There is a thread asking if people are saving for a reason. I just posted something there that I thought would be a good blog entry.
As I've said, we love to travel. We left home Saturday for a 14-day adventure in New Hampshire. This morning, we headed southwest from Manchester heading toward Keene with no particular itinerary in mind. Partway there, we passed a sign for a state park with an auto road. We pulled in and found there was a road up to the summit at 2,290 feet. We drove up the steep, narrow, hairpin-turn road. At the top, we decided to hike one of the trails that went around the summit. We got some beatiful views, saw some wonderful rock formations, saw a big swarm of dragonflies and DD discovered a snake in the grass.
Being able to get away and have experiences like that together as a family is why we work and why we save.
Why We Save
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By the way you guys look great
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And just look at that scenery --- Mother Nature gives us so many gifts that are free! What a great experience to give your daughter.
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On a totally separate note, we saw the Budweiser Clydesdales today at the Anheuser Busch plant, speaking of giant things. They are quite impressive as well.
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Enjoy the rest of your trip DS
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One of the reasons why we bought a timeshare was to force my husband to take time off and I could envision having more family members to enjoy it with in the future. At the time, it was a little hard on the budget, but I wouldn't trade the memories that we have for anything. We have been able to enjoy some of the best if not the best resorts and all of the immenities. We have owned it for years so it's different now. I wouldn't necessarily reccommend it to someone today.
So, you are right about saving. It gives you a chance to put what's most important to you up front instead of always thinking - I wish I could do that, etc. There are dues to be paid with this kind of thinking in the beginning, but it does become easier as time goes on.
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The sights are beautiful. But my wife refused to look outside, since we were literally driving near the edge of the road (with 100's of feet of drop before you hit some ground), because she's afraid of heights. They did have a barrier in place. A pile of stones that was about 6 inches high to keep you from going off the side. (and no, I'm not kidding)
One of the many things we saw up there was frozen snow. We have pictures of us and the kids wearing nothing but short sleeve shirts and shorts, while standing on a patch of the frozen snow. And I was actually sweating a little bit.