What's Your Favorite Vacation Spot?

[weatherman90]

This has been our favorite for about the past decade:

www.WildernessResort.com

It has waterparks galore (indoor and outdoor) and you can get a nice 2-bedroom condo for around $200 a night in the off season.

My family went there when I was in middle school - that's a really cool place.

[YoungJRNY]

My family room, with a good sports game or concert DVD, some friends, and a lot of booze and a little food.

What he said.

[Jeremey]

Jackson Hole, WY.

One of the most beautiful places on earth!

Cruises are always nice too. Going on one in January. In fact, Frontiers will be performing two shows then! A nice 5 day cruise to Cozumel for less than $250. Pretty amazing!

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Other really, really great spots I've been"

Key Largo (diving)
Cayman Brac (diving)
NC Mountains
San Fran is nice to be a tourist in

I think we can all agree it's more the company you're with than the place you travel to.

[epresley]

Jackson Hole, WY.

One of the most beautiful places on earth!

Cruises are always nice too. Going on one in January. In fact, Frontiers will be performing two shows then! A nice 5 day cruise to Cozumel for less than $250. Pretty amazing!

Crass promotional plug finished...

Other really, really great spots I've been"

Key Largo (diving)
Cayman Brac (diving)
NC Mountains
San Fran is nice to be a tourist in

I think we can all agree it's more the company you're with than the place you travel to.

I AGREE, that's why I always travel with a stripper!

[Playitloudforme]

My Great Britian/Scotland trip by far was the best time, period. I took 3 weeks and saw a huge chunk of it, including getting INSIDE Stonehenge and able to touch the slabs. Major highlight for me. It's awe inspiring to be in the Salisbury Cathedral which is like 1000 years old. Very humbling to be standing on the marker for Jane Seymour's brother. I could easily live in the UK. Adored it beyond all.

For beauty, Lahaina in Maui. Or the Cote d'Azur (Nice, Monaco). GOD I love Monaco... LOVE IT. Ya gotta speak the language tho or else... I had shopkeepers in Nice talking about the filthy Americans touching all their beautiful clothes and how awful they (we) were. She thought I was the French guide. Le oops.

I want to do Hawaii again with some buds. Girls week ... yee gods. I also want to get back to Europe, Greece maybe...

[hoagiepete]

Lake Tahoe - North Shore, away from the Casinos. Take a catamarran cruise. Unbelievable beauty. You can rent condos, a house or just get a hotel room. Lot of activities...hiking, golf, etc. Most of all, I just like relaxing, looking out over the lake with a favorite beverage in hand.

[Duncan]

My Great Britian/Scotland trip by far was the best time, period. I took 3 weeks and saw a huge chunk of it, including getting INSIDE Stonehenge and able to touch the slabs. Major highlight for me. It's awe inspiring to be in the Salisbury Cathedral which is like 1000 years old. Very humbling to be standing on the marker for Jane Seymour's brother. I could easily live in the UK. Adored it beyond all.

I just had a a rare moment of national pride. I'm glad you liked our little island.

In your country Lake Tahoe is the place for me. I've been there 10 years in a row!
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[Rick]

One of my most memorable vacations was to Saint Martin (Sint Maarten). This was in the late 80's, and we flew into that dinky place on a DC-10. We had a great time there. We sailed over to Saint Barthelemy (Saint Barts) on a catamaran and went to a nude beach. It was amazing.

It is absolutely beautiful there and the people treat you like they really appreciate you being there. The whole vacation was just a paradise, except..........

We rode in a cab from Princess Juliana airport to the Great Bay Beach Hotel. The cabbie looked like he was 110 years old and drove like a maniac. I figured he didn't get that old from having car wrecks all the time, so I sat back and just enjoyed the ride. I think I had bruises on my arm where my wife was holding on to me for dear life. The same was true on the way back to the airport. It was only 6 km, but the roads are very narrow, and it was like around every curve there was a swerve to avoid a collision. The ride seemed like it was a lot friggin longer than 6 km.

When we got on the plane to leave, they started the take-off roll, got going, then aborted take-off in a very urgent and abrupt manner. The DC-10 is a three engined, wide body. The pilot told us the #2 engine (top, center mounted engine) wasn't responding to the throttle. They said they were going to call Tulsa (AA's maintenance base), to see if they couldn't find a quick fix. If you've ever been to Saint Martin, you know that there's some rather elevated, rugged terrain at the end of the runway. See pic. So about 45 minutes later, the pilot comes back on and says they think they've got the problem solved. Needless to say, I'm a pretty concerned motherfucker at this point. They taxi to the very end of the runway, do a 180 degree pivot, rev up the engines to take-off power and pop the brakes. Off we went, pinned to our seats, and we cleared that terrain by a mile. I don't know when I've ever been more worried about dying than that day. When we get to San Juan, I'm hoping we're ditching this piece of shit and getting a new plane, but noooooo, we have to fly on that crate all the way back to DFW.

When I got home, I asked an aircraft maintenance friend of mine what might have been the problem and he suggested it might have been cross winds not letting air flow into the engine.

It was a very memorable experience, to say the least.

[strangegrey]

All Larry needs is a naked Phyllis stretched out on that Home Depot swing of his. Oh that would be peeerrrrfffeccttt.

The grass will die...

[strangegrey]

OK, returning to the seriousness of this thread. My favorite place is:




Will be staying at #5 (wilderness lodge) this coming december...