1. What books are you most likely to bring on vacation?
I generally only pack memoirs and fiction books for vacation, as they are easier to get into. I figure out the max number of hours I’m likely to read over the trip, and multiple that by 60. That tells me how many pages of reading I should bring to make sure I don’t run out. It’s pretty common for me to have my bags weighed down primarily from books.
2. Do you like to camp?
Though I don’t pursue opportunities to camp, I like it. Assuming that I don’t have to hike to the camping spot…I’m too much of a city girl for that.
3. What was your favorite vacation spot as a kid?
Several summers we would go to Kansas City. I loved going to Worlds of Fun (an amusement park) and riding the Zambezi Zinger roller coaster, though later I was scared of it. I’ve never been on another roller coaster like it, because you would sit in between of the legs of the person sitting behind you (cool safety feature, huh?) and there was a spiral you went up instead of the initial hill.
4. How do you spend a day at the beach?
Reading, suntanning and sleeping. Occasionally I’ll get into the water, but I have to get out when the thought of fish and other creatures swimming in there with me gets to be too much.
5. Do you like any water sports?
I like canoeing and kayaking, if those are consider water sports. I’ve never water skied, and probably wouldn’t given that opportunity.
I think my love of talking is equal to your love of reading! HA!
How interesting that you plan the number of pages you read. I usually overpack books now, but occasionally I actually underpack them and then have to make a trip to the local bookstore. I don’t mind though because I enjoy going in bookstores on vacation.
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Books … I use to over pack books for me, but now I over pack books for a certain 8 year old that loves to read! She is really enjoying all books about horses (such as the Breyer Stablemates series). We also have to have lots of paper, pencils and crayons. I am seriously considering getting a Kindle or something for me (something I never thought I would do), just so I have access to more reading material for me in a compact form.
(note my new blog URL).
“Though I don’t pursue opportunities to camp”… oh Ronnica, for some reason that cracked me up. I don’t pursue those opportunities either and in fact, I avoid them :)
Cheryl: I’d agree with that. =)
Carin: If I run out of books on a vacation, it’s always at the most inconvenient time (like last Thanksgiving when it was a late Saturday night).
OneMom: That’s a reason why I’m considering it, too. Also, because I enjoy reading classics, but they’re often too heavy to be comfortable.
Haha, I do the exact same thing with the books. Most of my luggage is full of book when I travel :)