What was your favorite vacation?

Marmel · 08-21-2003, 10:38 AM

I am looking forward to going on vacation in less than two weeks. My wife and I are driving down to Wildwood, NJ for a week of relaxation on the beach, and walking the boardwalk. I have not been there since a was much younger, with my parents and my cousin, and I still remember that as a great, great vacation.

So, tell us what your best vacation was. Where did you go? Who did you go with? Did you do anything unique? What made it so special?

VPI97 · 08-21-2003, 10:41 AM

My favorite vacation was the FOFC field trip to your pants. The best part was when Fritz stood up and yelled "Thar she blows!!"

CamEdwards · 08-21-2003, 10:49 AM

I went to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. when I was 9 and had a great time going through all the museums and monuments. I was a huge history freak at the time and that was an incredible trip.

Butter · 08-21-2003, 10:59 AM

Went to Disney World on my honeymoon about 5 years ago. Going without kids in the dead period of fall made just about everything accessible. It was great.

Now, I'm looking forward to going with my kids in a few years (when they're old enough to not be grumpy/sleepy all the time).

stkelly52 · 08-21-2003, 11:00 AM

I spent last Christmas in England. All expence paid trip thanks to my medical insurance. I had to deal with hobbing around on crutches after my surgery, but it was still a great trip.

Draft Dodger · 08-21-2003, 11:07 AM

my wife and I have been to DC twice, and are thinking of going again next spring for our 5 year anniversary.

Disney is always cool - we actually have a Disney fund started for when the kid(s) are old enough to enjoy it.

best vacation I took...well, it was more like a trip.

many years ago (I was probably 13, 14) when we were living in Canada my dad and I went on a 3-day canoe trip at Algonquin park (with 2 other dads and their sons). It was a lot of fun. It was definitely "roughing it" (everything we needed we had to carry with us - we had to portage around rapids, fend off mosquitos, try to find a way to light a fire in the pouring rain...but it was a great experience. It was an awesome time, and easily one of the best memories I have of me and my father.

GrantDawg · 08-21-2003, 11:11 AM

I've been to DC a couple of times, and they were quite enjoyable trips, but by far the most fun I've had on a vactation was on taking a 5 day cruise a couple of years ago. I hope someday I'll have the money to do it again (but maybe a few days longer this time).

Ksyrup · 08-21-2003, 11:11 AM

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Originally posted by VPI97
My favorite vacation was the FOFC field trip to your pants. The best part was when Fritz stood up and yelled "Thar she blows!!"

HARRRRRRR!

KWhit · 08-21-2003, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by CamEdwards
I went to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. when I was 9 and had a great time going through all the museums and monuments. I was a huge history freak at the time and that was an incredible trip.

You were a history freak at age 9? Aren't you supposed to be into cars or baseball cards or Atari or Star Wars when you're 9?

Ksyrup · 08-21-2003, 11:17 AM

Our honeymoon was great, and the entire thing went off without a hitch.

We flew into LA, stayed overnight on Hollywood Boulevard, hit Universal Studios the next day, and drove to Santa Barbara that night. Stayed in SB that night, then drove up US 1 to Monterrey/Carmel the following afternoon. Stayed there for 2 nights. Then drove to Lake Tahoe for 4th of July weekend. Took a dinner cruise on the lake, went horseback riding in the mountains, and watched the fireworks over the lake. Then drove to San Francisco and did all of the touristy stuff for 3 days, plus drove up Mount Tam and checked out Stinson Beach (my aunts live in the area and I used to go there on summer visits). Flew out of SF 9 days after we landed in LA.

Perfect trip, although we did a fair amount of traveling, as you can imagine.

Fritz · 08-21-2003, 11:17 AM

For the five years my wife and I were (happily) married we took a two week road trip for our anniverary, starting with the honeymoon. The first trip was the best (7,000 in two weeks!) but all of them were good.

Favorite destinations: The Kennebunks in Maine, Cape Cod, Prince Edward Island, Halifax, Kingston (ontario), Wilmington NC, Savannah.

Alan T · 08-21-2003, 11:24 AM

My favorite vacation is one that now my family actually frequently does each year (or at least for the past 4 years since I lived in the area)..

