Tothill

Come West!

There is so much to see and do West of the Mississippi and once you are West of the Rockies it is even better.

Rarely humid, the dry heat of desert areas is much easier to bear than the humid East. Summers in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia are lovely especially in Coastal Areas. Winters are wet, but generally mild.

You will find some really great quilt shops too.

sailsablazin

I live in Michigan and Yes, Mackinaw Island is wonderful to visit. NO cars are allowed except emergency vehicles. There are horse drawn carriages, plenty of fudge shops. You can bike around the island if you so desire. The breezes off Lake Michigan and the Straits of Machinaw are wonderful. We have sailed there several times and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
You can take the ferry across for the day or stay at one of the hotels. The GRAND HOTEL gets booked early (not in my budget) but gorgeous!!!! Quite an experience for a few days. Machinaw City is awesome also.....yu can sit on the shores of Lake Michigan and make yourself a picnic. ENJOY!

Dodie

if you want to travel in Aug. Wyoming and Montana are wonderful places go yo the mountains and you may still see enough snow to make a snowball Glacier Park is one of those places and you would even see mountain goats it also borders Alberta and Banff Park absolutely beautiful also Wyoming has the Yellowstone and the Tetons between Red Lodge Mt. and Cooke City over 10,000 feet will most likely still see snow we have seen lakes still frozen the 4th of July not sure if you camp or stay in motels but also lots of B&B's hope whatever you pick you have a great trip

Julienm1

Again thinking outside the box. My fav vacation spot is my sewing room!

sval

My DH's favorite vacation spot is working in the "man cave". Any kind of work. The dirtier and sweatier the better. But the only way I can get him away from his job is to go somewhere and make him leave his computer home. Otherwise he's checking his damn email constantly. So once every 18 mos or so I try to find somewhere to go.

sewbizgirl

Bonnie Hunter just taught a quilters retreat there, at the Grand Hotel. She has pictures on her blog, Quiltville. It looked beautiful.

patski

If you haven't been to Tucson it is a wonderful place to visit. Lots of quilt shops too. You DO NOT want to come here in June or July the rest of the year the weather is wonderful, not too crowded and there is lots to do

mike'sgirl

Alaska. nuff said

gramma nancy

One of the best kept secrets is that Washington DC is terrific during Labor Day week. All the families with kids have disappeared and the school groups haven't started. The only people there are retirees and people with little kids (but not too many of them.) I lived in the DC area for 30 years and worked right on the Mall for much of that time. Labor Day week was always my favorite. The one negative for you may be the weather -- it is frequently just as hot as August. But you would be in museums most of the time, so it wouldn't really matter.

fayeberry

we went to Maine and then down to Boston last summer. Loved it.