Vacation, like most days except with sand in your diaper
The last vacation that Mr. Badger and I took was to Aruba in February of last year. We decided not quite last minute to go away, and not Florida. Florida’s easy since my folks inherited the condo at what is basically Del Boca Vista from my mom’s parents. He and I have been down there a few times, and it’s safe, old hat. Don’t get me wrong, we have a blast down there. One of these days I’ll tell you the story of Scoresby, the railer than rail scotch. It’s aged a whopping 90 days!
Now that we have Baby Badger, travel takes on a whole new meaning. Mr. Badger’s been the busiest he’s ever been since we’ve been married. It all started, ironically enough, the week we got the call about V. No joke, he has had more trials in the first 6 months of this year than in the first two years he was at his firm. So, while we’d love to do something exotic, we’d never appreciate it anyway, and thus, Florida it is.
We decided though, to go to the panhandle to visit my person. It has the benefit of being familiarish to Mr. Badger, since he went to Destin a bunch as a kid, and familiarish to me since I went to visit S. in October of last year for a long weekend. It also has nicer beaches than the greater Ft. Lauderdale beaches. Lastly, it has a built-in sitter if Mr. Badger and I want to get away for a night. The downer is, it’s the panhandle, and right now they are in the midst of a heatwave that has the heat index flirting with 110 degrees. As far as I know though, there’s not much else to do in the greater Panama City Beach area. Too bad it’s not Daytona, we could stalk watch this guy as he races. Shit, did I just talk about car racing? Jesus Christ, the things we women do when we like a guy…
Anyhow, dear blogosphere, though we have traveled with V before, and I get the idea of what to bring for general day-to-day life, I want your thoughts on beach travel. What is your assvice from experience on going to the beach with the baby, assuming we have the sunscreen and one of those cabana shelter tenty things? I get all the “What to expect” jazz about how long a kid could be out at the beach assuming nice conditions, but what has your experience actually been? I have a feeling that while properly shaded and cool a kid could last X amount of time, but in reality, with a kid who only wants to stand and has no interest in sitting, we’ll only last so long on a sandy towel. What are other ways that you have enjoyed a family vacation with a 5 month old if there’s not too many places to go? We’ll be there over the 4th, so I have to make sure to pick up those kiddo headphones for his ears so that we can enjoy the fireworks.
Phew! Time to kick up our feet and watch a movie…while we don’t leave for a few days, vacation starts tonight! And to any would-be villains, we have someone staying at the house with the cats. Our stereo system is not your new present.
