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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm trying to broaden my family's vacations/experience by doing something other than tropical islands and major cities.

DW and I are considering a national park vacation but we don't really LOVE the outdoors. We've been camping a couple of times and it's been fine but not incredible.

Are we just not an outdoors family or will the right experience change our perspective. What's a good destination that will wow us or get us hooked?

For reference,  we've hiked the Shenandoah and Smoky Mountains.  DW and I have visited Iceland.  We've enjoyed,  but not life changing and I don't want to commit resources to "fine".[/quote]

Why did you not like Iceland? What activities did you do while there? Was it a "point and shoot vacation" where you drive to a site see a view snap a picture move to next?

I think most people who enjoy nature vacations enjoy the scenery, but also like physically active vacations. I love national park vacations because we get out and hike to see incredible views you can't see from the side of the road. I like the physical challenge of hiking and moving. I love ski vacation because I am physically moving and working on a skill.

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We enjoyed Iceland a lot. We did a walking tour of Reykjavik, visited some of their museums,  ate good food, watched their NYE fireworks, toured the parks/waterfalls, etc, glacier tour, rode snowmobiles, searched for northern lights. We loved all the Reykjavik activities and enjoyed riding snowmobiles. The nature tours just didn't really move us but that may have been the point and shoot aspect of it[/quote]

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