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Where is your favorite place to vacation?

14 years ago

Where is your favorite place to vacation?

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linda_in_iowa
14 years ago
Near Mammoth Lakes, CA at Devils Postpile.
Jodi_SoCal
14 years ago
Short vacation with DH: Palm Springs

Long vacation with someone else (DH isn't big into international travel): Japan

Jodi-
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cherbo
14 years ago
Any where in the Rocky Mountains. I LOVE Glacier National Park. Or any National Park in the Mountains will do. We also enjoy spending a week at a cabin resort fishing on a lake in Minnesota. NO city type vacations for me!
glenda_al
14 years ago
I'll go wherever the ship takes me :o)

Family, growing up, spent summer vacations in Fontana Village North Carolina.
irishdancersgram
14 years ago
I'm easily pleased, most any place can be made a favorite...I love Florida with my gal friend, the beach with DD and the grands, Ireland or a cruise with DH...Or just give me quiet time at the cabin...Heck, I can even sit on the back porch and consider it a vacation.....
czech_chick
14 years ago
1. Hawaii - If I lived closer I'd go once a year; it's an 11-hour flight from JFK. We usually stay in LA for two-three nights to break up the trip.

2. Disney World

3. Sandals Resorts (Jamaica WI)
kayjones
14 years ago
I live near the sugar-sand beaches of Panama City Beach, Florida - for me, almost every day is beautiful and vacation-like! I prefer to say right at home - the most wonderful destination I know! I've been on lots of vacations in these United States - even before I moved here, Florida has always been my favorite vacation destination.
cheri2008
14 years ago
Las Vegas... my daughter and grandbabies are there, so I get to visit them... then can go out and play tourist. A great place to visit in the winter... get away from our cold and snow,,,,
Lindsey_CA
14 years ago
For vacations where you want it to take a while to get there so you know you're really "away" -- Hawaii.

For vacations where you want to get there quickly because you're only taking a few days off -- Napa and Sonoma wine country.
monica_pa Grieves
14 years ago
1. Palm Springs
2. Disney World
Kathsgrdn
14 years ago
Right now, Yellowstone National Park. I want to go back so bad. I'm thinking of driving back home next summer, and will have to go via Yellowstone. ( :
angela_nor_calif
14 years ago
Disneyland
Ft. Bragg - the ocean!
stargazzer
14 years ago
In the USA, I like the Pacific Northwest. I would love to spend a month driving along the coast line.
Mickey15
14 years ago
Disney World! Love it! Hope I can afford to go again with my mom, we had the best time ever there in December. :o)
organic_donna
14 years ago
My condo, I love being home.
Marcia Thornley
14 years ago
For sun and sand during the winter months, Barbados

For summer vacation I love to being at a cottage on a lake in Northern Ontario, Canada.
maryanntx
14 years ago
I agree with Kath, Yellowstone National Park! But definitely on a motorcycle. The journey there and back is awesome. Up, down and around the mountains and even right by the bison = a beautiful and exciting ride.
glenda_al
14 years ago
maryann, I once rode on a motorcycle to the back hills of GA. Amazing, the difference, riding in a car vs motorcycle. Beautiful new world on a bike.
maryanntx
14 years ago
Oh Glenda, wink wink, I have a picture of you on a motorcycle. :o)
I hope to ride East of here one of these days.
joann23456
14 years ago
France, spending some time in Paris and some time elsewhere.

I also *love* Acadia National Park in Maine.
vicki_lv
14 years ago
Montana. I love the laid back lifestyle. Vegas is too fast and populated for me. I love the mountains. I can drive in the mountains every day and never be bored.
kathi_mdgd
14 years ago
Home,i don't like to leave my gardens,and am not much for traveling these days.Retired military nuf said!!
Kathi
susanjf_gw
14 years ago
if i could get out, it would be west...
Lily316
14 years ago
Nantucket or the Cape. Jersey shore..OC, in particular.
sable_ca
14 years ago
Stateside: Northern Arizona from Prescott to the Grand Canyon - so many happy times there.

The Pacific Northwest, where our children and DGS live.

Overseas: Israel and England
lyndy_pa
14 years ago
I love Florida, all parts esp. Key West. I also go to Cape May New Jersey all the time. Cruises are a great too but only to someplace warm.
fran1523
14 years ago
Any kind of foreign travel for a long vacation. For short getaways, I love Cape Cod and Block Island with my friends.
velleen-2207
14 years ago
Dh and I love Arizona to visit. Wouldn't want to live there. I gets too hot.
ronf_gw
14 years ago
As far away from other people as possible. I love backpacking, especially in Wyomings Cloud Peak Wilderness Area. Also, the mountains of southwestern New Mexico offer many opportunities for solitude. If I have to be around people I enjoy getting off the beaten path and away from the tourist traps. Hawaii has beautiful, little used hiking trails with fascinating vegetation. Trieste, Italy, also.

Ron
trinitytx
14 years ago
Stargazzer,
You and I need to hook up and take a run down the west coast.
Always a dream of mine.

Trin
carol_in_california
14 years ago
I love the Sierra Nevada mountains.....or the Cascades. But my favorite vacations are the ones I can spend with my grandkids.....glad they are moving back to NYC this summer.

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