I'm going to let OOTB decide where I'm going on my next vacation.
So, I've been mulling this idea around in my head for the last week or so. I have to make sure there are some checks and balances so that some ludicrous option doesn't win out. Ultimately, I reserve the right to not be bound by the results, but if you guys play nice this could be fun and I'll defer to the board's decision.
Here's the background. I'm going to take at least a week of vacation, probably sometime in late April/early May when students are still in class. I'm willing to go anywhere in the continental U.S., i.e. the lower 48 states. Many of you know I like camping, backpacking, and have two touring kayaks that are capable of navigating coastal waters, lakes, and slow moving rivers (class I rapids). I also like exploring new cities. My trip to Canada last summer was awesome because I was primitive camping on a lake one night and in a hotel in downtown Halifax the next. That said, I'm also open to (most) new experiences.
Here are the ground rules for you, the voters. You are welcome to submit as many vacation suggestions as you'd like. The more detail, the better. It can be somewhere you've been before, somewhere you'd like to know more about, whatever. I'll leave the nominations open indefinitely until I feel like you guys have run out of ideas. I am also allowed to submit suggestions. Once I close the nominations, I will pick up to 10 of my favorites. This will allow me to weed out any smart ass ideas because **** you, I'm not spending a week in the Bates Motel.
I will then create a poll with the top 10 picks, and each of you will have the option to vote for up to 3 of them. Of course random poasters will be able to vote, too, since this isn't a premium board. You can change your votes at any time but the poll will close after 10 days. Whichever option receives the most votes will determine my next vacation. If there is a tie, I will create a new poll as the tiebreaker.
I'm probably forgetting something, so I reserve the right to amend the above as necessary. Otherwise, let it rip.
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Edit: Keeping a running tab of viable suggestions in the OP.
- Acadia National Park / Bar Harbor (Maine)
- Bald Head Island (North Carolina)
- Buffalo National River (Arkansas)
- Bourbon Trail (Kentucky)
- Catalina Island / Charter Islands (California)
- Chattanooga (Tennessee)
- College Baseball Trip (Carolinas/Virginia)
- Glacier National Park (Montana)
- Lake Powell houseboat (Utah)
- Ocracoke Island (North Carolina)
- Olympic National Park / Seattle (Washington)
- Sanibel Island (Florida)
- Washington, D.C.
So, I've been mulling this idea around in my head for the last week or so. I have to make sure there are some checks and balances so that some ludicrous option doesn't win out. Ultimately, I reserve the right to not be bound by the results, but if you guys play nice this could be fun and I'll defer to the board's decision.
Here's the background. I'm going to take at least a week of vacation, probably sometime in late April/early May when students are still in class. I'm willing to go anywhere in the continental U.S., i.e. the lower 48 states. Many of you know I like camping, backpacking, and have two touring kayaks that are capable of navigating coastal waters, lakes, and slow moving rivers (class I rapids). I also like exploring new cities. My trip to Canada last summer was awesome because I was primitive camping on a lake one night and in a hotel in downtown Halifax the next. That said, I'm also open to (most) new experiences.
Here are the ground rules for you, the voters. You are welcome to submit as many vacation suggestions as you'd like. The more detail, the better. It can be somewhere you've been before, somewhere you'd like to know more about, whatever. I'll leave the nominations open indefinitely until I feel like you guys have run out of ideas. I am also allowed to submit suggestions. Once I close the nominations, I will pick up to 10 of my favorites. This will allow me to weed out any smart ass ideas because **** you, I'm not spending a week in the Bates Motel.
I will then create a poll with the top 10 picks, and each of you will have the option to vote for up to 3 of them. Of course random poasters will be able to vote, too, since this isn't a premium board. You can change your votes at any time but the poll will close after 10 days. Whichever option receives the most votes will determine my next vacation. If there is a tie, I will create a new poll as the tiebreaker.
I'm probably forgetting something, so I reserve the right to amend the above as necessary. Otherwise, let it rip.
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Edit: Keeping a running tab of viable suggestions in the OP.
- Acadia National Park / Bar Harbor (Maine)
- Bald Head Island (North Carolina)
- Buffalo National River (Arkansas)
- Bourbon Trail (Kentucky)
- Catalina Island / Charter Islands (California)
- Chattanooga (Tennessee)
- College Baseball Trip (Carolinas/Virginia)
- Glacier National Park (Montana)
- Lake Powell houseboat (Utah)
- Ocracoke Island (North Carolina)
- Olympic National Park / Seattle (Washington)
- Sanibel Island (Florida)
- Washington, D.C.
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