Summer Vacations

[agmic]

With nice weather coming, hopefully, where does everyone go for, or wish they could go for vacation. Mine would be going back to Myrtle Beach, last year was great, went with the family, the whole family wife, kids, in-laws and brother in law and his family. 10 in all, but had a great time. Wish I could go back to Disney, been there a couple of times, and I guess I'm just a kid at heart, love that place....

[Turnip Queen]

For me, it's gonna be wherever I can get a good deal on - I'd love to go somewhere outside Europe but at the moment my friend and I aren't that great with finances so it'll be somewhere in Europe again - as long as it's hot I don't mind!

[justjoe]

I am taking a couple of bike (motorcycle) trips. Maybe to Sturgis but definitely to the White Mountains of NH and the lakes of Maine. My parents actually live in Myrtle Beach. Great place to go on vacation. Plus bike week is usually in May there.

[bunnydixon]

i would love to go to busch gardens, sea world and disney in florida but thats not gonna happen ever lol!

we did think about going to a place here called center parcs which is like an outdoor, adventure esque holiday.

hmmm...i just dont know!

[agmic]

I am taking a couple of bike (motorcycle) trips. Maybe to Sturgis but definitely to the White Mountains of NH and the lakes of Maine. My parents actually live in Myrtle Beach. Great place to go on vacation. Plus bike week is usually in May there.

I'm a want-ta-be biker, but never got one.... What do you have ???

[justjoe]

Don't have an actual picture of my bike on this computer but it is a Honda Shadow A.C.E. It's a cruising bike not a crotch rocket.

[Robo42]

TQ and B,
I'm a little surprised that you haven't thought about coming Here. I know the airfare is a killer, but with the exchange rate I thought it would be much cheaper for the rest of the vacation. you may be able to get a good package deal to Florida with low airfare. I would def recommend looking into it. last I heard it was 1.4/5 euros per dollar

[thelawgiver]

Yes, per Robo, there could be good package deals in Florida. But be warned, the summer heat can be oppressive down there!!! Go all the way to Hawaii and take your own LOST tour!!

[Robo42]

Hawaii, is def where we should have our forum dream get together. That would be a seriously long flight from the UK though, esp. if you were in coach. I think I would just have to shoot myself.

[bunnydixon]

:eek: cant fly.

[Capn_Matt]

I'm a poor student graduating and having all that horrible debt to pay off! Doubt I'll be going anywhere :(

So tempted to just piss off for a few months this summer without telling anyone where though. Go to Spain or Italy or something...get bar work and just have a total "away from it all" period before I hit the career grind.

[thelawgiver]

Actually break it up with a stopover in SF or LA!! NavyGuy and I will be the island guides!

[bunnydixon]

maybe we should go to the states TQ (it would have to be teleportation or a cruise), hire a convertible and take a whirlwind tour of our lost forum american friends :D

[Dzbabykel]

maybe we should go to the states TQ (it would have to be teleportation or a cruise), hire a convertible and take a whirlwind tour of our lost forum american friends :D

Yes!! You and TQ could come and I'll drive you around in my convertible! Haha we'll have good times girls, haha maybe we could pick up Robo and Patchy on our way :p

Speaking of vacations, I'm actually headed to the beach next week :D

[bunnydixon]

i need a holiday!!

[Dzbabykel]

Haha Bunny we should totally do that house swap thing like Cameron Diaz did in the movie Holiday...haha I will come live in Scotland and meet a hot guy with a scottish accent and YOU can come live here in America LOL. It will work beautifully :p

[bunnydixon]

lol!

does that mean you get to keep rick and the girls too lol! ;)

[Dzbabykel]

lol!

does that mean you get to keep rick and the girls too lol! ;)

Haha no you can take them to America with you :D

[Elmer]

I am very fortunate my wife and I try to take a nice vacation with our kids (have 5 of them) every year. We are going to Myrtle beach in about 1 1/2 weeks. And we go to Disney World every 2-3 years. This will be our first time going to Myrtle Beach together (we both went when we were younger).

[mahalo_dude]

I usually take my vacations in the fall. Last three years I've gone to Hawaii. Been there 7 times. My favorite place in the world. No temporal displacements other than I hated coming back to the real world.

[bunnydixon]

what do you love about it so much?

[mahalo_dude]

what do you love about it so much?


Everything! The people, culture, climate, beaches, landscape, warm tropical ocean, sea life, massive volcanoes, the food....I could go on and on!

Heck, my avatar is the Hawaii state flag!

[Robo42]

I just got back on. I would love to be picked in a convertible by two babes. I know patch is in too. So where are we going?

