The Vacation Thread

[Pruitt]

a new house
a new pup
and a baby in October
to go along with the sometimes surly 10th grader.
Thank you. Please send scotch.

Holy moses!

Congratulations and good luck!

[Shirley]

my wife and her husband are coming too).

This thread is full of surprises!

Fucking a dude!

[sancarlos]

And CONGRATS flaco!!!

Indeed!

[wlu_lax6]

And CONGRATS flaco!!!

Indeed!

Nice!

[HaulCitgo]

snip. congrats!

[Johnny Carwash]

Congrats, flaco.

[MaxWebster]

flaco - a baby and a 10th grader. Gonna be an interesting winter, we'll need some reports.


Just back from a 12-day family vacation through the (american) Rockies, Utah, Arizona, NM. I was there as a kid but our kids haven't been so we figured let's just make them as hot as possible this summer (to be fair, it was actually hotter in Buffalo while we were out there - dodged that one).

Utah is so bizarre/cool. Arches in particular.

I am / we are now completely and utterly broke. but i guess YOLO, baby.

[Johnnie]

We're doing Boston with my family in mid-late September. First vacation with my mom dad and sister in 15+ years (my wife and her husband are coming too).

I just remembered: I have use or lose leave I need to take before the end of September. I still have yet to meet my niece and my mom's going to be recovering from some medical stuff. So my time may overlap with yours.

Where in Boston will you be? I'll be in Reveahhhh.

[mister d]

There's a local facebook group chat here about where to get north shore roast beef and so far the answer is "you have to go back to Boston".

[BSF21]

We're doing Boston with my family in mid-late September. First vacation with my mom dad and sister in 15+ years (my wife and her husband are coming too).

I just remembered: I have use or lose leave I need to take before the end of September. I still have yet to meet my niece and my mom's going to be recovering from some medical stuff. So my time may overlap with yours.

Where in Boston will you be? I'll be in Reveahhhh.

Haven't made firm plans but we kinda have an in at the Crown Plaza downtown so we'll probably be there.

[sancarlos]

Utah is so bizarre/cool. Arches in particular.

Hey, you probably drove through my hometown in Colorado - just due east of Arches, across the border.

[MaxWebster]

oh most definitely - we came in on I-70 (and as it turns out we just missed a mudslide by maybe 4-5 minutes just outside Glenwood Springs that detoured traffic....uh, a long way).

that area west of Grand Junction into Utah is.... man. desolate. wild. weird.

we stayed in Moab and/but took the scenic route 128 down there instead of 191 and honestly the last ~45 minutes of that drive were almost as spectacular as the NP itself. Great call*.


*if you do it make sure you have a full tank :P

Utah is so bizarre/cool. Arches in particular.

Hey, you probably drove through my hometown in Colorado - just due east of Arches, across the border.

[Giff]

Congrats flaco!!

[serrano]

flaco - a baby and a 10th grader. Gonna be an interesting winter, we'll need some reports.

Just think, Juan, if you had waited a couple of years you coulda thrown a joint christening/graduation party and saved a lot of dough.

But Congrats!

[elflaco2]

You never know.

[elflaco2]

and... THANKS!!

[Johnny Carwash]

We're doing Boston with my family in mid-late September. First vacation with my mom dad and sister in 15+ years (my wife and her husband are coming too).

I just remembered: I have use or lose leave I need to take before the end of September. I still have yet to meet my niece and my mom's going to be recovering from some medical stuff. So my time may overlap with yours.

Where in Boston will you be? I'll be in Reveahhhh.

Haven't made firm plans but we kinda have an in at the Crown Plaza downtown so we'll probably be there.

I might be able to get down there if you guys are able to make this work (and want me there).

[Rush2112]

Just back from a 12-day family vacation through the (american) Rockies, Utah, Arizona, NM.

Interesting that you circumnavigated Colorado.. :(

and Congrats Flaco!

[MaxWebster]

i know man, i thought of you - alas, we were in the denver area for like 2 daylight hours total to/from airport. :/

Just back from a 12-day family vacation through the (american) Rockies, Utah, Arizona, NM.

Interesting that you circumnavigated Colorado.. :(

[A_B]

Awesome. COVID hotspot on Jacksonville/Amelia Island area ten days before heading there.

[HaulCitgo]

Same. We leave this weekend. Thanks for the recommendations. Will use. Will let you know how the respiratory droplets taste.

