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Distraction Thread: So what are your summer plans, make me envious!

Rocktheworld said:
Genuinely curious, is there enough to do in Aruba for 15 days?
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Never been, but we will find out. I am not staying at a resort and will have a car so the plan is to explore the island. Marat nailed it though and the beach and sun is enough to keep the wife and kids happy for two weeks.
 
I'm driving back to Fargo from MX on June 29. I'll be in Fargo for 3 weeks. Then when I return to MX in late July I may buy a sailing kayak made by Hobie. Need to drive to Mexico City to pick it up. I should be able to use the Kayak in some of the few lakes we have in the Monterrey area.

I also think I'm going to spend a weekend in Cancun in August. My cousin and his GF are going... not sure why August, but I told them I would meet them. It's about and hour and a half flight from Monterrey. August in Cancun normally sounds lousy, but frankly it will be cooler than Monterrey. Finally in late late summer... maybe early fall I'm going to Bacalar Mexico.

Really loving Mexico.
 
ColchVEGAS said:
Never been, but we will find out. I am not staying at a resort and will have a car so the plan is to explore the island. Marat nailed it though and the beach and sun is enough to keep the wife and kids happy for two weeks.
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I've been to Aruba a few times, most recently in February for 6 days. The island is about 7 miles wide by 25 miles long. I checked once on the area of the island and it's about the same size as my town and the 2 towns next to my town. So there's not a lot of exploring you can do. The middle of the island and the east side is mostly desert. There's a mountain in the middle you can hike up. That takes about an hour. An ATV or UTV tour around the island is a half day trip and that was fun. Went horseback riding once. That's half a day. There is a national park that you can take a trip through. It's mostly desert.

There's downtown you can explore for shopping. It's there for the people coming off cruise ships. There are a lot of good restaurants for dinner. If you want some suggestions let me know.

There are a bunch of water activities (Jet skis, parasailing, water skiing, etc,) but they're all relatively expensive. There's not a lot you can do there except pool and beach and enjoy the beautiful weather. So hopefully your family will be happy with that. Not trying to throw shade on your trip just letting you know there's not a lot to do there outside of that.
 
Acadia for week in Aug with grands, Kauai in September with my drinking in laws, then everything in between on lake in Northeast Kingdom Vermont, which has the best summers
 
HooperScooper said:
I've been to Aruba a few times, most recently in February for 6 days. The island is about 7 miles wide by 25 miles long. I checked once on the area of the island and it's about the same size as my town and the 2 towns next to my town. So there's not a lot of exploring you can do. The middle of the island and the east side is mostly desert. There's a mountain in the middle you can hike up. That takes about an hour. An ATV or UTV tour around the island is a half day trip and that was fun. Went horseback riding once. That's half a day. There is a national park that you can take a trip through. It's mostly desert.

There's downtown you can explore for shopping. It's there for the people coming off cruise ships. There are a lot of good restaurants for dinner. If you want some suggestions let me know.

There are a bunch of water activities (Jet skis, parasailing, water skiing, etc,) but they're all relatively expensive. There's not a lot you can do there except pool and beach and enjoy the beautiful weather. So hopefully your family will be happy with that. Not trying to throw shade on your trip just letting you know there's not a lot to do there outside of that.
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We cancelled our usual vacation this year (Portugal) so in the end the wife decided to just pick one place for an extended period of time rather than a few small trips. Any dining recommendations you have send them my way. I appreciate it!

The wife and kids will be happy enough at the beach doing nothing for two weeks, so I really will just be looking to add in a few "day trip"/activities. I will probably sneak off one day to fish or kayak.
 
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temery said:
I have 700,000 pts on my Chase Card. I'll do what I do every year - plan a vacation I'll never go on. This summer was going to be Israel, Turkey, and Egypt.

Other than that - hiking, gardening, making sure my lawn is better than my neighbors', and then finding a landscape architect to design and replace most of my .75 acre lawn with low maintenance 'zones'.

I'm thinking a few fruit trees in one zone. A small gazebo (maybe a screened in three season type thing) center of yard. Grape trellis. Another trellis section of berries. Suggestions are welcome.
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Dude, go on freaking vacation already.

Just go. Or give me the card and I will book it for you.
 
UConniki said:
Our annual 2 month vacation in Daytona Beach shores / Ormond beach. (15years and counting). Leaving in about 20 minutes. ( for real )
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Love the Shores. Please message me when you have a moment.
 
Scotland for a week, followed by Paris for 3 days and Normandy for 4. Paris and Normandy are post D-Day (obviously) but pre Olympics. Time away from the Boneyard may be nice depending on what goes down the next few days... Worst thing about being gone will be missing live coverage of the NBA draft, which should be a very fun night.
 


Just had to complete a permit with South Kingstown to throw this newly purchased 5th wheel by the beach and take my 2017 out. Will be doing that this coming week so our Grandaughter has a great place to hang with us on weekends. Other than that I have a 6day/5nighter with the boys in September at Myrtle for some golf.

But mostly loving New England until next winter then we’ll see.
 
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Was to play a lot of golf, but threw out my back. Now I lay down all day, watch GOT and scroll through the BY to feel even more $hitty. Envy!
 
HooperScooper said:
15 days, eh? I love Aruba but I'm a little bored by day 2. Curious what you do there for 15 days? My wife will sit in a lounge chair at the pool or beach for days on end. I get fidgety by the 3rd hour.
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completely agree. i spent 8 days in bora bora last year. read a 1000 page book in between scuba diving and drinking pina coladas. a week of being a beach bum is nice but i started getting bored by the end. that's how you know it was the right amount of time.
 
mauconnfan said:


Just had to complete a permit with South Kingstown to throw this newly purchased 5th wheel by the beach and take my 2017 out. Will be doing that this coming week so our Grandaughter has a great place to hang with us on weekends. Other than that I have a 6day/5nighter with the boys in September at Myrtle for some golf.

