In the 2-1/2 years since we went from couple to family, we've taken exactly zero vacations that did not center around visiting family. While family-centered trips have their own benefits (really), they're not exactly a respite in paradise. Because of that, we've committed to camping this summer in Wisconsin, chosen for its scenic dunes and guarantee of a car trip that will last no more than rounds of the (*cringe*) Little People CD.
Given those rather meek vacation plans, imagine the jaw-dropping and travel-lust that swelled up when I read about families taking luxury ecotours to the Galapagos Islands. The trip is guided by experienced, adventure-loving naturalists and is filled with posing for pictures with tortoises, observing birds and sea lions, hiking over lava fields and then returning "home" to a passenger boat. As the author describes, speaking clearly to geeky me, "it feels like we've stumbled into an episode of 'Nova."
Heavenly, right? If you've got $10,000 to spend for a week away with the kids, then it clearly is. For now, my husband will have to do without the endless of entertainment of hearing a guide point out the flocks of "boobie birds" and I will have something to put on my to-do list for ummm...next summer.
