Summer Travel

[donthasslethehoff]

You're going to have an awesome time in Europe, though, Munich would have been my preference

Nothing big planned this summer yet. We do have a hotel booked in Saratoga July 3-4. We'll be there for a concert that we thought we'd have tickets to both nights, but as it stands, we only have tickets to the 4th, so it might be a quick trip. We have a camping trip booked in NH first weekend in August and our annual Saco River canoe trip the last weekend in August.

I am sure at some point we'll go to the cape for the weekend and probably up to Maine again.

Trying to get down to DC at some point to visit friends.

I did just book flights yesterday to Jamaica in November for the 1 and only wedding we have this year (YESSS!). I am pumped for that. It's right after our terrible busy season ends at work, so it will be a very welcomed vacation.

[donthasslethehoff]

Apr 23, 2015 8:13:23 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Apr 23, 2015 8:09:41 GMT -5 donthasslethehoff said:

You're going to have an awesome time in Europe, though, Munich would have been my preference

Nothing big planned this summer yet. We do have a hotel booked in Saratoga July 3-4. We'll be there for a concert that we thought we'd have tickets to both nights, but as it stands, we only have tickets to the 4th, so it might be a quick trip. We have a camping trip booked in NH first weekend in August and our annual Saco River canoe trip the last weekend in August.

I am sure at some point we'll go to the cape for the weekend and probably up to Maine again.

Trying to get down to DC at some point to visit friends.

I did just book flights yesterday to Jamaica in November for the 1 and only wedding we have this year (YESSS!). I am pumped for that. It's right after our terrible busy season ends at work, so it will be a very welcomed vacation.

That's what my Maine trip is too! We do a canoe trip with about a dozen friends every year, it is SO much fun! I love the Saco

Jamaica in November sounds awesome And I LOVE Saratoga. Is the show at SPAC?

Which weekend in August are you going? I organize the trip every year. We've been going since 2007 (before that we used to white water raft, but one year our boat flipped and people got hurt on a class V rapid, so no one wanted to go anymore). We've had as many as 60 people. It's nuts. We usually have closer to 20 though. That actually reminds me - I need to call Saco bound and book boats! Where do you guys put on and get off?

Yep - show is at SPAC (Dave Matthews Band). Tickets were a bitch to get and I've been trying to hunt down reasonably priced tickets for the show on the 3rd, but no dice. I absolutely love Saratoga though, so we might just go on the 3rd and bar hop and walk around and spend the night anyway even if we don't get tickets.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Apr 23, 2015 7:50:59 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I leave for Paris early Tuesday morning (this Tuesday) and will have probably about six hours to wander. Still haven't decided yet what to do.

Have so. much. fun! I wouldn't even plan anything, I would just wander around, and stop to eat/people watch when I feel like it.  If it's nice, I would probably just park myself in the Luxembourg gardens with snacks and a book.

And scm1011, your trip sounds amazing! We had actually planned to take a vacation this summer - my 40th is in June, and it's the first summer I didn't have any programs, never mind the double three-week one, so I was desperate to do something.  But not so much in the cards now.

(At my last appointment, my OB realized the baby is due the week after my 40th, and she asked if I had any big plans to celebrate. I pointed to my stomach and said, "well, SOMETHING will be big anyway." She laughed and told me to save it for my 41st, when I really need it.)

[donthasslethehoff]

Apr 23, 2015 8:21:21 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Apr 23, 2015 8:13:23 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

We do a canoe trip with about a dozen friends every year, it is SO much fun! I love the Saco

This is so cool.  We haven't done a big group trip in years.  Partly because the last one we did was a bad experience (but that was because of the friends of friends that came along; the core group was still cool), partly because the only place we have a group of friends big enough to do something like this is in CA.  Once they all started having kids, though, a lot of the social activities dropped off from what I understand (I moved back to Boston before all that).  It'd be nice to have an annual tradition like yours.

ETA: Whoa, donthasslethehoff, that's a huge group (both 20 or 60)!

The 60 person year was absolutely insane, only because I literally booked it less than 2 weeks before we went. I was hanging out at a bar with a friend of mine late one night and realized that a lot of people didn't have plans for labor day weekend. Suddenly we were calling/texting people to see if they wanted to do a canoe trip and then we booked 30 boats the following morning. The canoe place thought I was lying when I called to reserve the boats.

