I woke up this morning craving sopapillas and honey! No I’m not pregnant and I should smack your hand for even going there (because three kids is enough for me)! But while I was in New Mexico for the second time this year, I ate my weight in sopapillas and honey. As a matter of fact… I’m pretty sure I put back on the sixty pounds I lost this year! (Pausing here to say… YAY ME!) But my craving made me think. What kind of other yummies am I missing out on in other parts of the world?… or for that matter, the country?
My husband and I are still what I would consider a young couple. I’m only thirty-four years old for crying out loud. But between the two of us we have five children (I try to forget about his first wife) that live with us full time. As you can imagine… this does not allow us to have much of a traveling budget. Instead I get to buy about forty pairs of shoes every year… which is actually almost just as exciting for me, but that’s another story! Hey! I’m a girl. Get over it. Shoes are just part of the package!
But I am determined to travel, one way or another! I vowed to myself last January that I was going to travel somewhere at least once a year that involves getting on an airplane! This is probably a great time to give Southwest Airlines a plug because it seems that I can only afford to go places that they service! But even if that means that I have to take a weekend trip alone without the husband or the kids… then I am doing it because while other children were vacationing and experiencing the world with their parents when they were children… I WAS NOT. I was very sheltered. Heck I never even left the southern states until I was twenty-eight years old. I know, I’m pathetic!
There are so many places I want to tavel. I never really cared much about traveling until I became a photographer. But being a photographer opens one’s eyes differently. I see the world differently… even in my own backyard. God shines everywhere I look. And I simply long to be a witness to everything He created. Does this make sense? Or do I sound pathetic? I am truly awestruck at the creation of the world… and its Creator.
So I guess I’ll go to Southwest’s website now and dream about where I want to go next year after the holidays are over. Lord knows traveling is out when I have five kids to buy Christmas presents for! But I’m kind of thinking that I am also in the mood for some fresh seafood. So Ft. Myers is looking mighty inviting right about now. I wonder if I can get good sopapillas and honey in Florida? DOUBTFUL! However… we are taking the kids to the beach this summer, so maybe I should choose a different destination. Oh my! Decisions… decisions! Hey! Maybe Italy!… ooh ooh… maybe Australia! A girl can dream, right?
And because my blog is always more fun with pictures… here is a shot of a fabulous little dog that rode on top of a Harley Davidson motorcycle that I couldn’t resist shooting when I was on one of my waterfall adventures in East Tennessee. Why can’t my dogs be this cool?
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