philosophin

Hello everyone--My husband's boss strongly hinted that June would be the best time for a vacation this year based on the timelines of their projects. We are kind of stumped about where to go. I like international trips but we went to Japan last October and I am still recovering. hehe So here is what we want the most (we live in the Seattle area, so it's usually not quite summer in June):

Nice places to go swimming, including swimming pools and/or bodies of water.

Sunny. No rain. Good scenery. Relaxing ambience.

Not *too* hot-- I guess I'd say "too hot" would be daytime temperatures of 90 degrees or more.

Have at least some (if not a ton of) interesting local culture and good moderately priced restaurants.

Nice parks and/or walking paths to stroll around.

Ideas?

Thanks to anyone who reads this!

bkluvsNola

Boston, NYC, Chicago, and California coastal areas come to mind.

jakson

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Placename

You defined Hawaii in your original post. Either Big Island or Kauai.

cots

Ditto on Hawaii - Maui or Kauai. A great website to use for unadvertized airline specials is: www.airfarewatchdog.com You can tell them what cities you are interested in and they will e-mail you whenever they find a good fare for that city. Also, they send their list of unadvertized specials several times a week. Yesterday they had tickets from Nashville to Honolulu for $427 round trip.

katrinab

Boston has some great coastal areas (Cape Cod!) and is very comfortable weather-wise in June. Plus it's a super walkable city.

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philosophin

Thanks everyone! Yeah, I'm not surprised that Hawaii came up. What are the crowds like at that time of year? I went to Maui on February of last year and I didn't really find the crowds to be that big of a deal, but I have no idea about June. What about Oah'u? A friend of mine lives there and it would be really cool to hang out with her. Plus, I promised her I would go there next time I went. ;-)

Thanks for the other ideas as well. I'm a bit surprised that eastern seaboard cities were named--I would think it would be too hot/humid...or something. And not so much on the relaxing ambience. But I honestly don't know anything about it because I've never visited the east coast. I do think visiting NYC would be awesome--I'd love to go the museums and other cultural things. I don't think it would be hard to find things to do.

bkluvsNola

I mentioned East coast cities because you wanted places with nice parks where you could walk around, interesting cultural activities, good restaurants, and weather below 90 (and Boston and NYC don't usually get above 90 in June, notice I didn't recommend DC or Philly as they are a bit hotter in June). I think my recommendations fit your requirements.

GoTravel

Keep in mind the eastern seaboard will have daily thunderstorms.

Anywhere north of Virginia will still be pleasant in June.

cfc

"Anywhere north of Virginia will still be pleasant in June." And some places south of Virginia will be okay, too - esp. in mountains or on the coast.

You will not be comfortable in the ocean water in New England in June, but the weather can be just gorgeous - although occasionally a chilly wet front will come through. If you're willing to give up the swimming, NYC and Boston are both great in June - it CAN get hot, but usually it's quite reasonable.

traveler24

Just remember any of the eastern seaboard cities you are at risk for high humidity..I for one just can't deal with it--I think Boston is the most walkable city in US,,(At least all the cities I have been to)...Did go to Chicago in June last year and weather was quite comfortable--highest temp was 80.

cfc

Humidity? Compared to where, Arizona or SoCal? Yes re: Philly or WashDC or Baltimore, less so for NYC or Boston.

HKP

The daily-thunderstorm thing is largely a southern phenomenon. In the north, the thunderstorms usually only show up because of an approaching cool front from the west. They blow through and the weather turns cooler. In the south, the "pop-up" afternoon t-storms are a result of rising, very humid air, and usually have nothing to do with weather fronts.

Orlando_Vic

Since you live in the Seattle area, have you considered Vancouver and/or Victoria, B.C.?

garyt22

I would add Montreal, Quebec City or Niagara Falls,Toronto... weather is perfect, plenty to do and see...

philosophin

Well, I have decided to take things in a different direction. My husband and I decided to go to New Mexico (Santa Fe, Taos, etc.) I looked up the weather and it actually shouldn't be that bad--temps in the low 80s I think. The dry and warm weather is really appealing to us as is the landscape. This will be my first time in the Southwest.

emalloy

Great chouce you should have a great trip, New Mexico is a beautiful state. Look into going over to Bandelier NM while you are there. It is in the mountains not too far from Santa Fe and has very interesting ancient Native American dwellings carved into the rock (really hardened volcanic ash) of the mountainside.