That was the year we managed to get a keg of beer in one of the canoes and people were doing keg stands in their canoe in the middle of the river. To be 23 again.....

[LoveTrains]

Your trip sounds like so much!

We are going to Portland, OR for a week around a wedding in August.

We are doing a long weekend in Saratoga Springs with the in-laws.

We are also doing a long weekend in Maine with my parents.

I plan on doing a bunch of day trips during the summer, including making my way to Block Island!

[LoveTrains]

Apr 23, 2015 8:41:42 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Eeeek, you're getting so close 5kcandlesinthewind! You should definitely plan something big for your 41st!

LoveTrains, I have somehow never been to Block Island. I need to change that.

Me neither!! That is why I am desperate to go this summer. I might just do a day trip because the hotels are so expensive. 

[donthasslethehoff]

Apr 23, 2015 8:39:23 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

donthasslethehoff, we're going the weekend of August 15th/16th. We rent from Saco River Canoe & Kayak in Fryeberg and start at their entry point, wherever that is. I'm not sure what the name of our exit point is, but I know its about 11 miles and most people seem to exit there. Last year was a bit of a disaster because everyone else thought someone else was bringing the beer, so we ended up having to beg beers off random strangers and tow people in exchange for drinks the whole time . Still fun though!

WHAT?!? I think our group would be more likely to forget basic camping essentials (like a tent) rather than the beer.

We get on right before Fiddlehead Campground (if you don't know where that is, it's the really busy camp ground right after the bridge) in Fryeburg. We also do like 11 miles and get off at Lovell (Lovewell?) Pond. Usually we camp right around mile marker 8/9 somewhere on one of the beaches.

[donthasslethehoff]

Apr 23, 2015 8:50:19 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Apr 23, 2015 8:46:19 GMT -5 donthasslethehoff said:

WHAT?!? I think our group would be more likely to forget basic camping essentials (like a tent) rather than the beer.

We get on right before Fiddlehead Campground (if you don't know where that is, it's the really busy camp ground right after the bridge) in Fryeburg. We also do like 11 miles and get off at Lovell (Lovewell?) Pond. Usually we camp right around mile marker 8/9 somewhere on one of the beaches.

I KNOW! We each had thought to bring 2 or 3 in our personal bags, but after that it was game on. Luckily we had quite a few attractive ladies in our crew that had no problem shimmying up to canoes in their bikinis to score beers off drunk dudes lol. We were all sufficently buzzed the whole time, don't you worry

We're complete alcoholics on that trip. Each person pretty much brings a 30 rack (we get on the river at like 10am, then are off the next day by~2ish), then my husband usually brings a huge bottle of Crown Royal and another friend brings a handle of Aguardiente. The bottles are finished before we camp, and usually each person only leaves with 3-4 beers in their cooler. I also make like 50 jello shots every year, but they're polished off about 20 minutes into the trip....

[cgpm]

We leave Saturday for a week in Sedona. I'm stoked. We're going up to the Grand Canyon and maybe Bryce Canyon in Utah. I'm trying to convince my parents to go over to the Hoover Dam.

We leave for our Europe trip at the end of July. We fly into Frankfurt and will spend a week in Germany with a friend. We plan to end our 2.5 week trip in Barcelona, but we haven't figured out what we are doing in between yet.

[rosebud]

We didn't have anything big planned, but Grandma just informed me last night she's getting re-married in June! OMG!! She's 93 people! So, now we have a trip out west...fun!! Work trips in June and August, plus my in-laws 40th of the 4th. Busy, busy, busy...

[noodleoo]

Apr 23, 2015 8:32:01 GMT -5 5kcandlesinthewind said:

Apr 23, 2015 7:50:59 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I leave for Paris early Tuesday morning (this Tuesday) and will have probably about six hours to wander. Still haven't decided yet what to do.

Have so. much. fun! I wouldn't even plan anything, I would just wander around, and stop to eat/people watch when I feel like it.  If it's nice, I would probably just park myself in the Luxembourg gardens with snacks and a book.

And scm1011, your trip sounds amazing! We had actually planned to take a vacation this summer - my 40th is in June, and it's the first summer I didn't have any programs, never mind the double three-week one, so I was desperate to do something.  But not so much in the cards now.