But mostly loving New England until next winter then we’ll see.
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SoFla Steve said:
I'm going to fly up to Connecticut to visit family and friends. How's that for exotic. :rolleyes:
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We'll be going up to CT in early August to visit our sons and their families. This is an annual trip for us. Plus we also have friends to see.

This time we are going to take the Auto Train from Sanford, FL to Lorton, Va. 18 hour trip with dinner, a movie and sleeping over. Takes about 18 hours. Then a 6 hour drive to CT.

Actually will be cheaper than flying up and renting a car. Plus we don't have to worry about luggage weight!!!

Now if we could only get our schedules to align.
 
Work from the boat every Friday. Maybe Mondays too. Lake Placid weekend end of June. 10 days in Norway in July. Weather permitting, a couple of trips to Montauk or Block on the boat.
 
KembaSlice said:
Are you Bruce Springsteen !?
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If I were, I wouldn’t be sleeping in cheap hostels and a tent, (although, I do have his harmonica)!

But, that was a good catch, knowing the bases for my itinerary.
 
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I am planning to stalk Coach’s new beach house. If he bought in bay head it would be easier. LA pays for bay head ocean front plus, next to Bruce! However, I am a Knicks fan.
 
ColchVEGAS said:
Aruba for 15 days to end the summer.
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Where? Have you been before? We were just talking about it this morning. I’d like to rent a nice beachfront house with a grill that is an easy walk to a good bar or two.
 
SCNCHuskie said:
If I were, I wouldn’t be sleeping in cheap hostels and a tent, (although, I do have his harmonica)!

But, that was a good catch, knowing the bases for my itinerary.
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I caught him in Syracuse, much less desirable locale
 
No summer plans other than hitting the beach as much as possible. I’ll be staying at the Hard Rock at Universal for the entire week of Halloween. The day after I get back from that, I go on a week long cruise. Looking forward to those two weeks but work is going to be a grind until then but at least I’ll have the beach.
 
Hoophound said:
Where? Have you been before? We were just talking about it this morning. I’d like to rent a nice beachfront house with a grill that is an easy walk to a good bar or two.
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I just double checked and it is 10 days not 15. I have never been to Aruba before. I am renting a house in Noord, with grill and private yard, that is walking distance to a beach and a 15 min drive to the Palm Beach area. There are a few bars and restaurants within walking distance from the house too.
 
ColchVEGAS said:
Aruba for 15 days to end the summer.
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Just went to Aruba a few weeks ago for a few nights. The guy working the taxi stand outside the small airport saw my hat and said, "UConn Huskies!"
Great Island. Weather is nice, hot, breezy.
 
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ColchVEGAS said:
We cancelled our usual vacation this year (Portugal) so in the end the wife decided to just pick one place for an extended period of time rather than a few small trips. Any dining recommendations you have send them my way. I appreciate it!

The wife and kids will be happy enough at the beach doing nothing for two weeks, so I really will just be looking to add in a few "day trip"/activities. I will probably sneak off one day to fish or kayak.
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I'll give you a couple "funky" (i.e. different) recommendations. There are plenty of what I would call "Americanized" restaurants, like Gianni's, Daniel's Steakhouse, etc., that I can give if you're not that adventurous.

Anna Maria's is an Italian restaurant in the back of the owner's house. It's in a residential neighborhood and the restaurant's kitchen is literally the house's kitchen. Food is great. Owner is very nice and the service is excellent. It's different which makes it cool. Make reservations way in advance.

Madame Janette is an interesting place. It's always packed. Make reservations way in advance. Food is pretty good and the portions are huge. Do not get appetizers because the portions are so big. They have a burger that is about 12 inches in diameter. I am not exaggerating. Not sure why they have to serve a burger that big since nobody can eat it all. I liked the pork schitzel, which was also huge. Last time we were there I had a shrimp pasta dish that was a special and it was really good. They have at least a hundred beers from around the world, which I thought was great after not seeing any good beer all week on the island. Say hi to the Aruban Snoop Dog on the way out. He's a legend there.

Both places are in Noord so close to where you are staying.
 
Two weeks in Hawaii end of July - 1st week of August. Home for 4 days then off to Ashland, OR for the Shakespeare Festival, then Banff and the Canadian Rockies in September with our Airstream camping buddies. Hopefully a trip to VT in October to see our transplanted daughter.
 
DeepThreat said:
Two weeks in Hawaii end of July - 1st week of August. Home for 4 days then off to Ashland, OR for the Shakespeare Festival, then Banff and the Canadian Rockies in September with our Airstream camping buddies. Hopefully a trip to VT in October to see our transplanted daughter.
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And I just finished a 12 day camping trip to Couer D'Alene, ID, beautiful Bend, OR, Tillamook, OR and a night on the mighty Columbia River in SW Washington. I love being retired.
 
I won’t be doing anything of note, other than shuttling people back and forth to the airport. I live in Los Angeles, and summer is when friends and family love to visit. My daughter, however, will be spending two weeks in Okinawa and Tokyo, then she and her brother will be spending two weeks in Ireland, before she and I drive to North Carolina in late July so she can take a research job at Duke.

Yes, Dook. I am suffering an odd mix of pride, humiliation, and sense of betrayal. Worse, in August I will be similarly moving my son for his freshman year of college. He will be a Husky. Unfortunately, his decision came down to UConn and the U of Washington, and my ex bribed him with a car to remain on the West Coast.
 
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