Let me mention how much I hate the term “staycation.” I think it's supposed to make people feel better about staying at home instead of jetting off on fabulous trips, but it doesn't invoke that at all. A staycation is really just, “taking the day off.” That's not cool at all.
OCRACOKE, N.C.: It was just a few miles off the No. 1 beach in America that the pirate Blackbeard sailed his Adventure into battle against Lt. Robert Maynard's British Navy sloop Ranger in 1718.
Call them haycations: It's a chance to spend a night or two on a working farm or ranch and enjoy the comforts of an inn or guest home while you learn about your hosts' approach to agriculture.