Firsts

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What could you try for the first time?
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I am going to try to come up with some new things for this answer. The prompts have been similar to this recently and old answers apply. In the interest of originality I am not going to re-use things like learning to fly a plane or becoming an astronaut. Can I come up with some new things to day dream about trying for the first time?

Here’s one that is hopefully attainable and may actually happen tomorrow. I would like to have a post-pandemic band practice with all four band members in attendance. We’ve had three attempts since our last gig on February 1, 2020, but they were all missing one guy. There’s a plan in place to try again tomorrow night but there’s been nothing but radio silence for the last week and I am starting to worry about disappointment. Cross your fingers, folks.

Here is one that could happen but might not but it’s a lot of fun to fantasize about. I would like to visit Europe for the first time. My step kids have gone a bunch of times. My step daughter lived in the Netherlands for the better part of a year. Jen and I tried to go to the UK once but the plans fell through. Her mother and step father were able to go and they had a great time. We both want to visit the lands of our fore-fathers, Ireland for me and Scotland for her. We also want to travel the continent. As in everywhere on the continent.

Okay, that’s two. Can I come up with one more? Schoolhouse Rock taught us that three is a magic number, yes it is. It’s a magic number. How about this… I want to drive across country. The epic West-to-East American Road Trip of legend. Do we take the northern route or the southern route? What stops do we add to the itinerary? How about all of them. That would be pretty amazing.

There, three things I’ve never done that I would like to try for the first time. Here’s hoping that at some point in the (preferably near) future I’ll be able to try them all.

ADDENDUM: The tentatively schedule band practice is THURSDAY, not tomorrow. Tomorrow is WEDNESDAY. Why am I convinced that today is Wednesday when it is Tuesday? I even sent a message to the band’s Facebook chat asking if we were on for tomorrow, as if tomorrow were Thursday when tomorrow is Wednesday. Ugh, I think it’s going to be a long, confusing day today.

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  2. I appreciate the thought you put into this. It’s hard to be unique when answering the daily prompts! Hope band practice happens. I have wonderful memories of my own band practice back in the day.

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  3. The “West-to-East American Road Trip” would be epic! My husband and I have done a lot of road trips before our little one was born and we miss it. We moved from the West Coast to the Midwest then to the East Coast and we took the time to explore while moving from different coasts. It’s an unforgettable experience, one that we still talk about all the time. Our favorite road trips that we did were Highway 1 (Pacific Coast California, so beautiful), San Diego-Chicago (9-10 days exploring historical sites in between), and Toronto-Nova Scotia. It was so worth it! We look forward to doing long road trips with our daughter one day. I think the gift of experience is one of the best things you can give to someone. 😊

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    1. Dear Exploreadvent couple: To your point of firsts; My hubby and I are having our golden years-honeymoon. We drove (mostly he) 29 hrs., though with several shut-eye, rest stops, and plenty of coffee, from SEA to AZ. Our 4-yr old St. Bernard (see her pix on our WP blog) along with us, we stopped for several hikes, monuments. We plan to do it again, though this time with 1 overnight this time. All our adventures are on our WP blog. So right to make memories and share.

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