Archive for July, 2009

Putting Our Golf Checklist to the Test

I’m caddying this week in the Tennessee Women’s Open, so I’ll be putting our golf checklist to the test.  In my experience, professional golfers expect all of the little details to be taken care of efficiently and quietly. Knowing the particular preferences of your player is critical and I always add a few items to [...]

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Road Trip Checklist Must Include Healthy Snacks

Today is a 10 1/2 hour day in the car (mini-van).  There will be a number of long driving days throughout the next two months of our summer vacation road trip, not to mention many shorter travel days.  We call the food we eat while we travel “car food”.  One of the jokes is that [...]

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Checking the last item off our packing checklist!

It has taken several days, but finally we’re off.  We’ll be gone for two months, which is a shorter trip than usual for us during the summer, but that didn’t make the packing any easier.  In fact, we used the same old packing list that we’ve used for our longer trips and didn’t really need [...]

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Wireless Camping Supplies

We’re headed to eastern Tennessee for the week and are thinking about doing some camping. It used to be that on weeks like this when I think I’ll have to be working during the trip, I would insist on staying in a hotel so that I would be able to have Internet access.  But these days, not only [...]

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Vacation Packing Checklist News on July 6, 2009

Essential Vacation Packing Tips July 6, 2009 – This blogger makes some good points about the things yoiu need to consider when flying with regards to TSA guidelines. Being ready for the airport hassles can reduce the stress on both ends of your vacation. Here is How You Can Pack Less July 6, 2009 – [...]

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Pack a Vacation Journal and a Camera

I’m over 40  now and much to my dismay, many of my childhood vacation memories have faded away.  I can remember the sense of happiness that I associate with different places that we went, but many of the details are buried deep or gone completely.  What’s really interesting is that the memories that I do [...]

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Beach Trip Packing List

We’re headed to Sarasota for the Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix this 4th of July weekend! That means we’ll be spending a few days enjoying the beach.  The weather has been really rainy there, but the forecast is good, so the beach is bound to be crowded and parking will be a challenge. We won’t be [...]

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Top Vacation Packing Checklist posts from Jun

If you haven’t read them already, you may be interested in seeing what our most popular Vacation Packing Checklist posts were during the past month. Vacation Packing Checklist News on June 16, 2009 Posted on Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 in Travel Checklist – Comments: (0) Families spending £1bn per year on forgotten holiday items – [...]

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