From a weekend family getaway to a once-in-a-lifetime journey, summer is THE travel season. And there’s often one more unifying theme within summer travel: a gravitation towards water.

In this issue of Escapes. Travel. Adventure. we’re breaking down how this dreamy summer standard becomes reality. From a weekend jaunt to Las Vegas to take a dip in some of the most amazing pools in the country to finding yourselves slapping fins with a dolphin while diving in the Red Sea, break from your routine. And if the heat isn’t your thing, you can have all the water you want at ... a ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere.

So enjoy the surf, sand and sun (or slopes).