Circa April 2016 my wife and I will encounter our 50th Anniversary. We are agreed that we would like to do a good job of celebrating it. We have for instance considered a cruise, however being the landlubbers that we are and not liking being in densely populated situations that is not likely a good choice. However I broached the possibility of going to some sort of SPA where we can be pampered and she seemed interest in the possibility. Now of course I am thinking of clothing optional
Since it will be April, the weather will be an issue. and my first thought was that to be warm enough we should be thinking somewhere between Florida and the south western U.S. or possibly Hawaii So to that end I thought I would ask for suggestions.
Bearing in mind that we know very little of what the weather is like in many such locations. We have 5 granddaughters in Florida but given that the mother of 4 of them is estranged from us because she is in a cult, we might only get to visit with one in the Tampa Florida, plus her brother (in poor health) and his wife are inland in the north end of the peninsula there would be some visiting possibilities there.
In south Texas we have friends in a church congregation we used to attend in the San Antonio area and over towards Brazoria, as well as I taught in north east Texas at the University of Texas at Tyler.
In the South West we have talked about visiting the Grand Canyon before. I cannot imagine that getting into California would be of any interest to us as that over urbanized madness is anathema to us.
Hawaii of course would require air or sea travel and caution would be required to keep us from being sort of stuck on the wrong Island.
I am thinking that Florida might prove to be the best of options but I do not have a lot of experience with any of the areas. On the down side of Florida there is the matter that it is a major SPRING BREAK destination and the kind of excess that entails is not something that would resonate well with our moral outlook. Plus so much stuff would probably be booked up and prices at the maximum.
So with all that being said, I would appreciate it if any of you have specific suggestions that might help us investigate our options. I suppose that perhaps I should have asked about off shore Carribean options. Our new Passports should arrive in another few weeks. I hate flying however so that is always a factor but Hawaii has that problem too but an overnight boat ride might be a viable alternative.
(All that crap at the airports is odious.)
-- I have had some unpleasant experiences with luggage destroyed by TSA when my checked baggage had my laptop power supply inside, and they cut it open after x-ray showed a solid mass with wires coming out of it, and then tried to blame in on automated luggage handling equipment even though they had put a note inside saying that they opened it.
-- On another occasion when my wife was waiting for our stuff to come through the x-ray while they took me aside for extra time to scan me and she did not realize that my back pack was missing and on its way to bomb disposal !
I suppose that another factor I should mention is that we are frugal in our approach to things but not stingy so we don't mind paying for quality but we are not spendthrifts either. I suppose I cannot say "money is no object" but I could say that especially for this occasion it is not a huge object.
The floor is now open to tell me where to go. (NO! You know what I mean !
)Bare_Truth
And the weather is often very reasonable here in April, but it can be unpredictable, especially in the high mountains. 
However, most of the mountain resorts have most of their amenities indoors.
and get exposed to the Son. 
