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Posted: 11/29/2001 9:56:20 AM EDT
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My parents own a home just south of Oconto, WI (Little Suamico).
No traffic, no people, no lights, private road, surrounded by state park, lot's of land, and it's right on the water. Even the drive to get there is easy from N. IL. Can't beat it. Av. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 9:58:50 AM EDT
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White Mountains, New Hampshire
Edited to add - Worst place?? Cancun, Mexico. Raging sunburn, even UNDER the grass roof hut and Montezumas revenge, I seriously thought I was gonna die there in a Mexican hotel room. My lifeless corpse cast adrift in the ocean, and eaten by the sea crabs. Add to that a bunch of drunk, ugly Americans, and I can honestly say I already been to hell. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 9:59:48 AM EDT
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Without question... New Orleans.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:00:53 AM EDT
[#4]
Camping on Big Shell beach on Padre Island!!
Need a 4x4 to get in and out. Its almost completely deserted!! [img]http://www.nps.gov/pais/graphics/dunes10b.gif[/img] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:02:31 AM EDT
[#5]
anywhere with NO baby-carriage access.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:04:51 AM EDT
[#6]
It's been eight long years since I've had a vacation, so I'd have to honestly say my favorite spot would be [i]anywhere[/i] quiet with a nice view.z
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:04:51 AM EDT
[#7]
Playa del Carmen, Mexico or Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:10:42 AM EDT
[#8]
Destin Florida.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:15:18 AM EDT
[#9]
Saint Tropez, France.....They have the most beautiful bare breasted women in the world.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:30:06 AM EDT
[#10]
Quoted: Saint Tropez, France.....They have the most beautiful bare breasted women in the world. Obviously, there are Scandinavian women on vacation, then - because French women are scary creatures. [:D] My all-time favorite is my grandparents' old summerhouse on the West coast of Zealand in Denmark. Beautiful rocky beaches and windswept pines. One day, when I become wealthy enough, I'm going to buy that small house that my grandfather built and go there every summer (assuming that the people who own it now haven't razed it to build some modern monstrosity). |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:34:45 AM EDT
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The world is a big place and I have only so much time and $ available to see it. So I don't do too many repeat vacations. There are so many great places to see just in the US alone. Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand are on my short list for seeing next. All I can say is that I really enjoyed Alaska and the area around Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (compared to Cancun) |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:37:18 AM EDT
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Obviously, there are Scandinavian women on vacation, then - because French women are scary creatures. [:D] True, very true. They may not have a good looking face, but oh boy, they have beautiful legs and figure. Oh! La! La! |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 10:40:45 AM EDT
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Quoted: One day, when I become wealthy enough, I'm going to buy that small house that my grandfather built and go there every summer I'd say that a half dozen of us, with an early morning HALO insertion, and another half dozen storming the beach in zodiacs, could take the place by force, with minimum collateral damage. You'd only have to let the rest of us have the place for two week out of the year a piece. let's see - eleven other guys is 22 weeks. Yeah - you'd get the place to yourself for more than half the year. Whadda ya say???? [}:D] 'Course, you may wanna watch out for SOME of these guys - I get the sense some of them are pretty wild partiers. [;)] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:08:26 AM EDT
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Quoted: I'd say that a half dozen of us, with an early morning HALO insertion, and another half dozen storming the beach in zodiacs, could take the place by force, with minimum collateral damage. You'd only have to let the rest of us have the place for two week out of the year a piece. let's see - eleven other guys is 22 weeks. Yeah - you'd get the place to yourself for more than half the year. Whadda ya say???? [}:D] 'Course, you may wanna watch out for SOME of these guys - I get the sense some of them are pretty wild partiers. [;)] Or, we could just take up a collection and buy it without resorting to force. With the amount of equipment you were talking about, I think we could use that money to obtain the equipment to buy the place. How about that idea? |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:18:39 AM EDT
[#15]
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:20:47 AM EDT
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Quoted: Or, we could just take up a collection and buy it without resorting to force. With the amount of equipment you were talking about, I think we could use that money to obtain the equipment to buy the place. How about that idea? Where's the fun in that??? [;)] Sheesh - some people have NO imagination. [BD] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:26:18 AM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: Or, we could just take up a collection and buy it without resorting to force. With the amount of equipment you were talking about, I think we could use that money to obtain the equipment to buy the place. How about that idea? Where's the fun in that??? [;)] Sheesh - some people have NO imagination. [BD] LOL!!! I'm just not into hurting people for the sake of securing a good vacation spot. Now, if a foreign enemy power took over the place, then your original plan has merit. [:D] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:26:51 AM EDT
[#18]
1. Maui
2. San Diego 3. Friend's cabin on the Kenai |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:29:42 AM EDT
[#19]
I really like Skiing and if I had to pick my favorite vacation place it would have to be Killington Vermont.
