Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is to take a thirty six hour vacation. Getting
Speaker 1: away doesn't have to involve long flights, extended in pricey
Speaker 1: hotel stays, or even taking days off work. Quick trips
Speaker 1: are sometimes more doable than long ones and can make
Speaker 1: life feel more memorable, even if they do take some work.
Speaker 1: In the moment, I am writing this after returning from
Speaker 1: a quick weekend trip to Upstate New York. My brother
Speaker 1: lives in a rural spot that is absolutely beautiful in fall,
Speaker 1: and so my family went to visit him to see
Speaker 1: the leaves at their peak. My kids still have all
Speaker 1: their fall sports. So we got in the car at
Speaker 1: two pm on Saturday, We got there a little before
Speaker 1: six pm, and we were back in the car at
Speaker 1: four pm on Sunday to be home for bedtime on
Speaker 1: Sunday night. Moving seven people anywhere is never easy, and
Speaker 1: so there was a lot of packing and unpacking to
Speaker 1: take this thirty something our trip. Getting the kids in
Speaker 1: bed on time on Sunday night wasn't easy, and it
Speaker 1: is possible that Monday morning was a bit bumpy, but
Speaker 1: it was fun seeing family and the leaves were gorgeous.
Speaker 1: We hiked around a mountain lake rimmed with red maples
Speaker 1: and yellow oaks, and we picked apples with a view
Speaker 1: of the cliffs in the distance. From the perspective of memory,
Speaker 1: I think it is so much better to have the
Speaker 1: memories than not have the memories, even if I did
Speaker 1: have to do launch on Monday instead of over the weekend.
Speaker 1: The New York Times has long run a feature on
Speaker 1: thirty six hours in some destination. Usually the idea is
Speaker 1: you could go Friday and be gone by Sunday midday.
Speaker 1: Many of these places are exotic destinations, and I sometimes
Speaker 1: fantasize about the sort of life where I could spend
Speaker 1: thirty six hours in Oslo or Costa Rica. But the
Speaker 1: truth is you can spend thirty six hours in places
Speaker 1: far closer to home. You can have the feel of
Speaker 1: a vacation but not have to wait for long weekends
Speaker 1: or holiday weeks to get that feeling. You won't have
Speaker 1: to compete with the extra traffic long weekends and holiday
Speaker 1: weeks generate, and you don't have to take any extra
Speaker 1: days off work. So consider what is within a three
Speaker 1: to four hour radius from your house with driving, or
Speaker 1: if you live near a major airport, there are probably
Speaker 1: flights that take less than two hours, which means that
Speaker 1: you could get somewhere in less than four hours door
Speaker 1: to door. Maybe you could stay with family and friends,
Speaker 1: or get a reasonably cheap airbnb. If you like to
Speaker 1: relax on Friday night and don't want to battle Friday traffic,
Speaker 1: you can absolutely leave Saturday morning, come home Sunday night,
Speaker 1: and pack a lot in A thirty six hour vacation
Speaker 1: like this isn't doable every weekend, but it is probably
Speaker 1: doable every six weeks or so in a way that
Speaker 1: a more formal vacation probably isn't.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: To be sure, many people do like to relax on weekends,
Speaker 1: and traveling over a normal weekend is not going to
Speaker 1: be that relaxing. I will admit there was a lot
Speaker 1: of yelling in the minivan, a lot of complaining during
Speaker 1: the hikes. My toddler took his time going to sleep
Speaker 1: in a new location, which meant that I was sitting
Speaker 1: next to a portable crib at eleven thirty pm trying
Speaker 1: to convince him to be quiet. It certainly would have
Speaker 1: been more relaxing to stay home. But memory is a
Speaker 1: funny thing. I know it was a hassle to travel,
Speaker 1: but my memories of the weekend center more on the
Speaker 1: fall color and the kid's fun at picking apples. We
Speaker 1: went to a farm where they encouraged us to try
Speaker 1: the merchandise, so everyone was sampling the apples and picking
Speaker 1: their favorites. We got donuts, too, so that was a win.
Speaker 1: The weekend was going to pass one way or another,
Speaker 1: and I rarely start the week feeling completely rusted anyway,
Speaker 1: So in the grand scheme of things, what am I
Speaker 1: saving my energy for? Plus I don't do this every weekend.
Speaker 1: A short trip once a month or so still leaves
Speaker 1: most weekends for staying home. So consider if there's maybe
Speaker 1: a place you'd like to travel in the next month.
Speaker 1: Pick a weekend where the calendar is fairly light, or
Speaker 1: where it could be light after noon on Saturday. You
Speaker 1: could do your normal stuff from six p m. Friday
Speaker 1: to noon Saturday and then still enjoy a getaway. Travel
Speaker 1: doesn't have to be long to be fun. The world
Speaker 1: is an amazing place, even corners of the world that
Speaker 1: are just a few hours away. In the meantime, this
Speaker 1: is Laura. Thanks for listening and here's to making the
Speaker 1: most of our time. Hey, everybody, I'd love to hear
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