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Alaska

Great fish place down in Seward, we could take over a train car on the way down

Great fish place down in Seward, we could take over a train car on the way down

There's always Denali Park too, during the summer at least. :-) Depends on whether people are more interested in fish or bears and mountains, I suppose.

Oh, so YOU get a vacation but I can't go to Dublin?  How does that work?

And what exactly is wrong with a vacation in Alaska? :-P

Yellowstone? Pff. Denali is way cooler than Old Faithful. ;-)

>>>what is Alaska actually like

Awesome.  Russia is so close by, ya know?

Yellowstone isn't that great IMO and most of it stinks, Denali is definitely a step up as is Glacier (but definitely a PITA to get to).

• Denver or Salt Lake has access to some nice mountain retreat spots.  Denver - go hang out at the hotel where they filmed The Shining
• We've talked about Charleston, SC in the past, I can't remember if you guys did that or not (or did Outer Banks get that one instead? - I was sad to miss that one, bad timing).
• More Brit friendly and mildly to very tropical - Bermuda or the BVI (Tortola and Virgin Gorda not too shabby)
• Washington DC is fun

What about Lake Tahoe?

Skiing/snowboard for people who like it
Good resorts
Good food and hangout spots

and casinos!

All joking, tea party politics and the Discovery channel aside, what is Alaska actually like Teresa?

The parts I've been to are nice, although my area is colder than f### in the winter. It's very pretty. When you fly over it, rather than being a bunch of settlement & fenced fields with little patches of trees here and there, it's a bunch of trees with little spots carved out for people. Not for the sort of people who get nervous without the sound of traffic in the background while they sleep. hehe

And a lot of people here do think Sarah Palin and her ilk are morons. We just, unfortunately, aren't the majority. hehe