[url]http://www.killington.com[/url] [img]http://www.killington.com/graphics/maps/kmapthumb00-01.jpg[/img] Then again, I've never been skiing in the western USA yet? Edited to use a smaller image! |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:31:32 AM EDT
[#20]
I like Cancun in mexico.. its been a yearly thing for the last 3 years.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:35:00 AM EDT
[#21]
Amsterdam, the Adult Disneyland.
Actually with the current temps, olde town Puerto Vallarta & Playa De Los Muertos sounds good. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:35:43 AM EDT
[#22]
Quoted: LOL!!! I'm just not into hurting people for the sake of securing a good vacation spot. [:D] You're kidding right???? Whadda you think WW2 was all about??? Paris, the Autobahn, the Swiss Alps, Rome, EuroDisney.. Hitler would have charged OUTRAGEOUS admission prices to all those places. [:D] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:37:37 AM EDT
[#23]
Grand Cayman...
working on my 6th trip this spring! QS |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:41:20 AM EDT
[#24]
Man, the Philippines for me, especially Palawan, Pampanga, and Baguio City. Just stay the hell away from Manila. Now that Clark has air service going to Manila, I'll never have to drive in Manila traffic again, just change aircraft, and my favorite places are right outside the main gate at Clark! (You old Air Force guys know the ones I mean! The Aussies abound, but I dig the Diggers!)
I want to retire in Baguio City or outside Tacloban in Leyte. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:41:57 AM EDT
[#25]
Quoted: Worst place?? Cancun, Mexico. Raging sunburn, even UNDER the grass roof hut and Montezumas revenge, I seriously thought I was gonna die there in a Mexican hotel room. My lifeless corpse cast adrift in the ocean, and eaten by the sea crabs. Add to that a bunch of drunk, ugly Americans, and I can honestly say I already been to hell. Dude, what are the chances.... My wife and I went there on our honeymoon. Not a good place to be if you don't drink and enjoy the party life huh? I ended up getting extremely sick the last night we were there and didn't know how bad it was until we got home. Went to the doctor and he said I had enough e-coli in my system to kill me. Must have been the grace of God... We had to check-out of our hotel at 11:00 and our flight didn't leave until 3:30 for Dallas. I remember sitting in the airport telling my wife to leave me there if I died. After seeing the locals call my wife Barbie when we went shoping downtown I didn't want her to be there unattended. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:45:06 AM EDT
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Our spot is Longboat Key, FL. We have been going there for the past 4 years. Next year will be our 5 year anniversary so the wife wants to try Hawaii.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:47:54 AM EDT
[#27]
Quoted: Dude, what are the chances.... My wife and I went there on our honeymoon. Not a good place to be if you don't drink and enjoy the party life huh? I ended up getting extremely sick the last night we were there and didn't know how bad it was until we got home. Went to the doctor and he said I had enough e-coli in my system to kill me. Must have been the grace of God... We had to check-out of our hotel at 11:00 and our flight didn't leave until 3:30 for Dallas. I remember sitting in the airport telling my wife to leave me there if I died. After seeing the locals call my wife Barbie when we went shoping downtown I didn't want her to be there unattended. Our experience was a carbon copy of that. I remember laying in bed, awake all night the day before we left, SURE I was gonna die. "So, THIS is how its gonna end" were my exact thoughts. Checked out of the room at 11:00, and flight wasn't for about 5 hours. I was miserable. I kissed the ground once we got back to USA terra firma. The ONLY good thing about it was the scuba diving. THAT was a blast. Also went to X-caret and swam with the dolphins. It was fun, but even the dolphin said to me "man, you look awful." [BD] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 11:49:28 AM EDT
[#28]
Bright light city gonna set my soul
Gonna set my soul on fire Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there And they're all livin' devil may care And I'm just the devil with love to spare Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas How I wish that there were more Than the twenty-four hours in the day 'Cause even if there were forty more I wouldn't sleep a minute away Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas Viva Las Vegas with you neon flashin' And your one armbandits crashin' All those hopes down the drain Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime Turnin' night into daytime If you see it once You'll never be the same again I'm gonna keep on the run I'm gonna have me some fun If it costs me my very last dime If I wind up broke up well I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time I'm gonna give it ev'rything I've got Lady luck please let the dice stay hot Let me shout a seven with ev'ry shot Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas, Viva, Viva Las Vegas [whacko] Will be there 12/20 - 12/24 !!! |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 12:00:16 PM EDT
[#29]
Sad thing about it is her sister and her husband went there 5 years prior (with good experinces except the language barrier was worse then) and they still told us not to go.
