Bill and I just got back from our winter break, 10 days in St. Thomas at Frenchmans Cove. While there we started planning next years winter vacation, which got me thinking. Once the family is grown and we don’t have to plan around elementary and/or high school spring break anymore, the world just opens up to so many possibilities. Even if you still have kids in college, they seem to want to travel with friends. That’s ok, because we have our preferences too. So are you finding yourself falling into the category of “snowbirds”, spending the entire winter in southern climates? Or is a month away enough to shake the blues away? We are winter oddities I guess, we still like the change of seasons and love December and most of January at home with family, a cozy fire, a good book and a cosmo. Watching the snow fall, baking cookies or scones is my hibernating time and a needed break from the always on the go time of the other three seasons. By February, the thought of sun, warm weather and the sand in my toes sounds pretty good and 10 days seems to be the magic number. We like the Caribbean and purchased a villa there while on our honeymoon in 2006. When we get back home, we delve back into the tail end (hopefully) of winter, but still will consider shorter times away in the southern states, usually visiting one or the other of our kids and their family’s. We don’t seem to need the entire winter away, plus I tend to be a homebody and can’t bear to leave the dog or cats for any long period of time. It may be cold at home, but there is always plenty to do to pass the time. So, what is your winter pleasure and where do you go, if anywhere?
