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Post by baybreeze »

I'm throwing a vacation together fast & am looking for some suggestions/help....

This has been a REALLY crappy year emotionally...after months of thinking about it, I finally left my husband, but it's turned out to be WAY harder than I thought I would be (on soooooo many levels).
Anyway, I have some vacation days coming (everything's been so lousy lately, I sort of forgot about them, duh!) and I have to use them soon or lose them...they don't carry over.
So, I decided maybe I do deserve some R&R after all, but I have to throw it together fast....
I live in Erie (where it is certainly NOT warm)...I'd like to go someplace warm, preferably near the water...gonna drive most likely, but have not really been too many places, so I don't have any prior "good vacation spots" to draw from...

Any ideas, suggestions??? :o Please???
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Post by springparrot »

I don't have many ideas, but (((Baybreeze))), hang in there!

It has been in the 90's in the gulf coastal regions on TX, but I'm sure you want to go some place prettier than Galveston
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Post by baybreeze »

Thanks for the support Molly :P

You sent me some mp3 files a few years ago...thanks for that too!
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The coast of Carolina is wonderful!!!!! :) ((((Debi))))) Here's to better days ahead for you!!!!
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Post by Dutch Harbor PH »

1ST.....Welcome lurker!!!!! 2nd.....Yes you DO need a vacation away from Dreary Erie..... Driving distance....next to water....Hmmmmm.......... well there is Lake Erie :o :o :o :roll: .....OK.... how about Cape Cod??????? Or if your up for a bit of a road trip OBX??????? Or on the Chesapeake?????? Don't know how far you want to drive....BUT you definatly need some great road tunes....Buffett, Tom Petty, etc etc etc.......... to get your head in the right place....... sounds like you need to clear your head, loose some bagage and get that slate ready to write a fresh new story........whatever you do.....Have fun!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
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Post by pbans »

I feel ya....been there and it IS hard....really, really hard! I'm a year out (wow...that really went fast) and it does get easier and so, so, so much better!

No idea for a getaway, I took my post divorce r&r in Cancun......which I would highly recommend....but the driving would be difficult!

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OMG, I KNOW YOU!!!!!
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Post by baybreeze »

Thanks Penny!

And, yeah, that's kind of what I've been thinking as a good possibility...

water, about 9-10 hours away, I hear people talk about it all the time....
Anybody have any specific NC spots to recommend?
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karat wrote:OMG, I KNOW YOU!!!!!

oops sorry, did not read everything! Fins to you from SWPA....things will be good!

Go to the Carolina Coast lines....or do a quick cruise!
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karat wrote:OMG, I KNOW YOU!!!!!
Yes, you do!!!!!
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That's me...........................
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baybreeze wrote:
karat wrote:OMG, I KNOW YOU!!!!!
Yes, you do!!!!!
Key West Phest (blonde kinda curly hair...looks like I comb it with an egg beater...
That's me...........................

THAT WOULD BE YOU!!!!!
Go to the Carolina's....OR go over to MA - Boston or Salem to get a few potions :o)

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Dutch Harbor PH wrote:1ST.....Welcome lurker!!!!! 2nd.....Yes you DO need a vacation away from Dreary Erie..... Driving distance....next to water....Hmmmmm.......... well there is Lake Erie :o :o :o :roll: .....OK.... how about Cape Cod??????? Or if your up for a bit of a road trip OBX??????? Or on the Chesapeake?????? Don't know how far you want to drive....BUT you definatly need some great road tunes....Buffett, Tom Petty, etc etc etc.......... to get your head in the right place....... sounds like you need to clear your head, loose some bagage and get that slate ready to write a fresh new story........whatever you do.....Have fun!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D
Ipod is loaded and I am ready to roll.........
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https://www.obx.com/

I've not been in many years, and stayed at a rental home, but I LOVED the place. :D
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Thought about Boston, but was afraid it'll be worse than Erie, weather-wise. And BTW, today felt like WINTER!!!!!

I can leave for wherever on the 21st............less than 2 weeks away!
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baybreeze wrote:Thought about Boston, but was afraid it'll be worse than Erie, weather-wise. And BTW, today felt like WINTER!!!!!

I can leave for wherever on the 21st............less than 2 weeks away!

yeah I know, but it is a cool town.... talk to Ravi... Areo _?_ oh god, what is his name
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Post by sunseeker »

Outer Banks definitely....Tranquil House Inn
Edenton, NC (on the intercostal) - stay at the Lord Propieter
Oriental, NC - take some sailing lessons (that's what I did after my divorce)
There's this one particular harbor.....
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How long do you have to travel?
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Have to be back at work on June 2 :roll:
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baybreeze wrote:Have to be back at work on June 2 :roll:
Leave after work on the 20th.. drive 'wherever' half way. And enjoy a full week somewhere! :D
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Post by baybreeze »

Awwww, thanks everybody...I'm starting to feel better about this now!
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