Vacation

Hot Tub Bling

“I’m in front, brother in back, mom on right.  In a hot tub in a garage in Vail, CO ~1977 after a day of skiing. Brother with very unfortunate head gear (how come kids don’t have to wear that anymore?).  Brother and I were in inner tubes, for some reason.  I’m pretty sure my mom DOES have a swimsuit on.”

(submitted by Maribeth)

Down In The Dells

“Family trip to Wisconsin Dells, 1989. After several takes, this is the best shot we could get. I’m the one in the middle.”

(submitted by IG @nuskoolmommadeaux)

Jaws

“We went to the beach to find shark teeth, so when my daughter yelled ‘I found teeth!’ This was the last thing I was expecting.”

(via source)

Mistified

“Behold the beauty and majesty of the Grand Canyon. After driving for nine straight hours…”

(via source)

Blaze Of Glory

“This is me, my girlfriend and her son. We were having dinner by the river at her mom’s place. She lives in a hippie anarchist commune. I guess they like making big fires.”

(submitted by IG @maxime_cassady)

Fits For A Queen

“This is a family vacation photo from 2002 and we were visiting the Queen Mary in California. Getting a nice group picture was challenging. Someone was always sneezing, talking, looking away or making a face in every image. This photo has all of the above. Only one of us was actually looking nice for the camera.”

(submitted by Michael) 

Shell Game

“We are visiting ‘Crocodile City’, and after seeing the crocs and snakes, the kids asked to pet the roaming tortoises. We obliged and then turned to see them watching a pretty racy show!”

(submitted by IG @lizzienics82)

Hawaii Hover Hand

“My Mormon grandparents on vacation in 1988. Grandpa was playing it safe.”

(submitted by IG @1848workers)

Renaissance Regrets

“I lived in Luxembourg as a kid so my family did a lot of traveling in the five years we lived there.  In looking through the pictures, it was obvious that my siblings and I were not happy campers on this trip to Italy as we all refused to smile in every picture. I’m sure my Dad thought it was hilarious to have his eight-year-old daughter pose in front of a fat naked man sitting on a turtle.

The statue is ‘The Fountain of Bacchus’, sculpted in 1560 by Valerio Cioli. He used Duke Cosimo I’s court dwarf as the model for Bacchus. If you want to see the statue today, or take your own picture with it, it’s at the Boboli Gardens in Florence, Italy.”

(submitted by Shelly)