Tough Choices

So, we officially decided yesterday that the vacation is on. It will have been almost three years since we have been anywhere, and I'd like to get away as much as Jake would. Plus, we haven't seen some of his relatives in over a year.

The vacation destination? Tybee Island in Georgia. Sun and beaches!! YEAH!! However, flights to Savannah from here, are less than desirably priced. Our original plan was that since it was too expensive to fly, we would just drive. His aunt lives less than 10 miles off the route we would be taking so we were going to drive half way and then stay with her.

Yesterday I just happened to think that I hadn't checked airfare prices in awhile. So, I jumped on-line and looked. Des Moines to Savannah $404 per person plus tax. Um... don't think so!! My next brilliant idea was that I would look for Des Moines to Nashville. This way we would still get to visit said aunt (which we had been planning to do for two years and never had the money for) and then we would just ride to Savannah with them. $183 per person plus tax. Yeah... I think we can handle that.

So, I call Jake, all excited that we might get to fly instead of drive. He has been really pushing me to look for airfare as 20 hours in a car over 2 days is not exactly his idea of fun. However, before I booked the airfare I wanted to make sure he had the time off requested. It is non-refundable airfare and my money tree out behind my house just hasn't been producing like it used to.

"Hey honey, I found pretty cheap airfare to Nashville. I figure we can fly there and still get to see your aunt and then ride with them to Georgia."

"Okay, I guess that would work."

"What's wrong? I thought you wanted to fly so you didn't have to be in the car that long. If you don't want to fly, we can still drive."

"No, it's not that. I want to fly, I'm just wondering where I will put my fishing poles."

"I think we can figure something out."