Vacation Idea

[ni4ni]

I am planning on taking a short vacation with my wife and a friend of ours (she is like a mother to me.)

The location needs to be around 500 miles or less from Memphis.

We have several choices but I am interested in your opinion as many of you have visited these places.

Chicago
New Orleans
Dallas
Atlanta

 

[Gothgar]

Cruise? Nothing ever goes wrong on those...

 

[amdhunter]

New Orleans for the seafood and party atmosphere. Or is seafood still tainted with oil? Chicago seems fun, but would probably be boring after a while. Dallas is full of hot air and conservatives, and Atlanta sounds dangerous.

 

[ni4ni]

Cruise? Nothing ever goes wrong on those...

I hear cruises are going pretty cheap right now...

Joking aside, we don't really have time for a cruise right now and need to be easily able to get home since my wife's grandmother has been ill.

 

[IronWing]

I can't speak to New Orleans since I haven't been there but of the others Chicago hands down. More to do, better food, better climate, not in Texas.


Other ideas:
West Memphis in July
Cave in Rock, IL
Smoky Mts
Ozarks (not at pretty as the Smoky Mts but still nice)
Birmingham, AL (not in Summer)

 

[z0mb13]

Went to Chicago and loved it..
Just get the day pass for the red tourist bus, you can hop on and hop off at any point of interest

 

[Fingolfin269]

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

 

[brianmanahan]

amish country ohio

 

[ni4ni]

I can't speak to New Orleans since I haven't been there but of the others Chicago hands down. More to do, better food, better climate, not in Texas.


Other ideas:
West Memphis in July
Cave in Rock, IL
Smoky Mts
Ozarks (not at pretty as the Smoky Mts but still nice)
Birmingham, AL (not in Summer)

West Memphis in July?

 

[zanemoseley]

Get a cabin in Gatlinburg (Smokey Mountains).
Get a condo in Destin FL.
Get a cruise leaving from Port Canaveral (perhaps a bit more than 500 miles).

 

[Fingolfin269]

Or go to New Orleans for a couple of days and get a cruise out of that port.

 

[edro]

New Orleans by a long shot. Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas all feel like any other big city.
New Orleans feels like a different country. If you like to eat, shop, party, see attractions, etc... New Orleans is the place to go.

 

[SearchMaster]

Of those, I'd recommend Nawlins. I like Chicago a lot but not in the winter. I live in Georgia and Atlanta is pretty boring. Dallas is the only one of those I haven't spent any real time in.