How about a "What I did on my vacation" thread - at least it's a-political

[daepp]

Reading of Scott's trip to Belize (and the lack of photos) got me thinking of a vacation thread. An in honor of nostatic, it'll be hard o work Obama into it.

For starters, we just returned from Newport. Even got to take the 911. It's a very relaxing place to hang out with the family - and fairly affordable if you know what you're doing.







For Byron and the bike guys:




For George the boat guy:



Cool signs:







The view out the Targa Top

[daepp]

Lots of cool cars around there:
















911 on a ferry:

[vash]

i'll play. my first italy trip. with my family

[daepp]

You take very good photos!

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by daepp

You take very good photos!

So do you.

Where'd you stay in Newport? BTW, you ought to tell the folks this was Newport Beach, CA, not the other famous Newport.

[Jims5543]

Paradise Island, Atlantis June 2008:







For the Boat guys:


I guess putting it bluntly works:

[imcarthur]

I'll play. Anything beats another political thread.

We went cheap & easy with just 2 days away & the rest just mucking around. Our next big trip will be Sicily next summer.


The B&B we stayed in (in Kingston) was on the Haunted Walks Tour.


Royal Military College in the background. My father taught there for 7 years when I was a kid. We had the run of the place - olympic swimming pool, library & the firing range on Saturday mornings with .22 Lee Enfields. That's right .22.


The inevitable Thousand Islands Cruise.

Ian

[JeremyD]

We went to Versailles







































Missouri

Lake of the Ozarks for a few days

Went to the Arch first in St. Louis



The lake house


Tubing


Tori up on a wakeboard


and even my fat a$$ skiing

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by milt

So do you.

Where'd you stay in Newport? BTW, you ought to tell the folks this was Newport Beach, CA, not the other famous Newport.

You must mean Newport, Oregon.

[daepp]

Sorry - Newport Beach, CA.

You can stay on the sand or off the sand. The price changes by a factor of 2 to 3. I guess it was a sign of the times - we stayed a few houses off the sand/boardwalk. Still had plenty of fun, though not as many interesting people passing by...

[sammyg2]

This year we're going to staycation (man I hate myself for using that stupid cliche but i couldn't help it).
We just spent $62k on the pool and back yard so that's our vacation this year. We might sneak in one trip to the Colorado river but that's it.

Good news is I still have 3 1/2 weeks of vacation saved up and get another 4 weeks in January.

[vash]

jeremy that arch photo is great!

[daepp]

How do you get to the top of the arch?

[Hugh R]

Elevator, it's small and goes up kind of sideways.

[kstar]

Here's a couple from a recent business trip to St. Louis; I guess I spent a few hours on vacation.


Taken with an inexpensive P&S. Is this a courthouse?



Arch at night with the same Canon P&S.

[old man neri]

Backpacking in Guatemala. Good times.




















I travelled there for a month and everything, food, shelter, transportation, booze..etc, only cost me about 800.

[imcarthur]

Originally Posted by old man neri

everything, food, shelter, transportation, booze..etc, only cost me about 800.

Then you just didn't drink enough, Matt.

Ian

[JV911SYDNEY]

Just got back a fortnight ago.

my motorsport pilgrimage to the UK pics here:

my motorsport pilgrimage to the UK - pics


And a few from southern Turkey below







Ruins of Olympos



Santa @ Demre



Simena Castle



Our charter yacht

[mattdavis11]

I'm on vacation, but I'm cutting deals also. It sure does feel like a vacation though.

The ski rope, Jeremy, not that there's anything wrong with that.

[old man neri]

This thread makes me happy. I enjoy seeing other people having a good time around the world.

-matt