[SurvivorNurseJenn]

I've always really wanted to go to Scotland or Ireland (gotta love the accents and beautiful countryside... atleast thats what the movies lead me to believe), but unfortunately thats too expensive :-( However for my honeymoon in May my fiance found a really good deal in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic at an all inclusive!! I'm so excited!! And my parents are taking us to Las Vegas in August... hopefully I'll win the millions!

[mahalo_dude]

I actually would love to go to Ireland and Scotland. Great beer, Great people!

[Robo42]

Very nice jenn. i had a friend who went there a year ago and she loved it. I just have to smile because if you know a little spanish you can turn the word Punta cana into something really obscene.

[bunnydixon]

right, all round to mine lol!

[thelawgiver]

So Mahalo dude, where shoud we take them? I little hike up Diamond Head, catch the big surf on the north shore, Hanama (Sp?) Bay for a little snorkling, top of Moana Kea, the road to Hana, Napali coast, then a little night life in Waikiki or maybe the slower pace of Lahaina??

[bunnydixon]

Very nice jenn. i had a friend who went there a year ago and she loved it. I just have to smile because if you know a little spanish you can turn the word Punta cana into something really obscene.

abuela! abre! estrellas! azure! roja! unos, dos, quatro, cinco (dont know 3 and dont know if i have even spelt any of those right lol!)

thats about the extent of my spanish!

[thelawgiver]

Una mas cervaza por favor!!

[SurvivorNurseJenn]

right, all round to mine lol!

haha this may sound really stupid.. but my all time favorite movie is Braveheart.. and I think thats why I may want to go to Scotland... haha!!

[bunnydixon]

i can do a little japanese :D

jenn - i have to admit i really dont like that movie lol!

[Robo42]

B, your spanish is nit so bad.
Si patch mi hombre, yo quiero a bebir mas cervesa tambien.

[bunnydixon]

moshi moshi watachi was bunny desu - hajima mashte.

[Capn_Matt]

Personally I thought Braveheart was alright...couple of good moments in it. Alas, we don't all walk around in kilts constantly anymore...I for one believe my nuts would freeze off and I've grown quite attached to them over the years.

Still, if any of you do end up in Glasgow I'll show you some nice places assuming I still live here once uni finishes and I get a job.

[bunnydixon]

nice places? glasgow?

:p lol!

[mahalo_dude]

So Mahalo dude, where shoud we take them? I little hike up Diamond Head, catch the big surf on the north shore, Hanama (Sp?) Bay for a little snorkling, top of Moana Kea, the road to Hana, Napali coast, then a little night life in Waikiki or maybe the slower pace of Lahaina??


I could fly out tomorrow...

Great list of activities. I'll figure out what could be in store for Day 2!;)

Actually, a week on each accessible island (Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Kauai, and the Big Island) would work out great!

[bunnydixon]

i like the sound of this holiday!

*grabs suitcase*

[thelawgiver]

Yep. But I'd take a pass on Lanai and Molokai, too quiet for these folks.

[bunnydixon]

are you suggesting we are rowdy?

[thelawgiver]

Lanai is dead dead dead for night life. Small with a couple of resorts and a golf course. Molokai is were they used to isolate the leepers.

[Capn_Matt]

Okay, fine I'll rephrase....

"I'll take you places you won't get killed"

Better? :)

[Robo42]

Bunnyson, you are quite the multi-linguist.

[bunnydixon]

thats okay patchy - i hear rob likes golf courses lol!

capn, that sounds more like it lol! ;) :p

[bunnydixon]

Bunnyson, you are quite the multi-linguist.


i used to be able to cuss people out in italian but i have forgotten :p

[Robo42]

That still comes pretty natural for me.

[mahalo_dude]

Yep. But I'd take a pass on Lanai and Molokai, too quiet for these folks.

Good point.

Both islands are pretty quiet, with only a couple of resorts each. But still very authentic Hawaii.

Maui is a good balance; lots of stuff to do, but not metropolitan/suburban like Oahu. And the Big Island has Kileuea, the active volcano. So if anyone gets out of hand, human sacrifices will be made at crater's edge!!

[bunnydixon]

well bedtime for me - of to dream about hawaii.....and stuff lol!


night :D

[Robo42]

G'nite B, Aloha!

[Turnip Queen]

AWW Hawaii of course is where I'd love to go most! But if it's hot I won't mind, last time we were blessed with the apartments we got so I hope we get lucky again!

[mahalo_dude]

well bedtime for me - of to dream about hawaii.....and stuff lol!


night :D


Aloha and pleasant dreams!

[Turnip Queen]

TQ and B,
I'm a little surprised that you haven't thought about coming Here. I know the airfare is a killer, but with the exchange rate I thought it would be much cheaper for the rest of the vacation. you may be able to get a good package deal to Florida with low airfare. I would def recommend looking into it. last I heard it was 1.4/5 euros per dollar


I REALLY want to go to New York, it's one of my top spots I want to go, but I always want to go there at Christmas time. I always associate it with Christmas and it'd be a dream to go then!

