Family Vacations

Cold and beautiful

Stands Lake Superior

Remember, Fifth grade?

HOMES
Heron

Ontario

Michagen

Eerie

Superior, and here I stand.

Mom and Dad,

Couldn’t we have gone somewhere warm?

And noneducational?

Florida, California, Hawii

Warrant a shake of the head

But Canada? Wisconsin?

Why not?

Alaska.

In the summer?

Mom and Dad nod.

Seventeen years of vacations

Wasted on arboretums and gardens

Cold camping trips

Family visits

Boring spring and summer breaks all leading to,

All building to;

Senior year- graduation

Now I’m free to travel and see the world