and cameras. Then I grew up and became a maintenance officer. Best job I ever had was flying around the pacific in the back seat of an F-16, leading 240 people who were all smarter than me.
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This was a great read RJ......thanks
 

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