Sometimes it’s the destination. Most often it’s both. School days ended and summer vacation settled over the residents of number one Trafalgar Court. Steve was enjoying his time stateside. He knew that it wouldn’t be much longer before he would be called to duty in the Middle East again. He knew that he would have a couple more months at home; maybe as much as a year before the call came. He also felt that he wouldn’t have that much more time with his younger son, Mark. What the hooded man told him was true. He couldn’t explain why, but he knew it was true. Mark would be leaving home. He wanted to do something special with the family before this happened. He thought that a vacation would be just the thing. He decided that he would bring the subject of a family vacation up at breakfast and let the family decide where to go. Maybe they would like to go on a cruise. Cruises are generally expensive, but Steve thought that it would be worth dipping into the family savings. The hard part would be getting Shirley to agree.
