African Violets and Gesneriads: Anyone have a life preserver or row boat?, 0 by begoniacrazii

begoniacrazii wrote:
Yea, we do the cheapest route we can, get out tickets from Suntrips, rent a wreck of a jeep, the cheapest they have and then split the cost, then we pack all of our camp gear in an igloo cooler and one suitcase and head to paradise.
We put up our tent on the beach and bring a little hibachi for cooking fresh Mahi Mahi. We eat fresh fruit from the farmers market and drink plenty of wine and pina coladas! In all, 10 days runs us about 800-1000 depending on if we do a lot of shopping. We've been so many times now that we don't shop too much, you can only have so many T-shirts that say Maui on them.

We torture ourselves at the beach every day(not!) or drive to the hill country to visit the botanical gardens. Of course the whole island is a botanical garden (all of the islands are).

It's rough camping, no facilities or water, BUT the public beaches all have showers and water. We just plan ahead! On our last day, we go to a North shore beach and shower, then it's only 5 minutes to the airport. We cry all the way there!

Our families figure it's cheaper than therapy (LOL) and we have a great time. It recharges our batteries. I've done the whole trip with our kids and such, but it's so much better when it's 'just the girls'. We've been best friends for so long now and it's literally a laugh a minute!

When we get home, all we do is plan for the next time we get to go. Since we're in Cali, it's not such a bad flight like for those of you coming from FL. or the east coast.
Oh yea, the best part is that as soon as we get our jeep, we head to the local thrift store to get chairs and a coffee table for our camp site! Look at the photo of us being bums below. We're talking to my niece in SFO at the time, I put my camera on auto and took our picture at our camp!

Dang, I'm ready to get on the plane now with all this beach camp talk! LOL