| Mar 16, 2007 @ 11:18 PM |
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Dovestreasure
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Vacations Are Important For More Than Just Fun...
Americans don’t take vacations often enough. In fact, according to Expedia.com’s annual vacation deprivation survey, Americans are leaving an average of four vacation days unclaimed per year (source: The Washington Post). And now with increasing frequency, when we do take vacations, we often bring work along with us, keeping ourselves essentially still in the work mindset we’re trying to escape. This is unfortunate for several reasons:
Vacations Promote Creativity: A good vacation can help us to reconnect with ourselves, operating as a vehicle for self-discovery and helping us get back to feeling our best.
Vacations Stave Off Burnout: Workers who take regular time to relax are less likely to experience burnout, making them more creative and productive than their overworked, under-rested counterparts.
Vacations Can Keep Us Healthy: Taking regular time off to ‘recharge your batteries’, thereby keeping stress levels lower, can keep you healthier.
Vacations Can Strengthen Bonds: Spending time enjoying life with loved ones can keep relationships strong, helping you enjoy the good times more and helping you through the stress of the hard times. The bottom line is that taking a good amount of time away from the stresses of daily life can give us the break we need so that we can return to our lives refreshed and better equipped to handle whatever comes.
If money was not an Issue... What would your Dream Vacation be?
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| Mar 16, 2007 @ 11:48 PM |
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suncountrygirl
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If money and time were not an issue then I would love to load up my son and my horses and go to Wyoming and ride/camp/fish/smell the mountain area/flowers  Ahhhh. What a sweet dream. 
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| Mar 17, 2007 @ 12:58 AM |
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honbee42
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I would visit my kids and then take them to the places I have been as I was growing up. I've been to some really great places across the states. Would love for them to experience the sights and the history that each place has.
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 10:51 AM |
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Blondiblue
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Buy a big nice RV and travel American for 6 months to a year with my granddaughter....then maybe go to Amsterdam......XXX
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 1:43 PM |
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devoe810
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Europe! All over! At lease two weeks worth 
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 2:13 PM |
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Dovestreasure
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I have a few dream vacations.
I would love to travel to all the mountain ranges in the United States once again. I would rent a cabin or stay in the Lodges in the National parks. The mountains are my nirvana. I feel like I am on the edge of heaven when I am looking at the Mountain vistas.
Another dream is Rail Travel. I would like to travel on the Sunset Limited out to California .Or travel Across the Canadian Rockies by rail, that would be awesome.
I would love to Cruise to Alaska with a group of friends. I just love the entire cruise ship experience.
I have never ever been to Europe, and must go in my life time.. ans see a real genuine castle. I love History and would be spellbound to see some of the places I have read about.
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 3:34 PM |
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witchietoo
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I have a few of them.
#1. I would love to got to Australia. Have a few friends there that have promised to show me the wild areas and the outback. All I need it plane fare!!
#2. Would have to be Ireland and Scotland. Want to see where my family is from and to see the family castle. It is still standing, just not owned by us.
#3. New Zealand...the countryside is so beautiful
#4. Costa Rica....just for the wildlife alone I would love to explore the jungles
#5. Rving across the county, go up to Alaska and Canada
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 6:23 PM |
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SunshineFL
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I have a few of them myself - in no particular order:
#1 - Galapagos Islands - have wanted to go since I was 11 or 12.
#2 - Cruise to Alaska - Dove - can you say "Love Boat"? 
#3a - Great Britain - all of it! But particularly, London, Stonehenge, Scotland....
#3b - Republic of Ireland - longing to see the lush, Irish countryside
#4 - Greek Isles - side trip to Athens with all of its history
#5 - African Safari - photo safari - no guns...
#6 - Paris - je suis enchante
#7 - Grand Canyon - such majesty
#8 - Grand Tetons - again, such majesty
#9 - Australian Outback (ever since A Town Called Alice)
#10- Rome/Venice - history and romance
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 10:36 PM |
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Dovestreasure
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All of those places sound wonderful.. there is so much world out there to see. Nothing would make me happier then to have the freedom to travel and the resources to do so.