Go down to Cooperstown on a friday night, stay in one of the overpaid, stuffy hotels nearby, but then spend all weekend there looking at the exhibits. I usually try to time my trips when interesting side events are scheduled too. For those who love baseball history, or want to know more about baseball history, it is excellent. (just a pain in the butt to drive to - in the middle of nowhere.)

ice4277 · 08-21-2003, 12:03 PM

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Originally posted by Marmel
My wife and I are driving down to Wildwood, NJ for a week of relaxation on the beach, and walking the boardwalk.

You're VACATIONING in New Jersey?????

My favorite trip of all time was going down to San Antonio with one of my friends our senior year in high school. We stayed with his grandparents, which normally wouldn't sound like much fun, except for two reasons: they were exceedingly rich, and exceedingly cool. I got to fly an airplane (it was a Cessena, but hey, I still flew it), sit courtside at a Spurs game, and basically have anything I wanted for free. Good times, and San Antonio is a great city. Oh and I got solicited by dirty whores in Mexico but thats a whole other story.

cuervo72 · 08-21-2003, 12:14 PM

I used to enjoy Wildwood as a kid. Our first vacation there was the summer Empire Strikes Back came out, I think we saw it down there (there were kids in the house next door to us that ran around calling everybody "Fuzzballs" the entire week). After about 5 years or so we started going to the Poconos instead, to "Daniels Top-O-The Poconos". Could have had a good time with some twins from Elizabethtown, NJ one year - they asked me to take a walk with them to a nearby stream - but I messed things up (hey, I was 13).

Franklinnoble · 08-21-2003, 01:04 PM

My family owned a cabin on Deep Creek Lake, MD. We used to spend summers up there. One year, there was some big international whitewater rafting competition going on at a nearby river, and while I was out fishing one morning, some swedish chick decided to go skinny-dipping off her dock, basically less than 50 feet from where my boat was anchored. She knew I and my brothers were there - she even waved at us.

As a 13 year old kid, it was probably the best day of my life.

Fritz · 08-21-2003, 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by Franklinnoble
My family owned a cabin on Deep Creek Lake, MD. We used to spend summers up there. One year, there was some big international whitewater rafting competition going on at a nearby river, and while I was out fishing one morning, the swedish chef decided to go skinny-dipping off his dock, basically less than 50 feet from where my boat was anchored. He knew I and my brothers were there - he even waved at us and said bork bork bork.

As a 13 year old kid, it was probably the best day of my life.

you are my hero

Mustang · 08-21-2003, 01:30 PM

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Originally posted by KWhit
You were a history freak at age 9? Aren't you supposed to be into cars or baseball cards or Atari or Star Wars when you're 9?

No, you're into cars,baseball cards, Atari and Star Wars when you're 32.. that way, you can actually afford that kind of stuff.

bbor · 08-21-2003, 01:39 PM

My best vacation is always my next vacation

Marmel · 08-21-2003, 01:52 PM

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Originally posted by bbor
My best vacation is always my next vacation

Excellent point!

I am sure you are always looking to get out of Canada for a few days of modern living.

SplitPersonality1 · 08-21-2003, 01:55 PM

My favorite Vacation was the first one when Chevy Chase and company were trying to get to Wally World. The bit with the dead body on top of the car was great.

Swaggs · 08-21-2003, 02:01 PM

I know what you are doing Marmel. I'm on to you.

My favorite was the cruise through the Bahamas my wife and I took on our honeymoon. Would love to take another one.

SteelerFan448 · 08-21-2003, 02:08 PM

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Originally posted by SplitPersonality1
My favorite Vacation was the first one when Chevy Chase and company were trying to get to Wally World. The bit with the dead body on top of the car was great.

I liked the Christmas Vacation.

Actually Disney World, New York City and Boston have been my favorite vacations, in that order too. I only spent three days in NYC though, so there was so much I still didn't get to see.

Bee · 08-21-2003, 02:15 PM

I enjoyed my trip to Venice with my wife. My favorite thing was no cars.

bbor · 08-21-2003, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by Marmel
Excellent point!

I am sure you are always looking to get out of Canada for a few days of modern living.

I look forward to going to a country that has INDOOR plumbing

Leonidas · 08-21-2003, 02:41 PM

My trip with my wife to Kauai. Not to be confused with the trip to Maui on our anniversary I mentioned in another post.

Kauai is far and away the nicest of all the Hawaiian Islands. Not real crowded and the most beautiful place I have ever seen.

