Muriel
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:33:52 PM
Maybe that should be Xardon, take me away!
Ok, let's keep these fluffy threads going so we can all make nice with one another.
Where IN THE UNITED STATES is your favorite vacation spot? I would really like to know because I haven't had a vacation since 1978 and I need one bad!!
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oddish4
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:35:07 PM
I like South Dakota. More specifically the Black Hills. Very peaceful and pretty. We have alot of fun we we get the chance to go 
Oddish~ The Odd One
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Hepburn
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:36:18 PM
Keep going Muriel. You will bury everthing and only fluff stuff will be visible
Montana. Gorgeous there.
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Muriel
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:38:28 PM
Hepburn - I'm trying!! Zilvy inspired me, and then left!
I really want to visit Montana. I really feel drawn there, for some reason. Tell me about it.
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Hepburn
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:43:23 PM
Lots of hills and mountains. Not alot of large cities. Plenty of open space, too. Drove thru it once on a road trip. Didnt vacation there at all, but from what I remember, I want to go back and stay for a visit.
My idea of a vacation is Germany, Irish/Scottish isles. Never been there either, but would like to visit someday.
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barrybarris
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:47:33 PM
New York City
It has just about everything
Barry (except peace and quiet) Barris
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Muriel
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:50:28 PM
But Barry (I Love New York) Barris, it has YOU doesn't it??
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Hepburn
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:54:18 PM
Muriel, you little flirt you. Now you're after BarryBarris too? Better hope your other guy doesn't see you batting your eyelashes at someone else
[ edited by Hepburn on Mar 16, 2001 05:55 PM ]
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Muriel
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:56:44 PM
I don't know, Hepburn. My Sweet Baboo must be working undercover tonight. 
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RainyBear
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:57:15 PM
My favorite vacation spot is the Oregon coast. The ocean scenery is beautiful! Go a little further south and you're in the California redwood forests.
Thanks, Muriel, for the kinder and gentler threads. A couple of the others make me want to spew blood from my ears....
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mouseslayer
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:57:25 PM
Our new favorite spot is Catalina Island, off the coast from L.A. Tiny town (most of the island is preserved) and a snails pace. Our room didn't even have a phone in it! Our hotel was like 10 steps from the beach. We got so relaxed, we almost missed our ferry back! 
We also like N. California. We both love S.F. and I've been as far north as Eureka, just beautiful. Much different atmosphere than S. California.
~^~  Hippy wannabe  ~^~
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RainyBear
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posted on March 16, 2001 05:59:06 PM
Catlina Island, oh, I got sooooo sick on the way over there... urp!
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grannyfox
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posted on March 16, 2001 06:01:19 PM
The lovely Upstate New York Adirondak mountains.
**Disclaimer: If I appear arguementive, then I probably am just being a #*!@ today. It comes & goes. C.
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SilkMoth
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posted on March 16, 2001 06:05:46 PM
Taos, New Mexico. The most heart-stoppingly beautiful place I have ever been in my life.
Although San Francisco is wonderful, and I gotta admit, I would miss the dim sum if I spent my whole life in Taos.
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not SilkMoth anywhere but here
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HJW
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posted on March 16, 2001 06:12:35 PM
Hell, I'll visit anywhere to avoid reading
about partial birth abortions again.
Maybe sitting on the curb would be fun.
Helen
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RainyBear
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posted on March 16, 2001 06:31:42 PM
Helen, I'm with you! Let's hang out on the curb and talk about... anything but that.
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zilvy
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posted on March 16, 2001 06:55:37 PM
Hi Muriel I took two peeps and feel mush (spelling error but will leave it) bedda!! I loved my visit to Hawaii only got to spend two weeks there Ohau for business meeting & Kuai for the Hawaiin dream.That was my favorite ...much less commercial and so beautiful...the only place I've visited that I cried when I left...I've cried when leaving people but never a place.
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rawbunzel
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posted on March 16, 2001 07:01:38 PM
Oregon coast is number 1 for certain!
Then Montana ,I love Montana! Then Key West Florida! Such a quirky place!
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mouseslayer
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posted on March 16, 2001 07:11:12 PM
Hmmm, Seattle area and New Orleans would have to be high on my list too (Hi RainyBear  )
I've always wanted to go to Montana...
