RobertHively wrote:#123
I never understood why people go on vacation and then mainly stay at the hotel/condo/campground. Why even go? A lot of ppl do that though.
I woulda hit a section of the Florida Trail and at least spent a day or two at the beach--Atlantic side. Maybe take one day to do nothing while I recover from something I already experienced.
I definitely save being bored and doing stuff I don't want to do for the house.
We did Disney, we went to a train museum down the road, we went mini golfing. We went to both the Gulf and Atlantic side last year, saw a rocket launch, went to a zoo. We'd planned to go to a state park and go hiking but the first two days were cold and rainy, then Disney day, then 2 pool days which the boy said he'd rather do a pool day than go to Universal. Pool days sitting in the lounger getting sunburned and reading cigar reviews/buying on my tablet were my favorite days. This isn't just a hotel pool, it's a fancy Mariott resort with 4 or 5 pool areas, big projector screens by the pool playing movies, live entertainment poolside etc. We could stay on the property and not feel like we missed out on "vacation".
I'm happy with what we did. The lodging was free - my parents get a multi room suite for a week twice a year and invite one of their kids and families down. This was a bonus trip for us cause one of my sisters couldn't go so we said we'll take it. We go often enough there's no pressure to pack in a bunch of stuff.
I'll take bored and doing nothing on vacation over a stressful event-filled itinerary. The only thing I wish I could change is allow smoking by the pool. At least when we're camping at Indiana Dunes I can smoke a cigar on the beach.