Need VERY last minute vacation ideas (1 Viewer)

[FreeBaGeL]

Had a week long vacation planned to Bend OR, leaving on Sunday.

Our Airbnb host just messaged us that the smoke in the area is really bad (apparently clear everywhere else, only a problem where we were going!) and has graciously offered to allow us to cancel our reservation if we want and go somewhere else.

Soooooo, need some FBG favorite alternatives that can be planned very last minute and easily. Very last minute. As in we leave about 36 hours from now.

Kids are 6 and 8 years old so not too much moving around, prefer to stay in 1 or 2 bases. We like everything. Cities/towns, water, outdoors, whatever.

Looking to keep within a ~12 hour drive of Salt Lake City.

Whatcha got?

 

[General Malaise]

Oregon Coast - you're already heading this way. Prepare for temps that don't crack 70, gorgeous sunsets and whale watching. Try Yachats, Florence, Newport or Waldport. PM for help if you need it.

 

[General Malaise]

Oceanside is a gem - 90 minute drive from Portland.

 

[General Malaise]

Pacific City too. The entire Oregon Coast is a paradise in the summer.

 

[gianmarco]

Mods, please help, I think I somehow got access to GMs PMs.

 

[Drunken knight]

Sun valley
Leavenworth, wa
Vancouver
Orcas islands

 

[Drunken knight]

Shoot… thought you were in OR

 

[massraider]

Aspen.
about 7 hours from you?

If you interested, pm me, I can put out the bat signal, and maybe get a rate at a hotel. I just messaged my buddy to feel him out.

 

[Drunken knight]

Vail
copper
Breckenridge
Telluride
Aspen
Keystone
Glenwood springs
Vegas

 

[Stoneworker]

Santa Fe or Taos. About 10 hrs from SLC

 

[Don Quixote]

Rapid City SD? Lots to do for a week with kids. Check out Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Badlands, Crazy Horse Memorial, Wind Cave, Devils Tower, buffalo and burros in Custer State Park…

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Aspen.
about 7 hours from you?

If you interested, pm me, I can put out the bat signal, and maybe get a rate at a hotel. I just messaged my buddy to feel him out.

Thanks. We actually did Aspen a little over a year ago so probably something new. Got me thinking though, maybe something like Crested Butte on the other side.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Oregon Coast - you're already heading this way. Prepare for temps that don't crack 70, gorgeous sunsets and whale watching. Try Yachats, Florence, Newport or Waldport. PM for help if you need it.

Any concerns about the winds shifting NW and blowing that smoke over to the coast? Or do the winds not usually blow that way? Come to think of it I can't think of a time where I heard about smoke being a problem on the coast. It's always Glacier or the Tetons or, apparently, Bend.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Shoot… thought you were in OR

No worries. Not in OR but most of those are close enough for us. Our kids can handle about ~12hr in the car in one day at max so some of those in that range.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Check out Thermopolis, WY. A 5.5 hour drive from SLC.

My wife and daughter stayed there on a cross country trip home from college (MN to UT) and were very charmed by it.

Fun hot springs/pools for kids and adults, Bighorn Mountains very nearby are gorgeous, Yellowstone is a 2 hour drive, Dinosaur center, rafting/float trips, many good family-friendly restaurants in town, affordable accommodations that are more likely available on 2 days notice than some other more popular destinations.

Maybe not enough for a full week but, like suggested above by DQ, you could also stay a few days near Mt. Rushmore and Devil's Tower for part of the trip.

Hope you enjoy a great family trip.....

 

[johnnycakes]

San Fransicko.

 

[Drunken knight]

San Fransicko.

If you do make it out to the Bay Area, let me know if you would like to connect. I am in Sonoma County.., but could figure something out.

 

[Terminalxylem]

What do your enjoy doing? As you know, there are a ton of great places for outdoor recreation within a 4-5 drive of SLC. I’d go to the Wind River Range in WY.

 

[gianmarco]

Omaha is just out of your range. Bummer.

 

[Sand]

Not sure it'll hold attention long enough but we were just out there and dug fossils at U-Dig out of Delta. Went ATVing out of Manti. Both were awesome.

 

[General Malaise]

Oregon Coast - you're already heading this way. Prepare for temps that don't crack 70, gorgeous sunsets and whale watching. Try Yachats, Florence, Newport or Waldport. PM for help if you need it.

Any concerns about the winds shifting NW and blowing that smoke over to the coast? Or do the winds not usually blow that way? Come to think of it I can't think of a time where I heard about smoke being a problem on the coast. It's always Glacier or the Tetons or, apparently, Bend.

No concerns. You're safe as kittens on the coast.

 

[El Floppo]

Oregon Coast - you're already heading this way. Prepare for temps that don't crack 70, gorgeous sunsets and whale watching. Try Yachats, Florence, Newport or Waldport. PM for help if you need it.

Any concerns about the winds shifting NW and blowing that smoke over to the coast? Or do the winds not usually blow that way? Come to think of it I can't think of a time where I heard about smoke being a problem on the coast. It's always Glacier or the Tetons or, apparently, Bend.

No concerns. You're safe as kittens on the coast.

jet stream goes E---->W... you're screwed.





except for the other 365 days of the year.

 

[Don Quixote]

What was the decision? :needlesandpins:

 

[Schmeabs]

Wally World?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Oregon Coast - you're already heading this way. Prepare for temps that don't crack 70, gorgeous sunsets and whale watching. Try Yachats, Florence, Newport or Waldport. PM for help if you need it.

Pacific Northwest is on my bucket list to visit

Also would like to hit New England (Vermont, Maine, whatever) and New Orleans

 

[facook]

WAAAYYYYY too late, but Bend/Central Oregon wasn't terrible AQI wise this weekend. Hope you either went through with it or took GM's suggestion and went to the Oregon Coast.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

What was the decision? :needlesandpins:

Lots of great recommendations in here added to bucket list for future trips! We're sitting just outside the entrance to Glacier National Park right now. Got a sweet deal on some last minute lodging and managed to score park reservations in the morning lottery.

 

[Bracie Smathers]

...We're sitting just outside the entrance to Glacier National Park right now. Got a sweet deal on some last minute lodging and managed to score park reservations in the morning lottery.

Do the Grinnel Glacier hike.
Best hike ever.

 

[Senor Schmutzig]

What was the decision? :needlesandpins:

Lots of great recommendations in here added to bucket list for future trips! We're sitting just outside the entrance to Glacier National Park right now. Got a sweet deal on some last minute lodging and managed to score park reservations in the morning lottery.

Can't wait to hear how it goes. Glacier National Park is next on the hit list for my annual hike with my buddies. Granted this was year 1 but you have to have the first one to make it annual, right?