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Epiphanie Bags Give-away! 

DateThursday, June 2, 2011 by AuthorMaile Wilson

Summer is here. Let's celebrate with a give-away! Tell us about (or link to) your favorite vacation in the comments and you'll be entered to win an Epiphanie Camera Bag of your choice!

Winner will be chosen at random, and announced on this post tomorrow (June 3rd) before noon.

Good luck!  

**CONGRATULATIONS ERIN DANIELLE! You are the lucky Epiphanie bag winner! Thank you to all those who entered and shared your favorite vacation stories!

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    Response: How Church Found Me on The Rock Boat
    by Lee Sullivan at Purrfectlee Purrceived Ponderings of leelee on June 2, 2011
    When we boarded The Inspiration (kinda ironic huh?) on Thursday afternoon, I had no idea what was in store for me. I expected to see good friends, hear amazing music and eat until I couldn’t breathe. I did all of those things and then some. What I didn’t expect was the ...

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I would have to say it was our honeymoon in St. Thomas 7 years ago. The weather was perfect, the flight wasn't crazy stressful, and we actually got to relax! Something that, now having two little guys, does not happen often even when we are on vacation. LOL! I wouldn't change it for the world though. It was a great vacation then and my first time somewhere tropical. Loved it! And the cheeseburgers were awesome!
June 1, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMegan Gray
My favorite vacation to date would have to be this year when my husband and I went to Colorado Springs and visited the Air Force Academy in 0 degree weather. So much fun!! I hope an Epiphanie:))
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMelody
We're not a big vacation family, but my favorite(s) were our long weekend trips to the German Alps while we were stationed overseas with hubby's military assignments!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterTara Stallings
Australia! It was the last big vacation we did before starting a family. We bought a fancy DSLR camera :) for the trip to take lots of pictures - the start of my photography obsession. Sydney was just amazing. I'd love to return someday.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commentershannon
My favourite vacation was to Hilton Head, South Carolina. It was actually a working vacation but after my 4 hours of work each day I would hop on my rented bicycle and explore as far as I could or wander the beach picking up shells. I was in awe of all that was around me. Despite the work part of it, it was the most relaxing week of my life.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commentervivienne
A weekend camping trip creek stomping and crawdad hunting with my daughter. Eating s'mores. Waking up smelling like sunshine, sweat and campfire smoke.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLisa Waszkiewicz
I've had the pleasure of visiting some wonderful countries and landmarks, from Israel to Belgium, Canada, Hawaii, San Diego, and more. They are all "favorites" for different reasons, but the vacation that stands out most significantly is my trip back "home" to New York last week. I got to spend two whole weeks with both sets of grandparents, doing absolutely nothing! We went to the park, made some incredible meals, played cards, ate sunflower seeds, took walks, ate watermelon, and reminisced. They made me forget about my "real life" of grad school, interning, and work for a couple of weeks, and I was there as a support and a shoulder for whatever ailed them. Overall - a fabulous way to start summer :o)
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLena
We aren't a big vacation family, we don't have the money to take our big family out on vacation...but my most favorite vacation is always going home to Buffalo. Seeing family, taking in the familiar sights, streets, food and fun that I grew up with. It always eases the ever-lasting ache of homesickness living far from where I grew up.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSarah
Going to Vancouver Island with my husband last year - so awesome!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterHeather M.
My favourite vacation spot is Tofino, British Columbia, Canada ... summer, fall, winter, spring - no time is a bad time for a trip to the westcoast. The beaches are long and wide ~ perfect for day long beach walks, exploring with camera in hand. Tofino (and its beaches) offer a chance to reconnect with nature ~ the wind, the rain, the sun, the waves, and especially the tides ... an intense way to get grounded and totally blissed out.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterallison mcd
Mine was my last trip to England with my husband. We visit there every couple of years for both work and play, and our last visit was three weeks long. London has become a home away from home for us now, so that trip was amazing. We stayed in Bloomsbury and went to all our favorite haunts, but also took many day trips, both together and separately, to places we'd never been. I love the feeling of being a traveller and an observer, rather than a tourist just passing quickly through a place. That's exactly how I felt on that trip.

