What are good summer vacation ideas for the July 4th weekend?|140746

Planning to take an extra 2 days for the long weekend and would love to know some tips for a great summer holiday anywhere in the U.S.

San Diego has one of the best 4th of July celebrations in the country; I would not want to be anywhere else for that holiday. Pacific Beach and Mission Beach areas just go off for the whole week leading up to the 4th. About 250,000-300,000 people go to the beach or along Mission Bay and celebrate the 4th. And since SD allows alcohol on the sand, the only place in CA that does, it is one huge and wild party. Some parts of the beach are filled with people standing shoulder to shoulder b/c it_s get so crowded in some spots, but many spots there is plenty of room to lay out and enjoy the beach if you don_t want to be near the madness. And there are several fireworks shows too; one over the ocean, one over the bay, and one over downtown. SeaWorld also puts on fireworks every night of the week in summer and puts on a pretty good 4th of July show. There are just so many parties and people in SD for the 4th it_s so much fun.

Camping along Maines Coast in the summer is great or on one of the lakes. Our state parks are awesome. Check out Acadia National Park. You would fly into Bangor Airport.

I_m doing the same thing, will be staying in San Francisco from Wed to Sun.

NYC and Washinton DC are always special for the 4th of July. Great cities to visit and have the best fireworks shows.

go to Colorado Travelocity has really cheap tickets atm
or go to yellowstone NP.
Memphis has a really good fireworks show.