If I Could Go Anywhere, Where Would I Go?

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If I Could Go Anywhere, Where Would I Go?

Today’s #WANAFriday blog prompt asks where I would go if I could go anywhere. Funny, but I didn’t even need to think hard to come up with the answer. I mean, I’d love to find a drafty old castle in England to hang out in for a month or so, or maybe a villa in the hills of Italy. It would be amazing to take a train across Europe, or go back to St. Petersburg in July for the White Nights. China? Maybe. Australia? Oh definitely. Somewhere Down Under there’s a vanilla slice with MY name on it.

But you know what? Life’s been just a little tricky lately, and while all of those places sound amazing, they’d make me think too hard. When the going gets tough, the tough want the travel equivalent of comfort food. For me, that means one thing.

Makapu Beach – Oahu – Hawaii

Yep, I’d go to the beach,in a big way. My dream vacation would take me and the rest of the family to the North Shore of Oahu. I’d rent a house near the beach for a month, maybe two.

Shave ice, baby!

I’d want to be near Hale’iwa and Sunset Beach. I don’t surf, but the energy there is amazing: calm, warm, and happy. And who doesn’t need more of those things, right?

The kids and I would climb up into the hills to find the Pu’u O Mahuka Heiau, an ancient temple near the town of Pupukea. Standing on that site and looking down over Waimea Bay, there’s a hushed feeling, as if the kahunas are still present even though it’s now a State monument.

The view from the Heiau down to Waimea Bay.

Yep, I’d go to the North Shore. I still have friends on Oahu, which helps sway my decision, and I do love Honolulu, which is an hour or so drive from Hale’iwa. The kids could learn to boogie board and surf and windsurf and maybe paddle an outrigger canoe, while the husband and I applaud from the beach.

Wow. I think I’m talking myself into this…

Aloha,

Liv