(At my last appointment, my OB realized the baby is due the week after my 40th, and she asked if I had any big plans to celebrate. I pointed to my stomach and said, "well, SOMETHING will be big anyway." She laughed and told me to save it for my 41st, when I really need it.)

That's awesome!  My baby is due 5 days after my birthday too!  My dad is convinced she'll be born on my birthday.  I wish I knew!!

No travel plans for us this year.  I'm a bit disappointed, I was hoping to plan one last beach vacation before baby arrives but we ran out of time.  Maybe next year we can do the Cape or something easy with her.  I might try to go to FL to visit my parents during my maternity leave, so that might be fun, but doesn't really count as a "vacation".

[5kcandlesinthewind]

Apr 23, 2015 10:55:39 GMT -5 noodleoo said:

Apr 23, 2015 8:32:01 GMT -5 5kcandlesinthewind said:

(At my last appointment, my OB realized the baby is due the week after my 40th, and she asked if I had any big plans to celebrate. I pointed to my stomach and said, "well, SOMETHING will be big anyway." She laughed and told me to save it for my 41st, when I really need it.)

That's awesome!  My baby is due 5 days after my birthday too!  My dad is convinced she'll be born on my birthday.  I wish I knew!!

No travel plans for us this year.  I'm a bit disappointed, I was hoping to plan one last beach vacation before baby arrives but we ran out of time.  Maybe next year we can do the Cape or something easy with her.  I might try to go to FL to visit my parents during my maternity leave, so that might be fun, but doesn't really count as a "vacation".

Mine's technically 9 days, but since they plan to induce at 39 weeks, we'll be within a week of each other if I don't go early. My brother keeps asking if I want him to show up on my birthday, and I'm like, yeah, that's totally how I want to spend my birthday. In effing labor.  No thank you.

If we can get a handle on him in time, I think we might try to sneak in a long weekend somewhere on my maternity leave. I'll be out through most of September, so we might be able to snag a last minute VRBO or something after labor day.

[lizlemon19]

I am doing a solo yoga retreat in Western MA mid June.

All four of us are going cabin camping in North Conway last week of June.

Renting a beach house in Wells ME for four days in August (us 4 plus my mom).

[elfinia7]

I've got a work trip to Orlando the last weekend of June/beginning of July and then I just put in a request for a week off in July but have no actual travel plans yet. Nothing super exciting on my end honestly.

[janegold]

We spend most of our summer weekends and weeks off at the Cape, and we usually do big trips in the fall/winter. We usually also do a weekend in the Berkshires in the summer, and sometimes a weekend on the Vineyard. There's no place I'd rather be in the summer than New England. I might tag along with H to Vegas in July (ugh) for a work trip, though.

I think we'll do a bigger trip in September. I want to go to Paris but H has been pushing for Spain. Maybe we'll do both. He also mentioned Tahiti last night.

[donthasslethehoff]

Apr 23, 2015 11:56:04 GMT -5 janegold said:

We spend most of our summer weekends and weeks off at the Cape, and we usually do big trips in the fall/winter. We usually also do a weekend in the Berkshires in the summer, and sometimes a weekend on the Vineyard. There's no place I'd rather be in the summer than New England. I might tag along with H to Vegas in July (ugh) for a work trip, though.

I think we'll do a bigger trip in September. I want to go to Paris but H has been pushing for Spain. Maybe we'll do both. He also mentioned Tahiti last night.

Depending what you're trying to do, September in Spain is still pretty hot. I'd wait until October if you can swing it. (Unless you're going to the coast and plan on going to the beach)

[janegold]

Apr 23, 2015 12:19:47 GMT -5 donthasslethehoff said:

Apr 23, 2015 11:56:04 GMT -5 janegold said:

We spend most of our summer weekends and weeks off at the Cape, and we usually do big trips in the fall/winter. We usually also do a weekend in the Berkshires in the summer, and sometimes a weekend on the Vineyard. There's no place I'd rather be in the summer than New England. I might tag along with H to Vegas in July (ugh) for a work trip, though.

I think we'll do a bigger trip in September. I want to go to Paris but H has been pushing for Spain. Maybe we'll do both. He also mentioned Tahiti last night.

