I need a vacation!! - Page 2

***Rían*** · 07-25-2005, 11:17 AM

*scratches her mosquito bites*

Thanks, everyone! It was a very good trip, and I'm glad I went! Lots of memories and things to think on.

(I'm still mad I didn't toss that Tengwar stone into the Andes, though!

)

***Valandil*** · 07-27-2005, 01:44 AM

My turn...

Looks like we'll be on vacation the first week of August - including bookend weekends. At first we were planning to go west - it was between Colorado (my preference) and South Dakota (my wife's)... well, the latter won out, of course. I was looking forward to it anyway though - and thought we could drive somewhat leisurely 2 days each way (we now have a portable dvd/game player for the kids), spend one day at Mount Rushmore (patriotic), one at Deadwood (Old West), one at Hot Springs (dinosaurs) and one at Custer Nat'l Park (nature) - with a 'day off' somewhere in there to just hang out.

Because of some things that came up early this summer, we put a hold on making plans until some things had sorted themselves out a bit. So - a week or two ago we're trying to line up a place to stay, and there is NOTHING!! Same with Colorado! (apparently there's a big biker thing in SD the week after - and maybe some people are coming early)

So - we've been scrambling to make alternate plans... what we finally settled on (and found) is the DC area! Of course - there's something big there TOO! - a once-every-four-years Boy Scout Jamboree (did you hear about those Scout leaders getting electrocuted there? Eeeek!

). We still managed to find something though - at a small town between Baltimore and Washington.

Hoping to visit Mount Vernon and maybe Monticello - possibly swing through Shenandoah on the way back home. Would like to take one day out to the coast (beware Merc - I think that calls for Delaware!

). Big entourage... in addition to wife & three boys, we're bringing my wife's mom & sister - and a friend of her mom might come out to join us.

Spock · 07-27-2005, 10:43 AM

..you're going from Il. to SD, etc. and back to DE and VA? Gadz Zooks, that's a lot of driving. FYI the motorcycle rally is in SD, see http://www.sturgis-rally.com/

***Rían*** · 07-27-2005, 01:20 PM

Sounds great, Val! FYI, my 15-yr-old son's opinion is that Mt. Vernon was very boring, and Monticello was interesting (their 8th grade class went on a DC trip).

Mercutio · 07-27-2005, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valandil

So - we've been scrambling to make alternate plans... what we finally settled on (and found) is the DC area! Of course - there's something big there TOO! - a once-every-four-years Boy Scout Jamboree (did you hear about those Scout leaders getting electrocuted there? Eeeek!

). We still managed to find something though - at a small town between Baltimore and Washington.

Hoping to visit Mount Vernon and maybe Monticello - possibly swing through Shenandoah on the way back home. Would like to take one day out to the coast (beware Merc - I think that calls for Delaware!

). Big entourage... in addition to wife & three boys, we're bringing my wife's mom & sister - and a friend of her mom might come out to join us.

Shenandoah is absolutely lovely. So you'd like to go to the Atlantic? Or just the Chesapeake? I think the best DE beach is "Bethany." A lot nicer than "Rehoboth." Or Lewes is nice.

***Valandil*** · 07-27-2005, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

..you're going from Il. to SD, etc. and back to DE and VA? Gadz Zooks, that's a lot of driving. FYI the motorcycle rally is in SD, see http://www.sturgis-rally.com/

No - DC instead of SD - I was just reciting earlier plans.

Insidious Rex · 07-27-2005, 10:30 PM

What was the "small town" you plan on staying in? Thats right in my back yard. Before you go to Mt. Vernon stop off in old town Alexandria. Youll enjoy that as well. And look for old Insidious at either the Fish Market or Bilbo Baggins (of course...)

Spock · 07-28-2005, 02:11 AM

Hey, IR, is there a BB sandwich shope in Alexandria???

***Valandil*** · 07-28-2005, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Insidious Rex

What was the "small town" you plan on staying in? Thats right in my back yard. Before you go to Mt. Vernon stop off in old town Alexandria. Youll enjoy that as well. And look for old Insidious at either the Fish Market or Bilbo Baggins (of course...)

It's Millersville - between DC and Baltimore, I believe. Come to think of it - I've never been, so I suspect the whole area between the two cities is pretty built up - so nothing may seem like a small town, if that's what you're hinting at.

Is 'Bilbo Baggins' a restaurant in Alexandria?

Spock · 07-28-2005, 10:53 AM

Out west "Baggins" is a sandwich shoppe which specializes in terrific, huge, tasty sandwiches and I was wondering whether that was what you mentioned in Alexandria.

The Gaffer · 07-28-2005, 12:21 PM

Have a great trip, Val. For some reason I've got a mental image of you all crammed into an RV. Would that be right or are you getting there in convoy, plane, motorcycle gang or camel train?

