FQ: Ultimate Summer Vacation Edition

SUMMER is a time to escape the realities of the rest of the year.
ROUTE 1 posted the following FRIDAY QUESTION to readers this week:
"What would be your ultimate summer vacation?"
SASKIA M. -- The location is almost irrelevant if I have the following: clean environment + warm sunny weather + water + cold beverages + Internet access.
SANDYE V. -- Easy. Having the whole summer off, like when we were kids, with plenty of time to swim, ride bikes, picnic, sit in the shade and read, garden and play with puppets.
BRIAN C. -- One that never ended.
RICK T. -- Able to drive all over the US, all expenses paid. All I need to do is drive. Stop when I want, sightsee when I want. Motels and fuel all paid for too. The US is pretty, just got to get out there and see.
BEKAH P. -- Italy. But then again, that's my ultimate vacation any time of the year...
INGER H. -- I would love to spend six weeks or so renting houses in different parts of a country. For example, France: two weeks in the Dordogne, two weeks in Provence, and two weeks up in Brittany. It would give you such a great opportunity to get to know each place, and get a feel for what its like to live there....
STEVE M. -- Backpacking around Greece. This includes hopping from island to island. sleeping on the roofs of churches like Patrick Leigh Fermor did when he was writing Mani and Roumeli.
JOHN S. -- Drive the country in an RV to see every MLB team.
ANNIKA H. -- Not that hot of weather and no rain.
MIKE D. -- A fishing trip with my brothers to a remote resort on a Canadian lake. When I return, I'll take my wife and kids to Hawaii.
CLINT A. -- To paddle the Kongakut River from the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean. That would be sweet!
KERI M. -- Not working all summer.
ERIK H. -- It would be fun to have tickets to all the matches at one venue at a World Cup and be able to see various teams in the opening rounds and a couple matches in the knockout stages.