The Outsider by Stepen King. It is really good but I'm in deep and i'm scared something super natural coming is coming, and I hate hate hate that.

I am curious if anyone watched either of the the trials in it's entirety and disagrees with the verdict. I can recognize without all the facts and details, some above comments. I was thrilled with the juries verdicts and satisfied with the sentencing. I think it says something when 2 different trials and juries came to the same conclusion.

It's been rough here and I just want to commiserate. Luckily, we did not lose power but he still can't seem to get it together. It's an issue all winter.

We've done 3 cruises with my now 20 year old son with autism. He preferred Carnival. The 4D movie theatre was a big hit. He liked the food and ice cream better, lol. The kids club were very welcoming with him.The best thing we did was set up ahead of time for priority boarding due to his special needs. The crowds and waiting getting on and off were our biggest worry for a trigger. In addition, think about what access you want to your floor and how much of an issue there will be at ports getting on and off. The haven on the NCL is really nice. It comes with some perks and takes the crowd issue down a bit. It is on the quieter side though. Cruises work really well for us, since everyone can eat what they want, when they want. We did Bermuda out of NYC. It was so easy and convenient.

This thread has been phenomenal on ideas and I am/will be meticulously researching all suggestions. We are very intrigued with the cruise idea though. It's solves a few of our concerns and while the locations are out of the box for us, cruising is not, so we have a decent comfort level.

I will check out Kalamata!

Have fun planning! You gave some places to take a look at. Not sure if the Alaskan cruise is something we should wait to do later w/o both boys, or not. We will always have our one with us any ways, so then is it silly to wait? How amazing! I'm going to see for fun. I have such a good start now.

I will! Love this idea. There is a month each season we can swing. We love tropical and that is our default, wondering if we should branch out, but just don't know where to start and if it's even feasible. We have never been to Europe and wold love to visit there. We are really open, but the easier we can make food, the better. If that means things are in walking distance, great. An all inclusive, that works too. A place with easy transportation, good to go. It just needs to be readily available and low frustration. I do always like cruises because it is easy. We have a special needs son and another allergic to seafood. Food always feels like so much work on trips. Totally open to an AirBnB. We love doing it all. I would say we are not big hikers or anything super athletic. Renting a bike a few hours or walking to a waterfall, we can do. This is an excellent idea. My son's coach's family was from there and would tell us all about it!!

The time of year thing is exactly what I don't know! This thread is helping greatly. I will check out those videos. We like the beach and tropical but are not set on it. We did NYC and DC recently and loved them. I have 2 young adult boys, one autistic, so food can't be to crazy. We love exploring areas, where when we leave we could give a tour. We like a day of history and sites, shopping, a few excursions like. We like excursions that explore, tours, historical sites.... Aruba was our first vacation after our honeymoon debacle, exactly for this reason. Ty!

Love these ideas, ty! Oh, ty! Never heard of this. Thank you, I agree with you. We have been back for a day when we've had a port, but my husband just can't relax. We actually had a week booked in the Yucatan 2 summers ago and backed out. Ended up in Bermuda. Puerto Rico is on our list! We spent a day there and LOVED it. It just isn't somewhere new to us, never been.

Put these on my list to research. Ty! I am forgetting why we rule it out now too. I thought it as because my husband thought it was to hilly for me and safety reasons, but after a brief search, I'm not seeing an issue with either. I'm going to research further along with your other suggestions. It did not cross my mind for some reason to do a European cruise. My son had to do a paper on a travel destination and that is exactly what we found! We've paid more for lodging, food, and excursions in Florida! Thanks for the tip on the visas!

Mexico is a hard no for my husband. We've been to several areas, because it is so affordable. Got into "trouble" renting a car and exploring. It was horrible and we had no where to get help because it was the "police" that robbed us, after making my husband get out of the vehicle and separating us. We had no idea what was happening with the other and you can just imagine how scared we were.

It's not that we don't like Mexico itself (it's beautiful), it's that it's not safe enough for us to feel comfortable. We are leave the resort type of people. It seems like most of the all inclusives that look amazing are in locations we might not feel safe doing that. I'm going to double check all the Club Med locations though. TY!

Family of 4 adults $10,000 budget Travel from United States (midwest) 8/9 days max This is a big chance for us to maybe go somewhere we haven't, but we don't know where to start. Been on lots of cruises. Never done an all inclusive, wondering if we'd like that. Always go tropical, thinking more about visiting a new country, but don't even know where to start and if possible with this budget. MUST BE SAFE. (no Mexico, Jamaica, Dominican, etc...) Considerations right now are Costa Rica, all inclusive in St. Lucia, U.S. Virgin or British Islands, ABC island cruise. Have ruled out Greece. Dream is Rio, but flights are crazy. Any places that would be worth me researching? I just need some ideas to start. I know lots about islands, but not much else and I feel like we are missing an opportunity here to go in a different direction. We've never been beyond some islands, the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. Edited to add: We like to explore and get to know an area when we travel. So, even if it was at a resort, we'd be doing excursions 2-3 days at least.

It came to us. Here's the menu we had. I've seen it done with fun names, like Taylor Swift themed or whatever.