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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Brkeatr on September 15, 2008, 05:42:15 AM
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Now that the summer is almost over :( I was wondering where everyone went or where their favorite places to vacation are?
My wife likes Maui and we have flown there 2 times in the last 5 years, but it's such a long trip from the east coast, like 12 -13 hours 1 way. In the winters we like to get away to sunny Florida for a week or so.
So, how about you? Where do you guys like to get away?
Everyone is always looking for new places ,so how about some ideas from the bro's out there !!
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Didn't even have to think about it. IRELAND!!!
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Ubatuba, Brazil. No where near as crowded as Rio, and nowhere near as dangerous.
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Hands down it has to be Myrtle Beach for the best golf and southern style nightlife on the east coast. And with the high cost of everything nowadays, it's only a brief drive from my home.
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Kihei, Maui
Southern Oregon
Lake Tahoe
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Acapulco, Bermuda
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Acapulco, Bermuda
Acapulco... is it safe to drink the water there Tom?
Bermuda... I'm superstitious and the Bermuda triangle concerns me.
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The water is still NOT safe for us gringos to drink.
I haven't heard of anybody being disappeared from the beaches yet...LOL.
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France - Paris, Castles in the Loire-Valley, Beaches near Bordeaux with waves, Pyrenees, Coast between Marseilles and Nizza, Provence..................
Sweden
Denmark
For a short vacancy eastern parts of Germany ("McPomm" i.e. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
J
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In the winter, Val Thorens
In the summer it doesn't matter as long as:
Beer and food is included
There is a beach for my wife to lie on and bask
There is a water park for my boys to get an adrenaline kick
The sea is warm enough for snorkelling for me and elder son
The sand is good enough for sand castles
Next summer we're going back to Portinax on the north of Ibiza
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Man, that's an easy question to answer.....I just walk 3 min. to the North Umpqua river, and cast the old fly line in the water and relax.
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For a winter getaway from Chicago in February/March: Aruba and/or Curacao
Just after the European holiday season (early September) Santorini & Mykonos
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Guess my favourite is West USA, expecially Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Nevada National Parks! also like California.
But if you wish advice for places out of the USA:
- Italy ;)
- the Greek Islands
- Turkey and expecially Istanbul: beautiful town, historycal background second only to
Roma in my opinion... does worth a visit, and is cheap too.
Places I would like to visit: Hawaii and Alaska, India, Japan...
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Pretty much US stuff in recent years including a few cruises. Will get to Europe in 09. Vacation spot: Outer Banks, North Carolina (Nags Head and Ocracoke Island).
We take a beach vacation each Summer somewhere. Next up: Nashville, TN
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We love Hot Springs and Eurika Springs in Arkansas.
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My parents own a condo in Seaside, OR, and I go there quite a bit to relax.
We rent it out when we're not there. If any of you slys are ever near the Northern Oregon Coast, and need a place to stay - check it out:
http://northwindrentals.com/vacation_property_index.asp?propcity=Seaside&maxocc=0&x=19&y=16
We own Necanicum River Condo #660 and my uncle/aunt own #662. Family size, and one of the cheaper deals in there, men!
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My favorite: Bermuda (many years ago)
I was also in Estes Park Colorado many years ago before it became so popular.
Myrtle Beach is up there too.
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Every time I go home, its like going on vacation to one of the greatest and obscure places in the US.
Siesta Key In Sarasota FL, beautiful white sand beaches, great night life, and if your into the arts and music its there.
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Charleston, SC
Beautiful beaches, fun city, great food. it's good for families or couples or partying. It has a huge college crowd.
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I live in my favorite vacation spot, it is just a short drive to the Gallatin River and the Madison is just a little further, I am an hour from Yellowstone Park, I have Bridger Bowl and Big Sky within a half hour, I can see the Lee Metcalf Wilderness from my apartment. I love it here, before I moved here I would visit 3-4 times a year.
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Kihei, Maui
Southern Oregon
Lake Tahoe
LOL! We're about the same.
We have a time share in Kihei, so we go there about once a year.
My other is Redding which is just south of the Oregon border.
Lake Tahoe is great for both the summer and the winter.
Two other great ones are :
St. Lucia - Sandals is great when you take your woman
Blair Lake - it's about 9,000 feet above sea level along the Continental Divide between Montana and Idaho. It's where I hunt.
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Kihei, Maui
Southern Oregon
Lake Tahoe
LOL! We're about the same.
We have a time share in Kihei, so we go there about once a year.
My other is Redding which is just south of the Oregon border.
Lake Tahoe is great for both the summer and the winter.
Two other great ones are :
St. Lucia - Sandals is great when you take your woman
Blair Lake - it's about 9,000 feet above sea level along the Continental Divide between Montana and Idaho. It's where I hunt.
Have either of you done any scuba diving on maui? If you haven't you should give it a go, and some of the best sites that I have dived are around Kihei. My avatar is of me on a dive boat as we were headed to molokini crater.