Insidious Rex · 07-28-2005, 02:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

Out west "Baggins" is a sandwich shoppe which specializes in terrific, huge, tasty sandwiches and I was wondering whether that was what you mentioned in Alexandria.

Its actually a quaint little restaurant/bar. Has a great brunch on Sundays and some of the best beer selections in DC (Belgians and Germans on tap). And it fits the name quite well. tucked away in a little area near the river. with a fire place near the bar. you just want to get a pipe and a mug of Chimay and pine away a fall day reading a little Tolkien...

Check it out: http://www.bilbobaggins.net/

***Rían*** · 07-29-2005, 10:29 AM

oh yeah, I forgot that's your neck of the woods, IRex! Wow, that Baggins place sounds great!

***Earniel*** · 07-31-2005, 12:00 PM

I'm back!

I *just* love Corsica! Love the mountains, love the starry skies, love the cheeky frogs, love the opportunist stray cats Although I will personally make someone's life utterly miserable if I ever find out who poisoned the beautiful stray cat we named Pirate last year, love the maquis and the granite. Saw whales on the boat back! Wheee!

Enjoy your holiday, Oh High King of Annuminas!

trolls' bane · 08-01-2005, 03:09 AM

Next Saturday, August 6th, I will be going to Lake Shasta on a houseboat. I will stay there for a week, but after that, I am probably going to go somewhere else, leaving an indefinite time where I won't post.

Spock · 08-01-2005, 10:20 AM

...oh, the UFO hot spot, be careful, may be you'll be abducted

***Rían*** · 08-01-2005, 04:11 PM

Sounds like a great vacation, Earniel - and I look forward to seeing more Tengwar rocks

Enjoy your trip to Lake Shasta, TB - it should be really beautiful, now that we finally had some rain. I hear it's full again - it was really down quite low before.

trolls' bane · 08-02-2005, 06:41 PM

In Shasta!?

You see? I knew that the two bears that came on the boat last time I went were'nt real bears! They're Upsilon Andromedans spying on Earth! I told Dr. Zaius that I sould have invaded the planet.

Dr. Zaius: I had nothing to do with it. I'm simian, and you're Martian, so I have no clue why you would ask me.

Good! The last trip, which I go on, they said the lake was really low. I'm gald it will be full, but hopefully not full enough to get rid of that little sandbar where I plan to set up the telescope for a few nights.

***Rían*** · 08-07-2005, 02:56 AM

Hey, I got Photo Bucket working!

Here's some Ecuador pics -

Doesn't do them justice, but here's a pic in the Andes:
in the Andes

and here's our whole group - my family is the 5 on the left side, and I'm in the bluish/purple shirt with my hands on my daughter's shoulders:
all 16 of us

And this one turned out kinda cool (accidentally) - the foreground black, and all you can see are the clouds and the sky - we're at about 14,000 feet here, in among the clouds...
top of the world

***Rían*** · 08-07-2005, 03:13 AM

THere's a few more in the album now... I'm waiting to get pics from the other family members, esp. since our camera battery gave out during the most breathtaking part of the Andes

07-25-2005, 11:17 AM	#21
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	scratches her mosquito bites Thanks, everyone! It was a very good trip, and I'm glad I went! Lots of memories and things to think on. (I'm still mad I didn't toss that Tengwar stone into the Andes, though! ) __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-27-2005, 01:44 AM	#22
*Valandil* High King at Annuminas Administrator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wyoming - USA Posts: 10,752	My turn... Looks like we'll be on vacation the first week of August - including bookend weekends. At first we were planning to go west - it was between Colorado (my preference) and South Dakota (my wife's)... well, the latter won out, of course. I was looking forward to it anyway though - and thought we could drive somewhat leisurely 2 days each way (we now have a portable dvd/game player for the kids), spend one day at Mount Rushmore (patriotic), one at Deadwood (Old West), one at Hot Springs (dinosaurs) and one at Custer Nat'l Park (nature) - with a 'day off' somewhere in there to just hang out. Because of some things that came up early this summer, we put a hold on making plans until some things had sorted themselves out a bit. So - a week or two ago we're trying to line up a place to stay, and there is NOTHING!! Same with Colorado! (apparently there's a big biker thing in SD the week after - and maybe some people are coming early) So - we've been scrambling to make alternate plans... what we finally settled on (and found) is the DC area! Of course - there's something big there TOO! - a once-every-four-years Boy Scout Jamboree (did you hear about those Scout leaders getting electrocuted there? Eeeek! ). We still managed to find something though - at a small town between Baltimore and Washington. Hoping to visit Mount Vernon and maybe Monticello - possibly swing through Shenandoah on the way back home. Would like to take one day out to the coast (beware Merc - I think that calls for Delaware! ). Big entourage... in addition to wife & three boys, we're bringing my wife's mom & sister - and a friend of her mom might come out to join us. __________________ My Fanfic: Letters of Firiel Tales of Nolduryon Visitors Come to Court Ñ á ë ?* ó ú é ä ï ö Ö ñ É Þ ð ß ® ™ [Xurl=Xhttp://entmoot.tolkientrail.com/showthread.php?s=&postid=ABCXYZ#postABCXYZ]text[/Xurl] Splitting Threads is SUCH Hard Work!!

