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lFinally made it to Hilton Head for a week. Nothing much but haven’t had a real vaca in a year. I’ll take the view. 

posted by iclfan2

lFinally made it to Hilton Head for a week. Nothing much but haven’t had a real vaca in a year. I’ll take the view. 

we love it there, and as a Buckeye fan, you have try this place out!

http://www.hhipizza.com/menu.asp

Back to work today after 11 days off. Fuck.

Barcelona was fun, but Mallorca was amazing. 

In short:

Partied my ass off at DGTL Festival

Got robbed, master pick pocket stole my phone.

Ate like a king. 

Drank gallons of sangria and cava

Drank many many Estrellas

Ate more

Rented a car for two days and explored half of Mallorca. Beautiful island, I will be going back.

Learned how to wakeboard.

The end.

posted by iclfan2

I Finally made it to Hilton Head for a week. Nothing much but haven’t had a real vaca in a year. I’ll take the view. 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/videos/south-carolina-woman-walking-her-dog-killed-in-rare-alligator-attack/vi-BBMdPwE

I start my Minnesota trip on Saturday. Very much looking forward to it.

Don't we have a few Florida members here?

Anyone familiar with this Red Tide happening on the gulf?

I recently booked a house (Siesta Key) and flights to Tampa the last weekend of November, but when reading up I see the Red Tide is actually getting worse. It's not as bad in Siesta, but not ideal. I'm thinking of changing the trip to Clearwater if I can get the deposit back.

Red tide should diminish as water temps dip heading toward winter.

Worst of it ends near southern part of Tampa Bay …….Clearwater should be decent.

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2018/08/07/red-tide-sanibel-caloosahatchee-river-lake-okeechobee-fort-myers-cape-coral/914744002/

I've read a few articles stating it could last "well into winter."

Sanibel and below seem to be the worst, but I had a friend living in Sarasota who said Siesta has recently been gross. My sister will be 5 months pregnant when we go, so she's been getting worried the more she reads. I'm totally fine with making the switch to Clearwater.

Our February Vegas trip is coming together. We're flying in on a Tuesday, heading to the Grand Canyon for two nights, and then spending three nights at the Flamingo. My galfriends and I are going to the Backstreet Boys show on Friday. 😁

I’ll be doing the Waste Management Open in Scottsdale on Thursday and Friday this year. Then we are driving to Vegas and doing the Super Bowl there before heading home Monday. Pumped.

Got a few questions, also, about Florida. I plan on making a week long trip next year with my dude (he's an avid bass fisher).

1.) Has anybody stayed at or around Lake Okeechobee? If you fished, did you use a guide or just GPS?

2.) What's fun to do other than that? I'm not into fishing and would rather do other things, even if it's just being lazy in the sun while reading. But I'm up for other activities also.

Separately: I also want to make a week long trip to "somewhere" in Europe, mainly Ireland/Scotland. Any recommendations? (we're already planning on hitting up the Jameson brewery).

MIGHT even hit up Sicily at another week or main Italy. Did you use a travel agency or book everything on your own? So, any recommendations on that too would be greatly appreciated!

posted by CenterBHSFan

Separately: I also want to make a week long trip to "somewhere" in Europe, mainly Ireland/Scotland. Any recommendations? (we're already planning on hitting up the Jameson brewery).

MIGHT even hit up Sicily at another week or main Italy. Did you use a travel agency or book everything on your own? So, any recommendations on that too would be greatly appreciated!

I have been to Europe about 4 times with my family, and we have booked it ourselves every time. My Dad loves the Rick Steve's books because he tends to point out the less touristy places. I really enjoyed the week we spent in Scotland. We stayed in Edinburgh but then did 2 tours with Rabbie. One was a day trip to St. Andrews and then the other was a 3 day tour to the Isle of Skye (which is beautiful).  The guided tours fit us because of how spread out things are there.

Italy might be one of my favorite countries and Florence may be my top city so far, so you can't go wrong there, have not been to scicily though. Also really enjoyed Cinque Terre. 

posted by CenterBHSFan

Got a few questions, also, about Florida. I plan on making a week long trip next year with my dude (he's an avid bass fisher).

1.) Has anybody stayed at or around Lake Okeechobee? If you fished, did you use a guide or just GPS?

2.) What's fun to do other than that? I'm not into fishing and would rather do other things, even if it's just being lazy in the sun while reading. But I'm up for other activities also.

Separately: I also want to make a week long trip to "somewhere" in Europe, mainly Ireland/Scotland. Any recommendations? (we're already planning on hitting up the Jameson brewery).

MIGHT even hit up Sicily at another week or main Italy. Did you use a travel agency or book everything on your own? So, any recommendations on that too would be greatly appreciated!

I have zero experience flying with them, but I've seen some crazy cheap flights from Pittsburgh to Dublin via WOW Air.

Stops through Reykjavik, which could be a cool 2 day addition if you can extend the layover. I know you can do that with Icelandic Air, not sure about WOW.

Got back into town from my Minnesota wilderness trip on Friday night around 2am. It was another great trip, but I'm still exhausted from it. I'm very glad tomorrow is a holiday.

Long weekend in Orlando, wedding at Four Seasons Resort (fabulous), stayed at Orlando World Center Marriott (also great).  Recommend Johnnies Hideaway nearby, and The Ravenous Pig in Winter Park.  Wait a few weeks as there may be a short-term gin shortage in Florida.

Just got driven to my connecting flight in DTW in a Delta Porsche SUV...so that was pretty fun. 

posted by fish82

Just got driven to my connecting flight in DTW in a Delta Porsche SUV...so that was pretty fun. 

That’s the best. Walk off the plane and they are waiting for you so you make the connection.

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Just booked a huge house in Jay Peak, VT for late February. Anyone ever been? I have not, but it's been on my list of places to go for years. I could never get anyone to be down with the 7 hour drive.

Quick video research....looks like the most legit place we have on this side of the US. They get some serious snow.

I miss the rains down in Africa.