W.W.W. Wednesday (4/20/11)

W.W.W. Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

1. I am still reading Blood Money by Thomas Perry this week. It's the 5th book in the Jane Whitefield series. I'm also reading Twitter Power 2.0 by Joel Comm.  Now that spring is here, I just don't read as much.

2. Just finished Asperger's Syndrome, The Universe and Everything: Kenneth's Book by Kenneth Hall. I was impressed that a 10 year old did such an excellent job writing about his viewpoints but did not let my daughter read it. The book comes across that the world and everyone in it revolves around Kenneth and should change to fit his needs and that's something we don't want Brittany to live by. 

3. Next on my shelf are Heartsick by Chelsea Cain, Peter's First Easter by Walter Wangerin Jr. (a Good Friday read with my son) and Fruit Baskets Volume 1 by Natsuki Takaya, et al. My daughter is very into Manga books so I want to understand more what she is reading.

Planning a Vacation in 2011 versus 1978

This summer John, the kids and I are planning a trip to Colorado and Arches State Park in Utah. We will be driving and camping and are deciding where to visit and where we want to stay. So I've started following @Colorado and @TravelUtah on Twitter and now like Colorado and Utah on Facebook. I have signed up for electronic newsletters for both states and have been to their state tourism websites. I also ordered hard copies of their travel guides from their websites. As we continue to plan, we will research campground options at RV park review websites and will make reservations in advance on-line. We will search travel forums and blogs and strike up conversations with people on Twitter to find out places we need to make sure we visit.
During the trip we will use the Droid for navigation and to find good restaurants and other places to stop along the way.

This is so much different from a 6 week trip my parents planned  from Montana to the eastern United States in the summer of 1978. We took off in our pickup with the truck camper on back and had three basic destinations in mind: Ohio to visit Air Force friends of my parents;  Boston to visit my Great Uncle and a visit to Washington, D.C. Other than that, we had no plans - no reservations - no timelines.
It was an awesome trip. We ate fresh lobster on Cape Cod, visited a miniature horse farm in Vermont, toured the Hershey factory in Pennsylvania, spent time in the Pennsylvania Dutch Country and rode up the St. Louis Arch. We visited Gettysburg, Philadelphia, D.C. and Boston. It's one of the best memories of my life.
When I asked my Mom how they planned for this 6 week trip, she said they didn't. They had the three destinations in mind and discovered things to do and places to camp as we went. She assumes they may have stopped at visitor's centers in states we visited but is not sure and knows they did not contact any place in advance via phone or snail mail. And they had to use maps, not a gps!
My how times have changed.

We are looking for suggestions of places to see and things to do in Colorado and southeast Utah this summer. Leave a comment if you have any ideas. Thanks in advance!

W.W.W. Wednesday (4/13/11)

W.W.W. Wednesdays is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What did you recently finish reading?
3. What do you think you'll read next?

1. House Rules by Jodi Picoult. Still struggling through it. I'm reading a couple chapters then off to something else. So I also just started Blood Money by Thomas Perry. It's the 5th book in the Jane Whitefield series.

2. Just finished Tainted by Julie Kenner and The Knitting Diaries by Debbie Macomber, Susan Mallery and Christina Skye. Tainted was an okay read but I definitely prefer the demon hunting soccer mom series - maybe because that fits my life more! I love to knit so have read all of Macomber's Blossom Street books. They are quick and relaxing reads.
3. Next on my shelf are Twitter Power 2.0 by Joel Comm (still haven't gotten to it yet) and I have no idea. Most of the books on my shelf are more thoughtful reads and the spring weather is affecting my focus .

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