Finally, some luck...Follow

Last weekend, I went to the Marshfield Fair (a country style fair)here in good old MA. I bought a couple raffle tickets (3 for $20)to support some charity with the grand prize being four free round trip airfare tickets to anywhere within the continental US.

I got a call yesterday from the charity telling me that I WON! My wife thought I was full of sh't when I called her. After 20 minutes of telling her it was the truth, she screamed.

Now, my question is: where do I go? I don't want to do the usual Florida or California thing. I want to go somewhere different.

Anyone have any suggestions? Remember, I have two kids (6yr old boy and 19 month old girl) and would need to do something family style.

Sorry, I've got nothing.

1) My vacations are very high-cliff centric
2) I think my sig says it all. My idea of a "fun vacation" isn't what yours would be by any stretch of the imagination.

Although, if you and your fam are into winter stuff, Alaska would be kinda fun I'd think.

do you have to listen to time share spiels while youre down wherever you pick? Cause I hate those.

With a 6 yr old boy, I would pick a place maybe that has some fun things for him to do. Theres Texas and San Diego that has a lot of museums, amusement parks and Sea World, which your son will adore. I know you hate to do the FL thing, but Universal Islands of Adventure in Orlando is great for a kid his age, not to mention insanely great food on the boardwalk. Plus there's Disney if you feel the need to go.

Or there is Yellow Stone National Park, which is a great place to get away with your family. You could even look around for areas that rent out cabins. With it being the beginning of school you might get some good discounts.

You could take the family to AZ Dude Ranch.

I think the where are you flying out of info, might influence where would be best to go, you obviously want to go somewhere you could not drive to already.

Edited, Sep 1st 2006 at 1:17pm EDT by fhrugby

I would go with what Samira said and do the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone if you can. If you like, you can even do Vegas and have the Grand Canyon as a day-trip!

Edited, Sep 1st 2006 at 1:15pm EDT by Atomicflea

I did the helicopter ride from Vegas into the Grand Canyon once. That was incredible. Cost $300 per person but was well worth it.

I am going to look into Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. I am going to look into San Diego also. I always wanted to see their zoo.



Thank you for your suggestion but I said it was a family vacation.

I went to Yellowstone in the early summer, and to San Diego in the early fall. San Diego as a city is not very picturesque, but the people are friendly as heck and the weather is fantastic.

My personal favorite national park is Glacier National Park. Yellowstone is a lot of fun, but there were to many tourists there for me. Also, I thought the natural beauty of Glacier was far superior to Yellowstone.

Unfortunately, I doubt your little ones will get much out of it.

Have you ever considered San Antonio?

I know you said you go to Florida every year, but they do have a Sea World as well as all of the historical sites.


And congratulations on winning the tickets.

...also not in the continental U.S.

No new US cities in the continental US. Maybe next year when we invade Toronto.


If you go to San Diego, you can make some extra $$$ to pay for the hotel by bringing a couple Messicans up from TJ.