I am going on a short cruse with my daughter to the Bahama's on April 5th .. I cant wait to be wined and dined in a manner that simply never happens enough in my life. You really feel like royalty on a cruise.
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| Mar 18, 2007 @ 11:22 PM |
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fuchia04
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Would like to go to Thailand or Brazil. Or better yet BOTH!!! I'd also like to visit Hawaii again. I can't seem to get enough of the Aloha State.  One place I've wanted to visit recently is (gasp!) Cuba. 
Well, I guess I can especially forget about that last one.  ...and maybe some of the others as well 
More realistically, a road trip to New England, or to Minneapolis to see Mall of America sometime when I visit my sister in Ohio (I've always had a fascination with large malls).
or maybe a trip to Mexico should I decide to visit my other sister in Houston. 
Hey, it's not far from Texas 
[Edited on 3/18/2007 11:28 PM]
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| Mar 19, 2007 @ 12:05 AM |
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Dovestreasure
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Fuchia loves big malls!!!!! Dang you really are SOOOO cool!
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| Mar 19, 2007 @ 2:51 PM |
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fuchia04
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Yeah, but Mall of America has an entire amusement park inside of it!  
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| Mar 19, 2007 @ 11:49 PM |
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Dovestreasure
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I know Fuchia it really is awesome.. thrill rides, and thrilling stores, what more could a shopper ask for.
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| Mar 20, 2007 @ 5:50 PM |
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outlaw_star
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My list would include:
Greece
Spain
Germany
Hawaii
Japan
Hong Kong
Thailand
Iceland
Cypress
Actually I should say I wouldnt mind revisting those places again!
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| Mar 20, 2007 @ 7:42 PM |
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fuchia04
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I know Fuchia it really is awesome.. thrill rides, and thrilling stores, what more could a shopper ask for.
 Dove Have you been there?!!! I so want to go. I just like to explore every inch of a mall just for the sake of curiosity - and a big mall like this, I'd be in hog heaven!!!
...as for all the thrilling stores, I don't doubt I'd enjoy browsing through all those computer, technology, and gadget stores that such a big mall must have.
...but then that wouldn't leave much time to do my scouting mission.. I guess I would need to spend two full days at Mall of America!!
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| Mar 20, 2007 @ 8:49 PM |
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witchietoo
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Actually I should say I wouldnt mind revisting those places again!
Not fair you have gone to all those cool places
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| Mar 21, 2007 @ 5:31 PM |
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outlaw_star
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Sorry Witchie, but that was a partial list of places I've been to as a pre and post air force brat!
HEY! thats might explain why you always call me a brat!
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| Mar 26, 2007 @ 10:49 AM |
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Dovestreasure
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Outlaw oh the places you've been!!!!! I feel in awe .
Last night i was watching HGTV and they had a show about Recreational Vehicles. Some of them are like Mansions on wheels . The Amenities are amazing. Cherry Wood Cabinets , Steel appliances, all the comforts of home and more. The Class "A' came with some really lofty price tags too. I fell in love with some of the more nostalgic ones that looked like the ones back in the fiftys and sixties. I can really see how you can get caught up in the RV craze. I think I would love that lifestyle. Being a gyspy and traveling all around the country and into Canada and beyond. Now to find the money to make a dream come true.
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| Mar 26, 2007 @ 11:38 AM |
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Kenn159
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I saw something on 175 last year that made me think.
A really nice high end RV got flyped from high winds that resulted in a crash ,all the inside was opened up and it was twisted and crushed like a pretel.
Dont know what happened to the occupants ,I hope they were alright ,but it just goes to show,you go invest alot of money and trick out your RV and it can be turned into paper mashay in about a second.
I guess that is one of the pitfalls of a home on wheels.
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| Mar 26, 2007 @ 2:30 PM |
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Deezers73
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If money was not an issue I would definitely go to Italy and take as many pictures as possible. I would even take an RV tour of the United States, hit all the fun stuff.. Route 66, the mountains and all that jazz. Just taking pictures of everything, stopping every mile or two and taking a picture.
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