Plans are underway for the various comings and goings this summer and into September, and the landscape is starting to finally take shape after a lot of dawdling over the winter around Scott and Shelley's wedding. Finally they hit upon a date (Sept 6) and a place (Maui), so I'm off to Hawaii for a week! That should be fun, as a) Beth and the kids aren't coming, b) Jill & Bob will be there, as of course will Mom and the aforementioned bride and groom. The Lemke's are bringing their kids, which will make them less fun, but it should still be ok. In fact, we're there two days longer than the newlyweds, since they're off to Kauai the day after the wedding, and our frequent flyer miles limited our choices on when to come back. Should be a blast, but I can't talk about it in front of Beth!



Just prior to that the family and I are driving to Toronto for the Worldcon on Labor Day weekend. Hope to take in Niagara Falls on the way there and be able to do most of Toronto. The Philadelphia Worldcon two years ago turned out to be a fun vacation for everyone, so we're hoping that going north of the border will yield similar results this year, since next year it's in Boston and that's not quite the same thing.



Backing up a couple more months, I've just this minute made reservations for the annual pilgrimage to Chicago, which will be around the fourth of July week. Didn't have any specific weeks to center the trip around this year, so the 4th is kind of the default, what with the fireworks and Taste of Chicago and all. Hope to get down to South Bend to see the Stonehills, too. And dare I hope for a glimpse of the elusive Rebstocks?



So late June is still a ways off, don't have anything lined up prior to that for a weekend or anything, although there's no shortage of contenders, including the Housatonic bike race in mid-May and Wizard World East the weekend after Memorial Day. Don't know if we'll do either, but it would be nice to get away for a couple of days and try out the new minivan on the hard-road. Beth is going to take the kids to Storyland in mid-June, just after school is out, so there's a vacation there for everybody. Hope the weather cooperates!