Summer 2012 Family Vacations

[Scott R Nelson]

This thread is dedicated to the summer 2012 summer vacations of cuffers.

Does it have to be in the summer?

I like taking vacations to tropical places during the cold months so that I can appreciate the weather more. Right now we're trying to work out the details for two weeks in Hawaii during February or March. I like all of the populated islands except Oahu (too many people there). This time I'm hoping to spend a week in Hilo and a week in Kona.

One week in Kona a few years ago wasn't enough to really get to know the big island. I still want to go to the top of Mauna Kea and if Kilauea is going off I want to take a flight over the lava flow. Last time my wife and I rented a kayak to go snorkeling at the Capt. Cook monument. This time I want to rent one for longer so we can spend more time there. I quiet like snorkeling on the big island because the water stays more clear than on the other islands.

Two weeks in Hawaii helps me "amortize" the cost and time of the flight there and back and usually provides enough time to actually relax rather than hustling to see things every day. For some reason we'll often put 500 miles on a rental car in a week, whether it's Hawaii, Maui, or Kauai.

[Green Monstah]

That sounds cool. I've had this fascination with Maine since about junior high and I've still never been there.

If you go, go in late July/August/early September. By then the mosquitos and blackflies are dead and gone, and the weather is phenomenal. The wife and I did our 10th anniversary trip in early Sept last year, and it was a blast.

[mUUser]

The kids' travel sports use up most of the summer, and will take us as far south as Alabama, as far north as Missouri, as far west as Colorado and as far east as Pennsylvania stopping at a bunch of states in-between. In the middle of the summer we'll take time out to spend a week on the beach in SoCal. On the odd weekends we don't travel for sports, we spend on the lake wakesurfing.

[MarkGrace]

Taking myself to South Bend on October 20th.

Right now I'm planning on making this trip as well. There was some chatter on CB yesterday that the date may be up in the air, but it should still hopefully work out.

[TripletDaddy]

Right now I'm planning on making this trip as well. There was some chatter on CB yesterday that the date may be up in the air, but it should still hopefully work out.

We'll see...

If you do wind up going, bring some plastic because we are hitting it UP in Chicago. I will fly in on a Wednesday evening simply to have more time to eat meals there.

[pellegrino]

I'll be going to Italy to do some research. Hopefully the family will be able to come too.

[filsdepac]

We were gonna do Hawaii but I'm starting a new job and will be too busy for vacation. Still thinking about doing DC/NY/Boston/Maine in September.

[MarkGrace]

We'll see...

If you do wind up going, bring some plastic because we are hitting it UP in Chicago. I will fly in on a Wednesday evening simply to have more time to eat meals there.

I would love to check out something like Next. But it's possible that I'll have my baby bro in tow and I'm not sure I could cover two meals there. ha.

[creekster]

I'll be going to Italy to do some research. Hopefully the family will be able to come too.

O that sounds good.

"Honey, I am going to Italy to, umm, do some, well, you know, umm, research and stuff. Did you want to come? If not no big thang, I'll be back in a few, umm, weeks or so. Have a nice summer with the kids!"

[MarkGrace]

I'll be going to Italy to do some research. Hopefully the family will be able to come too.

Hopefully it's food research!

[filsdepac]

Hopefully it's food research!

I assume he's attending Olive Garden's Tuscany campus.

[Viking]

Paris. London. Bergen. Oslo.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

We are going to Orlando in June. Due to the adoption last summer I didn't get to take my boys on the baseball trip we had planned, I think we are going to try and do a shortened version this year

[pellegrino]

O that sounds good.

"Honey, I am going to Italy to, umm, do some, well, you know, umm, research and stuff. Did you want to come? If not no big thang, I'll be back in a few, umm, weeks or so. Have a nice summer with the kids!"

that's just how we roll.

Hopefully it's food research!

that's always an aspect of it.

I assume he's attending Olive Garden's Tuscany campus.

Tuscany, yes, Olive Garden?

[MarkGrace]

We are going to Orlando in June. Due to the adoption last summer I didn't get to take my boys on the baseball trip we had planned, I think we are going to try and do a shortened version this year

What was the trip going to be?