I’ve been quite the little traveler this year. First, I started the year by traveling to St. Louis in January with my love, Jeffery. Some of you may recall that we went to St. Louis in January 2007 right in the middle of an ice storm. We didn’t have an ice storm this year but had a wonderful time visiting with old friends.

Then in April of this year, Jeff and I visited our dear friend, Sandi, whom we both met at Camp Gaea during Laid Back Labor Day 2007. Bonus: Sandi lives in Seattle! I’d never been but I loved every minute of it. If ever I was to live anywhere else, it would be Seattle. It has mountains AND water. We were there for Sandy’s birthday weekend and celebrated with her and her dear ones the day we got in. We also made it to a very interesting swinger’s party that weekend… not a usual crowd for us but we still managed to have fun.

In May, we decided to continue the tradition from the previous year and visit a foreign country. We spent an entire week in Cancun, Mexico at an adult’s only resort. Jeff found a group of swingers online that met in Cancun yearly, so we joined and got a discount on our package. It was so incredibly awesome to be at a resort that catered to adults. No children for miles! And we could walk around naked if we wanted to! It was very cool. I will say this – never in my life have I seen so much silicone – in boobs, mouths, butts… it was weird! But we met some great folks and enjoyed ourselves immensely.

Our dear friend Cindy decided to take her boyfriend, Byron, to Vegas for his birthday at the end of June and invited us along (we were joined by other mutual friends – Andy and Julie and Don and Jamie). We spent a weekend at the Mirage hotel drinking, sunning, gambling and having a fabulous time. Vegas was more pricey than I remembered but still a good time.

In July, we went out to visit Jeff’s long time love, Dawn (or RA as we call her) and her husband, new baby, and son. They invited us down to their lake front home in Michigan City, Indiana. Seriously they were across the street from Lake Michigan! Something I’d never seen in my life up to that point. We spent the weekend celebrating Dawn’s birthday and schmoozing with old friends. We also spent a weekend in July camping in the mountains of Colorado at the aforementioned Naughty Camping. (That’s where we met Nichole – my hottie girlfriend!)

Just recently, we spent five days camping once again in the Colorado Mountains at a pagan festival called Dragonfest. Jeff hadn’t been to this particular event in ten years. We had so much fun even though it rained every day we were there. We met some really cool people who I hope we continue to be friends with – especially since they live in Colorado! It seems we always meet these great folks who don’t live anywhere near us. Luckily we got their numbers, and I’ve actually already met one of the couples, Toma and Genoa, for drinks. I just really connected with both of them – Genoa is a little hottie with gorgeous hair and a beautiful smile. And Toma. Well. Yes. Toma. At any rate, I’m making plans with one of the other wives/women we met to get us all together for drinks and dinner downtown.

And we aren’t done just yet! We have one last camping hurrah next week – our yearly trek to Camp Gaea for Laid Back Labor Day 2008! Nichole, Jeff and I are going as a thruple – our first trip. We all had so much fun shopping for new camping gear – we bought this amazing tent – I’m so excited I can barely contain all of it. But before we go camping, Nichole is taking me on a driving trip to Utah for the weekend. I’ve always wanted to see the other side of the mountains!

Really it’s only the end of August – so who’s to say we won’t be traveling more this year. It’s sure been a great year so far!