Vacation Suggestions
 

Ok my friends, need some help. I am not one for family vacations......at all! Otherwise known as a "grouch" to the kids, I just don't enjoy several hours on the road to go spend a bucket full of money on some place they could care less about.

With work crazy right now, both my wife and I are pressed for time to get in a vacation with the kids. If it was up to me, we would rent a camp at Grand Isle and spend 4-5 days there. But she wants a little more than "something they get to do all the time" and I want to keep it simple.

Any suggestions before I rain on their parade and hook up to the Blazer rolling southbound and say **** it!

Destin FL..... nuff said !!!

edit: i'll be there 8/5, 8/6, 8/7, 8/8,and 8/9

orange beach, al

^THIS ;)

x2

We've done the Orange Beach - Gulf Shores thing way too many times!!!! Need something different!

Besides, I will be PO'ed if I have to sit on a sandy beach watching flat calm seas!

How old are the kids? Aside from fishing, what are some common interests?

Why? Was thinking like a Jellystone Park(I think that's the name) and it's right here in state. A lot of fun stuff for the younger kids and isn't ridiculous in price.

Hot springs

4 boys - from 16-9. All like the outdoors stuff.

What's there to do in Hot Springs? Never been.

I have been to hot springs it su*ks to me. We just got back Sunday from the buffalo river area it was ok. We are leaving for pigeon forge/Gatlinburg on Sunday. I HIGHLY recommend the Smokey Mountains. Tons of stuff to do and not that bad of a drive. We go every year. Sometimes twice a year. Drop me a PM with your number and I can give you a call with some recommendations.

Smokey Mountains are a beautiful sight! Hiking, fishing, horseback riding, you name it. I used to work out there a lot and it was always one of my favorite areas to pass through! Breathtaking views along I-40!

looked into renting a house boat on a couple different lakes in arkansas last summer...ended up doing something else...but it looked lke it would be a lot of fun...something different...and surprisingly it was more affordable than I thought it would be...

Did that last summer, and it was nice. We did the Chattanooga Piegon to Gatlinburg deal over a week. Might try to find some place in AR w/ a big houseboat on a lake or something.

I used to bring the family to the beach and I would boat ride for 3 or 4 days. Ono Island, Pensecola, Perdido Bay, Tacky Jacks, Pirates Cove. When I got home at dark, it was time for a bath ,food and sleep. I never heard them when I hit the rack. Get up the next day and do it all over again.:spineyes:

we are going to San Antonio to check out Sea World, Hall of Hornes, there is shliterbon, drive through Zoo, Natural bridge caverns, white water rafting. Its not that far to drive and reasonable priced for a three or four day trip.

cricket. you will be impressed with San antonio. We went to the zoo and natural bridge caverns. A site to see. You HAVE TO go on the underground tour. Bring good shoes because it is a 4 mile walk. its a blast! !!

http://www.greatwolf.com/grapevine/waterpark

Great wolf lodge in Grapevine, TX is awesome! Its basically a resort built around a massive indoor waterpark. Hotel and fun all in one place.

This is what I would suggest. Might want to check and see if the water is even moving in the river to go tubing.

Branson,MO....a good lil drive but well worth it. Plenty of good bands almost every night of the week. The mountain's are awesome out there. They have some really nice cabins on lake taneycomo that are not too expensive. Spent many summers as a kid in the area with my grandparents. Well worth the drive,trust me!

a lot of stuff in and around San Antonio, you can go down the Frio River in tubes, the Guadalupe River is tubing and then there is a lot of places to hike and stuff in downtown

Arkansas is nice this time of year, can canoe a day or so and then hit the trout. The Norfork River (north fork of the White River) is one of the best and is not as crowded as the White. Catch a bunch of rainbows, but at night you can catch some big browns. Good hiking trails, not too primitive to be uncomfortable and there is always something to do, horseback riding, or just driving around period. And another vote for San Antonio also

x2 on the Great Wolf lodge. My kids had a blast there. For all y'all renting house boats, please don't allow people to swim under the boats. There's been several deaths caused by generator exhaust filling the space underneath with carbon monoxide.

Branson is great and awesome place for family, I am leaving today headed there for a week with the family.

Crater of diamonds park in Arkansas is great for a couple of days

Get away from da HEAT
 

Bryan,

Get away from the heat somewhere....I am being dragged to Navarre at the end of the month for a week....I would go somewhere where you don't sweat thinking....When you do get weak and decide to go to Grand Isle, let me know if you want to split one with us....We'd definately go....Just know I will be in the bay or in the surf with a rod in my hand while my girls are "SUNBATHING" on the beach....What a waste....I'll be bathing in saltwater and moisturizing with spec slime....Your wife is right...Take them do something they don't do every weekend...Doesn't mean you can't do a little of it though....