It has been so long since I've really had a vacation, my son was in about 4th grade, and now he is a sophomore in college! I went to Hawaii, Big Island, stayed with friends in Kona and then rented a car and drove completely around the island, staying in Hilo on the other side and then returning to Kona. My favorite vacations have been the winter-getaways to some place tropical when it is terribly cold in Montana and I've been able to go south to sunny beaches, preColumbian pyramids, tropical jungles. I've been able to have five of those types of vacations, but it has been a long time.
I was just thinking about how I really need a vacation when I logged on to Mudcat and saw this thread. I used to have a job that included visiting Yosemite, Kings Canyon, Sequoia and Rocky Mountain National Park, San Diego, San Francisco, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, so trips were work/sightseeing at the same time. Now I'd like a couple of weeks when I just don't have to do anything.