[Turnip Queen]

Yes!! You and TQ could come and I'll drive you around in my convertible! Haha we'll have good times girls, haha maybe we could pick up Robo and Patchy on our way :p

Speaking of vacations, I'm actually headed to the beach next week :D

AHHHH Oh God, that sounds so good! I'd love that so much!

[Robo42]

Christmas in NY is really nice, but can get even more congested than usual. I think late spring is the nicest. Central park is blooming and it is really nice weather to walk around and still warm enough to eat outside.

[az-phil]

Doing an Alaska Cruise this summer. Annything to get out of the 110 degree heat at that time of year in AZ...

But I'm actually really looking forward to a trip to China in a few weeks :)

[Turnip Queen]

Christmas in NY is really nice, but can get even more congested than usual. I think late spring is the nicest. Central park is blooming and it is really nice weather to walk around and still warm enough to eat outside.

That sounds lovely! See my friend is working in nursing at the moment, and the place she's in has been messing her around a lot regarding hours so money has been unpredictable for her this year, so we're probably gonna have to go with a cheap deal this year. I'd love to go to America though SO MUCH! Maybe next year, or I could just keep investigating prices and see what I can come up with!

[bunnydixon]

yeah i would love it too - always wanted to go to the east - love the new england kinda area :) but its getting there that is the problem. i am still traumatised by my trip to amsterdam 6 years ago lol! was my new years resolution to get on a plane for the first time ever and afterwards, i had managed to make rick (a frequent flyer) completely terrified aswell. was worse then i could have ever imagined and i will NEVER be doing it again lol!

but if anyone is happy to pay for a lovely cruise for me, you're on! ;) lol!

[Meditate]

That is awesome though Bunny! I haven't flown since I was 17 because of a really scary two hour flight to LA (weird). I do, however, road trip from west to east coast because nothing is better than than the experience.

[bunnydixon]

i think the water might have something to say if i try to drive over it lol!

my flight was 45 minutes only and it was just hellish - nothing actually happened apart from me thinking my head was gonna explode when we took off lol! i read the same page of my book the entire journey as i wasnt actually even reading lol, i think i was literally scared stiff!

[Meditate]

Yeah but right on in the boat to another continent... just to vacation. Why not? Heck, we could get caught in an island fantasy just as well on a boat as we could on a plane.

[Turnip Queen]

yeah i would love it too - always wanted to go to the east - love the new england kinda area :) but its getting there that is the problem. i am still traumatised by my trip to amsterdam 6 years ago lol! was my new years resolution to get on a plane for the first time ever and afterwards, i had managed to make rick (a frequent flyer) completely terrified aswell. was worse then i could have ever imagined and i will NEVER be doing it again lol!

but if anyone is happy to pay for a lovely cruise for me, you're on! ;) lol!

AWW Poor Bunny! I don't like flying that much myself, because I get really bad pains in my ears, but just the thoughts of going somewhere sunny gets me through it! I'll say one thing - I can't travel on a bus or in a car if I have a hangover! Boats seem to agree with me more than any other transport!

[bunnydixon]

i do like boats!

got to drive a speed boat once and its just amazing and quite addictive!

[Turnip Queen]

i do like boats!

got to drive a speed boat once and its just amazing and quite addictive!


Ah, see, we have it in common! I think I love anything to do with the sea!

[bunnydixon]

i tried waterskiing - OMG! nobody told me it would be so hard!

i dont mind the water but as long as i am in at least a decent size boat! as i rule, if i cant touch the bottom with my tootsies, i wont go any further lol!

again, that doesnt sound quite right lol!

[agmic]

just curious, but where would be a good place to vacation in Ireland and/or Scotland ????
Somewhere down my family chain, there is supposed to be a castle there, but can't remember weather it's in either of those countries....

[bunnydixon]

it depends what you are after!

[Turnip Queen]

just curious, but where would be a good place to vacation in Ireland and/or Scotland ????
Somewhere down my family chain, there is supposed to be a castle there, but can't remember weather it's in either of those countries....

County Kerry is a good place to go to in Ireland - you can do a thing called 'The Ring of Kerry' - it's really good!

HAHA I've never tried waterskiing Bunny, because I'm terrified! I have a horrible fear of losing balance, I don't know why, because I fall ALL the time! When my friend and I were in Crete we were on a boat and it stopped so everyone could do watersports, and my friend wanted us to go on this banana boat thing, and I thought it didn't look too bad and we paid for it - then I saw how people were getting onto it - jumping down from the boat, and I couldn't do it, cos I knew everyone would be looking at me, and I knew that I would fall into the water and make a show of my friend! HAHA! I'm awful with stuff like that!

