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Talking Travel at the Flyaway Cafe: An Interview With Cory Aldrich from Baldiness

by Mary Jo Manzanares on May 2nd, 2006

When I started looking for some friends to interview about their travel experiences, Cory Aldrich from Dayton, Ohio was one of the first to volunteer.  Thanks, Cory for being so kind in helping me out, and for being willing to share your travel experiences.

Where did you go on your last vacation:  South Central Georgia to visit my parents. The last (and first) REAL vacation was just before our oldest was born. We took a belated honeymoon: two weeks in Honolulu! I almost forgot: I had a work trip to Keystone, Colorado last summer. My wife, Kerri, and our youngest, Luke (He was just 2 months old.) got to come along, so it was part work/part vacation.

Where do you plan to go on your next vacation:  Not counting family visits, the next few will probably be semi-educational.  Probably car trips to various museums and such.   A trip to Washington DC is a must. Hopefully I’ll get the work trip to Colorado again!  This time we’re leaving all three kids behind.

If you were stuck in a middle seat for a five hour flight, who would you want sitting with you:  Family, please!  If I were stuck with strangers, I’d prefer quiet ones. I like to sleep on planes.

Window seat or aisle: Aisle all the way, though I can handle the window if I get to sleep.

Name five destinations that are on your “must see before I die” list: So many places.  I’d like to see… Let’s go with the UK, Ireland, China, Israel, and an African safari.
 
All time favorite vacation experience:  Family visits are always fun, but the trip to Honolulu was awesome. We were on a budget, but that just made for better memories. I found a great little breakfast cafe a couple blocks off Waikiki and a Starbucks to sit and journal. We hiked Diamond Head (Kerri was five months pregnant at the time! Go girl!), and played in some monster surf off North Shore. Some friends of ours were there, too, and we had a blast on the cheap dinner cruise. The whole story is too long, but let me say this: the first mate also manned the grill; and when turning the boat in choppy surf to head back to the dock the captain said over the intercom, “I usually have pretty good luck with this.” We laughed the whole night… unlike many of the other passengers who were quite green. 

Most embarrassing travel experience:  So far, I’ve avoided embarrassment. Even when traveling with kids, they’ve been pretty well behaved.

If I am in Dayton, and have a spare four hours, what would you recommend that I do:  Four hours leaves you enough time to visit the US Air Force Museum, and perhaps the Wright Bros. Bicycle Shop.

Is traveling about the journey or the destination? With kids: the destination, without: the journey.

Do you have a travel tip that you’d like to share: Be early so you can take your time. There are too many other things that can cause stress when you travel, there’s no need to push last minute connections and such. Spending an extra hour or two traveling will probably keep stress from taking a year or two off your life.

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Cory Aldrich lives in Dayton, OH, USA, with his wife, Kerri, and their three children: Samantha (5), Jacob (2) and Luke (1). By day he works as a retirement plan administrator, and by night he blogs at 55 Fiction, Baldiness.com, House Is Right, Supernanny Rules, AND Bald Man Blogging.

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