I haven't had a real vacation in a year and a half (a delightful weekend trip to Orlando after a week of 56 hours of overtime doesn't count--that's like, 1 day of hazy staggering around after flying nearly 5,000 miles).
I have 4 weeks to use in the next 7 months, so I'll start with this week! I'm going to drive to Fairbanks (it's always much hotter there in the summer) and spend a night here http://www.akalpinelodge.com/ and then I'm going to drive another 60 miles from there to see a place I have never seen before http://chenahotsprings.com/ and then I'm returning home to do some housework and laze about and plan how I'll burn off the other three weeks.
I can *highly* recommend both Canada and Alaska as nice places to visit in the summertime!
