What are your vacation plans this year?

[Generic Brad]

I'm taking two fishing trips to different Minnesota resorts. I don't talk about it much here, but I am obsessed with fishing when I am not at work. It is the perfect stress reliever for me.

I will also spend over a week in Costa Rica with my daughter. We are going to be eco-tourists.

Where are you all planning to go before 2008 is over?

[AlCzervik]

1. London, Scotland and Prague next month and thats about it except for maybe

a trip to half moon by in the early summer.

[Generic Brad]

4. Are you already in Europe?

Or are you just an accomplished world traveler?

[AlCzervik]

9. neither actually, we went to London 2 years ago and we also have a ton of FF miles

and my niece is going to the London school of economics so it's a chance to spend time with her and i really love London, Prague though, i am really looking forward to going, it'll be my first time.

[Generic Brad]

12. Sounds fun

I hope you enjoy your journey!

[AlCzervik]

15. thanks, i'll be taking a ton of pics and posting them when i get back.

[femmocrat]

56. Prague is my "dream" destination.

I'll look forward to seeing your pix. :hi:

[lizziegrace]

2. A vacation??

What's that? Seriously, besides a couple long weekends for family visits (anniversaries and birthdays) and a long weekend in NYC, I haven't had a vacation in 10 years... :-(

This year, my parents are buying us all tickets for two days in Venice and 7 days on a cruise of the Greek Islands (my father's Greek). Lelapin is going but I can't. I don't have that much vacation time.

Maybe in another lifetime...

[Generic Brad]

7. I went without a vacation for ten years

Kind of. I took the time off but I never went anywhere. I was either doing home improvement projects of cooking.

Now that my wife and I have risen to levels of considerable responsibility in our respective careers we have found we really need a change of scenery. Am I glad she's more obsessed with fishing than I am.

[lizziegrace]

10. Sounds like you two are a good match

:)

[Generic Brad]

16. We are

After the weather warms up we will go out on 7-10 fishing expeditions each week. I will be scarce on DU again once the ice clears from the lakes. When we are on vacation fishing is all we do.

When we were younger we constantly smoked together. Fishing has been a healthier alternative and a more constructive use of our time together.

[Darth_Kitten]

13. I'll up that.........15 years!

to not taking a real vacation. :D

[Generic Brad]

17. I hope you are ok with that

Vacations can add a whole different level of stress to our lives.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I hope to go on a sailing trip up to Isle Royale.

Not sure what else yet.

[Generic Brad]

11. Where is Isle Royale?

I'm not familiar with that location.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. It's a large island in Lake Superior, also a national park.

http://www.nps.gov/isro/

The trip I want to go on involves sailing there from Bayfield, WI. Sailing Lake Superior is spectacular.

[NightWatcher]

5. the Keys, and a Disney World trip

[Generic Brad]

20. I've done the Disney trip before

That was not very fun for us, but it was not Disney's fault. My wife was ill the entire trip and my daughter kept having nose bleeds.

Enjoy the Keys!

[Darth_Kitten]

6. I really want to go back to London..........

I went there in September and really like the place. There's just SO much to see.
MAYBE I could spring it if I'm careful with my money. :)

[AlCzervik]

22. let me ask you something, there were 2 museums i didn't get to last time

because after going to 6 of them they were ready to kill me so i begged off, this time i want to go The Victoria and Albert and The Imperial war Museum, have you gone to either and of so do you need a whole day for both? Please and thank you.

[Generic Brad]

26. I've never been to London

But I've been to me. (Apologies to Melanie).

[Darth_Kitten]

53. Went to the Victoria and Albert many times.........not the Imperial War

I love the V & A....just love it......you could spend a whole day or TWO.

Seriously, lots to take in. :D

[opiate69]

8. Looks like Mrs Opie and I are finally going to get a REAL vacation..

Kind of anyway.. there's a big Roller Derby Convention in Vegas this summer, so we're planning on going and having it be a late honeymoon kind of thing..

[Generic Brad]

24. That sounds like fun!

I loved watching the Los Angeles team when I was a kid.

[Fox Mulder]

18. I don't know if I'll get any vacation this year...but...

my brother and I have been thinking about going camping along the North Shore of Lake Superior. We were also thinking about going to the Black Hills of South Dakota, but who knows. :shrug:

I'd love to go to Europe, but I don't have the money for that. :(

[ironflange]

19. two week alaska cruise end of july

other than that just the usual bunch of camping

maybe vegas at xmas time

[Generic Brad]

27. Alaska would be the ultimate!

While I'm certain a cruise would be great fun, all I can think of is the awesome fish around there.

[ironflange]

48. i am the worlds most hopeless fisherman

they just laugh at me

i gave up trying many years ago

[buzzard]

21. I am going to Florida next week to visit my parents and hopefully Cozumel for some diving.

[Generic Brad]

28. That's two things I've never done!

I have never dived in Cozumel and I've never visited your parents in Florida either. It is my sincerest wish that you have a good time doing both.

[Tektonik]

23. My brother wants to go to Japan.

I have a friend at work that wants me to go with him to Europe.
My sister is moving to South Bend, IN (from San Antonio) in the summer.

I think I'll just end up going to South Bend this summer, although I'd LOVE to go there in the winter and experience my first real winter weather (I've seen snow as a kid in the desert, but nothing much). Christmas shopping Chicago would be exciting.

[Generic Brad]

29. I've been to Japan and Chicago

Both places were a blast. Never seen Indiana though.

[DarkTirade]

25. Va-what now?

:shrug:

[Generic Brad]

31. For ten years my wife and I took separate vacations

We called them "Daycare Vacations". They were a necessity so we could pay the rest of the bills.

