<p>Aruba. </p>
<p>We traded our January-week timeshare in Hilton Head for late August through early September at the Marriot Ocean Club timeshare. Then we’ll stay a couple of extra days in downtown Oranjestad at the Renaissance using Marriot points. </p>
<p>I was sad to hear about the young woman from Alabama. Aruba is generally a very, very safe place and the Arubans are quite nice.</p>
<p>We’re hoping to go to Sweden in August when school’s out.</p>
<p>We were also sad to hear about the graduation trip gone wrong. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare.</p>
<p>A week in Litchfield, SC and . . . the requisite week at Disney World. The six-year old is ready, and the 16-year old is running out of time to do it as a “kid”, so it’s time. Groan.</p>
<p>Take heart, iderochi. We also dreaded the Disney trip and put it off as long as possible since we planned to go only once (when my boys were 13 and 15). To H and my surprise, all four of us had a blast. I’d consider going again.</p>
<p>I don’t know but whereever we go I don’t think we will send pictures tsdad:)</p>
<p>Ahhhh, vacation. Just got back from 4 days hiking in Yosemite. Fantabulous. And what was even better was hearing the boys (18 and 15) making plans to come back in 20 years and hike together. 
I have pictures, if anyone feels it would be motivating.</p>
<p>H is taking an overseas assignment in Helsinki for 3 months: we might go over to visit for a few days. I’d love to see St. Petersburg and Talinn while there.</p>
<p>As for Disney, lderochi, well… I hope you have fun! I don’t plan to go back there again, except for EPCOT, I could be convinced to go there (a permanent NY Worlds Fair, yay!)</p>
<p>Alu-</p>
<p>that could be taken a number of ways…such as, “hmmmmm…is Alu a “clothing optional” traveler”? Fess up.</p>
<p>momsdream - hehe. No. I would not foist that on the world. I was just noodging tsdad because he keeps asking for photos on the Sinner’s Alley thread:).</p>
<p>Minnesota and South Dakota. I just talked to my sister in South Dakota. She took my daughter (already there visiting before she goes to German camp) to a movie in a town called Aberdeen. The first sixty miles of the drive they saw a total of THREE cars. My kids, having grown up in the Bay Area, find the wide open spaces of the midwest fascinating. Last time we were back, a few years ago, they couldn’t understand why there is so much “space between towns.”</p>
<p>Vacation? I’m going about as far as the hammock in my backyard.</p>
<p>-Visiting my family in Guadalajara, Mexico
-Alaskan cruise (i’ve never been so it should be cool)
- side trip in Vancouver
-2 weeks at our family’s hotel in Playa del Carmen</p>
<p>Mootmom - yes, photos would be wonderful if you feel like sharing.</p>
<p>Arizona with two sister in laws and families, two sets of Grandparents and my husband and two boys. Daughter has to work at camp as counselor. Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Sedona and other places per suggestions here. p.s. I love disneyworld!</p>
<p>we will probably spend a few days camping in the NorthCascades, another few days on the washington/oregon
coast, and perhaps do some hiking in the rainforest.
Never done Disneyland myself- once when I was 13 was enough.
However my h is trying to talk me into Lasvegas- not really my thing- he doesn’t even drink so I don’t see how it could be his thing either since he doesn’t seem the showgirl type. ;)</p>
<p>I’ll let you know as soon as all of the suggestions are in. </p>
<p>Haven’t been to Disney in several years, but I will continue to visit (occasionally) as long as I can climb the stairs at the water park and be reasonably sure I won’t break anything coming down.</p>
<p>We just returned from four nights in Boston for S#1’s college graduation.
DH & I will be in Colorado by ourselves for a week and we will return there with all 3S and mother in August. I will also visit family in the Midwest. We have late summer wedding in New England.</p>
<p>PA for SIL 50th BD party-I think, hope am pushing for. Or Hawaii-both same week.</p>
<p>6yrs of Happiest Place on Earth (CA) put me through school. We visited the FL had a lemonade & I said it’s a mirror image of DL-let’s go to Epcot.</p>
<p>elizabeth22, ditto for me.
Have to work this year to save up for a long vacation next year. However I plan to do a lot of weekend trips because I get to take Friday off, beach combing/surfing at Newport Coast/Laguna Beach, Raging water at San Dimas, Paul Getty Museum/Glad stone fish house(still open?) near Malibu, Santa Monica, San Diego, etc… Oh well, come to think about Southern California has a lot of things to do and go to.</p>
<p>Disney trip still on, Spaceship Earth definitely off the ride list. I can’t imagine what the mother felt like. . . </p>
<p> <a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/disney_world_death;_ylt=ArX93MkLxDmFscnljg63xc.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2bm5xNHVjBHNlYwNtcA--[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/disney_world_death;_ylt=ArX93MkLxDmFscnljg63xc.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2bm5xNHVjBHNlYwNtcA--</a></p>
<p>My son ( last day of HS today!) is off with a group to hike the 46 peaks that are over 4000’ high of the Adirondacks. In July I am going on a 10 day 700 mile bicycle tour (alone) of NY and Vermont. My wife who went to Hawaii for 9 days this spring while I drove and flew around with my son to pick his college is going to sit by the pool and rescue either of us if the need arises.</p>