Thanks for hosting this fantastic giveaway!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterGigi
Greece - islands, particularly. Anytime.
Great food, warm sea, white buildings against blue sky. Nice, funny people, Simple, happy lifestyle.

to me: synonym for "Relax"
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRomy
My favorite trip was to Chicago for a Tori Amos concert. Just amazing!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNichole
My favorite vacation is always Disneyland with the family. We always have such a good time :)
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMandy
My favorite trip was either our honeymoon to England 5 years ago, or the now annual family vacation we take to Galveston, TX. It won't be as relaxing with all 3 kiddos this year but I can't wait!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLiz
Well, I thought I was going to drown on this vacation. It was my very first time going to Hawaii and my first time snorkeling. I never thought snorkeling in the ocean could be so overwhelming. Between trying to swim, navigate through the waters and breathe through a tube fearing a bug will fly into it, I figured I should turn around before I drown in the wonderful blue water. HA HA It was actually pretty hilarious after I was back on land. I have to say that was my favorite vacation because I will never forget that experience and laughing with my Mom over some dinner at a restaurant off the beach made up for it all.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterCia
My favorite vacation? Probably the ones spent at my grandparent's Farm in the central valley. They've lived there for as long as I can remember, and there is nothing better than spending time there, sitting by the pool, eating grapes that they grew, and chatting with friends and family.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commenteramanda
Thanksgiving 2007 was my partner Jennifer and I's very first vacation together. We stole away with our good friends to Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. I can sum it up with one word, delightful.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAmanda
Toronto for a weekend with my kids, and seeing the Harry Potter exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLee-Ann
My favorite vacation is our yearly family camping trip. I love being in the mountains with the fresh air and the warm lake. Pretty close to heaven in my book!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Johnson
Well, I recognize that pretty lady! And what a great opportunity! Those bags are gorgeous!

I would have to say my favorite vacation is, still, the first time my (then) boyfriend and I went to Maui. It was my first time to go snorkeling (and I was hooked) and the first time I smelled the scent of plumeria trees. It was heaven. We loved it so much we went back for our honeymoon years later.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle P
My favorite vacation spot would have to be japan. not exactly tokyo, but the villages outside of the city.
It's so relaxing there and the people are so friendly. The food is also great.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterIsabelle
my favourite vacation is our yearly trip to Europe each year. i grew up in London and moved to Vancouver about 9 years ago to be with my now husband. all my side of the family live in London and we visit each year followed by a trip to Vallauris in France to stay at our small and beautiful family home with my parents. both my kids love it and they get to spend time with their other set of grandparents and we get to see some sunshine and get to eat scrumptious food. win, win. x
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterTamar
My favorite vacation is Maui with my family.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterTeresa
Favorite vacation to date has to be 2008 trip to Cancun with my boyfriend. We had such a great time and saw so many new things together.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLarissa
Best vacation was our one year anniversary trip to Savannah, GA. My husband went to college there, and I had been wanting to go for ages. Savannah is so unique: incredible architecture, plenty of hospitality, and tons of artsy quirkiness that her genteel urban sister (I'm looking at YOU, Charleston) will never have.

