Where to Begin
I guess my mind started drifting in this direction early in 2015, when I suspected that my daughter's then-live in-boyfriend was going to become a permanent partner in the near future. He comes from a warm, lively, and very close family--and has a special bond with his two brothers. Being pragmatic, I realized there was going to be a future of big happy family get-togethers and holidays, with cousins to get to know and grow up with, on his end--and me (and my parents for holidays) on this end. I'd rather visit them too! So, my first thought was to find a special vacation spot that my daughter, future son-in-law, and even-more-future grandchildren would all want to gather with me for a long week every summer, and maybe an occasional holiday. The flaws in that idea quickly became apparent. Where? Would they want to spend their vacation there every summer? And was that enough for me? No. On one of my trips to scout out magical family vac...