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What's the best 2-3 day vacation you've ever had?

Old May 17th, 2006, 07:25 PM
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Uhm, can I change my vote? LOL. The best 2 or 3 day vacations was always going to the California Delta and spending time on our boat. Yes, that was the best of all!!
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Old May 17th, 2006, 07:39 PM
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Hard to pick my faves. I'm in the San Jose area, so close to San Francisco. Probably Monterey Bay, actually in Pacific Grove (driving). Then San Diego or Seattle (flying). Runners up: Yosemite and Lake Tahoe (driving).
 
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Drove to Carmel, CA. One of the most charming, delightful towns anywhere. Lovely setting, great restaurants, shopping, town beach. Close to 17 mile drive.
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Old May 17th, 2006, 09:59 PM
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Hands down, the best 3 day trips is to Yosemite National Park. Just a 4 hour drive from our house. Just got back from one of these trips on Friday. Waterfall were at an all time high. Weather was warm and sunny!

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Old May 17th, 2006, 10:26 PM
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Old May 18th, 2006, 02:20 AM
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Four of us, friends since childhood, have met for a long weekend every fall for more than 25 years. Our best trip was probably New Orleans with a schedule similar to BuffaloGirl's. I wouldn't have chosen NO but we take turns as trip planner and I'm so glad that year's trip planner decided we should splurge instead of our usual drive-to's. Katrina happened the next year.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 02:39 AM
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Ah, suze, ya gotta try them. The short weekenders help keep your sanity while you are planning for one of the "big ones".
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Old May 18th, 2006, 02:39 AM
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Oklahoma City!!
Went there on Friday for a weekend family reunion expecting nothing from OC after reading many not so positive posts on fodors.com. We were pleasantly surprised how wonderful OC was and how much was there to do. Besides visiting with the family we visited museums, botanical garden, hiked, watched birds. Visiting the monument is very moving. Great place to visit. Left Monday.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 02:44 AM
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Starrsville, tell us about your quicky
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Old May 18th, 2006, 02:51 AM
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For flights, it would be several when Delta had their "Great Escape" flights and offered several options each weekend. My favorite of those had to be flying to Alb and driving to Durango for the weekend - on Valentine's weekend. This Georgia gal just loved driving across high desert and playing in the snow for the weekend.

For driving, it will always be getting away to the cabin - which is less than 2 hours away. If I can leave early enough on a Friday, I call ahead and have the boat put in the water and tool around on a mountain lake on a Friday afternoon sipping a cocktail. Life is good.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 02:52 AM
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nkd, I hope that was the "quicky" you were referring to.

An associate was telling a story similar to yours describing how much they enjoyed St. Louis when they didn't really expect to.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:01 AM
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Yes! LOL!
Thanks for sharing, Star. We too spend one long weekend in a log cabin in Ellijay, GA and just loved it. I'm still not certain how to pronounce 'ellijay'
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:04 AM
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Ella-jay.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:18 AM
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Thank you, Star. Maybe I'll see you and other fodorites in Asheville in September.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:19 AM
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It was one year in the 1990s, July 4th weekend. My mom's cousin owns a cabin in Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY area right on Lake Erie. When I speak of right on, all that you had to do is climb down the ladder in their backyard and there was Lake Erie! This area is so beautiful, there were excellent country roads for biking (which I did) and all that you would pass would be train tracks, vineyards and small Fredonia with tree line streets. Stoppped by a cherry picking place and it was self serve. Then there was 2 boat tours of the lake and coastline via relatives boat to another beach we entered via Lake Erie. It was never hot with a cool breeze off the lake no wonder this cabin community was always packed with people.

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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:23 AM
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A few summers ago DH and I flew to Utah and spent a fabulous long weekend at the Sundance Resort. The weather was perfect, we took long scenic hikes, ate great food.... very peaceful, very relaxed. Saturday afternoon we returned from a hike to find a music festival taking place on the grounds at Sundance so we laid down in the grass and listened to blue grass music--it was the best.
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:27 AM
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Every weekend I spent hiking and camping with my wife.
Yosemite
Pinnacles
Beartooths
Tetons
Yellowstone
Canadian Rockies
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:31 AM
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Not nec. in this order

Bermuda
San Francisco
Nantucket
San Diego
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Old May 18th, 2006, 03:59 AM
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New York is always great (drive)

Fly:
Bermuda

Atlantis in the Bahamas (not for the place, but it was my birthday and my family came to surprise me!)

Snowshoe WV- just being with our kids in the mountains

Not in that exact order! There have been many great 3-4 day trips that we have been very fortuante to go on. Too long to list !!
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Ten friends in NYC Friday-Sunday. Somehow, the group's collective wisdom came up with lots of good ideas, and we had a blast--Jazz and tapas at the Museum of Natural History Friday, then a play. Saturday the MoMA , another play, and dinner at a Russian restaurant. Visit with family and then another play Sunday.
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