Hi Pamila! I appreciate your suggestions, and didnt take any thing "weirdly"...not the right word, but not sure what else would fit.... We could go someplace else, and I would love to ....soemthing like the cabin set up you talked about in your area sounds wonderful, if we can leave S at grandparents! H is really "stuck" on this place, so I havent pushed him a lot about others, but it might be a possiblity. Durango is a really neat place, we were there several years ago, so that might be a possibility. I've heard San Antonio is great but never been there, H might consider that.... Frankly I'd be about happy to go anywhere, I feel like part of the problem is that he feels like he's "just waiting to die" and getting him to take a couple of short vacations anywhere during the year to do something he enjoys would be a big positive. If I can manage to get him convinced to do something in the fall, I'm going to try for a ski trip later....we havent done that since way before S was born. I've been thinking that even doing a couple of nights of backcountry camping would be fun in the fall....we'd have to pack in & out though, so I have to really get with the exercise program (have to any way to ski)....I just feel like it's important to help get something into his life he enjoys for him to look forward to (and that includes yours truely, of course!) Hmmmmmmm.....Keeping the steaks on the grill, I guess!