I'VE BEEN THINKING OF THE PLACES I'VE BEEN TO. I AM SO WANTING TO GO ON A REAL VACATION! LET'S SEE, WHERE HAVE I BEEN? I'VE OBVIOUSLY BEEN TO WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII, MONTANA, SOUTH DAKOTA, UTAH, WYOMING, COLORADO, LOUISIANA, VIRGINIA, AND CANADA. CANADA WAS THE MOST BORING, OF COURSE WE ONLY WENT TO CALGARY. I'D STILL LIKE TO GO TO BC AND VANCOUVER.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO HAWAII WITH MY HUSBAND THIS TIME! I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO GO TO NEW YORK, NEVADA, FLORIDA, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA, EGYPT, THE MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY, AND AFRICA. MY POOR HUSBAND, ALL THE VACATION TIME HE HAS GOTTEN TO USE WAS FOR MOVING ME DOWN TO CALIFORNIA, BACK TO WASHINGTON, AND MOVING INTO OUR NEW HOME, AND BEING IN THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY. SO HE REALLY NEEDS TO GET AWAY.

I'D ONLY WANT TO GO BACK TO CALIFORNIA TO DO SHOPPING, OR TO VISIT MY FRIEND, LAQUANCE. I'D STILL LIKE TO BE A TOURIST OF CALIFORNIA IN THE LA AREA. MY BIG TRIP THOUGH WAS TO HAWAII! MY SISTER AND I WENT. IT WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA AND I THANK HER FOR THINKING OF IT. IT WAS FIRST REAL PLANE RIDE. OHHH I WAS SO NERVOUS. MY SISTER OF COURSE WASN'T. SHE HAD BEEN TO FRANCE A FEW YEARS EARLIER. I JUST REMEMBER THE FUN OF IT ALL BEING THERE BY OURSELVES. THE GUYS THAT WE MET ON THE STREET WITH A BOTTLE OF CAPT. MORGAN AND THE CRAZY HOTEL ROMPS WE HAD WITH JASON AND SHERMAN. THE COOLEST FRONT DESK CLERK, MANNY, AND THE MOPEDS WE RENTED AND HOW MY SISTER RAN A RED LIGHT CUZ SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE BRAKES AND ABOUT DAMN NEAR KILLED AN ELDERLY DUDE IN THE CROSSWALK! HA HA HA. SIS, THAT WAS SO FUNNY. WE COULDN'T DECIDE ON A TATTOO DESIGN, WENT TO PLANET HOLLYWOOD, STAYED ON THE BEACH, SWAM IN THE WARM OCEAN, PARTIED WITH BOYS, TOOK PHOTOS, SAW THE REAL WORLD CAST, THE ZOO, AND THE HOOKERS!

THE NEXT YEAR I WENT TO MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA! OH SUCH GOOD FOOD! FOR ME BEING MULATTO (HALF BLACK AND HALF WHITE) I HAD NEVER BEEN AROUND SO MANY BLACK FOLK, IT WAS GREAT BUT ALSO VERY DIFFERENT. I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN WE WENT TO THE WINN-DIXIE GROCERY MART, I'D NEVER SEEN THE ENTIRE MEAT DEPT OUT OF MEAT! THE AISLE WHERE THE MAYO, KETCHUP, AND MUSTARD ETC, WAS EMPTY, JUICES GONE! WHEN WE GOT UP TO THE CHECKOUT THERE WAS MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHO HAD 2-3 CARTS EACH! THE CASHIER GAL, HOLY SHIT I SWEAR SHE LOOKED LIKE SHA-NAY-NAY (FROM THE SHOW "MARTIN") SHE HAD DRAGON LADY NAILS THAT WERE BLUE, AND HER HAIR IN BRAIDS DONE UP IN A MARGE SIMPSON BEEHIVE, AND WEARING A SKINTIGHT JUMPSUIT THAT WAS GOLD, WITH HER BLUE WINN-DIXIE SMOCK APRON. ANYTIME SHE WOULD TALK, SHE'D JUST SSAY MMMHMMM. AND I HELPED PAY FOR GROCERIES, AND SHE SAID "IS THAT ALL BA-BY?" EVERYONE DOWN THERE SAID BABY! I THINK JUST LIKE UP HERE WE SOMETIMES SAY "HONEY" OR "SWEETIE" THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WOW WHAT A SHOCK. THE ALCOHOL DOWN THERE WAS AWESOME. I HAD GONE TO NEW ORLEANS TO MEET MY LONG TIME PEN PAL (LETTERS THAT ARE HANDWRITTEN AND SENT BY SNAIL MAIL POSTAL SERVICE) WE HAD BEEN WRITING BACK AND FORTH SINCE 8TH GRADE. SHE INVITED ME DOWN TO MEET HER. IT WAS GREAT. SHE HAD AN APARTMENT RIGHT ON ST CHARLES, WITH A BALCONY, SO WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH BEADS! MUCH TO SAY, THAT MY PEN PAL HAD GROWN UP TO BE A STRIPPER, AND HAD JUST POSED FOR PLAYBOY MARDI GRAS EDITION. WE WENT ON AN ALLIGATOR TOUR, I SAW THE REAL "GHETTO," SAW THE FRENCH QUARTER,SAW THE REAL WORLD CAST ACROSS THE STREET, RODE THE TROLLEY, ATE PO'BOY SANDWICHES, THE OLD CEMETARY, VOODOO SHOPS,ETC. IT WAS FUN.

I ONLY GOT TO GO TO MARYLAND BECAUSE MY FLIGHT HAD ALREADY LEFT DENVER WHEN WE ARRIVED, AND THEY ROUTED ME TO GO DULLES, THEN DOWN TO LOUISIANA. THE FLIGHT BACK WAS THE WORST I'D EVER EXPERIENCED! I WAS CRYING. AT LEAST I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE! WE HAD SEVERE TURBULENCE, THUNDER AND LIGHTNING. IT WAS AWFUL. THE REST OF MY ADVENTURES WAS WHILE I WAS A TEENAGER GOING TO THE DAKOTAS, WYOMING, UTAH, ETC. I WAS WITH MY GRANDPARENTS IN THE RV.

I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FUN WITH DON. WE LIKED OUR ROAD TRIP FROM SAN JOSE TO MONTEREY! WENT TO THE AQUARIUM, THE BEACH, THE SHOPS. WE DIDN'T GET TO GO TO CARMEL THOUGH! WE WENT TO SANTA CRUZ A COUPLE TIMES, SAN FRANCISCO AND CHINA TOWN. WE WENT TO VISIT HIS FAMILY IN MONTANA. WE TOOK A DAY DRIVE TO CANADA, BUT I STILL CAN'T WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE A REAL VACATION.

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