[Whoa_Nelly]

30. Which MN resorts?

I used to live downt he road from Grand View on Gull Lake.

Going there? :hi:

[Generic Brad]

32. We went to Gull Lake last year

We stayed at Samara Point. It was the most relaxing week I have ever had. And my daughter caught a trophy worthy crappie about 100 yards away from Bar Harbor. I snagged an exceptionally large rock bass off of Sandy Point.

I will make it back up to Gull Lake and Mille Lac and environs again this year on weekends with friends. I'm not willing to say where we're going for our extended vacations this year until after we come back. I have been studying all winter and think I have identified two fishing hot spots that will be unusually productive this year. I'll let you know where I was after I have had a crack at the big ones.

[Whoa_Nelly]

59. ****sigh****

I LOVE Gull Lake. Lucky you!!

Grew up there in the late 50s through 1970...every summer...family had a place on the north shore near Dutchma's Bluff.
Used to fish throughout the interlachen of lakes there all the up to Nisswa Lake.

Used to go to Bar Harbor before the original building over the water burned down. I'd also get gas for my little 8-1/2 Johnson outboard on my wooden fishing boat, and nightcrawlers for bait, at Deauville Landing, which was right by Bar Harbor.
(and yummy! greasy cheeseurgers, and my necessary ration of Orange or Grape Crush, or Bubble-Up sodas)

Hope you have a blast this summer!! :hi:


The Bar Harbor Story:
http://www.barharborsupperclub.com/history1.htm


Original Bar Harbor





And, Deauville

[Catshrink]

33. I'll be taking more classes for my masters.

Teachers get summers off. Right. Maybe I'll be able to squeeze in a week before the classes start or after they're over and before school starts again. Whine whine whine, I know. It's my choice. But it's interesting and fun and will eventually move me over on the pay scale.

I may go see my sister in Vegas for spring break. Road trip with my dogs, woohoo!

[Generic Brad]

34. What discipline are you pursuing a Master's in?

And when are you targeting completion?

That is a more constructive use of free time than fishing.

[Catshrink]

35. Oh, I think fishing is very constructive...

Sounds awesome to me.

The masters is in physics but geared toward teachers. It's different from a pure education masters in that it's content rich and hurts my brain.

[Generic Brad]

37. I earned my masters in theater arts

But I work in banking. Go figure.

[trackfan]

36. My last vacation longer than 3 days was 1986.

We might try for a day trip to Santa Barbara this year. If we're really flush, maybe we'll go for a couple nights in Las Vegas.

[Generic Brad]

38. You should go somewhere if you can, even if just for a day or so

A change of scenery every now and then is good or the soul.

[LeftyMom]

39. I'm going to try not to leave permament marks on flvegan.

:D

[Generic Brad]

41. Oh, my!

That sounds like the kinds of vacations I took twenty years ago.

When you reach your late 40's you may just take up fishing.

[LeftyMom]

43. Notsomuch, what with the vegan thing and all.

Anyhow, he's ten years my elder, and if he ever thinks about taking up some other hobby, I'll start leaving marks. ;)

[Generic Brad]

45. There's always catch and release

With the fish, I mean. Not with Fvlegen.

[LeftyMom]

46. Yeah, that really wouldn't work for me, ethically.

:)

[Generic Brad]

47. That's good for Fvlegen then

;-)

[Shine]

40. We have lots of plans

Solvang for 2 nites in early March

Las Vegas for 3 nites in late March

Lake Tahoe for 2 nites in mid-April

Ojai for 2 nites in late May

Cancun, Mexico for 10 nites in June....while the kids are visiting with their grandpa in DC, NY and VA.

It's our 15 year wedding anniversary this June! :bounce: We're taking the longest and most posh trip we've ever done before without the kids! :thumbsup:

Have fun! :hi:

[Generic Brad]

42. That sounds like a lot of fun

It's been a long time since I lived in that area of the Americas. You will definitely see a lot of beautiful parts of this country.

[Shine]

44. Well, we do happen to live on the central coast of CA so that helps

:D

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

49. A few options...

Yellowstone, New Mexico, San Antonio/Corpus, or back to Colorado. We can't decide. Although the Royal Gorge, Pikes Peak, and the brewery tours might sway me... :toast:

[Omphaloskepsis]

50. My big plans are to go see this show..

http://www.thebamboozleleft.com/

[Bzzzz]

51. My 1st week will be spent...

taking care of my 4 yr old grandson and 2 yr old granddaughter when mommy gives birth to #3, sometime around the 1st of June. Then hubby, myself and my brother will be going to Sturgis for the rally the 1st of August. My brother has never been and bought his new HD a couple of months ago. We love South Dakota and all the sights. Beautiful, beautiful country.

[radfringe]

52. bush-onomics have pretty much squashed vacation plans

we were saving up to go to Hawaii this fall, but between the layoffs, rising prices falling dollars - that bit of savings went into buying cordwood to heat our home this winter and for other expenses

we will do a couple of long weekend/day trips to visit friends - but the big vacation is out of the question

[kedrys]

54. Moving to Canada...permanently

If we manage to pull it off, I really don't care if the only time off I get for the rest of the year is a holiday here and there.

[femmocrat]

55. North Carolina.... any beach where we can find a condo that allows pets.

Does anyone know of such a place? Many thanks!

[1gobluedem]

57. Going to Miami next week

My first winter vacation in ages.

New England in May possibly. Maybe Pacific Northwest in June.

[mtnester]

58. I think we are going to the desert. We want to do advanced observing at Kitt's Peak

and of course the usual Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam...and probably a couple other places that will be difficult to decide since there are so many to choose from.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

60. london in the summer, india in the fall. 1 week each.

atleast those are the plans so far