SplitPersonality1 · 08-21-2003, 04:49 PM

Best vacation I took as a kid, was a trip that we took from our home in Minneapolis to Yellowstone and back. It lasted either two or three weeks and we had a blast.

i was only four, but I still remember Mt. Rushmore (very, very impressive to a 4-year old), Old Faithful, and sleeping in a pop-up camper in several state parks along the way.

Actually, a freak hailstorm cut our Old Faithful excursion a bit short. I remember lots of running and the smell of sulfur in the air. Actually quite frightening to a 4-year old.

Either way, it was a blast.

Best vacation as an adult was a week my wife and I spent in Key West. I did absolutely nothing and enjoyed every minute of it. If you are ever down there, try conch fritters; they are delicious. Also, real key lime pie is yellow, not green.

Now I'm hungry. Time to get a snack.

lungs · 08-21-2003, 06:36 PM

The best trip I ever took was when I went to cover the Mint 400 race in Vegas, along with my attorney. We had a suitcase full of every drug you could find, uppers, downers, screamers, laughers. Luckily I have an audio tape of most of the memories.

thesloppy · 08-21-2003, 06:38 PM

About 7 years ago, my best friend and I hopped into his truck and drove from ye olde Portland, OR to New Orleans. Along the way, we stopped to stay with friends going to grad school in California and New Mexico. To get to N.O., we took the long way cutting down accross the coast, and then heading west through the SW. Some highlights on the way down were Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and a couple crazy Mexican border towns ...I swear we were driving through Texas for what seemed like a week.

On the way back to Oregon, we pretty much cut it straight through the middle of the country, and though a lot of it was pretty unexciting, there's also some beautiful country in there, Utah is freaking gorgeous, which was a total surprise to me.

We camped outdoors whenever we could, and really took our time poking around and trying to check out a little of each state we came through. Overall, an excellent trip.

Craptacular · 08-21-2003, 10:32 PM

Now that Split Pea Soup stole my joke ...

I'll have to say my honeymoon. Flew to Denver, spent a few days in the Rockies (Aspen, Glenwood Springs Hot Springs Pool), then spent the next few days in a bunch of National Parks (Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon). I'll agree with thesloppy: Utah, at least most of what we saw, is gorgeous. We took the long way from the north rim of the Grand Canyon to Vegas to see some friends in Flagstaff and go to Hoover Dam. Then, 3 nights in Vegas to finish. A nice honeymoon suite at Mandalay Bay for $79 a night ... too bad it had to end!

thealmighty · 08-21-2003, 11:23 PM

Drove through Yellowstone (camping in a tent, woke up to snowstorm) to Seattle.

Flew to Alaska where we spent 3 weeks (wife's brother lived in Anchorage) and drove their mini camper all over. Camped out at Denali (McKinley) and got close up views without cloudcover (unusually clear) of mountain and lots of wildlife. Picnics in the light at 2 am are fun, and interesting.

Back to Seattle, where we picked up our car and drove all the way down the ocean highway. Stopped at SF, LA, SD, among other places.

Headed west. Stopped in Vegas.

Farther west, went to Carlsbad and saw the bats fly.

Home to Texas.

When we got home, found out my wife was pregnant. Apparently, the 'warming-up' in the tent never got quite to 'termination' temperature to kill the little bastards.

Killer vacation, in any and all aspects you can think of. (sorry to end with a preposition

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08-21-2003, 10:41 AM	#2
VPI97 Hokie, Hokie, Hokie, Hi Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Kennesaw, GA	My favorite vacation was the FOFC field trip to your pants. The best part was when Fritz stood up and yelled "Thar she blows!!" __________________ CT & Jivin - "Surprisingly Entertaining"

08-21-2003, 10:49 AM	#3
CamEdwards Stadium Announcer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Burke, VA	I went to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. when I was 9 and had a great time going through all the museums and monuments. I was a huge history freak at the time and that was an incredible trip. __________________ I don't want the world. I just want your half.

08-21-2003, 10:59 AM	#4
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	Went to Disney World on my honeymoon about 5 years ago. Going without kids in the dead period of fall made just about everything accessible. It was great. Now, I'm looking forward to going with my kids in a few years (when they're old enough to not be grumpy/sleepy all the time). __________________ My listening habits

08-21-2003, 11:00 AM	#5
stkelly52 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Seattle WA	I spent last Christmas in England. All expence paid trip thanks to my medical insurance. I had to deal with hobbing around on crutches after my surgery, but it was still a great trip. __________________ Check out an undrafted free agent's attempt to make the Hall of Fame: Running to the Hall Now nominated for a Golden Scribe!