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Outer Banks of North Carolina here. I happen to like Singer Island, Fla and agree with Nomad about Sarasota. Aruba is my fave Caribbean Island; however, St John is great too in addition to St Maarten.
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Well I like Yosemite in the summer. Ashland, Oregon in the fall and NorthStar, Lake Tahoe in the winter.
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Every time I go home, its like going on vacation to one of the greatest and obscure places in the US.
Siesta Key In Sarasota FL, beautiful white sand beaches, great night life, and if your into the arts and music its there.
Nomad has it made. I love that area of FLorida. People argue which side is better...to me the Gulf side is much cleaner and warmer waters. Next june or july Nomad.... I will be looking you up while I am in Bradenton.
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Every time I go home, its like going on vacation to one of the greatest and obscure places in the US.
Siesta Key In Sarasota FL, beautiful white sand beaches, great night life, and if your into the arts and music its there.
Nomad has it made. I love that area of FLorida. People argue which side is better...to me the Gulf side is much cleaner and warmer waters. Next june or july Nomad.... I will be looking you up while I am in Bradenton.
Yeah, yeah. So you have the white sand beaches, the Daiquiri Deck, Mc Curdy's, (Yeah, I saw Tommy Chong there) the Salty Dog, the Ringling Museum, and a sea of gray hair but you don't have grape vineyards as far as the eye can see, Candlestick Park, the Greek Theatre, the A's, the Giants, The Raiders, the Niners, the Warriors and a host of such popular venues as the Filmore, the War Memorial, the Cow Palace and the Colosseum or mountains.
But you do have the white sand beaches. O0 ;D
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Every time I go home, its like going on vacation to one of the greatest and obscure places in the US.
Siesta Key In Sarasota FL, beautiful white sand beaches, great night life, and if your into the arts and music its there.
Nomad has it made. I love that area of FLorida. People argue which side is better...to me the Gulf side is much cleaner and warmer waters. Next june or july Nomad.... I will be looking you up while I am in Bradenton.
Yeah, yeah. So you have the white sand beaches, the Daiquiri Deck, Mc Curdy's, (Yeah, I saw Tommy Chong there) the Salty Dog, the Ringling Museum, and a sea of gray hair but you don't have grape vineyards as far as the eye can see, Candlestick Park, the Greek Theatre, the A's, the Giants, The Raiders, the Niners, the Warriors and a host of such popular venues as the Filmore, the War Memorial, the Cow Palace and the Colosseum or mountains.
But you do have the white sand beaches. O0 ;D
I could do without the sea of gray hair >:(
and Candlestick, the A's, the Giants, the Niners, the Warriors, the Raiders, and most anything to do with Cal, just wasn't my cup of tea :)
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Kihei, Maui
Southern Oregon
Lake Tahoe
LOL! We're about the same.
We have a time share in Kihei, so we go there about once a year.
My other is Redding which is just south of the Oregon border.
Lake Tahoe is great for both the summer and the winter.
Two other great ones are :
St. Lucia - Sandals is great when you take your woman
Blair Lake - it's about 9,000 feet above sea level along the Continental Divide between Montana and Idaho. It's where I hunt.
Have either of you done any scuba diving on maui? If you haven't you should give it a go, and some of the best sites that I have dived are around Kihei. My avatar is of me on a dive boat as we were headed to molokini crater.
I have snorkled at Molokini but never did scuba there....we stay in Kihei also at a condo we rent from a guy in California...
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I love going to Montana, it is the best. We have a little place in Troy and we manage to get over there a few times in the summer. There is no bathroom, just an out house, its 2 bedroom and has no power, just a couple spigots for water, its on about 2 acres with a few old fruit trees that my grand parents planted ages ago. Every time I go I want to stay but I always have to remember that I have a life at home and a bunch of critters to take care of, hay to cut, all that fun stuff. I have been looking at property in MT and ND, I will start another topic about that. Other than MT we have a cabin on Hayden lake that is only about 45 mins away. I love it when I manage to make it over to Russia, normally we stay in St. Petersburg and I love it there the people are so kind. I would love to go to Finland and some other countries one of these days.
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Hey Mike, it sounds like you have a beautiful place there to "get away from it all"....I envy you because I like to do that sometimes also....just get away in the woods and live in a cabin or camp for a week or so....the last time I did that was in the Adirondacks for a week a few years ago and it was wonderful and the trout fishing was fantastic....caught rainbows right and left....thanks for sharing that O0
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Thanks, I love the Montana place as well as the lake place, like I said I am so tempted to move to MT, the small town feel is awesome.
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Yeah Mike, thats one place I never been but have always wanted to go....I have a friend who goes there twice a year ...once to hunt Elk and then just vacation on a ranch in the summer....
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Its awesome, you really should try to make a trip to MT, the people are all so kind andeven the big cities are nice. I would like to travel down south one of these days, it'd be fun.
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I'll put that on my "places to go" list and see what the wife has to say about it....I think she would love to go there also.... O0
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I love going to Montana, it is the best. We have a little place in Troy and we manage to get over there a few times in the summer.
Troy is a nice place