What is your idea of "The perfect vacation"? Or have you already experienced it?
I have come close, Tennessee. I have on several different occasions traveled to the middle of nowhere Tennessee(outside of Chattanooga). Location, a little place called toe string cottages. It was a little nook hidden in the woods on the edge off an inlet. The surroundings were quite serene, to say the least.
It is amazing that such a feeling of tranquility can be brought about just by leaving the world behind. When I was there I was truly happy, no worries or cares. Just fishing, swimming, bait collecting, bird watching, and so on. There was no tv, no radio, no cellphone, and few people. I think the best part is that I got to spend so much time with my father.
The place was run by an older couple and while there they truly made you feel like family. It seemed as if each summer things grew older and more complicated. Things changed and for the worse at that. Trees disappeared and business came in. One summer my father tried to book us a stay but we were informed that the older gentleman(Otis) had passed and that his wife went to live with her children. He also learned that the place had been sold and split up, commercialized. Sad...
Well those times have passed and it is time for me to find a new hideaway from reality. Those were the summers of my youth and the were quite memorable. I doubt that I will ever find such a place again. It is not that other similar places dont exist, its just that they hold no memories. I guess one day I will have children of my own and a similar place to share the same experiences.
So does anyone else wanna share their slice of utopia?