I was twelve years old when I went on my very first summer vacation. Little did I know at that time this vacation is the reason why I love to travel today. I don’t care if it’s a two hour trip or a ten hour trip I love to travel.
It was the last week of June. My oldest Brother Billy and his family came home to visit for awhile. They lived in San Diego, California. The visit home with family was great we all enjoyed it. When it was time for them to leave and at the last minute I decided I wanted to go. Now picture this, I have allegies right and my face is swollen up bad, my eyes are almost closed shut but believe me I got in that van. Nothing was gonna stop me from going on this trip. After I ask my Mom and Dad of course. A trip to California takes 3-4 days from Kentucky. It all depends on how you drive.
Earlier Billy had told me we were going to stay in Arkansas for a week. That’s where his wife is from. It was 4th of July week. I have never been to Arkansas before so I was excited. The ride there was nice and we all were happy when we arrived at our destination. That was a great week because we celebrated 4th of July. I’m more happy though because it was time for our trip to California.
Finally we were on our way. The trip there was long but I enjoyed it. We went through many States Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. I was so excited seeing all these different states and people I hadn’t seen before. I even saw Native American’s. When we got to California oh what a great feeling I had. As we traveled through the many cities seeing a lot of water and the tall buildings and alot of traffic also alot of people. I didn’t know what to think. I haven’t seen anything like this before. We finally arrived at home and we were all glad and tired.
Some of the things I enjoyed while I was there were trying different cultural foods Japanese, Philippino, Chinese and many others. Some of the foods I liked some I didn’t. Billy took me to the Navy Base where he worked and introduced me to some of his crew. He was in the Navy for twenty-two years. I saw trees with oranges on them I have never saw anything like that before plus I love oranges. The cookouts and visiting my brothers’ friends I also enjoyed. The best day for me was the Saturday we went to Disney Land. We had so much fun walking through the park, riding roller coasters, and eating, that was a good day. It was the first time I had been to an amusement park. We would also walk to the Bay it was so nice seeing the water.
When it was time for me to leave I didn’t want to go. Billy told me I could stay. I never asked my parents because I knew they wouldn’t let me. So I got on the airplane and went home.
If you ever get a chance to visit California go to San Diego its a beautiful place.
San Diego is one of my favorite places in the world. Traveling expands your horizons and world perspective. Great post!
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Yes it is, Thank you for your comment.
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The power of positive experiences right? I can’t even remember my first holidays or summer vacation but I do love to travel today! A bit of anxiety going on but still I love travelling!
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Thank you for the comment. I remember so much from when I was younger. When I travel I get such a happy feeling.
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What a special memory! We live in California and San diego is one of our favorite places to go for a getaway!!
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Such nice comment. Thank you
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Vacations are always great and I am happy that your summer vacations in California turned out to be memorable .
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Thank you I will never forget it.
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San Diego is definitely on my bucket list, I hope I’ll manage it soon. Thanks for sharing and for great tips!
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You’re welcome and thank you so much for commenting.
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The first travel summer vacation or travelling by yourself always hold such great memories. Thanks for sharing!
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Yes it does, thank you for commenting.
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San Diego is on my to do list. Hitting up Peru and Europe first though.
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They would be great places to visit. Thank you for commenting.
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The power of travel is an amazing experience! I love traveling as well!
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Yes it is, thank you for your comment.
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I really wonder how it’s like to live always in spring weather. I would love to visit California one day. Bucket lists!
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Oh I bet it would be wonderful especially if the temp is around 70 degrees year round. Thank you for your comment.
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I was similarly aged when I first visited California too! San Diego is such a lovely place. I love taking my kids to different places so they can see HOW BIG this world really is!
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Yes I have 4 grown children and they love to travel also. Thank you for commenting.
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I’m glad you got to travel across the country! Road trips are really the best.
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Yes they are I would rather do a road trip anytime. Thank you for commenting.
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“I don’t care if it’s a two hour trip or a ten hour trip I love to travel.” AMEN! I’ve been to California once before but as a child on a short stay who didn’t really know then how to relish a travel experience. Hope to visit again one day soon and really experience it!
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You will love it, Thank you for commenting
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You’re welcome love. Hopefully I visit sooner rather than later.
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What an amazing experienced you have, I wouild gladly include this in my bucketlists. Interesting that they have also different food from different culture, I think that is amazing.
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I loved it. My brother always wanted me to try different foods. It was truly amazing. Thank you for the comment.
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It’s a beautiful post. I can remember my childhood and my first summer vacation. I used to go to my aunt’s house to stay for a week. After a week, my dad used to come to pick me up. I would hide myself in another room and then ask him to come after a week to pick me up.
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I’m happy you enjoyed it. It’s so good we have wonderful memories from our childhood. Thank you for commenting.
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I have never been to the area but it is on my list for one day! Traveling provides you with a different education that cannot be found in school. It is so great that you got started so early!
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Yes it does provide a different education. I’m so glad I did start early. It helped shaped me into the person I am today. Thank you for your comment.
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Yes I think I will want to go there especially to skip over to see Hollywood.
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Its a beautiful place. Thank you for your comment
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To Travel is really to grow. It is just an amazing Life Lesson to travel more ❤
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It really is. I also made sure my children experienced to same. They also love to travel.
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I’ve always wanted to travel to California, but living in Kansas, it’s hard to go anywhere outside the surrounding few states. It sounds like it was an amazing trip though!
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Oh it was and if you get a chance to go do it. It was awesome. Thank you for your comment.
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I’ve always wanted to travel to California, but living in Kansas, it’s hard to go further than the surrounding states on a budget, lol. It sounds like it was an amazing trip though!
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It was awesome
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never been there! but now, I’d like to visit this beautiful city!!
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It is really a beautiful place to visit.
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I have yet to visit San Diego. I really need to get there one day! This sounds like an amazing experience.
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It was an awesome experience. Thank you for commenting
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Ahh man now I want to go on holiday and I just got back from one!! 😭😭😭
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Lol I’m ready to go on one myself.
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Thank you so much, yes it truly is. Thank you also for inviting me to look at the collaborations portal of Phlanx. I will check it out.
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