Camp Champions Blog

My grandfather was a newspaper man and a great collector of stories.  I wish I could have a week with him now that I so deeply appreciate great story-telling.

I, however, do remember one of his favorites.

Today was a transition day.  We woke in Bangkok and are now in Laos.  More specifically, we are in Luang Prabang, the former capital and Laos' spiritual center.

It has recently become an incredibly popular travel spot.  They have almost 100 hotels/guesthouses now.  Fifteen years ago, they would have had less than a dozen.

When we decided to take this trip, we contacted our frequent travelers, including Susie Silver, a business school friend of Susie's.  For the sake of clarity, I will call her Silver Ma'am.  Silver Ma'am is a truly seasoned world traveler, having been to Asia over a half dozens times.  To our delight, she had plans to be in Laos and Thailand around the same time we would be here.  We rearranged our trip slightly to spend 5-6 days with her.

Today, we linked up with her.  Here she is.

Little happened today, unless you count reducing Susie's stress level.

I am not sure what type of blog I want to share, so I will do a three part offering.

I am not sure what to write.  It is Christmas  in Bangkok.

I could write about the lovely pictures my family sent from Midland, Texas.  They sent holiday wishes,

Today is Susie’s birthday.  She is now a lovely ?!#*@#%! years old, but looks a decade younger.  So, what does our lovely matron get for her birthday?  A domestic flight on a Thai airline.  Yippee!  What better way to celebrate.

If the flight was not enough, she also has to suffer the loss of the beach.  It is actually cruel if you think about it.  Our adamant lover of the surf and hater of flying must board a plane and leave the shore behind.

There are some things that you cannot unsee.  You might wish that you could forget them, but they remain seared in your brain.

Today, such a vision happened.

There is little to report today.

We are experiencing the extremes of beach vacations.