Every Fall we take a week’s vacation with our son, Jonathan, to St. George, Utah where we used to have a vacation home. We sold it a few years ago and although we miss it a lot we don’t miss the expense and worry. Once a year we rent a condo for a week and it is a fine substitution. We love the scenery and Jonathan has a great time playing golf at all the courses around here.

We also love cooking and shopping together. Jonathan and I have a long history of food shopping. He was the most obliging of babies and was always happy to go shopping with his Mom wherever we lived. Near to where we are staying is a beautiful Harmon’s grocery store. Jonathan and I plan on going there most days.

We have our traditions associated with this trip and one of them is to get sushi from Harmon’s on the first night we are here. It takes about 10 driving hours to get here, so really 11 hours accounting for stops. Obviously we are not going to be doing a lot of shopping and cooking the first night we arrive. We pick up the essentials for our dinner and breakfast in the morning and collapse exhausted on the couches with our sushi.