08-21-2003, 11:07 AM	#6
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	my wife and I have been to DC twice, and are thinking of going again next spring for our 5 year anniversary. Disney is always cool - we actually have a Disney fund started for when the kid(s) are old enough to enjoy it. best vacation I took...well, it was more like a trip. many years ago (I was probably 13, 14) when we were living in Canada my dad and I went on a 3-day canoe trip at Algonquin park (with 2 other dads and their sons). It was a lot of fun. It was definitely "roughing it" (everything we needed we had to carry with us - we had to portage around rapids, fend off mosquitos, try to find a way to light a fire in the pouring rain...but it was a great experience. It was an awesome time, and easily one of the best memories I have of me and my father. __________________ Mile High Hockey

08-21-2003, 11:11 AM	#7
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	I've been to DC a couple of times, and they were quite enjoyable trips, but by far the most fun I've had on a vactation was on taking a 5 day cruise a couple of years ago. I hope someday I'll have the money to do it again (but maybe a few days longer this time).

08-21-2003, 11:17 AM	#10
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	Our honeymoon was great, and the entire thing went off without a hitch. We flew into LA, stayed overnight on Hollywood Boulevard, hit Universal Studios the next day, and drove to Santa Barbara that night. Stayed in SB that night, then drove up US 1 to Monterrey/Carmel the following afternoon. Stayed there for 2 nights. Then drove to Lake Tahoe for 4th of July weekend. Took a dinner cruise on the lake, went horseback riding in the mountains, and watched the fireworks over the lake. Then drove to San Francisco and did all of the touristy stuff for 3 days, plus drove up Mount Tam and checked out Stinson Beach (my aunts live in the area and I used to go there on summer visits). Flew out of SF 9 days after we landed in LA. Perfect trip, although we did a fair amount of traveling, as you can imagine. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

08-21-2003, 11:17 AM	#11
Fritz Lethargic Hooligan Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: hello kitty found my wallet at a big tent revival and returned it with all the cash missing	For the five years my wife and I were (happily) married we took a two week road trip for our anniverary, starting with the honeymoon. The first trip was the best (7,000 in two weeks!) but all of them were good. Favorite destinations: The Kennebunks in Maine, Cape Cod, Prince Edward Island, Halifax, Kingston (ontario), Wilmington NC, Savannah. __________________ donkey, donkey, walk a little faster

08-21-2003, 11:24 AM	#12
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	My favorite vacation is one that now my family actually frequently does each year (or at least for the past 4 years since I lived in the area).. Go down to Cooperstown on a friday night, stay in one of the overpaid, stuffy hotels nearby, but then spend all weekend there looking at the exhibits. I usually try to time my trips when interesting side events are scheduled too. For those who love baseball history, or want to know more about baseball history, it is excellent. (just a pain in the butt to drive to - in the middle of nowhere.) __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

08-21-2003, 12:14 PM	#14
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	I used to enjoy Wildwood as a kid. Our first vacation there was the summer Empire Strikes Back came out, I think we saw it down there (there were kids in the house next door to us that ran around calling everybody "Fuzzballs" the entire week). After about 5 years or so we started going to the Poconos instead, to "Daniels Top-O-The Poconos". Could have had a good time with some twins from Elizabethtown, NJ one year - they asked me to take a walk with them to a nearby stream - but I messed things up (hey, I was 13). __________________ null

08-21-2003, 01:04 PM	#15
Franklinnoble Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Placerville, CA	My family owned a cabin on Deep Creek Lake, MD. We used to spend summers up there. One year, there was some big international whitewater rafting competition going on at a nearby river, and while I was out fishing one morning, some swedish chick decided to go skinny-dipping off her dock, basically less than 50 feet from where my boat was anchored. She knew I and my brothers were there - she even waved at us. As a 13 year old kid, it was probably the best day of my life. Last edited by Franklinnoble : 08-21-2003 at 01:04 PM.

08-21-2003, 01:39 PM	#18
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	My best vacation is always my next vacation __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

08-21-2003, 01:55 PM	#20
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	My favorite Vacation was the first one when Chevy Chase and company were trying to get to Wally World. The bit with the dead body on top of the car was great.

