Patricia McLinn’s readers wrote in with favorite and/or fantasy vacation destinations for a contest. Imagine each one and enjoy a mini getaway!
- Sun and SandHawaii, Jamaica, “beach” and tropical island
- AustraliaThe Olympics, Brisbane, exploring the outback.
- EuropePortugal, Ireland, walking tour of the British Isles, Italy, Greece, Crete, Paris.
- Disney World
- CruiseTo Alaska, Europe, the Caribbean.
- The MountainsCanadian Rockies, North Georgia Mountains (Smokies)
- Pack the BooksA week or a month. The Alaska woods, Bahamas, Jersey Shore or tropical island with “all the time in the world to lie on the beach with a good book and a cool drink. Wouldn’t that be heaven? … Yes!”
- See the USAMaine. Mackinac Island, Michigan, Alaska (“in the summer”) California, Florida, Palm Springs, Calif., walking the boardwalk at the Jersey shore, camping through New Mexico, Vegas.
- Family visitsGo together or get together, location doesn’t matter.
- Exotic and fantasySouth Pacific, Bora Bora, Hong Kong, Peru, Fiji islands, a tropical paradise with no kids, deserted island with significant other, first class grand tour of Europe – including a crossing on the QE II and a ride on the Orient Express, Patagonia, live as honored guest at historical park, Mardi Gras in New Orleans, back-country horseback or motorcycle nature tour of New Zealand, Ghost and Vampire tour, castles and more castles, cottage on the California coast, honeymoon in Mexico, exotic island.