Love the giveaway... hoping I can snag a bag!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commenteryzzilyzzid
A vacation to Europe that my husband and I took 4 years ago. It was such an adventure!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterStacy
Two weeks spent in Scotland and England. It's one I would like to do again!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterSiobhan Wolf
Our Italian honeymoon was my favorite vacation ever! Touring wineries in Tuscany, eating the most amazing food and just escaping to a new place. Pure joy!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commentertracy
oh ...jamaica, jamaica, jamaica...has my heart. nothing better than the rock house hotel in negril, jamaica. 5 year anniversary, no children yet, just him and i and that place. magic, total magic.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterstefanie renee
favourite vacations are those spent with loved ones, no matter where, really!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commentergis
In February, my partner & I went on our first 7-day cruise to the Eastern Caribbean. It couldn't have been more perfect & we're dying to book another cruise sooner than later!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterCristal
Hands down, Cabo San Lucas with my hubby and 4 other couples! We had a blast...day drinking, swimming in the warm ocean, going to night clubs, being away from everyday life! It was AWESOME! I would so LOVE LOVE LOVE to win one of these bags! Yes, I am drooling at the thought of walking around town with such a stylish bag with my camera in tote! Thanks for the chance!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterjamiesolorio
Years ago a friend and I took a last minute getaway to the Bahamas. It was a great trip!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLisa
Coastal North Carolina!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJess
It would have to be last year's holiday, without doubt! We didn't even travel out of the country, but went to visit friends who live on a farm - adults AND children all had the greatest time ever! Pics: http://bit.ly/lrZ5pP
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterPetchy
My favorite vacation was a road trip several years back with both of my parents. In the years since, my Dad passed away and I married my Marine (and moved across the country from all of my family). Mom, Dad, and I got in the car in Louisiana and drove North toward Canada. We stayed in a different hotel every night and drove over 5,000 miles. We saw Niagara Falls, Quebec, Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia, New York City, Washington DC, and everything in between. It was such an amazing trip and I am so thankful for the memories we made.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLynda
The best vacation I have ever been on was to London, six years ago. I had dreamed about going to England for my entire life, so every day was magical!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterDebra
My husband was a sportsman (he has now retired). I remember when one day he came home after a grueling season and advised that we needed a vacation. I laughed at him and sarcastically said where to, naming the town his parents live, which to me is never a vacation.

He said no Fiji. I was beside myself, we got on the phone and rang the airlines, then organized accommodation and flew out the next morning with our children. We had a couple of his team mates over that evening for dinner, they saw our packed bags and asked what we were doing, we told them and the next minute they were booking to come along. Two days later there were 4 families sitting by the pool in Fiji. It was not about the planning it was about the dropping everything and just going, total disorganised chaos. But we made memories that will last us a lifetime.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterTracy Little
My favorite vacation would have to be the one I took to my senior year of college to visit my (now) husband in Taiwan, where he was studying. It was the first trip I took alone and to another country. The flight was long, but totally worth it. I had so much fun exploring, sightseeing, and practicing the little bit of Chinese I had learned. We even got to go to Orchid Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid_Island), which is one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen, and so full of culture! But of course, the best part was spending the time with him. Definitely the best vacation I've had yet!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterLaura
Hmmmm....Paris in the springtime.
I looooved it. It was 4 days (although unfortunately with an ex-boyfriend) and I found it to be such a beautiful city! So magical and amazing to see things I'd only ever read about or seen on television.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMelanieMH
My favorite vacation destination would have to be Maui. So much to do there but I prefer to lay on the beach, read a good book and listen to the sound of the wave crashing against the shore. So beautiful!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterShelly
My favorite vacation is on a cruise boat. I will cruise just about anywhere but more often then not we find ourselves in Cabo San Lucas. Warm and beutiful. Our favorite cruise line is Carnival. I would love to be toting a epihanie bag with my nikon in it next time around. I also love yosemite, backpacking, but it is not a lazy vacation at all.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMichele
Hawaii!!! by far - went with my family years ago and would love to go back w/the hubs and my own children!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRobin
My favourite holiday was in South Korea last year because it was probably the most spontaneous holiday I've ever booked. It was high summer, ridiculously hot and humid (especially compared to Finland), I had a huge back pack (that was falling to pieces after those two weeks) and yet it was the best holiday of my life! Perhaps that was just my frame of mind, nothing could ruin my holiday.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterGali
My favorite vacation was to Puerto Rico. My hubby had been working there on and off for a few months . . . so he knew all the best places to see (not to mention the best spots to eat!). We had a blast and would like to move there one day. :)

What an awesome giveaway! thanks for the opportunity!!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterMichelle Sheldon
My favorite vacation was to Aruba and Curacao in 2008, after a very hectic year, where I lost my father in-law, this was heaven on earth, where we could relax, and reflect on his life, with my husband, who lost his dad... a vacation I will never forget...

Join me in the memory: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26687796@N00/2218435802/in/photostream
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterChantal
My favorite vacation is the one where I met my husband-to-be. I was supposed to go to Turkey with my dear friend but flights were crazy expensive so instead we booked a stateside spa getaway in the desert.
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commentertara
My favorite vacation is Disneyland. I can't wait til my kids are old enough to go!
June 2, 2011 | Unregistered Commentersara
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