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Bruges is a great spot if a little touristy. Watch the McDonagh film "In Bruges" before you go. Its a dark comedy. Brussels I am not very keen on really. Try all the beers, get your chips and mayo and enjoy the waffles :)

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Savannah > Charleston

Okay. But when on vacation, I am not looking to drive 45min to a hour looking to do something more than once a trip (assuming it's a week long trip). Plenty to do in Charleston one day/afternoon and you get premier golf/beaches/nature and service. Plus, there are enough price points for everyone.
 

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Okay. But when on vacation, I am not looking to drive 45min to a hour looking to do something more than once a trip (assuming it's a week long trip). Plenty to do in Charleston one day/afternoon and you get premier golf/beaches/nature and service. Plus, there are enough price points for everyone.
I don't golf, the nature on Hilton Head is plenty legit, and I spend loads of time camping at the beaches in the summer so that's out of my system. If I'm traveling for a beach, it's somewhere legitimately tropical in midwinter.

Plus, there's a Disney resort on Hilton Head where I get 50% off.
 

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I don't golf, the nature on Hilton Head is plenty legit, and I spend loads of time camping at the beaches in the summer so that's out of my system. If I'm traveling for a beach, it's somewhere legitimately tropical in midwinter.

Plus, there's a Disney resort on Hilton Head where I get 50% off.

Lol. That’s my boy.

And for what it’s worth I think pull love Aulani. Plenty to do while still allowing mom to get rest when needed.
 

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Bruges is a great spot if a little touristy. Watch the McDonagh film "In Bruges" before you go. Its a dark comedy. Brussels I am not very keen on really. Try all the beers, get your chips and mayo and enjoy the waffles :)

+1, so many good beers to be found but they tend to be very strong in Belgium. Waffles and their French Fries (frites) are so good
 

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The poverty in here is disgusting.

I'm gonna take my family to Gatlinburg this fall, and we are gonna enjoy every goddamn poors-friendly, white-trashy, budget-friendly minute of it.

I'm gonna drink coffee on the porch in the cold mountain air early in the morning and have some bacon that's been fried up on a bad cast-iron skillet that belongs to the cabin and hasn't been taken care of.

Then I'm gonna take my wife and kids into town for games and activities during the day, which will be wonderfully miserable. Even though it will be October or early November, it will probably be 85 degrees by noon for some reason, and I will sweat and get stressed out trying to navigate Pigeon Forge with children.

Then we'll go 'shopping,' which really just consists of browsing in a bunch of crappy shops where you don't really want or need to buy anything, except for the gold-plated Dale Earnhardt Zippo Lighter, because everybody needs one of those. #RIPIntimidator

Then we'll have a great* dinner at the Apple Barn before heading back into the mountains, where I'll convince my wife to get in the hot tub while we drink copious amounts of cheap beer (Naturdays, don't @ me). I'll be hopeful that drunken sex will follow, but really what will happen is I will come out of the bathroom to find that my wife is already asleep.

I will then turn on football in the bedroom, and fall asleep before watching a full quarter of action.

It's gonna be amazing.



*Apple Fritters are dope, but the rest of the food is bad. I've come to terms with this in the past two years, and I'm dealing with it on a day-to-day basis. It's a struggle.
 

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I'm gonna take my family to Gatlinburg this fall, and we are gonna enjoy every goddamn poors-friendly, white-trashy, budget-friendly minute of it.

I'm gonna drink coffee on the porch in the cold mountain air early in the morning and have some bacon that's been fried up on a bad cast-iron skillet that belongs to the cabin and hasn't been taken care of.

Then I'm gonna take my wife and kids into town for games and activities during the day, which will be wonderfully miserable. Even though it will be October or early November, it will probably be 85 degrees by noon for some reason, and I will sweat and get stressed out trying to navigate Pigeon Forge with children.

