Quote Originally Posted by indysteel View Post
Thanks, Pax. I'm getting increasingly excited. When I was about five, I spent the better part of a summer on a "pond" in New Hampshire, where a branch of my mom's family lives. I haven't been to New England since (minus a short stay in Boston), but I've long had a romantic attachment to it, based on my early, but vivid, memories of that summer. I wish it weren't so far away. I'd really like to find a place that DH and I can revisit regularly; a second home of sorts. Kind of like you and Key West.
Understand the New England attachment, I was born and spent my early years out on Cape Cod; I don't get back there often enough.

I used to love going new places all the time, but now I seek out comfort and relaxation more. Having a place to return to provides that; it's still fun to do the new places, but setting aside some vacation time/funds to "go home" is worth it's weight in gold.