Did You Get Away for a Vacation?

    

DON’T MESS

WITH MY SUMMER VACATION

Many naysayers have predicted that the family summer vacation, a venerable American tradition for over a century, has now passed away quietly after a lengthy illness. Supposedly, the final coup de grace was the recent rise in gas prices. But I say they protest a bit too much. I’ve taken a vacation a few weeks during the summer as far back as I can remember. Now I know the family dinner hour has gone by the wayside with an onslaught of television, cell phones, and way too many over-booked extracurricular activities. But I’m staying sanguine about the future of American mobility, and I’m back on the open road again. You can read my new column on the importance of just “getting away,’ now posted by Clicking Here or by going to the flashing red box at the top of this page.