Every year starting around Thanksgiving and culminating near the end of January the ritual begins. Mark replies in a group text or mentions it in a conversation, "What I really want to talk about is where we're going in March."

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That kicks off a few weeks and months of hemming, hawing, general avoidance and speculation. Eventually, Mark and I talk and start throwing out ideas and locations. Outside of some very witty wisecracks and intellectual banter, the conversation usually goes something like what you see below...​​​​