Depending what you're trying to do, September in Spain is still pretty hot. I'd wait until October if you can swing it. (Unless you're going to the coast and plan on going to the beach)

October is a nice time of year to travel but we can't ever go then becuase of my H's work schedule. I don't mind hot. I've been to Spain in July/August and it was okay.  I mostly just prefer to wait until the European tourist season is over.   

[bostonmichelle]

I'm going down to NJ to visit with some friends May 2nd/3rd.

I have a bachelorette party the weekend of May 15th in Newport, we are doing wineries and dinner out.

June 8-23 DH and I are going to California (SF, Napa Valley, down the coast, LA, Palm Springs, and SD)

We are planning to go to Raleigh, NC to visit friends in July for a long weekend.

Nothing else after that, it's a busy travel year for us.

[janegold]

Apr 23, 2015 12:46:48 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

janegold, Vegas in July sounds like a circle of hell. So freaking hot. But your New England summer plans sound divine.

I know. :?  I'd love to spend the time with H since I feel like I've hardly seen him for months but I might skip it. 

[vtdiamond]

I'd love to go to Block Island at some point too LoveTrains and scm1011 - GTG??

We don't have too much planned for this summer.

Chicago - May for a work conference, DH and the babies are coming with me

Martha's Vineyard - June

Newport- June

Arizona - June

CT - July

[LoveTrains]

Apr 23, 2015 15:09:53 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

I'd love to go to Block Island at some point too LoveTrains and scm1011 - GTG??

We don't have too much planned for this summer.

Chicago - May for a work conference, DH and the babies are coming with me

Martha's Vineyard - June

Newport- June

Arizona - June

CT - July

YES!!!! Let's do it for a day trip. It would be so nice. 

[vtdiamond]

Apr 23, 2015 15:15:05 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Apr 23, 2015 15:09:53 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

I'd love to go to Block Island at some point too LoveTrains and scm1011 - GTG??

We don't have too much planned for this summer.

Chicago - May for a work conference, DH and the babies are coming with me

Martha's Vineyard - June

Newport- June

Arizona - June

CT - July

YES!!!! Let's do it for a day trip. It would be so nice. 

I have stuff going on like every weekend in June, but July and August are wide open!!  I would love to make this happen.

[LoveTrains]

Apr 23, 2015 15:46:39 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Ok so we are looking at July weekends?


The only one I have free is July 25-26.  

[vtdiamond]

Apr 23, 2015 16:21:46 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Apr 23, 2015 16:02:35 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

Ok so we are looking at July weekends?


The only one I have free is July 25-26.  

Im free that weekend! 

I'm free that weekend too!

[drloretta]

Dallas for work in June

Monterey Bay in early August, strong maybe on that trip

Trying to figure out a way to see Rock in mid/late August

Ireland early September

[mcc]

BF is moving here next week and moving in with me (ahh!) so that will be an adventure.

We're going down to NJ for him to meet my family for Mother's Day.

Jamaica in June - Couples Negril.

NJ for July 4th/my birthday.

Somewhere local for his birthday in August.

scm1011 where in Wisconsin are you going? I did my undergrad in Madison!

[les]

I'm flying out to LA to visit my family tomorrow.

I'm planning a trip to Europe in August. First stop will be RockNVoll's city!

[lizlemon19]

Apr 23, 2015 12:46:48 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

lizlemon19, solo yoga retreat sounds awesome! I hope you love it.

janegold, Vegas in July sounds like a circle of hell. So freaking hot. But your New England summer plans sound divine.

Thanks, I am excited. I will admit I wish I had a solo weekend in a hotel- i am staying in a dorm!

[drloretta]

Apr 23, 2015 19:14:16 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

mcc, I'm staying in Milwaukee but I'll be doing site visits in Waukesha, Eagle, and Whitewater. If you happen to have any Milwaukee restaurant recs I'd love to hear them!

ETA: congrats on the BF moving in, how exciting! I hope the transition is fun and easy!

Sprecher Fest!

[bostonmichelle]

Apr 23, 2015 16:33:34 GMT -5 vtdiamond said:

Apr 23, 2015 16:21:46 GMT -5 scm1011 said:

Im free that weekend! 

I'm free that weekend too!

Can I join in on this GTG? I'm actually around that weekend as well and have never been to Block Island either.