Whats everyone's vacation plans this summer?

[LS1Goat]

Broken Bow

[V8tt]

When my ex took me out to SD for the first time, his parents gave us tickets for my Christmas present. We started at 8am and finished up around 3pm. You get a sticker, so you can spend more time at one stop and grab the next Trolley, or you can skip the stops that don't interest you.
It would be great for a 5 year old's attention span.

It looks like they've added several more stops, and have packages for some of the more popular attractions.
http://www.trolleytours.com/san-diego/

Nice. We will def. have to check that out.

I am about 3 miles from SDSU. I've heard that Legoland is great for the kids, it's a quick drive up the 5, and of course there's Sea World. Balboa Park would be great for the wife and yourself, it's a beautiful area, but it's alot of walking so not at all kid friendly. The tour of the bay is scenic and relaxing, but again, not much fun for a 5 year old. Mt. Helix is a beautiful place to take a picnic lunch, it's an old out door theatre on top of one of the "mountains" just to the east of San Diego. Great view of the city, and you can see clear to Mexico.

Legoland is pretty cool. Did that in Jan. We spent the day in Balboa Park in Jan. We started at the Aerospace Museum and ended at the Zoo. We took in the Science Museum as well as the model train museum. Balboa Park is very cool with lots to do.

[Big A]

Yeah for sure. We are just excited to get to experience all of what S. Cali has to offer on her bosses dime. I am sure it will still cost us some...but for what we are getting I can't complain. Where are you at?

We hit the zoo and Coronado last time we went but I will def. check into the other stuff you mentioned. The trolly sounds fun...certainly for a five year old. Thanks for the info Jen.

I am about 3 miles from SDSU. I've heard that Legoland is great for the kids, it's a quick drive up the 5, and of course there's Sea World. Balboa Park would be great for the wife and yourself, it's a beautiful area, but it's alot of walking so not at all kid friendly. The tour of the bay is scenic and relaxing, but again, not much fun for a 5 year old. Mt. Helix is a beautiful place to take a picnic lunch, it's an old out door theatre on top of one of the "mountains" just to the east of San Diego. Great view of the city, and you can see clear to Mexico.

[Treasure Chest]

We hit the zoo and Coronado last time we went but I will def. check into the other stuff you mentioned. The trolly sounds fun...certainly for a five year old. Thanks for the info Jen.

When my ex took me out to SD for the first time, his parents gave us tickets for my Christmas present. We started at 8am and finished up around 3pm. You get a sticker, so you can spend more time at one stop and grab the next Trolley, or you can skip the stops that don't interest you.
It would be great for a 5 year old's attention span.

It looks like they've added several more stops, and have packages for some of the more popular attractions.

http://www.trolleytours.com/san-diego/

[diablo rojo]

We've been kicking around a couple of ideas. It'll be my wife and I and the two older children.

1. Drive to Los Angeles and do Universal Studios, Hollywood, Griffith Observatory, Malibu beach, Santa Monica pier, etc. Having been to LA a lot and my deep hatred for that area, I'm not excited.....but I'd make the best of it.

2. Drive to New York City. I can drive this in my sleep, but I'd like to be able to stop along the way and check out some civil war battlefields....plus, there is a fort at the base of the Verrazano Bridge that I've passed a million times and would really like to check out.

3. (This is the most likely) Moab, UT! Off-roading, hiking, camping, mountain biking, beautiful scenery, white water rafting.....all with the comforts of home nearby.

[V8tt]

It doesn't sound shitty at all. Shitty would be keeping the kid cooped up in the rental all day while she's at work, when there's so much to do and see!
I recommend taking the Old Town Trolly Tour while y'all are out there. In a day's time, you can hit Seaside Village, The Gaslamp Dist, Old Town, Balboa Park, and Coronado Island in one swoop.

We hit the zoo and Coronado last time we went but I will def. check into the other stuff you mentioned. The trolly sounds fun...certainly for a five year old. Thanks for the info Jen.

[davbrucas]

Lol, I know. I was just being a smart ass.

It's cool...hard to tell a person's motivations online.