[agmic]

well, I don't drink, have two girls, 10 and 3. like quiet times more than crowds

[Rain13]

Forget the summer, I'm going to Puerto Rico in two days :cool: By the way, I have a question about this so check the general forum.

[bunnydixon]

well i live in edinburgh and its great if you want to visit the castle, holyrood palace, mary kings close (which is the old part of the city under the new city) the vaults etc...lots of historic buldings. then you have places like loch ness which doesnt have much to do but it is beautiful and you can go monster hunting lol!

we usually go to a wee place called loch goilhead which is just passed loch lomond. its a teeny wee village with 2 shops lol! its just a gorgeous wee place! although it rains a lot there!

[agmic]

without looking myself....what's a Lothian ????

[bunnydixon]

LOL!

a region!

[Capn_Matt]

Ah, see, we have it in common! I think I love anything to do with the sea!

Including Salty Swashbuckling Buccaneers such as myself? :p

[BomberDawg95]

Summer plans?

What are these beaches you speak of?

The only thing I know over the summer is the weight room. :(

Maybe I'll get lucky and find a week I can actually go to the beach since its a mere two hour drive away...

[bunnydixon]

i hope thats sea saltiness :p

[bunnydixon]

Summer plans?

What are these beaches you speak of?

The only thing I know over the summer is the weight room. :(

Maybe I'll get lucky and find a week I can actually go to the beach since its a mere two hour drive away...

beaches are a no go here either. firstly its never warm enough to go to the beach. and even if its a slightly sunny day, when you get there, the sand is actually gravel and the sea is full of tampons, condoms and crap - literally.

[Capn_Matt]

You mean all the other beaches aren't like that? I've been living a lie...:(

[BomberDawg95]

beaches are a no go here either. firstly its never warm enough to go to the beach. and even if its a slightly sunny day, when you get there, the sand is actually gravel and the sea is full of tampons, condoms and crap - literally.

Thankfully I've been to Myrtle Beach in recent memory. (and by that I mean in the last five years) I don't remember all that kinda stuff there....

[LilLostGal]

Ok, does anyone else see the irony of us all taking an airplane ride to meet somewhere as a Losties Group? LOL That cracks me up. I wonder how many of us would be secretly hoping to land on the island!

[jacksnurse]

sorry to break in here...just posting ...probably going to smokey mountains (tennassee) this summer and maybe white mountains New Hampshire and Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.....yeah...i love mountains and lakes and love hiking, fishing, outdoors.....and getting down and dirty...(then taking a nice hot shower and dressing up to go out after..lol)...maybe a little camping at deep creek lake also...but will watch the bears this time..lol

[Robo42]

Jacks, I think I'm liking you more and more everyday. I am a little surprised that you are an outdoor kinda gal. i just never picture a woman with so many Bronx connections to be into the great otdoors. You are a woman after my own heart. LOL

[jacksnurse]

Jacks, I think I'm liking you more and more everyday. I am a little surprised that you are an outdoor kinda gal. i just never picture a woman with so many Bronx connections to be into the great otdoors. You are a woman after my own heart. LOL

Aw thanks...but really...no joke....i love to fish(still haven't fly fished though)...but i have had a few too close encounters with a bear and two moose...lol...Bronx connections are by marriage only...my parents are from the south...(although i am a yankees fan...go jeter:)).....i love camping....i just clean up well...lol

[Turnip Queen]

Including Salty Swashbuckling Buccaneers such as myself? :p
Of course! Put me in a boat with you and I'll be grand!

[Capn_Matt]

haha sorted :p I'll let the crew know we're making an unscheduled detour to pick up fair maidens...they'll be stoked :p

[bunnydixon]

sorry to break in here...just posting ...probably going to smokey mountains (tennassee) this summer and maybe white mountains New Hampshire and Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.....yeah...i love mountains and lakes and love hiking, fishing, outdoors.....and getting down and dirty...(then taking a nice hot shower and dressing up to go out after..lol)...maybe a little camping at deep creek lake also...but will watch the bears this time..lol

i have never been proper camping! can i come - always wanted to go to those places - they look so beautiful!

[Meditate]

I am happy to say the beaches here are not full of tampons.

[bunnydixon]

scottish beaches are atrocious! add to all that the constant wind and black clouds and its not a great day out lol!

[Meditate]

We really only have a good two to three months of nice weather at the Oregon Coast, the other nine the whole state is rainy and 50 degrees. It grows on you after a while I guess... kind of like an acquired taste.

[Capn_Matt]

Ach it clears the jakies out of the city centres for a while at least, Bunny.