OT- Where do you MGO on summer vacation?
I would have agreed with you if this was 2003 and not 2013. Hilton Head is WAY too overcrowded now. If you're looking for a beach location in SC, Isle of Palms and Kiawah are the places to go. Hands down.
Higgins Lake for the 4th of July week. Classic family getaway.
Back in Summer 2006 we rented 4 cottages next to each other up there. Our group was told by our waitress at the Sandbar - before it was 10 PM, mind you - that we set the record for total pitchers ordered.(we'd only been there for like 2 1/2 hours) We stayed for another 2 hours and put that record way out of reach.
because we put in a pool last year. But recently we took a trip to Colonial Williamsburg, Yorktown Victory Center and Jamestowne Settlement. (Oh, and Busch Gardens/Water Country). Great time, I highly recommend it to anyone with kids interested in history.
...on Chippewa Lake. (about 20 minutes NE of Ferris State Univ.) Biggest, ruralest lake in Mecosta county. Chillin, grillin, boatin, fishin.
No drinkin?
I didn't mention breathing either.
Good eye though, good eye.
...is one of the best things about Northern Michigan.
If you've spent any time living in a large city you probably understand.
And the star gazing. Nothing like soaking in the night sky away from all the city lights.
We like to gather all the child folk around our mashed potato and shrubbery replica of Devils Mountain, wheel out the pipe organ and await a close encounter. (the fourth kind of close encounter - third's jumped the shark)
If you are a single guy in your 20s, go to Charleston, SC. Mind = Blown.
My family has a summer place in Northern Minnesota (far away, but dirt cheap on a massive lake that is only about 10% developed) that I go to every summer. Beautiful area.
And then NYC because it is NYC
I'm surprised no one has even mentioned Camp Michigania at all.
We are long-time Michigania campers and have had amazing times there. It is hard to beat as a family vacation - great location in northern Michigan, lots of activities for kids and adults, great staff, the chance to sing The Victors multiple times with other alums. Our kids grew up going there and we have lots of great family memories.
Last year we spent a week in Virginia Beach. My cousin is stationed there the in the Navy. This year we are going to Gulf Shores Alabama for 11 days. Doing some deep sea fishing and just relaxing in the beach front condo.
Washington Island - mmm, Ostrich Jerky.
The Fish Boil wasn't a big thrill for me, but each to their own.
Door County is known as the "Cape Cod of the Midwest," and aptly so. I was up there right before Memorial Day on business, and I loved it. I'm going back there this week for another business trip - I have to visit Egg Harbor, Ephraim and Bailey's Harbor.
When I was crossing the bridge at Sturgeon Bay, there was a massive yacht at that shipyard there (200'-plus long). It apparently was just built for some Russian bazillionaire or a Kiwi - got different stories. Here is a video of the yacht: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwjEtUNiZk
Emmet County, a few miles east of Petoskey. My high school track coach (friend of my father, who taught and coached with him) has a cottage there and we've gone up for a week or two pretty much every year since the late '60s. Sometimes in July, sometimes at the end of the season in late September/early October.
The PE teacher at the high school loved the place so much he bought the camp next door and spent his retirement trying to rehab it. He passed on a while back and it's now a pretty nice county park.
The fishing's not what it was 45 years ago but it's still paradise. And some of you probably live up there year-round.
we have one of the top ten "clean" beaches in the nation and our lighthouse and pier was on the cover of the U.S. Atlas in the late 90s. However, when the weather starts changing and the snow even begins to think of falling, I head for a quiet little Mexican village named Ajijic and stay from November thru at least Apr. This year, that was one month too soon. Town is full of expats-lots of gringos and Canadians, but it's cheap and I fall down a lot during that period due to the tequila. But I always get up; have so far anyway. Really makes me realize how fucked up America is whenever I come back though. That's the only downside.
Woo Hoo.
We spent last week vacationing in Aspen, CO. We did a ton of amazing hiking and sampled the Aspen Food and Wine Festival.
If you have never spent time in the Colorado Rockies in the summer, I hope you get the opportunity. It is a treat.
which is never often enough. Summer in CO is fantastic.
45° 49' 30.41 N 79° 28' 17.53 W