Thanks to “Butch” for sending these terrific images from the Howard Johnson Hotel in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. What brings a family together better than a little hotel bed jumping?
“These are the photos of MY family’s first bed-jumping experience together. Jenah Mae, my daughter and Heather my wife having a blast together!”
As a child I was lucky enough to have a (widowed) mother who knew the importance of introducing her children, my sister and I, to new places and experiences. Growing up in Cincinnati, OH we were fairly centrally located to a bunch of good family-type weekend and vacation destinations.
It was my mother that introduced me to the exquisite art of bed jumping. The first time I remember her jumping on a hotel bed was on a thanksgiving trip to Natural Bridge State Resort Park in central KY. I asked her why she was jumping on the bed. She replied “because it’s fun”. She was right!
And so, on every subsequent trip that required a hotel stay, my sis and I were allowed and encouraged to jump on the bed(s). As I’ve grown older I’ve continued the sport but the thought never crossed my mind to photograph it until this past July. Now with a young family of my own I’m passing on a tradition that my mother started.
It just doesn’t get better than that…until you look at the pure joy on the face of little Jenah Mae below watching her mom hop to it.
That’s what BedJump.com is all about.
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