Your intrepid travelers
are frugal, but humility and dignity quickly melt away when the prying open of
the wallet becomes a necessity. Endeavoring to lessen the shock of greenbacks
flitting haphazardly into the stratosphere Team VFH has often explored off-centered attempts at mooching. Recently we have discovered new and potentially limitless
opportunities to mooch on Facebook and Twitter. The “kids” may say that adults
have ruined Facebook, but this social media site allows us to cast a far wider
mooching net. A simple missive, typical of Facebook and Twitter, launched by
yours truly, read: “Hey friends, where should Janet and I vacation this summer.”
After all Janet and I share many friends, but have many separate ones, so
this had potential for success. This indeed is casting a very wide net.
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| mooching ops galore |
We got a lot of
suggestions. Of course, we ignored all the
feeble ones offering this destination or that. Sure, if we had the money we
could easily go to Europe, or Hawaii, but we were holding out for that elusive,
wonderful, glorious, radiant invitation for a visit to someone’s home.
Hopefully, not too far away to drive…forget flying. Florida would have been
good, even in the summer. We have friends in Florida, but they did not respond
to our innocent query. Should I block them? No, that would be bad karma and we
may someday get that invite. That is the Vacations From Home way; don’t burn
bridges! Friends at the Jersey shore didn’t come through either, but they are
still dealing with the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy, so we’ll cut them a
break. A friend offered his vacation home in Maine, but as a rental. THAT IS
NOT what this mooching is all about…cheesh.
Just when we thought our
perhaps most embarrassing foray into out-and-out mooching would not bear fruit,
we got an invite. A friend of Janet’s from college, whom she reconnected with
through Facebook after decades, invited us down to Hilton head for a week in
July. We had already visited them at their home in the Pittsburgh area last
year and attended a Pirates game.
Success! We graciously accepted
their invite and started our research.
Hilton Head is the
largest barrier island on the eastern seaboard and part of an area of South
Carolina called the Low Country. How appropriate for VFH…."Low" Country.
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