We drove to our beach house in Oceanside using a GPS system
We listened to XM satellite radio while driving
Andy rented movies at Red Box on one town and dropped them off at another and watched those movies on the laptop in the car. He and Rick watched The King's Speech and loved it.
Andy's radar detector kept us out of trouble
We booked our beach house online, using a vacation rental site. We emailed back and forth with the property manager and we never spoke to a real person the whole time. We knew in advance about all the amenities and saw online pictures of each room in the house AND
We took a tour of the beach house on You Tube so we could see what it would be like.
Claire purchased our tickets to Sea World online and received a $20 a person discount code for purchasing online in advance.
Claire checkout out Legoland online and found out how to get discount coupons which we applied to the cost.
Claire purchased tickets to the San Diego Padres baseball game and the LA Dodgers game online, prepaying parking for an online discount.
We watched the weather forecast online and planned accordingly.
Dave & Courtney, Rich and Claire booked their flights online and checked in...online.
We enjoyed wireless internet at the beach house and at a few points we had four laptops operating.
There were some stealth recordings of our spontaneous dance and limbo contest that somehow appeared on Facebook.
There was interaction on our 9 cell phones through calls and texting when needed.
We hired a local photographer to come and take a family picture and looked at her previous work...online.
We found a chapel to attend church and got the address and start time...online.
We went to the San Diego temple and found the phone number to call to get the start times...online.
And we went to the beach many times and went completely...offline!
How did we ever plan a trip and get around 20 years ago?
Wow! That's amazing. The house you rented is awesome! I'm sure everyone had a fabulous time. Will it be a yearly tradition? Can't wait to see the professional photos
Great post, Vonnie. Somehow, we muddled along all those years ago, without the modern conveniences. But even I have to admit that we do have some sophisticated gadgets to help us get around nowadays.
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Wow! That's amazing. The house you rented is awesome! I'm sure everyone had a fabulous time. Will it be a yearly tradition? Can't wait to see the professional photos
Great post, Vonnie. Somehow, we muddled along all those years ago, without the modern conveniences. But even I have to admit that we do have some sophisticated gadgets to help us get around nowadays.
Double Wow Yevon! This is the perfect beach vacation. Thanks for sharing.
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