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I have been working hard all year. You know what that means, it's time for a summer vacation! This puzzle will tell you where I am heading!There are three puzzle sets, with 9 clues each. Each set has a pattern that is revealed through the answers(first letters). You will need to complete the pattern by filling in the 3 missing clues. These three clues will reveal where I am going on vacation.

Homophones pairs

Bob had to put up the umbrella to protect himself from the sun's bright beams.
Have you met the guy that delivers our letters and packages?
While my sedan was in the shop I had to borrow a dealership car, because I don’t have any friends to carpool with.
I do not know if it will be sunny or if it will be cloudy.
When you mix dough, don’t use your patella like Alice did.
I had to walk slowly in the water because I was getting heavily waterlogged.
I have a strange feeling about a North American lake.
Bankers verify the validity of every paper transaction a drawer makes.
???
Bob pedaled his bike on the street.

What is the Right Word™?

Right Words™, Wrong Words™
EIGHT,TWELVE
SANDY,DIRTY
FLOAT,DESCEND
GONE,STAY
HELLO,GOODBYE
RANKING,CATEGORIZE
VOWEL,CONSONANT
FORGE,ESTABLISH
NOTION,CONCEPT
???, ???

Anagram Pairs

Bob couldn’t understand how the _____ was able to _____ out of its    cage.
There is an Irish ______ that lives on my ______.
Some Native Americans would call a(n) _____ their modest  _____.

Find the set of objects referenced in these sentences and the one that is missing.

Bob: Oh Alice, are you Canadian?Alice: Why do you ask?Bob: I just heard you say “Eh”!
May Veronica eat my jicama slaw now?
We still don’t want to leave a stone unturned, nor that rock.

Here are 4 sets of 4 words. Each set of words fit a certain criteria. Each set will give 2-3 letters that create the combining word.Combining Word: Rearranged Marine Animals

Beg, Germ, Me, Slog
Inn, Medic, Temper, Valid
Mode, Real, War, Who
???, ???, ???, ???

So, where am I spending my summer vacation?
Hint #1

Beastly Gerbil · Accepted Answer

You are spending your holiday

The first letters of the title say

Homophone pairs:

The pattern:

So word for nine is

Right word

These first letters of the new words

Wordplay
user70451 found 1 and 3, I found 4 and 5 and oAlt found 2, 6-9.
Go check out their answers for explanations and consider leaving an upvote! I won't be explaining the solutions here, just including the answer so all the answers are in one place. Hopefully this will make it easier to find the patterns.
Anagram pairs:

Missing objects:

Combining word:

The pattern for the third is

So the word is

Therefore, the overall answer is

Mohirl · Answer

Possible starting point for the Right/Wrong words:

There are quite a number of possibilities for each though, except for

Given that the OPs comment below hints that this is special, perhaps it's that

Taking a stab at the others anyway:

Giving us the letters:

Which seems of no help whatsoever

user70451 · Answer

The first part of the third set also includes:

EDIT 1:
And a stab in the dark (ignoring, for example, the sequences of letters derived from each set of clues):

Whence we find the place where you are spending your vacation:

EDIT 2:
It seems we've found the answer but not the solution. Following mohirl's investigation into Right Words:

Or, alternatively unsatisfactory, we get a partial answer by noting:

I have not got any traction on the letter sequences, although the third one is:

EDIT 3:
The answer to the third pattern is

EDIT 4:
A Right Word is a word that

which have already been enumerated in Beastly Gerbil's answer.

oAlt · Answer

For the last set,

About the yet unsolved, I have completely no idea.

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So, where am I spending my summer vacation?

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