~^~ Hippy wannabe ~^~
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gravid
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posted on March 16, 2001 07:19:44 PM
Sanibel Island off the west coast of Florida.
One of the 10 best places in the world to shell. We had a large (7 foot) alligator in the pond outside our room and whenever I went out it would stop whatever it was doing and face me and if I walked around the pond it would turn and follow me - never took it's eyes off me.
Ignored everyone else.
I said to my wife it probably thinks that's a lot of meat. She pointed out it retreated to the center of the pond. She instead said it was thinking anything that big has to be dangerous.
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zilvy
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posted on March 16, 2001 07:42:31 PM
Hi Gravid, I am drawn to the warmer climes for vacation and had forgotten how much I loved that area "Sanibel Island" we had been in the keyes travelled up the east coast to Alligator Alley and then across to the Gulf side. We even got the Sanibel "Stoop" shelling.
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crankyoldhag
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posted on March 16, 2001 07:53:06 PM
I grew up in Montana, so a visit there is a visit to family. I'm not sure if that is a vacation or not. But there are some great places to visit.
I went to New York City, loved it and loved upstate New York too....
Next I want to go to Boston... or maybe someplace down south.
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Hepburn
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posted on March 16, 2001 08:08:05 PM
lol! Sitting on the curb is good too. I remember doing that when a teen. Friends would come to my house and we would sit there under the street light, sneaking cigarettes and yakking away. Sometimes up to midnight. Parents didnt care, because they knew we were right outside (I lived in a corner house).
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xardon
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posted on March 16, 2001 09:12:14 PM
My favorite vacations have been spent on the road with no particular destination in mind. I used to travel on a motorcycle and camp in likely spots by the side of the highway. I now use my car and stay at roadside motels or B&B's. I usually find someplace nice to hang out for a few days.
There's a book called "Blue Highways" by William LeastHeat Moon that nicely describes this sort of a getaway. The blue highway's
are the secondary roads on a roadmap.
I don't pack much, a couple changes of clothes, some books, and a fishing rod.
With the family I usually just go to the shore or the mountains....but that's not really a vacation.
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Citygirl1
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posted on March 16, 2001 09:18:23 PM
Mesquite, Texas because my best friend in the world lives there and we see far too little of each other.
I just posted on a question on another thread about Montana and whether its a nice place to visit-planning a road trip/honeymoon in September and we were considering stopping there. Thanks, I guess I have my answer!
I also want to include my worst choice-Nashville, Tennessee. I have never had good experiences there.
Citygirl
I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane!
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femme
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posted on March 17, 2001 05:51:30 AM
CHICAGO!!!!
The minute I see the skyline from the plane, I get excited. That city just gets my juices flowing.
Went to a Bears game. First and only time I've been to a pro football game. Thought I would freeze to death.
Took in an early season Cubs game and sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" with Harry Cary. Thought I would freeze to death. (I was in a down coat; the natives were in lightweight jackets.)
My sister lived there, but moved down south about 6 years ago. Wondering if I'll ever see Chicago again. 
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snowyegret
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posted on March 17, 2001 06:07:54 AM
Park me on Hawksnest Beach, St. John, USVI, for the US.
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Muriel
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posted on March 17, 2001 01:02:02 PM
Someone tell me more about "quirky" Key West, please. 
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zilvy
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posted on March 17, 2001 03:31:35 PM
Well, there is Jimmy Buffet's, Margaritaville, funny printed tee shirts every other store on the main drag, balmy weather, beautiful sand....lots of water, snorkeling, boating, swimming. Good food and that really long bridge out to the islands where you feel like you're driving on water.
Flagler's hotel was neat, Hemmingways house and cats...interesting graveyards (above ground) Many historical places to visit...it's been a lotta years since I was there. There is also a museum of the Attocia(sp?) treasure.
Oh and the gathering in the evening to watch the sun set....with drink in hand and good camaraderie waiting for the "Green Flash."
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mivona
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posted on March 17, 2001 03:40:55 PM
Maui (at least before United Airlines ruined my return home). Best holiday I have ever had.
But what can you expect of someone living in cold, grey, wet, grey, wet, slushy, cold London?
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