Looking for ideas for the summer, we plan on leaving the kids by the parents for 2-3 nights and going somewhere alone.
Looking for somewhere within driving distance from NYC with 'driving distance' defined as anywhere it takes less than a day to get to (6-7 hour drive).
If you are an outdoorsey type, we went to the Equinox Resort in lower Vermont (less than 4 hour drive from Staten Island) and had a great time. they have a nice (and usually empty in summer) indoor pool, golf, outlet shopping and amusement park with alpine slides nearby, tennis on premises, and a huge nature preserve with lots of beautiful hikes. hotel had great service and was very nice, but apparently as an old old hotel some rooms are hit or miss, and even haunted...
here's my review of hotel
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g57312-d100078-r180258932-The_Equinox_Golf_Resort_Spa-Manchester_Vermont.html#REVIEWSwe brought a small toaster oven and a foreman grill and the rooms have fridges (no real kosher options nearby, but u pass albany on the way). Meant to note, this is an SPG cat 5 property (12k points). as a gold member asked and got upgraded to a deluxe 2 queen with a great view of mountains/forest.