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Ideas for a weekend with friends?
A few friends and I take a trip once or twice a year together (we were all roommates in/after college).
Usually, we go on a wine trip, to Napa or the Willamette Valley. In fact, the Willamette is our favorite destination. We have done non-wine trips but it always seems to rain when we do... In any case, we're trying to figure out where to go this year. Portland OR is a little far for me, and another of us is expecting a baby shortly after the proposed trip at the end of Sept so he doesn't want to be too far for too long from his wife. One of us is a bona fide wine connoisseur with an 8000 bottle cellar who always wants to go on a wine trip. He can be convinced to do otherwise, as long as there are nice restaurants with respectable-to-him wine lists. He suggested Blackberry Farm in Tennessee, but it's ludicrously expensive. We would like to go somewhere rural or semi-rural with outdoor activities (hiking, golf, perhaps something boat related). In the past, we've gone to Shelbourne Farm in Vermont (it's a contender for a repeat), Lake Geneva WI. Can people suggest a resort or rural area with good restaurants and nice outdoor activities that is doable for a weekend from Chicago or the east coast? Thanks |
I'd suggest nothing's really that far by air :)
How about the Hudson River valley in NY? There was a 36 hours about it a while back. |
Traverse City area here in Michigan? It offers pretty much everything you are looking for. Wineries, lots of outdoor activities, and good restaurants within a short drive.
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I know you're looking away from the West Coast, but I will post this for reference - it does fit some of your criteria:
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nat...itish-columbia |
Gateway Colorado is a very interesting area and is near Colorado's wine country. http://www.gatewaycanyons.com
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Also look at the Niagara, Ontario region.
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Have your friends visited you in Maine?
What about Charleston? Asheville? |
Denver... Breckinridge... Anywhere in Colorado is beautiful in the summer.
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Saranac Lake? Lake George?
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Finger Lakes up to Niagara on the Lake.
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Niagara on the Lake
Prince Edward County, ON - it's the new food and wine destination http://www.princeedwardcountywine.ca http://prince-edward-county.com Eastern Townships, Quebec http://www.easterntownships.org |
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