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[billie]

1. I've had so many great vacations but I think my honeymoon on Fernando de Noronha island. Disneyland and San Diego with DH and DD two years ago was awesome too

2. Hawaii or Kenya and Tanzania

3. When I was 13 we spent new year's eve in New York and it was really cold and underwhelming

[waverly]

1. Favorite vacation- not really a vacation but I studied abroad in Spain for 2 months. It was really eye opening for me.

2. Dream vacation- I want to see a lot more of Europe. H wants to go to Germany, but I also want to go to Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, UK etc

Least favorite-
I wasn't really old enough to understand, but we were on vacation when my uncle died. He wasn't with us- he lived far away, but we got the news on vacation. I was 8. There were also two tornadoes that vacation, and we were tent camping. One hit while we were out to breakfast and blew our tent in a creek. That wasn't the worst part but we just knew it was dangerous and that we had to get out of there hence why we went to breakfast. They just had a feeling. We camped elsewhere the next night on an old road and the road flooded- not too bad but about an inch of water. The place we camped the precious night had offered another night for free and we declined. They were hit again that night.

[indyrowergirl]

1. Favorite - we love HHI as a family, but honeymoon in Hawaii still ranks as my fave.

2. Dream - So many! European river cruise, overwater hut in the Pacific, and African safari top the list.

3. Worst - The Christmas 2016 Poop-ocalypse. I know I vented about it before at the old place. In summary - 18 in laws in one house in Orlando during the busiest time of year with over 50% felled by the stomach bug that FIL brought with him. I spent the week cleaning up DH's and DS1's shit and vomit and trying to keep DS2 and I from getting sick. I swore to DH never again will I stay in a house with that many people. It's just a plague waiting to happen.

[polecat8]

1. Favorite vacation ever.
I have two favorites. My favorite vacation with DH was to Vancouver, BC last year. We didn't have any real plans, just ideas of stuff that we wanted to do. We stayed in a B&B just north of the city and the owner were so nice. They were able to point us to some cool places.
My other favorite is when DH, DD, and I went to Disney when DD was 4. We had so much fun exploring the parks and DD was such a trooper. She didn't have any meltdowns and we were able to take our time.

2. Dream vacation for the future.
DH and I are planning a trip to Iceland this winter to see the northern lights. We have a bucket list of places: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Hawaii, and Disney again. We have a vacation fund that we dump money into. When we have a good amount, we plan another trip.

3. Worst vacation ever.
The first time that my entire family (parents, 3 brothers and their families) went to VA beach. DH and I didn't have kids and we were trying to get pregnant. My oldest brother had 3 kids at the time under the age of 6 and his family was especially loud. DH and I were used to having quiet at our house and were not prepared for the commotion. Since I was not on my anxiety meds and I thought I might be pregnant, well, I had a small breakdown. It took a day or two to get used to everything and learn to let my anxiety go. Then I was fine for the rest of the trip. Now I don't mind vacationing with my family. We actually have a really great time!

[beachbum2]

supertrooper1 I think Ellensburg would have been doable if we had a hotel pool. As an adult, I can recognize that my parents just needed a quiet vacation to decompress. They just forgot that they had two teen girls who couldn't drive yet and needed entertaining.

[saraml13]

1. Pre-kids, we did a great trip to Oregon. A couple days in Portland. Rented a convertible and drove down the coast, eating oysters and staying at B&Bs. Then went inland to Crater Lake for a couple days and wine tasting in the Willamette Valley for a couple days.

2. With kids - camping in Yellowstone and the Tetons when they are older (I did a similar trip as a child)
Without kids - We've got a couple trips to Europe that we'd like to do. Probably something like Germany/Prague one trip, and Italy/France another.

3. The trip we just got back from to visit friends on the Jersey shore. It was good seeing our friends (the hosts and another couple who came flew out for it) and DS1 loved the ocean. But it was kind of awkward because we are all at different life / kids stages (one couple expecting, the host couple with a non-mobile baby, and us with a toddler and mobile baby) and the host couple had very different parenting style from us. Then both other couples got very sick with food poisoning or stomach bugs halfway through. We messed with DS1's nap schedule too much and he had several epic meltdowns, including one that involved carrying him kicking and screaming out of a restaurant and waiting out a 10 minute roll around on the ground tantrum. Then our return flight was delayed an hour on the runway, and the plane was absolutely sweltering, triggering DS2 to cry non stop and DS1 to act out.

[freezorburn]

1. Favorite ever: We spent three weeks in New Zealand. The kiwis have the whole eco-tourism thing down. Great food, interesting culture, gorgeous landscapes.

2. Not sure yet, but it will probably be a solo vacation somewhere. I've been thinking that my next vacation needs to be something that helps me re-affirm myself and the new life I'm building for myself post-divorce. But I'm not sure about the details yet.

3. I was pretty burned out after my first year of grad school, so I signed up for a week in New England, I can't remember where now, that billed itself as being a fitness-related getaway with guided hikes and an emphasis on health. Turned out everyone there was trying to lose weight. The food was healthy but the portions were insufficient. I had recently lost 20 pounds due to stress -- I had lost muscle tone, even -- and was trying to build myself back up. I needed nurturing, not deprivation. I ended up going off on my own to get the calories I needed.