What do you do for vacation

[Mendonsy]

What's a vacation??

 

[Gary Fowler]

I have never really taken a vacation of more than 3 days. Having worked on every continent but Asia and Antarctica, I got to see the major places of interest and really have no desire to travel any more. My vacation is to sit at home and watch the wild life from my back patio, take my Goldwing motorcycle for a short ride or take my boat to the lake for a fishing trip. None of these get me much more than 50 miles from home.
About twice a year, the wife and I would make a trip to Houston to see all the grandchildren, but after about 2-3 days, we are ready for a sleep in our own bed again.
We do enjoy entertaining visitors and welcome friends and kin to visit which they seem to enjoy since the come back frequently to visit "the farm" .

 

[s219]

Prior to having a baby and moving out to the country, I used all my vacation time to ski. Many day trips, but also 1-2 weeks at Alta, Utah, which is my favorite place to ski on earth. Now with a baby and living in the country, I use all my vacation just time to stay caught up with life! And I'm having fun, so it's all good. It helps that we moved to a waterfront location, where I can mix in fishing, crabbing, and boat rides once and a while, for some fun. Actually though, I felt more like a waterman while working my crab pots last year (a bit of a dirty business) so that is probably a wash in terms of work/leisure, but they taste good. Looking forward to hitting the Stripers when that season opens in 2 weeks. If I could only use vacation time to tend to family, chores, and a little bit of enjoying my location as I get older, I'd still feel pretty lucky. Beats sitting behind my desk at work!

 

[MacLawn]

westcliffe, you're (note, not "your") right. I've noticed after two weeks, a change comes over my body! I've been able to do that a few times in my long life, enough to notice it. Been way too long now though, and I'm a geezer now. Kind of semi-retired, but still need a long vacation...

Oh, right, what do we do? Usually go to beach a few days, but can only afford about 2-3 days there. My favorite thing is take our trailer to lake or mountains and fish, have camp fire, just be in nature.

 

[mjarrels]

Every few years, its off to the Philippines to visit family and sight see. Those round trip tickets cost an arm and a leg. Still thinking of retirement in the Philippines when the wife gets closer to retirement age. I like the place and its cheap!

mark

 

[MacLawn]

Mark, I agree with the idea of retiring in PI, or somewhere overseas. Can live like a king on gubmint check. Been to Philippines many times, could live there. Cebu is my favorite area that I've been to. If flights were so expensive, it'd be a great place to vacation!

 

[EddieWalker]

When I lived in CA, I went on a hunting trip every year for vacation. At the time, I didn't realize it, but I wasn't happy where I lived and those trips where my way of escaping where I was at. Then when I moved to TX and bought some land in 2003 I didn't take another vacation for ten years. I realized that I just didn't want to go anywhere else. When I met Karen a few years ago, we got to talking about all the places in the world we wanted to see and experience, so we started taking a trip or two every year. We really like going on cruises. They are fun and there it's nice not dealing with anything once you are on the ship. Just wake up and you are somewhere new!! We've also done a few road trips through the Rockies to take pictures of wildlife and scenery. I think there will be a lot more trips like that in our future. Yellowstone is always amazing, but there are so many other places that I've only seen pictures of that we want to see in person. We've done one hunting trip together and that was also amazing. We spent almost a month in South Africa and we will be back for sure. Our next big hunting trip will probably be to Alaska. I've been three times, but Karen has never been there. I like going to the beach for about an hour, then I'm bored with it. I don't like too much relaxing, it wears me out. I like to go somewhere that I can explore, see new things, try new foods and get a small sample of what it's like there. I've lived overseas in the Marine Corps. 14 months in Cameroon, and 16 months in Indonesia. I've been to a total of 35 countries in the world and there are still at least that many more that I want to see. This year we have decided not to go anywhere while Karen finishes off her PhD in Nursing. That should happen in December, so the odds are good that we will take another cruise next winter.

Eddie

 

[2LaneCruzer]

A Caribbean cruise is a wonderful way to spend a week. Being on the ship and watching the water is relaxing, the food is wonderful and plentiful, the entertainment good, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are breathtakingly beautiful.

 

[sld]

Table Rock lake in Missouri for 7 days every summer. Other side trips will include float trips, Mt. Rushmore, and fishing / camping trips to smaller lakes. Vacations are what I live for.

 

[farmer2009]

Week long vacations only happen every 2-3 years. Now 2-4 day trips happen 1-2 times a year.

We like the smokies but I did take her to the beach one year in Florida. First time she had seen the ocean. We've also camped at LBL but she's not into camping like I am.

I keep wanting to see the Rockies and northwestern plains. But that's a 2 week minimum.