OFFICIAL Friday Topic of the Week: Vacations

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Where do you guys like to go on vacation, what are your favourite spots?

8824 · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 7:47 am Post subject:

Canada

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

Mine are seasonal:

Winter: Breckenridge or Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Spring: Mountains of Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina
Summer: The Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. Take the boat and just find an island or 10 to stop off and get drunk on.
Fall: Auburn, Alabama. That's my vacation in the Fall, Auburn Football. Going to the games.

Would like to venture out and see the world now that I can.

b_girl · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 8:20 am Post subject:

Anywhere I haven't been yet - up next is either Thailand or Japan.

arof · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

89comp · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 8:34 am Post subject:

Anywhere that the little lady can wear wickedweasels and not get in trouble. Very Happy

oh, and it can't be under 60 degrees there b/c under 60 = too cold.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

arof, where do you normally ride anyway? Just around Waterloo?

joedirt00 · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 8:38 am Post subject:

Don't have a favorite place, I just go where I feel like going. SC, OR, FL, CA, what ever comes to mind. I did OR last month, and I have a Cruise booked for November and I might hit Myrtle Beach next month for a long weekend.

arof · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 8:40 am Post subject:

ontrider - Never have ridden around waterloo. When I'm in chatham (every summer before this one) I ride on the Thames River (I live right on it at it's widest point). Up north my grandparents have a trailer in a park right on Pidgeon Lake, so when I'm on vacation up there (maybe 1 or 2 weekends a year now) I'm ride there ...

This summer I've only been out once because I'm in Milton. Next summer I'm in school, so I'm trying to talk my dad into letting me keep the boat in waterloo. Aparently there's a lake 20 minutes north of my that's pretty empty during the week.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

Puslinch and Conestoga are the only ones around there aren't they.
Lack of riding sucks though.

arof · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 8:47 am Post subject:

Yeah .. Conestoga is probably 15-20 minutes north, northeast of my place in waterloo. That's the one I was talking about.. I think Puslinch is a bit further, plus it'd be highway driving which would be SLOW late afternoons. (esp highway Cool

Rocko · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 9:10 am Post subject:

I'm going to Hawaii in October, i've never been there but I think it may be my new favorite.

atolman · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 9:28 am Post subject:

Belize is a favorite of ours. We're going again this year.

Broccoli B · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 9:48 am Post subject:

lcap · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless

Winter--Whistler, Okanogan Heli Skiing

Fall/Spring---Costa Rica

Summer--Lake Chelan, Columbia River, Lake Coure D' Lane ID (wooden boat and woody show.) Mt Rainer

89comp · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 10:18 am Post subject:

atolman, did you eat those fish?

j.j · Guest

Summer - Shasta and right here at home are the places to be

Fall - Wales or Costa Rica every year

Winter/Spring - Mexico, short trips to Vegas, and/or Glamis

atolman · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 11:07 am Post subject:

Broccoli B, Price really depends. Wifey & I spent a little under 4k last time for 7 days in a sweet house, snorkel or dive trips every day & plenty of partying. You can do it for lots less depending on your activities & accomodations. It was sweet to get up in the morning & have a boat with a guide waiting for you on the private pier Cool

Definitely worth all I spent.

89comp, yeah we ate those fish, along with 3 lobsters the guide speared and a few other fish. After we caught it all the guide took us to a beach & made the best beach barbeque I've ever had.

89comp · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 11:10 am Post subject:

atolman, yum...lobsters.

justsomeguy · Guest

South Africa
Norway/Sweden
Mexico
Canada

Basically, third world countries...

204Waker · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject:

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

So you're going to take your newfound knowledge back with you to the US? Laughing

...dude, he's joking.

Dpierce37 · Ladies Man Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 7659 City: Austin

atolman, Hey man, that sounds nice...do you have a travel agent who has everyhting pre-arranged...you know, the guy who shows up with the boat to go fishing, the beach BBQ's, the diving...etc

That sounds like a prefect get-away, just wondering how you get everything planned.

atolman · Posted: Aug 18, 2006 12:59 pm Post subject:

We didn't have a travel agent or anything but did a bunch of research before we went. This is the island http://ambergriscaye.com/ There's tons of info on the site as well as a message board where you can ask any questions you have. We booked the house through these guys http://ambergriscaye.com/m-m/index.html

The island has a ton of dive shops where you can book all your trips & stuff. Basically all the resorts & places to stay have someone there who will set you up with anything you want to do while you're there.

You can also book through some of the main travel sites. We booked our flight through priceline.com & got a pretty good deal. It's only a 2 1/2 hr flight from Houston to Belize city & then you catch a little puddle jumper to the island.

justsomeguy · Guest

Wolf · Posted: Aug 19, 2006 10:41 am Post subject:

PimpinD2 · Posted: Aug 21, 2006 5:57 am Post subject:

well ive been to ... arizon, cali, new york, around fl, texas, colorado washington, washington dc, new hampshire in the states

out of the country... italy, spain, france, germany, norway, peru, equator, guatemala, mexico, argentina...

so now i guess its time for africa, and asia.... so yea the places i havent been

b_girl · Posted: Aug 21, 2006 6:19 am Post subject:

PimpinD2, africa is pretty cool - I've been to Morocco, but my sister has spent the summer on a safari in South Africa - she's been sending me pics, soooo nice there!

goofyboy · Posted: Aug 21, 2006 6:48 am Post subject:

Durban, South Africa is an amazing place. I would like to go back, but the flight is so damn expensive.

Tmac1 · Posted: Aug 22, 2006 9:00 am Post subject:

fished in the keys in June....

Bahamas In Feb...