VB is doing a Polar Plunge next weekend. Benefits some charity or other. A quick dash into the atlantic, and then back out. If I don't have to be in the office, I'm going.
I've always wanted to go watch one of those things. No one could pay me enough to participate, though :)
VB is not exactly a "destination" place in the middle of winter, though. We are planning, or at least we've talked about planning, to spend some time there this spring. How far are you from there?