Looking Forward to Fall

Summer weather pattern is here in Miami: sunny and hot early, followed by torrential rains in the afternoon. We have a family photo shoot scheduled for the evening, and it's being threatened by impending rain. D1 found a deal on Groupon (tm) and we plan to all put on white shirts and jeans, and pose around the yard. We'll see if it goes forward. To celebrate the coming worst weather part of the year, I just booked a Fall trip. I really enjoy Autumn up north, and I try to travel there each year. Last year I was in Chicago in October, and saw some colored leaves in Millennium Park. In years passed, we've travelled with Dr. Eric and Dana -- to North Carolina and Maine. This year, we're making it a 3 couples' trip. Wifey's BFF Edna and her husband Marc are going to meet Eric and Dana and Wifey and me in NYC. They have daughters living there, and want to see them. We'll tag along, and see a Broadway show and maybe have a big dinner at Peter Luger's. After a few nights in the city, we'll JetBlue to Burligton, and then drive to Stowe. Eric found a place that's supposed to be the best inn in Vermont, and we'll spend 3 days hiking and biking and eating and drinking, hopefully in the height of leaf season. Then it's a night back in Burlington for one night, before we all fly home via Atlanta. Eric plans trips with the detail he plans forays into his patients' blood vessels. We surrender outselves to him, and he always picks the finest hotels, restaurants, and tours. He's a frustrated camp counselor -- he brings the same enthusiasm he used to bring to that job --one he held throughout college and med school. It was a lucky camper who got to be in Eric's group. Now we're those lucky campers... So D2 flies to Spain for a 5 week study and fun trip, and D1 has 2 summer trips to Houston planned, as well as a sorority reunion up in NC. I have no other trips planned -- but might well get the bug and escape to Key West for a few days. For now, the heat and Miami Heat are both on. Fall beckons, already.