Alaska Cruise

Ireland

Baja Cruise (as an escort for a group of 97)

lots of short weekend getaways

Texas for Christmas

razzledazzle: Great face! Lo!

:L

were you perhaps looking for :)

or :B

or >:D< ???

I feel inadequate... I only spent a week divided between Little Rock and Hot Springs, AR in 2003.

*weep*

Sounds like the makings of a good New Year's resolution! ;)

What a great idea! A bit like in school, "What did you do last summer?" Thanks for starting us off.

April: Massanutten (Virginia), where we were iced in for the week but with a fireplace, and watched the troops march into Baghdad and nonstop news on tv.
April: Long weekend in D.C., interesting anti-war rallies brought back old memories. Unfortunately caught in frenzy/traffic as Jessica Lynch was brought in.. D.C. is a very different place anymore, the careening motorcades of black Expeditions on "government" business all but running people down, etc. Creepy. The Smithsonian is always a treasure, however.
September: 2 week trip to Banff, Waterton Park, and Panorama in Canada plus Glacier Natl Park in MT. Started in Calgary and made a gigantic circle. Wildfires everywhere, horrible and devastating for those living there. Breathtaking scenery. The glaciers are indeed melting away, thanks to global warming.
October: Dallas TX for business
October/November: Raleigh, NC for business, side trip to Williamsburg.
New Years in Las Vegas (yes, we were one of the mass of revelers). Promised our son 10 years ago (during another trip to Vegas, but he was only 11 and miserable) that we would treat him to his 21st birthday in Las Vegas. A huge success, thanks to all those fodorites who helped to plan.
Also sprinkled throughout the year, business trips to Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, plus places so rural in Florida that I think most people would not believe it if they have never been outside the tourist areas.
Finally, many trips to refill wine glass from wine we bought at those Virginia wineries in April..
For 2004, it's back to Massanutten (almost out of wine) and Williamsburg this spring, Tahoe/San Francisco for the fall.

From NJ:

Feb - Switzerland for business
May - Pittsburgh or a first communion
May - California (san diego, aneheim)
May - North Carolina (business)
June - Germany (business)
Sept - week at Jersey shore
Sept - Singapore (business)
Oct - Germany (business)
Nov - Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving

April - Got married at Lake Conroe TX and spend a week at South Padre Island (week after Easter - very uncrowded and "off-season" rates!)

May - family wedding in Cape Girardeau, MO

June - graduation and visit family in No. VA and Washington DC

July - waterpark (for the kids) and blackjack (for the parents) in Wisconsin Dells

New Years Eve - Chicago

January - New Orleans
April - England and Scotland
June - Florida
August - Australia
October - New Orleans
December - LA.

Bri

Interesting to see all the replies.

For us, in January we went to East Liverpool, Ohio, for a funeral.

Early April, Charleston for the house and garden tour,

June, two weeks in Greece, one on the mainland and the other island hopping.

Labor Day to Red Top Mountain just outside Atlanta for our annual *whole* family get together--siblings, children, and now their children.

Thanksgiving and Christmas to my sister's in the country for our usual family holidays.

I forgot one--Washington, DC in late October. It was freezing, and my husband got a speeding ticket in MD, but we had a good time anyway.

Having relocated from a relatively large land-locked state where it takes 2 1/2 hours just to pass the borders to the Midwest-East Coast where cities are closer by, I took a fair share of roadtrips:

March: Pittsburgh and Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece in Pennsylvania's Laurel Highlands

July: Philadelphia, with one of the best downtowns I've seen

September: New York City -- all the touristy stuff in Manhattan

October: Columbus, OH - seductively quaint German Village and downtown

I spent the most time and money in Philly, and would love to go back to enjoy more of the museum of art. But I was completely enamored of Columbus' German Village, the oldest registered historic preservation district in the country, with its wonderful cottages and businesses. I'd want to live there.

For 2004, I'd like to explore the Midwest west of Cleveland - Chicago, Indianapolis, and Detroit. Yes, I am a city guy.

Five trips to Colorado
London in March with one daughter
Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and Switzerland in May and June
London in December with both daughters

Here's my VERY short list:

March - 7 wonderful days in Jamaica
May - Weekend shopping trip to Dallas w/daughter to celebrate our b-days
October - weekend trip to Dallas to watch the Sooners beat the you-know-what out of the Longhorns

Already looking forward to our trip back to Jamaica in 22 days to celebrate 23rd wedding anniversary!!;)

Boca Raton and West Palm Beach in the winter; Kiawah Island and Charleston in the spring, and then a week in Paris in october.

I consider myself lucky to have the freedom to do this.

NYC & Upstate NY with H and Daughter for 8 days in August. What a wonderful trip! NYC is amazing and upstate NY is beautiful.

Littledarlin3 - where did you take your shopping trip in Dallas? Plan to do that soon with my daughter. Thinking about Grapevine Mills...

Austin - we went to the Galleria, Sam Moon and Grapevine Mills.

We mostly just looked at the Galleria. We bought lots of stuff at Sam Moon, Bass Pro Shop, and Grapevine Mills. Grapevine is an all day event, so wear comfortable shoes!

We went to Napa Valley in September.It was great but it helps to love wine.

In December we went skiing in Banff.It was wonderful.The skiing was ok because they needed more snow.Our favorite mountain was sunshine.Our hotel was amazing,The Banff Sprins Hotel,we stayed in a suite and the service was the best ever.

Jan, 2+ weeks in Costa Rica
March, long weekend in San Antonio with my twin to celebrate our birthday-what FUN!
May, 10 days on Maui
Aug, 5 days on Isla Mujeres
Nov, week in CA from Carmel to Paso Robles
Nov, long weekend in Clearlake, Tx...

Next week, a charter sail in Belize!

2003 wasn't the greatest year for travel, but:

March/April: New Orleans and Houston

May: Catalina Island

Guess that's why I'm ready to get to San Fran in two weeks. Too bad I've got these things called a job and a budget that prevent me from traveling more!

From Baltimore, we traveled to:
January - NYC long weekend
February - Las Vegas convention
April - 10 days southern california
June - Hershey, PA weekend
August - NYC theater trip
August - 8 days Aruba
December - week in So. Florida

No Europe this past year, not comfy leaving kids at home (or taking them yet!)