08-21-2003, 02:01 PM	#21
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	I know what you are doing Marmel. I'm on to you. My favorite was the cruise through the Bahamas my wife and I took on our honeymoon. Would love to take another one. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

08-21-2003, 02:15 PM	#23
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	I enjoyed my trip to Venice with my wife. My favorite thing was no cars.

08-21-2003, 02:41 PM	#25
Leonidas College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: East Anglia	My trip with my wife to Kauai. Not to be confused with the trip to Maui on our anniversary I mentioned in another post. Kauai is far and away the nicest of all the Hawaiian Islands. Not real crowded and the most beautiful place I have ever seen. __________________ Molon labe

08-21-2003, 04:49 PM	#26
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	Best vacation I took as a kid, was a trip that we took from our home in Minneapolis to Yellowstone and back. It lasted either two or three weeks and we had a blast. i was only four, but I still remember Mt. Rushmore (very, very impressive to a 4-year old), Old Faithful, and sleeping in a pop-up camper in several state parks along the way. Actually, a freak hailstorm cut our Old Faithful excursion a bit short. I remember lots of running and the smell of sulfur in the air. Actually quite frightening to a 4-year old. Either way, it was a blast. Best vacation as an adult was a week my wife and I spent in Key West. I did absolutely nothing and enjoyed every minute of it. If you are ever down there, try conch fritters; they are delicious. Also, real key lime pie is yellow, not green. Now I'm hungry. Time to get a snack.

08-21-2003, 06:36 PM	#27
lungs Pro Rookie Join Date: May 2002 Location: Prairie du Sac, WI	The best trip I ever took was when I went to cover the Mint 400 race in Vegas, along with my attorney. We had a suitcase full of every drug you could find, uppers, downers, screamers, laughers. Luckily I have an audio tape of most of the memories.

08-21-2003, 06:38 PM	#28
thesloppy Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: PDX	About 7 years ago, my best friend and I hopped into his truck and drove from ye olde Portland, OR to New Orleans. Along the way, we stopped to stay with friends going to grad school in California and New Mexico. To get to N.O., we took the long way cutting down accross the coast, and then heading west through the SW. Some highlights on the way down were Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and a couple crazy Mexican border towns ...I swear we were driving through Texas for what seemed like a week. On the way back to Oregon, we pretty much cut it straight through the middle of the country, and though a lot of it was pretty unexciting, there's also some beautiful country in there, Utah is freaking gorgeous, which was a total surprise to me. We camped outdoors whenever we could, and really took our time poking around and trying to check out a little of each state we came through. Overall, an excellent trip. __________________ Last edited by thesloppy : Today at 05:35 PM.

08-21-2003, 10:32 PM	#29
Craptacular College Starter Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Mad City, WI	Now that Split Pea Soup stole my joke ... I'll have to say my honeymoon. Flew to Denver, spent a few days in the Rockies (Aspen, Glenwood Springs Hot Springs Pool), then spent the next few days in a bunch of National Parks (Arches, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Grand Canyon). I'll agree with thesloppy: Utah, at least most of what we saw, is gorgeous. We took the long way from the north rim of the Grand Canyon to Vegas to see some friends in Flagstaff and go to Hoover Dam. Then, 3 nights in Vegas to finish. A nice honeymoon suite at Mandalay Bay for $79 a night ... too bad it had to end!

08-21-2003, 11:23 PM	#30
thealmighty Pro Starter Join Date: May 2003 Location: heaven	Drove through Yellowstone (camping in a tent, woke up to snowstorm) to Seattle. Flew to Alaska where we spent 3 weeks (wife's brother lived in Anchorage) and drove their mini camper all over. Camped out at Denali (McKinley) and got close up views without cloudcover (unusually clear) of mountain and lots of wildlife. Picnics in the light at 2 am are fun, and interesting. Back to Seattle, where we picked up our car and drove all the way down the ocean highway. Stopped at SF, LA, SD, among other places. Headed west. Stopped in Vegas. Farther west, went to Carlsbad and saw the bats fly. Home to Texas. When we got home, found out my wife was pregnant. Apparently, the 'warming-up' in the tent never got quite to 'termination' temperature to kill the little bastards. Killer vacation, in any and all aspects you can think of. (sorry to end with a preposition ) __________________ Check out The Unofficial FOFC Movie Guide Here

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