What was your...

[seattlekari]

favorite vacation as a child? Have we done this one before? I don't remember and I am in the process of planning our vacation for the summer and thinking about the experiences/memories I'm hoping we will make.

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We went camping for two weeks every summer in Twisp, WA at Poplar Flats campground. I have fond memories of that place, exploring the forest with my family, playing in the stream/river, riding my bike around the loops in the campground. I hope to be able to take J and the kids there one summer.

[seattlekari]

My dad worked a lot when we were younger, so our trips were often extended weekends. I think my favorite was when we were in middle school/high school and went to the San Juan Islands by ferry. The area is so beautiful and I think that trip solidified my love of the ocean. Having been back as an adult, the islands are just as inspiring now and the sunsets, unbeatable.

[kershnic]

Most of our family vacations were either to the cabin my parents have in the mountains in Colorado (one set of grandparents also lived in the area) or to the other grandparents in southern California. I loved (and still love) all the traditions that were in the Colorado trip, including the ritual of the drive there and back. Sad that I may never do that drive again since I live much farther now as an adult!

[2brides]

My grandparents owned a camp (ie. cottage) on a lake in Maine. A tiny little 5 room cottage with an honest to goodness outhouse. My dad grew up there and I spent several weeks every summer there boating, swimming, playing on the tiny beach, hanging out with the local kids, and learning to waterski. It was magical. My grandparents sold it when I was 18y and they could no longer travel from GA to ME. Whoever bought it, tore it down, and built a new house on the land. It was for sale about 5y ago, but we didn't have the funds to have a summer house.

[ballandchain]

We spent 2 weeks in Maine each summer. My parents' college friends lived there year-round, so we got to hang out with them and their kids, who were about our ages. Lots of lake swimming, boating, etc.

But I also LOVED it when my parents finally took us to Disney World when I was 7.

[rikkiandjulie]

Every trip I ever took to Colorado. LOVE THAT PLACE. LOVED living there!

[mk]

Door County, WI (every summer and most Christmases)

[hensmum]

Newport, RI. My grandmother had a timeshare at a place with a pool, right on the main street with shops and restaurants. Its a beautiful town, and I've always loved it there.

[ct]

Apr 9, 2013 18:38:32 GMT -5 2brides said:

My grandparents owned a camp (ie. cottage) on a lake in Maine. A tiny little 5 room cottage with an honest to goodness outhouse. My dad grew up there and I spent several weeks every summer there boating, swimming, playing on the tiny beach, hanging out with the local kids, and learning to waterski. It was magical. My grandparents sold it when I was 18y and they could no longer travel from GA to ME. Whoever bought it, tore it down, and built a new house on the land. It was for sale about 5y ago, but we didn't have the funds to have a summer house.

awww, do you still stalk it?

[ct]

We didn't do a lot of repeat vacas so I dont really have that strong memory of "every summer...", but we did a lot of camping and that was fun. I'm excited to share that experience with the kids now that they are getting older.

[bluedaisyus]

We didn't do many vacations. My parents divorced when I was still pretty young, and my mom went back to college to get her masters so we didn't have a lot of time/money for trips. The one trip we did take that I remember was a cross-country drive from the midwest to California. We took 2 weeks to do it or something like that, and stopped at the Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde, and went to Disneyland while we were in CA. That was awesome, I would love to be able to do something like that again at some point. We've actually talked about it, my wife has never been to the Grand Canyon and would love to go, but it's a few years off probably.

[kershnic]

Apr 10, 2013 8:10:23 GMT -5 bluedaisyus said:

The one trip we did take that I remember was a cross-country drive from the midwest to California. We took 2 weeks to do it or something like that, and stopped at the Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde, and went to Disneyland while we were in CA. That was awesome, I would love to be able to do something like that again at some point. We've actually talked about it, my wife has never been to the Grand Canyon and would love to go, but it's a few years off probably.

I want to do a trip like that! My grandparents drove me from CO to CA when I was 3 and we stopped at Mesa Verde, but I don't really remember it... I've wanted to do it again plus the Grand Canyon now that I will remember it pretty much my whole life.

[mk]

Apr 10, 2013 8:38:18 GMT -5 kershnic said:

Apr 10, 2013 8:10:23 GMT -5 bluedaisyus said:

The one trip we did take that I remember was a cross-country drive from the midwest to California. We took 2 weeks to do it or something like that, and stopped at the Grand Canyon and Mesa Verde, and went to Disneyland while we were in CA. That was awesome, I would love to be able to do something like that again at some point. We've actually talked about it, my wife has never been to the Grand Canyon and would love to go, but it's a few years off probably.

I want to do a trip like that! My grandparents drove me from CO to CA when I was 3 and we stopped at Mesa Verde, but I don't really remember it... I've wanted to do it again plus the Grand Canyon now that I will remember it pretty much my whole life.

My mom did a trip like that as a child and still talks about it! Someday (when all the kids in our family are old enough to know not to fall into the Grand Canyon) we'll take a huge family trip across the country. Hopefully we all still like each other afterwards!

[twomoms2twins]

we went to Catalina a lot and it was fun and not far. I remember those trips and the other one i really remember was going white water rafting with my dad .. I remember it because we got a tent and really camped and then went rafting and he fell out and almost dies but it was so fun SANS him falling out!

[ElsaVonM]

We only went on three trips as a family - a 2-week trip from KS to the West Coast (stopping along the way at cool places), a 2-week trip from KS to the East Coast (same), and a shorter trip to Arkansas to visit relatives. I was 7 and 9 during the long trips - fun, but just too much by the time they were done - and the Arkansas trip was a disaster, so . . . none of them?

In high school my BFF's parents used to rent the same house on a lake in Oklahoma several weekends a year, and I was often invited to go with them. It was super-relaxed, hanging out on the dock, boating and swimming, good simple food, occasionally going into town to eat pizza or something. I loved those weekends and really want to do the same thing with our kids - a week at the lake every year. Although I might not be patient/generous enough to allow them to invite 1-3 friends, like my friend's parents did!

[2brides]

Oh, Disney. How could I forget Disney? We went there a lot as a kid - and even when I became an adult. One set of grandparents lived near there and so we'd visit and then drive to Disney. And once we moved to GA, we were only about 5 hrs/away. Plus, my mother LOVED it. I still get giddy when I walk down Main Street. And my obsession with Disney hasn't been a secret on here.