What's Your Ideal Summer Vacation?

“The beach is perfect this time of year in Rio Laerma, Mexico. I would like to go out deep sea fishing on a big boat.”
Manuel Villareal
Metropolitan Trucking
San Diego

“I would like to spend a couple of weeks relaxing and doing things around the house that need to be done.”
Tom Kosatka
MVT
Denim Springs, La.

“I love taking my family to South Padre Island, Texas. It is a great place to have fun with the whole family.”
Rolando Martinez
Sunline Commercial Carriers
Harlingen, Texas

“I want to go to Corpus Christi Bay. There I can go to the beach and see what I can find in the sand.”
Randy Griphman
Gulf Coast Transport
San Antonio

“Catching up on work around the house would be a nice vacation for me. I really relax when I am at home.”
Deborah Sands
Dart Transit
Gainesville, Fla.

“For me, the mountains are too cold, and Florida is too touristy. I would like to get on a boat and cruise out to the islands, just go somewhere there is no log book.”
Larry Long
Dart Transit
Archer, Fla.

“I’d like to go down to Panama City where there is no rain.”
Jermaine Jackson
Liberty Trucking
Tuscaloosa, Ala.

“Going home is always the best vacation for me.”
Jerry Herd
McLendon Trucking
North Augusta, S.C.

“Ideally, I would go cool off snow skiing in the mountains.”
Michael LeBlanc
Air Products
New Orleans

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“Somewhere warm like Mexico would be great. I love the weather in Cancun.”
Derrick Warren
Shirley
Tuscaloosa, Ala.

“I would like to spend a month off and not have to drive.”
Paul Desmeule
RF Chamberlain
Madawaska, Maine

“I would love a trip to Daytona Beach. I love the fishing there and the NASCAR activities.”
Scott Shipley
Don Gray
Kingsport, Tenn.

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