Its that time of year when I start daydreaming of the perfect summer
vacation. More often than not, I generate a list of things I want to
do, then end up sitting on my widening ass at a friend's house,
watching it rain, feeling like something important is slipping by. I
want this year to be different.

So far, my wishlist has some real cherries:
--Fly to northern Italy, buy a BMW motorcycle and spend the summer
driving the twisties in the Alps. Then ship the bike to HK for winter
use.
--Fly to Sweden, spend the summer alterating between my tent, Roger's
couch and Vaughan's spare room.
--Visit my family in the PacNW for a week, then rent a camper and
drive with SWMBO up the Canadian Rockies toward Alaska, fishing and
camping as we go.

So far, option 3 has a real draw since its the only one SWMBO would
come with me, but I realize that a 6-week vacation doesn't leave much
time to fish and cover road miles, so its probably not feasible to
drive all the way to Alaska. So that gets me wondering; where would be
a good region to 'aim for', and end up spending a lot of time
exploring and fishing?

I don't like big destination regions; I was pretty turned off by the
hordes at the San Juan, and I have no interest in hitting well-known
venues. I'd rather find a scenic fishable region and just poke around
on foot, doing day hikes and car camping along.

Anyone know of any places I could dream of aiming for?

--riverman