I never listen... |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 12:00:32 PM EDT
[#30]
Quoted: Quoted: LOL!!! I'm just not into hurting people for the sake of securing a good vacation spot. [:D] You're kidding right???? Whadda you think WW2 was all about??? Paris, the Autobahn, the Swiss Alps, Rome, EuroDisney.. Hitler would have charged OUTRAGEOUS admission prices to all those places. [:D] LOL!!!! You've got a good point. If Hitler did that, I think his board of directors would fire him. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 12:06:30 PM EDT
[#31]
My favorite vacation spot is any where in the US Virgin Islands, particularly St. Thomas and St. John.
Why? (1) It's America! (2) of [i]National Geographic's[/i] Top Ten Beaches of the World, one is on St. Thomas (Magens Bay Beach, #1 BTW), and two are on St. John (Trunk Bay and Cinnamon Bay) (3) US money is exchanged there...wait, you don't need to exchange, the local currency is US! (4) duty-free customs on first...hmm... $1,000.00 of goods, six bottles of liquor per person, excellent shopping! (5) natives are [u]not[/u] restless, in the least (6) Constitution is applicable there, whew! (7) 'home of the banana daquiri', and (8) no passport needed. By favorite stateside vacation is, of course, News Orleans, Louisiana, Eric The(LouisianaMan)Hun[>]:)] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 12:09:28 PM EDT
[#32]
Went bare boating in the USVI and BVI a few years back, jeez that was nice. But my favorite spot would still be Kauai, very laid back.
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Posted: 11/29/2001 12:16:40 PM EDT
[#33]
Quoted: Man, the Philippines for me, especially Palawan, Pampanga, and Baguio City. Just stay the hell away from Manila. Now that Clark has air service going to Manila, I'll never have to drive in Manila traffic again, just change aircraft, and my favorite places are right outside the main gate at Clark! (You old Air Force guys know the ones I mean! The Aussies abound, but I dig the Diggers!) I want to retire in Baguio City or outside Tacloban in Leyte. Dude - I'm even afraid of visiting the PI at this point and I can blend in alot better than you can (assuming that your a kano). Them damn Moro f$#kers got me worried. The only thing I did in Angeles was fly out of Clark - Subic [i]was[/i] da place [:P] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 12:19:42 PM EDT
[#34]
Quoted: White Mountains, New Hampshire Edited to add - Worst place?? Cancun, Mexico. Raging sunburn, even UNDER the grass roof hut and Montezumas revenge, I seriously thought I was gonna die there in a Mexican hotel room. My lifeless corpse cast adrift in the ocean, and eaten by the sea crabs. Add to that a bunch of drunk, ugly Americans, and I can honestly say I already been to hell. [img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/Fighting%2DIllini%2FGarandBreak%2Egif[/img] |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 1:12:07 PM EDT
[#35]
Quoted: Grand Cayman... working on my 6th trip this spring! QS Have you ever stayed at the Turtle Nest Inn? My family and I have stayed there the past three trips to Grand Cayman and it is superb. |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 1:14:40 PM EDT
[#36]
We mostly go on vacations for the scuba diving. Favorite places so far are:
1) Maui 2) Grand Cayman/Cayman Brac 3) Cozumel |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 1:22:27 PM EDT
[#37]
Thanks for all the kind offers to help retake my grandfather's summer by force - but I'd hate to end up in a fight with my old regiment, so I think I'll just save my pennies until I can afford to buy it back! [;)]
Sounds like a lot of scuba divers on the board. The fiancee and I were in Belize this summer, and it was awesome. Laid back resorts on the islands, with really good reefs (particularly out by Turnefe). I hear that Cayman (particularly the small islands) have really good diving as well. We're thinking about going there next summer - after we get our advanced certification. Anyone else dive - and where? |
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Posted: 11/29/2001 1:23:29 PM EDT
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This is going to sound tame, but Mrs. Arq12 and I love Savannah, Georgia. Beaches, history, laid back, and all that great food, washed down with Chatham Artillery Punch. We've been twice in two years, and probably will be back this spring (daughter LOVES the beaches on Tybee Island). All that, and it's an easy day's drive from Ohio, but would also love to spend a week in St. Thomas.
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