You Can Have A Mini Vacation

STOPPING for an early lunch at Subway in Cochrane,  Alberta the sandwich artist behind the counter said, “where ya’ headed to Miss?”

With a huge grin I said, “Alaska!”

“Seriously? Oh man. I hate it when you guys show up on your motorbikes and then drive away.”

Puzzled, I looked at him and asked, “why”.

“Because you drive away and I know you’re gonna have a really great time. You get to ride for the whole day if you want to, you stop anywhere you want to, and you meet the most interesting people. I wish I could do that.”

“Why can’t you?”

“Because I can’t take time off of work for that long.”

YOU DON’T need to take two or three weeks off of work to get away. You can totally transport yourself in a few hours or one day. Want to know more?

A change of place and pace

can be enough to recharge you.

Explore your backyard!

I keep hearing:

“I don’t have the time or money to do it.”

• It doesn’t have to be expensive to get away for just day, maybe two
• Plan one of your weekend days as your “get out of town” day

“I don’t know where to go.”

• Head off to your local provincial park or conservation area
• How about to your local park?

“I really want to go for a week but…”

• Want to do the overnight thing? Start with the weekend and take your tent along.

“Usually it’s half past noon before we get going, so what’s the sense in starting out?”

• So what! What’s the matter with enjoying the rest of the afternoon and evening?

• Option 2: set the alarm clock to start out early

A mini doesn’t have to be short or long.

It can be just a few hours.

“What’ll we do?”

• Assemble a picnic basket
• Go on a walk and take your camera along
• Splash around in a kiddie pool
• Tour a museum or art gallery
• Grab your Frisbee and head to the park
• Make a kite and fly it
• Take your towel, swimsuit and suntan lotion to your local pool
• Go to a ballgame
• Pack your tent and sleep in the woods
• Visit a farm or zoo
• Head out to a new park with your volleyball, football, and badminton rackets
• Go for a drive and try to locate as many “slug-a-bugs” as possible!

If you can’t have it all, you CAN have a mini.

Explore somewhere new.

Get out and have some fun!

You’ll feel recharged from going somewhere new or revisiting somewhere you haven’t been for a while.

I’d love to hear what kind of mini vacation you’re having this summer, send it along. Tell me about your Mini Vacation.