re: Your top three vacations you have taken

At 10 I planned the family vacation from Weekly Reader. For some reason I've never understood my father bit off on it. I suspect my mother had a lot to do with that.

Vicksburg. Cannons. Cool.

Charleston. Antebellum homes my mother wanted to see. Not on my itinerary, but broke up a long drive.

Monticello.

DC. Mostly the Smithsonians and all the famous memorials.

Philadelphia. Liberty Bell, Independence Hall.

NYC. Empire State building, Statue of Liberty.

Montreal, Expo 67 World's Fair.

The most offbeat destination: Fort Henry, Canada. David the Goat mascot. Changing of the guard similar to Buckingham Palace.

Niagara Falls. First real exposure to political nonsense. Alexei Kosygin (Russian premier) was visiting for the day and the place shut down while he was there. Thousands of tourists waited in the parking lot to get in. On TV that night the local news talked about the thousands who had gathered to see Kosygin. Umm... no.

Still not sure how I pulled this off. There will never be another like it.

ETA: Oops, forgot Monticello.