Thursday, October 29, 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 gets to know it and you get to know many of the fun places to see. But maybe you are more adventurous. Maybe you like to see different places every year and have new experiences. An easy way to find new vacation areas to stay is to find timeshare rentals. Timeshares are located all over the country so that you can 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 the first question. It has been 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, to refresh your memory, are earth, air, fire, and water. The application of the four elements to four types of vacation needs a bit more explanation. An Earth vacation is a vacation on the prairie, somewhere in the middle of the United States. An Air vacation is a mountain vacation. The best mountains in the United States are 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. Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota has the best lakes. These three States have a large number of small natural lakes and, of course, the Great Lakes. Ocean vacations are a fun choice on either 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 should we count it as an Earth vacation or as an Air vacation? You decide.

A Fire vacation can take a family to an area that is a total change 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. Our desert region has many attractions, such as the Grand Canyon, Carlsbad Caverns, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forest.

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

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