[Treasure Chest]

I know this sounds shitty...but while she is tied up at work, the boy and I will spend some time in the mountains, the desert and plenty of time on the beach. Hell I may even take a ton of pics and post 'em here.

It doesn't sound shitty at all. Shitty would be keeping the kid cooped up in the rental all day while she's at work, when there's so much to do and see!
I recommend taking the Old Town Trolly Tour while y'all are out there. In a day's time, you can hit Seaside Village, The Gaslamp Dist, Old Town, Balboa Park, and Coronado Island in one swoop.

[V8tt]

It's all higher, but any decent-sized city near the coast is astronomical, and as you get closer to the ocean it goes up exponentially. In the neighborhood just north of me there are older homes that I would say range from $200k-$300k in a nice neighborhood in the metroplex, and the last one I saw with a for sale sign out front was priced just over $800k. There are other's that are "worth" well over $1M, that are just older 4 and 5 bedroom houses, and this is about 20 minutes from the closest beach.

Yeah for sure. We are just excited to get to experience all of what S. Cali has to offer on her bosses dime. I am sure it will still cost us some...but for what we are getting I can't complain. Where are you at?

[Hmbre97]

Lots of people that live on a budget and dont make much money go on vacations. Some just have to save longer. It's all about priorities.

Lol, I know. I was just being a smart ass.

[Big A]

No. She flies out there for 3 days every other week. We contemplated moving out there permanently but that would make her present salary which is very good for N Texas not be so hot in SD. We went out there with her in January for a week and everything is expensive out there..especially housing. Her coworker pays $2500/month for a 900 sq ft townhouse that is just ok. It is not extravagant at all. I guess that is Cali for you. I know this sounds shitty...but while she is tied up at work, the boy and I will spend some time in the mountains, the desert and plenty of time on the beach. Hell I may even take a ton of pics and post 'em here.

It's all higher, but any decent-sized city near the coast is astronomical, and as you get closer to the ocean it goes up exponentially. In the neighborhood just north of me there are older homes that I would say range from $200k-$300k in a nice neighborhood in the metroplex, and the last one I saw with a for sale sign out front was priced just over $800k. There are other's that are "worth" well over $1M, that are just older 4 and 5 bedroom houses, and this is about 20 minutes from the closest beach.

[V8tt]

I know there are a lot of people on here with families/kids. Interested in where you guys are going.
We are spending a week in Florida at my son's baseball World Series and then we are headed to the Beaches Resort at Turks and Caicos for another week. A friend of my wifes stayed there with her family and said it was amazing. Our suite opens onto the beach! Cant wait.

Sounds like you guys are going to have a blast as well. And grats for your son on making it to the WS.

[V8tt]

That's pretty sweet...but your wife lives in SD and you are in DFW?

No. She flies out there for 3 days every other week. We contemplated moving out there permanently but that would make her present salary which is very good for N Texas not be so hot in SD. We went out there with her in January for a week and everything is expensive out there..especially housing. Her coworker pays $2500/month for a 900 sq ft townhouse that is just ok. It is not extravagant at all. I guess that is Cali for you. I know this sounds shitty...but while she is tied up at work, the boy and I will spend some time in the mountains, the desert and plenty of time on the beach. Hell I may even take a ton of pics and post 'em here.

[davbrucas]

We are fortunate. My wife is the VP of a company in San Diego so she convinced the CEO that the amount of a beachside rental in Del Mar is roughly the same as travel expenses (flight, car, hotel, per diem).

That's pretty sweet...but your wife lives in SD and you are in DFW?

[V8tt]

Next weekend we are renting a large log cabin In Broken Bow, OK with two other couples for 4 days
Then Sometime. Around Oct the wife and I are probably going to do a trip to Jamaica or something like that. We normally do Mexico but it sounds like that might not be the safest trip this year

Broken Bow is cool. Take some bug spray for sure. Last time that we went...the boy and I went tromping off in the woods without any spray. We walked into a tick nest (that is what the doctor said probably happened) and ended up having to have ticks removed from some rather delicate areas. I had two trying to burrow into the underside of my german helmet.