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Posted on 06/21/2013 11:00:41 AM PDT by Renkluaf

Fellow Freepers I am in need of assistance from your personal experiences. I'm looking for a place to spend a week relaxing/reading books on a balcony in September. What I'm trying to find is a nice hotel with great mountain or coastal views in the US. Would prefer something that's not at the base of a mtn but up the hill so to speak or on a rocky coastline. Want to park my butt for a week, drink wine, read books, eat, relax. Don't seem to be finding answers on travel sites. Any and all recommendations appreciated!


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1 posted on 06/21/2013 11:00:41 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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Colorado mountains in mid-September are crisp, leaves are changing. We head to Breckenridge/Aspen/Steamboat Springs the middle weekend (lots of Oktoberfest activities). Cheap condo rentals, motel rentals. We usually hit a condo up there.


2 posted on 06/21/2013 11:02:35 AM PDT by ican'tbelieveit
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Colorado ?


3 posted on 06/21/2013 11:03:26 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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Rent a cabin in the Smokies. Perfect time of year for it.


4 posted on 06/21/2013 11:04:02 AM PDT by ScoochDude
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Timberline Lodge


5 posted on 06/21/2013 11:04:44 AM PDT by Paladin2 (;-))
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I traveled around the country for seven weeks last summer and saw many beautiful places. But, you’re looking for a coastline place and I have to recommend Acadia National Park (Bar Harbor, ME). My family has vacationed there for years and I’ve always wanted to go in the fall. If you go, I’ll be jealous. :-)


6 posted on 06/21/2013 11:05:09 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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Oh! And Acadia National Park has mountains *and* coast! Although, the mountains aren’t anywhere near as big as the ones in the west. :-)


7 posted on 06/21/2013 11:05:56 AM PDT by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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My backyard...


8 posted on 06/21/2013 11:05:57 AM PDT by EBH (The government that sits in Washington, D.C. is not the United States government.)
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Grand Canyon Lodge (North Rim) is available right now the 8th through the 12th. Looks like you'd have to change rooms at least once, and the rooms themselves aren't going to be anything special, but how about that for a place to read for a couple of days?
9 posted on 06/21/2013 11:06:18 AM PDT by altsehastiin
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Yup - great place to stay.


10 posted on 06/21/2013 11:07:18 AM PDT by TomServo
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If you want closer to “home” can you ask a travel agent about the Pocanos or Catskills?

I haven’t been to either place since I was a little girl.

I hope you find something, a mountain vacation with lots of books sounds like heaven.


11 posted on 06/21/2013 11:07:22 AM PDT by Gefn (More Cowbell please)
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One of our favorite places —

Marriott’s Surf Watch resort on Hilton HEad Island, SC.

It’s a ‘time share’ place, but you can stay/ rent there like a hotel if you plan ahead.

In Septemebr the kids are back in school, the beaches are quiet. the beaches are gently slope sand, no rocks. You can walk for miles. No problems with the ‘locals’ or townies to worry about.

BE CERTAIN you reserve a room with a view of the water from your balcony. One of the buildings is just behind the breakwater/sand berm with a great view (and audio of the surf), and TWO of the buildings also have a nice but farther back surf view *IF* you are on the fifth floor.

Your balconies are big, the place is spotless, SurfWatch is Marriott’s domestic resort of the year. Ya can’t go wrong there.

Now, since we OWN there, I have no idea what it costs to stay there, so the price may or may not be good in September.

BEst vacation weeks my wife and I have EVER had — when we wanted to just ‘vege’ and enjoy the beach/water— were at SurfWatch.

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/hhhsf-marriotts-surfwatch/


12 posted on 06/21/2013 11:10:16 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: non vehere est inermus)
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Park City, UT. Depending on how much you want to spend, there are several ski resorts that have excellent hotels (at differing price points) and they offer special rates for summer, because it’s off-season for them.

Plan on either bringing your own wine or patronizing the state-owned liquor stores. That’s the only place to get wine in Utah, unless you’re willing to pay your hotel’s mark-up.


13 posted on 06/21/2013 11:12:27 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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Lafayette County, Mississippi.

Methinks you might enjoy that.

14 posted on 06/21/2013 11:12:37 AM PDT by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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One of my favorite quiet places:

Hidden Valley Bed and Breakfast, formerly Warickton Plantation at the George Washington National Forest in Virginia.

It's miles away from anywhere, and has the clean and beautiful Jackson River flowing by it. The 1993 Civil War movie "Sommersby" was filmed there.


15 posted on 06/21/2013 11:15:48 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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St. Johns, USVI. You’ll have to fly into St. Thomas :( then take a ferry to St. Johns but you won’t regret it.


16 posted on 06/21/2013 11:17:08 AM PDT by LSAggie
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Sun Valley, ID is nice.
I just got back from Lake Tahoe and it was quite scenic.


17 posted on 06/21/2013 11:17:30 AM PDT by Rio
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http://www.skytop.com/


18 posted on 06/21/2013 11:20:52 AM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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White mountains in NH.


19 posted on 06/21/2013 11:22:00 AM PDT by Raycpa
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The Fryemont Inn, Bryson City, NC in the Great Smoky Mountains. Rustic, and close to the Appalachian Trail for some day hiking.

Ventana Inn and Spa, Big Sur, CA. Also has Ventana campground in the redwoods with cabins. Big Sur = heaven on earth.

20 posted on 06/21/2013 11:24:27 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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