The summer we spent touring the U.P.

The only thing coming to mind is the Unidad Popular, and since I don't think that would have been much fun, what with the riots and getting shot and all, I have to say that I am stumped.

Sorry - Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We spent 4 weeks seeing pretty much everything. My mom called it our "Waterfall Tour". Must have seen a billion waterfalls that summer.

Zucchini Walnut Muffin and a Mocha:

Not my webpage, but damn it could be!!

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Favorite summer dessert?

Marionberry pie. Unless you're paying my way to Philly so I can get me some water ice.

Beach or pool?

Can I say "dramatic rocky coastline"?

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?

Dunno. Am pop music clueless.

What was your worst family summer vacation?

Don't remember a bad summer one. There was a spring break where I was a whiny, bratty 13-year-old over being dragged along by my parents when I wanted to be on the Washington trip with the 8th graders--they'd had a few extra spaces and invited a few select 7th graders, but Mom and Dad thought I was too young.

your best?

The camping trip we took out west when I was 9--three weeks of mountains and national parks.

Last x-ray I started getting snarky at the questions. "Do I look fifteen months pregnant?" was my personal favorite.

I'm actually worried about Katie Holmes. She doesn't seem to realize that she's a beard. She seems to be genuinely in love/limerance/infatuated. She's going to be a bitter bitter woman when she susses it out.

If she didn't know at first she did once she signed the confidentiality agreemnt. There's no way he's going to risk a beard writing a book.

Favorite summer dessert? Raspberry sorbet and/or Dole Frozen Raspberry Pops (with the pulp).

Beach or pool? Uncrowded beach due to the "Cooler by the lake" factor, but only if it's uncrowded.

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05? As long as it's not "Macarena," I'm fine with it. My favorite overplayed summer hit of my youth, though, is Chuck Mangione's "Feels So Good." Love that horn line.

What was your worst family summer vacation? The most boring ones were probably the times we went down to see my grandparents at the first retirement house down in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Not much to do, hot and buggy, and enforced time with my stepmother and step-sibs. Yay.

your best? I mentioned the New England trip last time we did the 5 Questions thing, but the big family vacation I really remember fondly before the 'rents got divorced was when we did the Illinois/Missouri tour, from Rockford then down the Mississippi (brief stopover at Hannibal, MO), stopping at Navoo for the afternoon and luckily seeing the Delta Queen paddling by (back in the 1970s, the Delta Queen was the only old-time paddleboat still on the Mississippi). Then, it was Springfield and New Salem (rubbing Lincoln's nose for luck at his tomb, of course), and ending in St. Louis (the Arch and Six Flags were the highlights here). Other than Dad losing his temper when he got lost in St. Louis and threatening to drive back home if Mom didn't get off his back (and sending my sister and me into hysterics since we were convinced he would), it was a fun weeklong drive.

Favorite summer dessert?

I don't have a favourite dessert, and don't get the season distinction, so I'll go like bon and choose a drink. Normally it's the sangria that begs to be consumed at that sidewalk restaurant, but now I'm leaning mojito-wards.

Beach or pool?

Beach. Proper beach, with proper ocean.

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?

I'll go with Hollaback Girl, since I've heard of it. I haven't done radio or MTV in months.

What was your worst family summer vacation?

For me, none. For my parents, probably the driving trip where I decided I wanted to learn all the Tolkien poetry in LotR and The Hobbit.

your best?

They've all be pretty good. If we're not talking immediate family, the month in the villa in Montego Bay (with driver and maid and Half Moon privileges) certainly ranks. But my parents did good holidays -- be it Frenchman's Cove and the stream that ran to the beach by the cliffs, or the Lake District or Brecon Beacons.

Sadly, I'm predicting that the Rob Thomas song will be the constant play. shrug.

Favorite summer dessert?

Cass' mommie introduced me to it last summer -- really ripe strawberries and sour cream.

Beach or pool?

pool

Predictions on the overplayed song of summer '05?

Well, now that 101 CBS FM is dead I'm going to find out, now aren't I?!?!?!?!

What was your worst family summer vacation?
your best?

po' folks don't take family vacations

Aimee, those waterfalls are sooo beautiful. I especially loved the Laughing Whitefish and the Tahquenenon(?). Much better than hanging with Allende.