Saturday, March 2, 2013

Don't Go On That Holiday trip Till You Check This Out

By Devon Charney


I have to tell you, I simply love traveling with my family. When I was a young kid my family and I used to travel all summer long. Sometimes we would head up to the California coast for some fishing. But there were times when we felt like camping or hiking. We had an absolute ball no matter what we did though.

Now that I have kids and a wife of my own, I want to continue doing those things with them. I believe that kids are indoors too much these days you know. I really don't want to get lazy like that, and I know my kids don't. I strongly think that you can appreciate the world more if you see more of it.

Last summer my family and I took a trip up to Lake Tahoe. I don't know if you've been there or not, but if not you owe it to yourself to check it out. This lake is absolutely crystal clear and so beautiful you wouldn't believe it. It's also really cold, so if you ever happen to find yourself there, you will want to test out the water before you take a swim.

We decided to try and avoid staying in a hotel this trip though. Hotels are never much fun, but in Tahoe they are worse. The thing is, you smell like smoke the whole time because the gamers like to smoke a lot. The other thing is that you pay a fortune to eat in the restaurants in there.

But my solution was simple. After a bit of looking around, I found some really nice rental homes we could stay in. I was skeptical that a rental house would cost more than a hotel, but it didn't at all. I honestly saved quite a bit of money by staining in a rental house to my shock.

We also managed to save a lot of money on our eating. With full kitchen access, we just needed some groceries and we were good to go for the week. It was great.

I hope to get back there this coming winter too. I've never been skiing before but have always wanted to try. I hate cold weather, but I know that skiing equipment keeps you really warm, and we would have a fireplace to use too.




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