What's the best 2-3 day vacation you've ever had?
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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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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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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.
We flew
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.
We flew
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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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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 !!
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.