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Let’s play.

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Because you’re here, and it’s required.

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While I love palm tree clad tropical beach sunsets and the idea of cute cabana boys delivering endless margaritas, the reality of the heat which accompanies that fantasy makes me cranky just thinking about it.

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Great cities? They have a heartbeat and are filled with numerous ways to entertain, not to mention five star restaurants. The museums alone can keep me keep blissfully occupied for weeks. But the older I get? The more I appreciate a crowd free venue.

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My vacation choice is the mountains. Crisp, cool, pollution free air. Scenic vistas and breathtaking views. Unspoiled nature. That’s the vacation that lowers my blood pressure.

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These pictures were taken on our trip to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park in Tennessee 5 years ago.

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That’s my perfect vacation.

Where are you headed?

Beach, mountains or city…..

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28 thoughts on “Let’s play.”

  1. What absolutely beautiful photographs! I’d vote for the mountains, as well. I can’t stand heat (even as a child) or bright sunlight reflected off of the waves. Cities could be nice (especially truly historic ones), but I’d get lost. My sense of direction is so poor that I don’t even have a *bad* sense of direction. And my map reading abilities? Let’s just say that I’ve had to phone for a taxi once too many times, to get me back to the hotel, from wherever I managed to lose myself.

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    1. I grew up urban and suburban and loved it. The energy of a city is amazing when you’re young and have the energy to match it. But now? It’s natural beauty I crave…

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  2. My last vacation, 2004, was to Cuba, because I won a free trip there. My favourite place, so long ago I can barely remember it, was Blue Lake, in the Turtle Mountains, but really there are just high hills. West Blue Lake was for srlf-propelled watercraft only. It wss so pristine you could see down 14′ to the bottom, and watch the fish swim around. East Blue Lake allowed motor craft — you couldn’t see down two feet because of the pollution.
    I hope it is still that way. I’ll never find out, because neither Gail nor I can camp anymore, and camping was the only way to visit. No lodges or hotels or motels allowed.

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      1. Only 400 plus miles north of Winnipeg. The nearest hotel/motel is in Dauphin, if you want to make a reservation. It trulynis an amazing place. Canoes for rent, or paddle boats too.

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  3. I never went on a vacation until I was in my mid-30’s – Jamaica in late Winter to get away from NYC Winter doldrums, quick long-weekend trips to Florida year round to visit my brother. For several years I lived with a guy who loved to drive – one vacation was driving around the Gaspé Peninsula, (another time we drove to Nova Scotia for soup, not a vacation but just one of his crazy notions) we once spent 3 weeks in Portland, Maine, he was researching Thomas Bracket Reed. After I moved out of NYC then all vacations were to there – with and without my husband. So – yes, my favorite place to vacation will always be a city. Central Park was, and still is, enough ‘outdoors/nature’ for me. Tho I do enjoy the beach, in Northern climes, in the Winter – my favorite time – I’d love to spend a November on a rocky coast in New England or somewhere in Northern Europe.

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      1. i was in Portland in the min-1980’s before it got all gentrified. I had never encountered rocky beaches before – There was a hole-in-the-wall diner across the street from the library which was owned and operated by a guy from Brooklyn! Portland, both Maine and Oregon, were always on my list of places to live…regrets I have a few…

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      2. The Old Port has definitely changed since the 80’s. It’s a little harder to find those fishermen dive bars, but they’re still there and the city still has that working waterfront feel.

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  4. I live in the Blue Ridge mountains in North Cackylacky.. It’s kind of a stay at home vacation, with a whole slew of day trips all around.
    My little town is about ten minutes north of Asheville, one of the trendiest places aroundikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkko00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 (Otto wrote that last bit.)

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  5. I’m headed to bed (or at least I will be later to take a nap), but if I we’re going on vacation, I’m a mountain man and city visitor, not a beach person (with scenic exceptions, beaches are boring, IMHO). Love the Rockies (both American and Canadian), the Blue Ridge, and the Swiss mountains. At my age and having been to all 50 states and about a dozen foreign countries, my non-armchair traveling days are over!

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  7. Small town, usually to an art museum or a specialized museum (ie. Toys, ice cream or the quirky), sometimes the beach, sometimes a lake, sometimes animal related. Usually a bed & breakfast over a hotel. We don’t do night life and pretty much if we go to a major its a place that’s not heavily traveled

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  8. Anywhere where we can stay with friends…because they can take us to amazing places we would not find as “tourists”. My favourite holiday was a trip to Sweden. Our hosts just kept on surprising us with activities we could not have afforded to pay for. They took us out on their snow-mobiles, took us sledging with their husky dogs, took us go-carting on ice…all sorts of fun. They let us have a couple of chalets for a few days. Our friends were so generous – all the delicious food they prepared and the beautiful places they took us. It was an amazing holiday.

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  10. Let’s see…I have spent 40 years of my life in states that border (or are surrounded by) an ocean, and keep moving to smaller and smaller towns to escape the big city life. Of course I’m going to vote for mountains!

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