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WWWWG? If WW was planning a 'family vacation'

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for my folks, my sisters, the Mr, Buffy, myself...
where would you go?

Buffy is the only kid.
Mom will be done w/ treatment by then. 
The parents are active, not at all 'artsy' and they aren't fun to visit cities with.

My sisters are 'active' but not sporty--they're rather thinking the islands/someplace warm and somewhat tropical.

I don't do water.  (I'll suck it up and go wherever we go but I do NOT do water.  I can swim but I hate everything about having to be in water)--for this reason, the island/beach/whatever doesn't appeal to me at ALL (I've gone along on more than enough beachy-things in my life and I suck it up but I don't like it.  I turn lobster red, I have panic attacks if I'm in water...just, nothing pleasant about it for me)

I'm not picturing any sort of 'romatic' getaway, all things considered.

We've got like a week and the budget is pretty fluid.

Any suggestions?
(the only one I've thrown out there that the sisters are 'meh' about is 'go out west to dude ranch')
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    edited December 2011
    when are you planning to go?
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    edited December 2011
    End of July/Beginning of August.
    And any of us can get about a week off work.
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  • MNNEBrideMNNEBride member
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    edited December 2011
    Mountains?  How about Estes Park, CO?
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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    edited December 2011
    What about some mountains?  Gatlinburg or Blue Ridge Mountains somewhere.  UP of Michigan?  There is some water activity, but certainly not a typical beachy place.  Williamsburg. 
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    mountains might be workable...but all us kids ahve 'done' those recently.  (and my sisters only tend to go there when they can ski)--It still might be workable to do if I can show them that tehre is 'stuff to do' that they wont' find boring (they're easily bored.  There's a hard-to-articulate dynamic here)

    (I should add, this is complicated by the fact that we're often pretty 'been there, done that' about this--I mean, we've driven through 45 states and 5 provinces together.  We've *really* been there and done that for just about anything you can come up with)
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    edited December 2011
    I've heard the Canadian Rockies are nice.
    National Park? (Acadia in Maine is really pretty)

    Cape Cod national seashore (Provincetown is artsy, and there's a lot of stuff to do besides beach)
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    edited December 2011
    what states haven't you visited? Do one of those!
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  • tawillerstawillers member
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    edited December 2011

    It may be more kid-oriented, but we love St. Louis.  There's lots of stuff to do there.  This is what we did when we spent a week there in 2007.

    Zoo
    6 Flags
    Anheuser Busch Brewery Tour - it's really interesting
    City Museum
    Magic House
    Baseball game
    Arch - Free to visit, fee to go up
    Grant's Farm - Pay to park, free admission
    Union Station for shopping

    ETA:  We also went to the World Aquarium.  It was cool, but sort of small.

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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    edited December 2011

    Gatliburg is pretty fun- hiking, shopping, an aquarium, Dollywood, an nice artists community.  They have some nice cabins to rent too.

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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    we've done Gaitlinberg and St. Louis pretty throughly, but not as adults.  I ll throw those out there and Cape Cod
    I voted Chicago but got shot down.
    I liked Acadia...I don't think the sisters did.  (I loved the bay of Funday)


    We haven't been (together--my sisters have been on their own to some of these) to CA, UT, alaska, Hawaii and...tehre was debate about another one out toward California...I think I forget and we're at 46 states. 

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  • mrsconn23mrsconn23 member
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    There's a really nice resort area in the mountains around  McGaheysville, VA.   I think it's only an hour or so to DC, if you wanted to do a day trip.
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  • *Barbie**Barbie* member
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    go to salt lake city and visit the mormons!!! :-D (i have no idea what there is to do there, but i've heard that the lake is stinky)
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  • TheDuckisTheDuckis member
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    Grand Canyon?
    Northern California is nice too. Wine country, Monterey, Big Sur. All beautiful and fun places that don't require getting in the water.
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_wwwwg-ww-planning-family-vacation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:d6b4b3ca-5427-4fda-aa48-24a4d8969b38Post:9092c752-ab4f-42e3-b07a-35d389699006">Re: WWWWG? If WW was planning a 'family vacation'</a>:
    [QUOTE]Mountains?  How about Estes Park, CO?
    Posted by MNNEBride[/QUOTE]
    I was going to suggest mountains, or a city right outside a state or national park. That way you guys could split up for a couple of days - city people go to a museum or zoo or something, swimmy people hit up a lake - and you could do light hikes and nature trails all together. <div>
    </div><div>Obviously I think you should come to the Rockies, but anywhere with a decent park and a city is a good bet. </div>
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    There is *nothing* near the Grand Canyon. It's four hours to PHX, and nobody wants to be there in August. 

    The way our weather's been, though, there might still be skiing then. 
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    edited December 2011
    well, odds ARE increasing we're heading out to Loveland around the holidays...between Christmas and new years maybe?

    I would love to re-do the GC...we missed half of it because of an escaped murderer who decided to try to live in the canyon.
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  • jojobrnjojobrn member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_wwwwg-ww-planning-family-vacation?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:d6b4b3ca-5427-4fda-aa48-24a4d8969b38Post:5d76c121-9526-45ce-8edb-3d53d9540bb4">Re: WWWWG? If WW was planning a 'family vacation'</a>:
    [QUOTE]Grand Canyon? Northern California is nice too. Wine country, Monterey, Big Sur. All beautiful and fun places that don't require getting in the water.
    Posted by TheDuckis[/QUOTE]

    <div>I second the central coast. Wine, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Big Sur, Hearst Castle, all sorts of good stuff. It's one of our favorite palces to vacation.</div>
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  • GBCKGBCK member
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    edited December 2011
    central coast of CA, now on the list for the enxt e-mail.
    thanks!
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