The search for the perfect vacation...

Confession: i am a picky vacationer. Now you ask me that in person and i am sure i would deny it and exclaim how flexible i am in vacationing, but the honest truth is that i am not. I like sun, beaches and warm weather! I want to be out doing something i wouldnt normally be doing at home. Dont get me wrong, i can be haaaapppy on most vacations but my ideal vacationing is the beachy, sunny, warm spot! Having said that, alfie and i went to the Adirondaks this past weekend with his family. Overall i'd give it a B+. It was fun and relaxing, but after mannnny years of vacationing, i have trained myself into a routine that when tampered with equates to grumpiness. The routine is: wake up early, grab a quick breakfast then hit the pool by 9 or 10am. layout and enjoy swimming and reading or relaxing until lunch. Then shower and change for shopping or sightseeing til dinner, then after dinner going out somewhere to people watch or just walk around. As you can see its pretty relaxed and filled with things (other than shopping) that i wouldnt normally get to do at home. But on this trip we did a lot of staying in doors, and watching NASCAR, (Yes, Christy, NASCAR) which was kinda bumming because we had lake front property so the water was right out front! I, along with Harry, Hermoine and Ron, took our Half Blood Prince adventure to the chairs on the dock by the water and enjoyed some wonderful reading,sun, breezes and a view like this:

I was amazed at how far i got in my book!! We also went into town one night for gelato (which i can not have, so i settled on a guava sorbet which was yummy). And the day we left we finally went into Old Forge and did some walking around and go-karting and bumperboating. If it was my vacation planning, i would have spent zero time inside and all the time outside because the weather was nice, but to each his own i guess....We did enjoy lots of time with our neice and nephews! Uncle Alfie was thrilled with the unlimited Annah time:

Overall, this was MUCH better than camping but not quite a great vacation :) but still fun with family!