Hopeful to be outside most of the time. Bikes. Grill. Beach. Pass out. Repeat.

I've gotten very slack on protections. Gonna be really hard to get the family back into that mindset.

[Giff]

One week until another road trip to Colorado. Winter Park this time. Isbell at Red Rocks!

[brian]

Awesome. COVID hotspot on Jacksonville/Amelia Island area ten days before heading there.

I'm presuming Jacksonville has been a COVID hotspot since March 2020.

[Rush2112]

Wife just booked a week in Hawaii in September. This was supposed to be Belgium, but COVID and processing slowness of her passport renewal so we decided to go tropical.

[BSF21]

Wife just booked a week in Hawaii in September. This was supposed to be Belgium, but COVID and processing slowness of her passport renewal so we decided to go tropical.

LFG babyyyy

[govmentchedda]

Awesome. COVID hotspot on Jacksonville/Amelia Island area ten days before heading there.

I'm presuming Jacksonville has been a COVID hotspot since March 2020.

DUUUUUUUVVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLL

[Nonlinear FC]

BIL lives in Jax.

Garbage.

[mister d]

...I... live... in ...

Garbage.

That stinks!

[Ryan]

They could make a trillion dollars on Vaxsonville tube tops but noooooo.

[DaveInSeattle]

Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:



Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.

[HaulCitgo]

Awesome. COVID hotspot on Jacksonville/Amelia Island area ten days before heading there.

I'm presuming Jacksonville has been a COVID hotspot since March 2020.

DUUUUUUUVVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLL

Smile, bitch!

[wlu_lax6]

Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:



Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.

Gravel Racing..So Hot Right Now

[DaveInSeattle]

Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:



Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.

Gravel Racing..So Hot Right Now

It is definitely having a moment.

[sancarlos]

Just scheduled a weekend trip to Park City, UT at the end of August. The GF's daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and his father are going to do this gravel bike race:



Here's the thing...I'm getting tempted to try to rent a gravel bike and do the 'mini' (35 miles) race myself.

Gravel Racing..So Hot Right Now

It is definitely having a moment.

So do your tires just spin in the gravel sometimes (often?), when you lose traction? I’ve never seen gravel racing, but it sounds like it could be exhausting.

[HaulCitgo]

Thought the same thing. Corners? No thanks. Might as well spread some sand on the pavement. Figure thats what the fancy pants bikes are for.

[EnochRoot]

So wife and I are headed to the Borderland Music Festival in September (it's in East Aurora, NY, which is just outside Buffalo).

Outside of Niagara Falls State Park, what's to do in Buffalo? Am I going to have a good time? Is there like, so much to do that we may as well bag one of the days at the festival?

[DaveInSeattle]

Thought the same thing. Corners? No thanks. Might as well spread some sand on the pavement. Figure thats what the fancy pants bikes are for.

Gravel biking is basically road racing on dirt roads, as opposed to riding on single-track/mountain bike trails. The bikes are beefed up road bikes...bigger tires/knobbies/disc brakes/drop bars.

The biggest event (Unbound Gravel) happened about a month ago, with former Pro rider Ian Boswell riding 200 miles in 10 1/4 hours.

[sancarlos]

Thought the same thing. Corners? No thanks. Might as well spread some sand on the pavement. Figure thats what the fancy pants bikes are for.

Gravel biking is basically road racing on dirt roads, as opposed to riding on single-track/mountain bike trails. The bikes are beefed up road bikes...bigger tires/knobbies/disc brakes/drop bars.

The biggest event (Unbound Gravel) happened about a month ago, with former Pro rider Ian Boswell riding 200 miles in 10 1/4 hours.

Ahh. Gotcha. I was envisioning an entire course on thick gravel.

[The Sybian]

So wife and I are headed to the Borderland Music Festival in September (it's in East Aurora, NY, which is just outside Buffalo).

Outside of Niagara Falls State Park, what's to do in Buffalo? Am I going to have a good time? Is there like, so much to do that we may as well bag one of the days at the festival?

It's been [checks watch] 23 years since I've lived in Buffalo, so I'm not much help. If you are going to Niagara Falls, definitely hit the Canadian side (if they are letting us in the country again), US side is bullshit. I've heard they've done a tremendous job restoring downtown Buffalo. Even in my 4 years, they did a lot to start turning it around.

[Rush2112]

We'll have to get Max in here for some present-day advice, that said, I've enjoyed the beers I've had from Thin Man.