Wednesday, 28 October 2009

No Matter Where You Go In America, You Will Find A Good Vacation Spot

By Connor Sullivan

Vacations allow a family to escape from their everyday life and refresh the whole group. It's fun to have a favorite vacation location that becomes your home away from home. The family becomes familiar with it and you get to know many of the fun places to see. But maybe you want more adventure. Perhaps you want to see different places every year and have new experiences. A simple way to find new places to stay is to find timeshare rentals. Timeshares are located all over the country allowing you to visit a new location every year. People who own a timeshare may sometimes not want to use their allotted time and may prefer to rent it out to a responsible, courteous family.

So, where do you want to go? That is what everyone wants to know. Someone once said that there are four types of outdoor vacation. These four types correspond to the four original elements known to the Greeks back in their ancient days. These four elements, if you remember, are earth, air, fire, and water. The application of the four elements to four types of vacation may have you scratching your head. An Earth vacation is a vacation on the prairie, somewhere in the middle of the United States. An Air vacation takes place in the mountains. The best mountains in America can be found in the East (the Appalachians) and in the West (the Rockies). A Fire vacation is a desert stay in our southwestern part of the country. Finally, a Water vacation, of course, takes place on a lake or the ocean. Lake vacations are best in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. These three States are dotted with small natural lakes and, of course, the Great Lakes. Ocean vacations are a fun choice whether you choose the East Coast or the West Coast, the farther south, the better.

My feeling is that a Prairie vacation is the least attractive, but that's probably because I am ignorant of the attraction of these places. There are lovely cities in the prairie where you can find a good time. In St. Louis, there is an arch which is a famous landmark. Mt. Rushmore is in that area, but does it count as an Earth vacation or as an Air vacation? I'm not sure.

A Fire vacation can take a family to an area that is totally different from home (unless you happen to live in the Southwest). No place in America has a stark, beautiful landscape as can be seen in the desert. The Southwest has many attractions, such as the Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forest.

But, to me, the best vacation is a Water vacation. There's something about sitting on the sand watching the water and also splashing around in the water that is most relaxing and refreshing of all vacations. Just give me a blow-up swim ring, a sunny, warm day, and a gentle breeze, and I will be happy for most of the day. Of course, a liberal amount of sunblock is required.

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