07-27-2005, 10:43 AM	#23
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	..you're going from Il. to SD, etc. and back to DE and VA? Gadz Zooks, that's a lot of driving. FYI the motorcycle rally is in SD, see http://www.sturgis-rally.com/ __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-27-2005, 01:20 PM	#24
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Sounds great, Val! FYI, my 15-yr-old son's opinion is that Mt. Vernon was very boring, and Monticello was interesting (their 8th grade class went on a DC trip). __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-27-2005, 10:30 PM	#27
Insidious Rex Quasi Evil Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Maryland, US Posts: 4,634	What was the "small town" you plan on staying in? Thats right in my back yard. Before you go to Mt. Vernon stop off in old town Alexandria. Youll enjoy that as well. And look for old Insidious at either the Fish Market or Bilbo Baggins (of course...) __________________ "People's political beliefs don't stem from the factual information they've acquired. Far more the facts people choose to believe are the product of their political beliefs." "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Last edited by Insidious Rex : 07-27-2005 at 10:32 PM.

07-28-2005, 02:11 AM	#28
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Hey, IR, is there a BB sandwich shope in Alexandria??? __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-28-2005, 10:53 AM	#30
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Out west "Baggins" is a sandwich shoppe which specializes in terrific, huge, tasty sandwiches and I was wondering whether that was what you mentioned in Alexandria. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

07-28-2005, 12:21 PM	#31
The Gaffer Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In me taters Posts: 3,288	Have a great trip, Val. For some reason I've got a mental image of you all crammed into an RV. Would that be right or are you getting there in convoy, plane, motorcycle gang or camel train?

07-29-2005, 10:29 AM	#33
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	oh yeah, I forgot that's your neck of the woods, IRex! Wow, that Baggins place sounds great! __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

07-31-2005, 12:00 PM	#34
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	I'm back! I just love Corsica! Love the mountains, love the starry skies, love the cheeky frogs, love the opportunist stray cats Although I will personally make someone's life utterly miserable if I ever find out who poisoned the beautiful stray cat we named Pirate last year, love the maquis and the granite. Saw whales on the boat back! Wheee! Enjoy your holiday, Oh High King of Annuminas! __________________ We are not things.

08-01-2005, 03:09 AM	#35
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Next Saturday, August 6th, I will be going to Lake Shasta on a houseboat. I will stay there for a week, but after that, I am probably going to go somewhere else, leaving an indefinite time where I won't post. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-01-2005, 10:20 AM	#36
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	...oh, the UFO hot spot, be careful, may be you'll be abducted __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

08-01-2005, 04:11 PM	#37
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Sounds like a great vacation, Earniel - and I look forward to seeing more Tengwar rocks Enjoy your trip to Lake Shasta, TB - it should be really beautiful, now that we finally had some rain. I hear it's full again - it was really down quite low before. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

08-02-2005, 06:41 PM	#38
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	In Shasta!? You see? I knew that the two bears that came on the boat last time I went were'nt real bears! They're Upsilon Andromedans spying on Earth! I told Dr. Zaius that I sould have invaded the planet. Dr. Zaius: I had nothing to do with it. I'm simian, and you're Martian, so I have no clue why you would ask me. Good! The last trip, which I go on, they said the lake was really low. I'm gald it will be full, but hopefully not full enough to get rid of that little sandbar where I plan to set up the telescope for a few nights. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-07-2005, 02:56 AM	#39
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	Hey, I got Photo Bucket working! Here's some Ecuador pics - Doesn't do them justice, but here's a pic in the Andes: in the Andes and here's our whole group - my family is the 5 on the left side, and I'm in the bluish/purple shirt with my hands on my daughter's shoulders: all 16 of us And this one turned out kinda cool (accidentally) - the foreground black, and all you can see are the clouds and the sky - we're at about 14,000 feet here, in among the clouds... top of the world __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva! Last edited by Rían : 08-08-2005 at 08:30 PM.

08-07-2005, 03:13 AM	#40
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	THere's a few more in the album now... I'm waiting to get pics from the other family members, esp. since our camera battery gave out during the most breathtaking part of the Andes __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

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