I think vacations are all about new adventures and old traditions. I love seeing new places and trying new things. I’m all about adventure vacations. But I also love old traditions. And that’s what our annual beach vacation is all about.

Our kids are learning to love the traditions. The traditions are like emotional anchors. We’ve got the Grotto Pizza tradition, the Fractured Prune donut tradition, and the Dairy Queen tradition. Yes, many of our traditions revolve around food. But there is something so nostalgic about going back to the same place every year. It’s like our bedroom door where we’ve measured the kid’s height over the years. It’s a benchmark. The kids have so many accumulated memories at Rehoboth Beach. And that is what makes it so special. The more times we go the more we say “remember when.”

For what it’s worth, both Lora and I had families that went on vacation to the same place every year growing up. For her, it was Bethany Beach near the Michigan Dunes. For me, it was Bedman’s Beach on Lake Ida in Alexandria, Minnesota. For our kids it’ll be Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Anybody else have any vacation traditions?