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Your Favorite Vacation?

Favorite vacation was back when I was 22. Borrowed one of my Dad's work vans and me and 5 buddies went to North Tahoe to ski for a week. Every day we skied a different place. The van was quite spartan, just two front seats and an AM radio. Guys in the back sat in lawn chairs (no seat belt laws back then). I was able to MacGuyver a cassette player into the existing radio. Drove all night and got into town just in time to watch our Chargers lose to the Bengals in the famous "Ice Bowl" AFC Championship. We'd ski all day and hit the casino at night (I think there were only two in North Tahoe back then). We had one guy who was just 20 but he looked older than the rest of us. He showed up wearing a smoking jacket and smoking a pipe - total Hugh Hefner motif. We all walked in without getting carded but when the bouncer got to him he said "sonny, I'll have to see your ID." That was just classic.

I was by far the best skier in the group. We ended up going down some road that was quite icy. I got to the bottom where the road turned and told my buddy that I'm not sure the three we called "the bomber brothers" would be able to get down all right (they were pretty bad and couldn't turn or pretty much stop worth a lick). First one came flying down and went off the road to the right. Second one same thing but he went off the road to the left. Third one went straight and did a header into a snow bank. All you could see of him was his two feet with his skis still attached protruding out of the bank. You could hear him laughing his ass off though. Great memories of that trip.
 
arydolphin said:
Favorite vacation ever: 2 weeks in New Zealand. Getting there is tough, but once you're there it's an amazing place.
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My wife and I spent two weeks on the South Island when my father-in-law was on sabbatical over there, it truly is an amazing place. My only regret is that we were there before Cape Kidnappers and Kauri Cliffs opened. But like you say getting there is a chore.

To the OP, we also spend two weeks a year in the Black Hills as that's where my wife is from and my sister lives out there now too.
 
i'm going to subscribe to this thread, because i'm in the midst of trying to plan a bada$$ vacation for my wife and me. we celebrated 10 years last year, and due to some unforeseen circumstances just weren't able to take a vacation. but i am going to try hard to make it work for 2016.

i looked up last night "most romantic vacations" and it came up with some places i'm now considering. probably at the top of my list is santorini, greece as it just looks phenomenally beautiful. florence, italy is also on the list, as is majorca, spain. i'd love to do something REALLY exotic in asia, but the flight would be awful. i'm on expedia right now, and business class+lodging for 10 days to santorini in mid-april is around $5k per person which i don't think is all that bad.

can't wait to hear everyone else's thoughts
 
Favorite vacation was about five years ago. Stayed home the whole week, and got the house inside and out in great shape. Ate at a few local restaurants we never visited before. And had 2 days when all my work is done that I played 2 rounds of 36 holes each day

saved a ton of money and had all of those nagging house repairs completed for the year. Those stay home vacations aren't bad at all
 
Spent 5 nights in Southern California at the beginning of the month. I loved it.

Tons of places I'd like to visit that I haven't been able to yet, unfortunately.
 
Pawley's Island, SC
 
Lake Placid, NY in the winter.

Old Orchard Beach, ME in the summer.
 
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my last vacation a few months ago was a great one too.Took my son out of day care for the whole week and we went to every park/zoo/jump house/water park in the area. Some great father son bonding that week, so many many memories.
 
Other than an occasional weekend in NYC, the wife and I agreed that where ever we go there will be a beach for her and a golf course for me. Golfing in Hawaii is on my bucket list, so we hope to get there some time in 2016. Any suggests or advice is appreciated.
 
UVaWahoo said:
Other than an occasional weekend in NYC, the wife and I agreed that where ever we go there will be a beach for her and a golf course for me. Golfing in Hawaii is on my bucket list, so we hope to get there some time in 2016. Any suggests or advice is appreciated.
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If you're looking for outdoors-y stuff, Kauai is absolutely wonderful, but a bit more rugged than some of the other islands. Maui has more spa/shopping type stuff to do. We're doing the Big Island in a few weeks, and I'll probably play one of the courses there while we're down there.
 
Maui, Hawaii
 
Big Island in Hawaii, or back to visit my old haunts in Colorado.
 
A week in San Diego with my family ending with #TheKing and #MVP.

Staying 50 feet from the ocean in San Diego and getting to "surf" in the ocean with my son was fantastic. Finished the week with the best golf of my life, a ticket punched to the greatest golf experience ever imagined, and news that a third baby was on the way. Hard to top that week.
 
My Honeymoon, 13 Days at Walt Disney World with the wife.
 
caeleric said:
i'm going to subscribe to this thread, because i'm in the midst of trying to plan a bada$$ vacation for my wife and me. we celebrated 10 years last year, and due to some unforeseen circumstances just weren't able to take a vacation. but i am going to try hard to make it work for 2016.

i looked up last night "most romantic vacations" and it came up with some places i'm now considering. probably at the top of my list is santorini, greece as it just looks phenomenally beautiful. florence, italy is also on the list, as is majorca, spain. i'd love to do something REALLY exotic in asia, but the flight would be awful. i'm on expedia right now, and business class+lodging for 10 days to santorini in mid-april is around $5k per person which i don't think is all that bad.

can't wait to hear everyone else's thoughts
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The flights to Southeast Asia are brutally long, but once you get there, the value of your dollar goes so far as compared to Europe or some other places. My wife and I stayed at some amazing places in Thailand a few years ago where we couldn't believe how little we were paying in US dollars. Plus, eating pad thai for $2 that was bigger and better than what I'd pay $10 for here in Boston was great too.
 
Hoemymoon 5 years ago in Jamaica was incredible. Seems like a lifetime ago....
 
Two vacations stick out. One is my wedding and honeymoon. We were married in the British West Indies and then honeymooned in Anguilla. Best 2.5 weeks ever.

We also took 1.5 weeks to Napa. Sonoma, then went down the coast to Santa Barbara then LA.

Both were all world memorable.
 
Been lucky enough to go to Hawaii 3 different times. Each one of those vacations was spectacular. One was an all expense paid trip by my job at the time. That one was really special! Golfed 6 courses in 5 days.
 
I agree with Hawaii, my wife and I went over for 10 days a few years back, took a 7 day cruise to Maui, Hawaii, Kauai & of course Oahu. We stayed on Waikiki Beach the 3 nights we were not on the cruise. We are now talking about going back, we are thinking we want to spent more time on Kauai, it really is a paradise island.
 
Have to admit Greece was amazing. We enjoyed Mykonos the best.


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Favorite destination was aruba

Favorite for memories was disney and there isnt a close 2nd
 
My favorite was our 5 year anniversary. We went back to Maui where we were married and spent a week.
We attended the 4 day Kapalua Golf Academy and played 18 holes every day after the lessons were over.
Golf, beach time, ziplines, snorkeling, good food and beautiful sunsets, all with my favorite person in the world made it a perfect vacation.
 
All vacations I've ever been ranked. For the record, I like doing things like hiking, golf and museums most, but rarely have been able to bring clubs with me so golf not much of an influence here.
1:Maui
2:NYC
3:Camping the maritimes (Nova Scotia, PEI, New Brunswich/Bay of Fundy)
4:puerto Plata
 
Vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law and their three children. They're all still young right now, but as they grow older, it'll be fun to see them all interact with our son (their cousin). We hope to make it as yearly an occurrence as possible, and the destination really doesn't matter all that much. Last year was Pigeon Forge, TN. This year will most likely be Orange Beach, AL.
 
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