Well, I guess it's not entirely true. I had a few mini-trips over the summer:
1. Rhode Island
Dirty and I went to visit Sonya, as she had finished up her first year at RISD. We took the train up there and had to listen to two people who had just met and were flirting the whole time. But then the conversation took a turn and all I heard was the guy say to the girl something along the lines of "Well, she had been dating women when we met. You know how it is."
Right.
We attempted (and failed) to see a movie at TWO separate drive-in theaters. Then we hit the beach at Newport. It's a very cute and touristy New England town. We walked the famous Cliff Walk and the three miles or so took us much longer than if we had been walking in the city instead of clambering around beach and rocks. The mansions along the walk were huge and beautiful and at the end of the walk we were very far away from our car, without snacks and water (poor planning on our part), and very, very tired. There was definitely meltdown potential but we each held it together and managed to find the trolley to take us back to civilization and more importantly, food.
2. July 4th BBQ/camp-out
Went out to Reading, PA to sleep in a tent, eat lots of grilled meat, read cheesy magazines and sun myself by the pool for 3 days with my best friends. Lovely. (Sorry, no photodocumentation available, even though there were at least 5 photographers present.)
3. MN
Brought Christina and Vickie to the home state for a visit. I think this might have been the first time I brought tourists to the Twin Cities. Very strange showing people around. Here's the rundown of what happened:
-Mall of America. Including the indoor amusement park formerly known as Camp Snoopy
-I started to learn how to ride a bike (kind of):
