Summertime is here, and the living is easy.
Our travel writers have spread out across the country to find you some great places to spend vacation time: from the Great Smoky Mountains to Panama City Beach to the laidback state of Wisconsin. Pack your bags and get ready to relax!
Rest and Relaxation on the Florida Gulf Coast
When I tell someone I’m going on vacation to Panama City Beach, I know what they’re thinking. They probably picture droves of drunk, bikini and boardshort-clad teenagers partying on the beach, unidentified liquids sloshing from their red Solo cups with every drunken misstep.
While this is true if you dare to take a trip during college and high school spring breaks, my summer vacation to Panama City Beach is quite different than the stereotypical spring break trips our minds float to.
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Enjoying The Great Smoky Mountains
It may well be one of the most affordable vacation getaways in the region, and only a two-hour drive from Chattanooga. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the most visited national park in the country, and for a very good reason: it’s, quite simply, breathtaking.
Bracketed on the west side by the triple Tennessee towns of Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevierville, and on the east side by Cherokee and Bryson City in North Carolina, the vacation options are endless.
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Best of Summer’s Pickins in Door County
Door County, Wisconsin and the great Russian playwright Anton Chekov have a couple of things in common: cherry orchards and theatre. When Chekov wrote, “Don’t you see that from every cherry tree in the orchard, from every leaf and every trunk, men and women are gazing at you?” it was not a happy reference—but used for the orchards of Door County, it reflects the area’s long, successful history of cherry growing, which has been vital to the county’s economy since the late 1800s.
As for theatre, Door County’s proximity to Milwaukee and Madison in Wisconsin and Chicago in Illinois means there is a big audience for “summer stock” professional theatres, and the area features three.
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