For years, Grant saved up loose change in a little pink ceramic piggy bank which he spent only on travel. Occasionally, he'd go stretches where he'd devote a whole $20 bill from an ATM visit. When he pitched to Erica the trip that became their 3.5 week European adventure in 2011, he pointed out that he had socked away quite a stash in his pig. Dryly, Erica observed that they were going to need a "much bigger pig."
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| The Little Pig |
Erica's wasn't wrong. While the little pig did disgorge quite a bit of cash, it was only enough to pay for about 2 nights accommodation, and so for the rest they plundered their accumulated credit card points and frequent flyer miles, and dipped into savings. (But it was worth it.)
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| Venice, The Big Pig |
It wasn't long before Grant and Erica began to refer to their trip itself as the "Big Pig". The subsequent big summer trip of 2012 (Sequoia NP, Yosemite NP, Lake Tahoe, Napa, Berkeley) became "Big Pig 2: West Coast Boog-A-Loo". And while Erica insisted on taking 2013 off from excessive traveling to gestate James, all future week+, multi-destination adventures will inherit the sobriquet.
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| Yosemite, Big Pig 2 |
That doesn't mean that our travels are limited to "Big Pigs". We're always going somewhere. Check back at this space for updates.
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