Travelin'

December- New York, January- volunteering in the city for 4 days, February- Maryland, and Texas, March- volunteering in the city for 3 days, and now, once again, I find myself away from my baby puppy, in a hotel. But this is the last trip until I go to camp and I'm relieved. I love to travel, but I'm exhausted.

This week I am at a camping conference, spending time in sessions learning new ideas about all things camp. Techniques for staff training, new games, rethinking your dining hall menu, how to make a camp stove out of a pop-can... and so on. I get to talk to camp people about camp and already, I have 50 things I want to do this summer.

And today I got to ride in a limo.

The conference hotel is about an hour outside the city. It doesn't have a shuttle and when I looked up taxis, I found it was going to be $100 to get here! So I called the hotel and asked if they recommended any taxi service that might be cheaper and they directed me to a car service. For $45, I arranged a car to pick me up. I was slightly surprised when I walked out of the airport and was greeted by a stretch limo. A bit overkill if you ask me, but I've never been in a limo before, and I enjoyed it immensely. I touched all of the buttons and turned the ceiling light show on, although I resisted stretching my whole body out along the long seat.

When I arrived to the hotel, there were 4 camp vans outside, with people unloading pillows and backpacks. I was slightly embarrassed to get out of a limo, and I wanted to explain to everyone near me that it was really just the cheapest option, and see, I'm rockin' my favorite camp shirt, I'm just like all of you (funny side note, when I called my best friend to tell her about my sweet ride, she said, "I bet you looked awesome getting into a limo wearing khakis, keens and an oversize camp shirt under a vest" ...how well she knows me...).

Anyway, it's a camping conference and there couldn't be a better way to get ready for summer. Just 2 months away!!!!...