First Things First

     Drew and I got married in June 1992. In April 1993, our first child was born. Our second child arrived in May 1995. We never knew what it was like to be "just the two of us" because we never really were. We only managed to take one family vacation - partly because of finances and partly because it was just too hard to travel with two kids who often didn't even like being in the same city, much less the same car. So, we missed out on experiencing the adventures that so many couples post about. 

     We spent time going to scout meetings, baton practice, baseball/softball games, driving them to youth group, etc. It often felt like we were living a busy life, but not a full life. Between Drew working so much, me spending seven years in college and then working (and neither of us ever really on the same schedule), it just kinda felt like we were "stuck" in this pattern of working, eating, watching TV, going to bed, doing it all over again the next day. 

     I've always worked summer jobs that I'd start the week after school got out and continue until a few days before the beginning of the next school year. It still didn't leave time to do anything together. We stated in our same old pattern. Summer of 2017, that all changed. I began a summer job working in the same company as Drew. The deal was, I was going to be off the same day as him every week. Thus, our Wednesday adventures were born. I love hash-tagging photos and posts to make similar items easier to find later. #wackywednesdaywanderings became our new thing. Every Wednesday, we would wake up and decide where we'd like to spend our day. With needing to be back at work on Thursday morning, we would need to be sure that it was someplace that we could drive to, enjoy some time checking the area out and drive back early enough to get rested up for a new work day. We've visited lots of places for the first time ever, I've discovered a new found love for the beach, we've taken thousands of photos and laughed until our bellies hurt. 

     This summer we put a new twist on our adventures. This is the first summer I haven't worked. Drew is still off on Wednesdays. So, we made a list of 9 places (one for each Wednesday of my summer break) and put them all in a bowl. Each week, we pull one out and that's our adventure for the following week (a couple are places where extended family is so we wanted to be able to make arrangements with them - it's not like I'm really a pre-planner except for in my classroom). 

     We always post about our adventures, places we visit, restaurants we eat at, etc. This year we've added a new twist - I drive using GPS (if needed) to our destination. On the way home, Drew using his Maps app to navigate us home, traveling a different way than "normal" and sometimes off the beaten path. It may take us 90 minutes to get to our destination and three hours to get home. But we find some beautiful places and eat some delicious meals at restaurants we may not have found had we followed GPS home. 

     In this blog, we will share our adventures, tell you about hidden treasures we find, recommend restaurants and pass along any other little day-trip travel tips we find helpful - or at least want to put here to remember later. The key here is, it's never too late to have adventures, to live a full life and to learn to have fun together. 

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☺Brenda for Wohlford, party of two