Then we'll go 'shopping,' which really just consists of browsing in a bunch of crappy shops where you don't really want or need to buy anything, except for the gold-plated Dale Earnhardt Zippo Lighter, because everybody needs one of those. #RIPIntimidator

Then we'll have a great* dinner at the Apple Barn before heading back into the mountains, where I'll convince my wife to get in the hot tub while we drink copious amounts of cheap beer (Naturdays, don't @ me). I'll be hopeful that drunken sex will follow, but really what will happen is I will come out of the bathroom to find that my wife is already asleep.

I will then turn on football in the bedroom, and fall asleep before watching a full quarter of action.

It's gonna be amazing.



*Apple Fritters are dope, but the rest of the food is bad. I've come to terms with this in the past two years, and I'm dealing with it on a day-to-day basis. It's a struggle.

A true gentleman with class would take the old lady to Cicis pizza buffet and mount her in the mens restroom after stuffing your face with world class pizza.
 

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I'm going camping in Narragansett this weekend. Perfect way to close out summer.
 

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A true gentleman with class would take the old lady to Cicis pizza buffet and mount her in the mens restroom after stuffing your face with world class pizza.

Don't forget to take a ladle of house ranch with you...
 

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I'm gonna take my family to Gatlinburg this fall, and we are gonna enjoy every goddamn poors-friendly, white-trashy, budget-friendly minute of it.

I'm gonna drink coffee on the porch in the cold mountain air early in the morning and have some bacon that's been fried up on a bad cast-iron skillet that belongs to the cabin and hasn't been taken care of.

Then I'm gonna take my wife and kids into town for games and activities during the day, which will be wonderfully miserable. Even though it will be October or early November, it will probably be 85 degrees by noon for some reason, and I will sweat and get stressed out trying to navigate Pigeon Forge with children.

Then we'll go 'shopping,' which really just consists of browsing in a bunch of crappy shops where you don't really want or need to buy anything, except for the gold-plated Dale Earnhardt Zippo Lighter, because everybody needs one of those. #RIPIntimidator

Then we'll have a great* dinner at the Apple Barn before heading back into the mountains, where I'll convince my wife to get in the hot tub while we drink copious amounts of cheap beer (Naturdays, don't @ me). I'll be hopeful that drunken sex will follow, but really what will happen is I will come out of the bathroom to find that my wife is already asleep.

I will then turn on football in the bedroom, and fall asleep before watching a full quarter of action.

It's gonna be amazing.

*Apple Fritters are dope, but the rest of the food is bad. I've come to terms with this in the past two years, and I'm dealing with it on a day-to-day basis. It's a struggle.
You better be hitting up Dollywood and the Lodge Factory Store while you're up there. I think there's one or five discount pocket knife superstores to check out as well.

Do river tubing if the weather cooperates.

Oh and the Dixie Stampede.
 

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You better be hitting up Dollywood and the Lodge Factory Store while you're up there. I think there's one or five discount pocket knife superstores to check out as well.

Do river tubing if the weather cooperates.

Oh and the Dixie Stampede.

River tubing is my favorite, and actually pretty intense in places, depending on where you go. I don't think they'll be offering it in October when the mountain water is at a chilly 50 degrees though lol.

Still have never been to Dollywood (*ducks*), but apparently their Harvest Festival is legit, so maybe this is the year.

The new sky bridge is what I really want to do, though:

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A true gentleman with class would take the old lady to Cicis pizza buffet and mount her in the mens restroom after stuffing your face with world class pizza.

If only Ponderosa was still around.
 

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You better be hitting up Dollywood and the Lodge Factory Store while you're up there. I think there's one or five discount pocket knife superstores to check out as well.

Do river tubing if the weather cooperates.

Oh and the Dixie Stampede.

Agreed. And for every knife or "I have aspirations to one day be a ninja" store, you will find some of the best whiskey/ moonshine/ wine tasting stores right there up the strip. Warning, the moonshine smells like my brothers running shorts after a 5K but its still fun as hell.

Hit a mountain coaster, play Hillbilly golf or my favorite, Davey Crockett mini golf. Hit up Dicks Last Resort or Bubba Gump shrimp.

Enjoy Lion!
 
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