SUMMER VACATIONS and DAD's Role
Growing up, my Dad took our little Texas family on many vacation adventures all over the place. Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Virginia, New Mexico, Mexico, South Padre (Texas), Oklahoma, Arkansas, and most memorably, Lake City Colorado. We did everything from Disney World, to Six Flags,to trout fishing, to shark fishing, Crab fishing, snow skiing, to mini-bikes at our Oklahoma property (homemade motorcycles...very safe and legal, of course), to pheasant hunts, dove hunts, Jeep rides up very-narrow-but-safe mountain 'roads' in Colorado, to skiing trips to Taos New Mexico, to Carlsbad Caverns, to leaving me behind a fruit stand in Earth Texas on the way back from a trip to Lake City.

As a Dad of three smelly, ugly, thrill-seeking, hairy-legged boys, my Dad past with flying colors on this vacation adventure deal. My two older brothers and I will never forget the stories and adventures that these vacations brought. No wonder when ever these old adventures come up in present-day conversation each of us have to chime in with prise detail on what 'really' happened. Why do we remember such specific, ridiculous detail? Because, it was so much fun. And that's what family is for.

As Father's day comes up Dad, I honor your desire to bless us with these special times of adventure and family. I know you and Mom threw down the dough big time for these trips but you sacrificed it anyway. These times of fun and family stick in my mind and will never to go away. May God give me grace (&dough.. yeah-right) to do the same with my new family, in the future.

Over time, a man I have received lots of wisdom from , C.J. Mahaney, shares some nuggets on vacations. CLICK HERE.