kbordson 8 #1 February 17, 2008 I was thinking... if you had a few months off and wanted to tour the US, where would you go? What would be on the MUST SEE list? (now don't JUST include dropzones, although they can be on the itinerary, include other cool things that you have/wish to do or see as well.) My journey: Start in LA (including, of course a "HELLO!" to LisaH and VanillaSkyGirl.) And what good would it be to visit that close and not go to S'nore ("HI, MEL!!!!!") and the Perris Tunnel. Over to Vegas for a bit of gambling (but it's bright and gaudy so not too much). And of course a jump or two here at Vegas Extreme ("Hi Eddie!"). Then a look at some of the beautiful National Parks. (use this map to orient) - Grand Canyon, up to Yellowstone, Devils Tower (do some rock climbing), Deadwood (real gambling)/Sturgis (real bikes)/Black Hills(real beauty). Over to Wisconsin (Hi Mom) including a visit to American Players Theater for a story by the Bard in the woods of Spring Green and stop at The Safe House in Milwaukee. (click on the door to access that website) Then starts a journey south via St. Louis with Cahokia, hope over to Kansas City (why? I wish I could come up with a GREAT reason to visit KC.... but.....) and then down to Dallas, Texas to play at TacPro and MotorSport Ranch Over to New Orleans. (LOTS OF FUN TO BE HAD THERE!!) And over to Florida: Deland/ Kennedy Space Center/ ZHlls/ Epcot/ Everglades - but NO petting the crocagators!!!! (so many people to say "Hi" to in Florida.... cuz that's where all the smart ones are staying, aint that right Mike?) Journey north starts through Georgia, visiting Callaway Gardens and The Farm. Then up to Smoky Mountains and over to Ft Bragg - Raeford and the tail of the dragon and of course the new Paraclete Wind Tunnel. Continuing north to Washington DC to see the monuments and museums (esp the Smithsonian), Philadelphia (over to visit a dear friend and say "Hi, MomRaff"), New York City (the Statue, The City, The Shows, Central Park.... and Peter!!), Boston What trips would you make? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #2 February 17, 2008 Are you planning your next vacation... TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #3 February 17, 2008 Nope. just thinking "what if" Tell me where YOU would go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SarahC07 0 #4 February 17, 2008 I'd grab my closest friends and head off to Australia... I really just need to live somewhere tropical... forget America... I've seen enough of it. I really just love the beach ... but I would have a hard time living in CA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upndownshop 0 #5 February 17, 2008 Other than three of the tourist sites you have picked I have been to all of those. My time as a Mfr. Rep in this industry enabled me to drive thru the 48 states. Niagara Falls would be a place I would go again. Maine for more Lobster. Hit Tennessee in Oct, the view is beautiful in the fall. Back to the Olympic Mountains. Ole Faithful is always nice. Still enjoy driving the country. As a matter of fact I think i will drive from Tx to S Carolina when I have to head out for SkyFest. Hope you get to make some of those some tie. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #6 February 17, 2008 I took just such a trip in '95. Started in San Diego early July. San Diego, Crater Lake, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver BC, Glacier, West Yellowstone, Devil's Tower, Mt Rushmore, Frisco Co, Moab, Durango, back to Frisco, Omaha, Chicago, Saginaw Mi, Niagara Falls, Elmira NY, Gettysburg, Washington DC, tooled along east coast all the way to Florida seeing various military museums, Pensacola, El Paso, Pima AZ and back to San Diego. Arrived Christmas eve back in SD.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #7 February 17, 2008 There are only a few places I would like to go: Montana, Alaska,Wyoming, New York and Hawaii.TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #8 February 17, 2008 Quote ... Frisco Co, Moab, Durango, back to Frisco... So what was it you left in Frisco?"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #9 February 17, 2008 Long Island wine tourDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gene03 0 #10 February 17, 2008 If you come to Mad City this weekend bring a canoe or kayak. Lots of frozen drains and street flooding right now.“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #11 February 17, 2008 Quote Are you planning your next vacation... Planning mineYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
archi77 0 #12 February 17, 2008 QuoteSan Diego, Crater Lake, Portland, Seattle, Vancouver BC, Glacier, West Yellowstone, Devil's Tower, Mt Rushmore, Frisco Co, Moab, Durango, back to Frisco, Omaha, Chicago, Saginaw Mi, Niagara Falls, Elmira NY, Gettysburg, Washington DC, tooled along east coast all the way to Florida seeing various military museums, Pensacola, El Paso, Pima AZ and back to San Diego. Ok, gotta ask - why Saginaw, Michigan. There is NOTHING there. Unless you know somebody, there is nothing there to attract anyone to visit. Maybe Bay City, or Midland (Dow Chemical), but nothing in Saginaw...??? And yes, I know Saginaw - I spent the first 26 years of my life there, born and bred, until I fled for the East Coast. EDITED: Oops, forgot to reply to O.P. Being an architect, I would add Chicago for the early American architecture (Frank Lloyd Wright, Johnson, etc.)"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." Da Vinci Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jdthomas 0 #13 February 17, 2008 many of the citys you listed are major citys, why not some smaller towns along the way where history can be just as rich, easier to get to and sometimes better for the sole. having only lived in KC for the last 3 years I have seen alot that it has to offer and you can find a rich history to take in as well. The liberty memorial, steamboat arabia, great BBQ if you are a nascar fan we have the new raceway and will have a tunnel within 2 years at the shliterbahn water park. But I go back to why does it have to be KC, why not lawrence, Atchison, dodge city.. the list goes on.www.greenboxphotography.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #14 February 17, 2008 the short version of my trip will be Fly in to San Fran, December 20th, spendsome time on the west cast, Fly to Toronto, and spend some time there (and surrounds), then make our way down to NY, along the East coast to Miami, then rent a car and do I10 to LA, then down to Mexico, then onto Lima and South America The USA part will only be about 3 weeks (if that)You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #15 February 17, 2008 Why those cities? Cuz most of those that I listed, I either have family or friends. Why have fun all alone? (and yes, I know Kansas City has some nice attractions.... but it's not really known for much besides the Jazz district and being The Cowtown. I've been 10yrs) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #16 February 17, 2008 I'd make a trip down to the Liquor Store for a gallon of Vodka in a cheap plastic bottle. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #17 February 18, 2008 Hmmmph... you totally bypassed the Pacific Northwest.. In summer it is the most beautiful area of the country with some of the very best weather. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #18 February 18, 2008 I should start up there... but I don't know the area well enough to know where to go. Where would you go? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #19 February 18, 2008 Fly into Seattle Go over to Jump at Kapowsin Drive West to Aberdeen and Westport and then drive up US 101 up the Olympic Penninsula.. Go spend a day hiking into the Hoh River Valley towards the headwaters at the foot of Mt Olympus( Some of the largest trees in Olympic National Park in the world in the Hoh Valley.} Summer its sunny and gorgeous..Winter it is a rain forest.. and averages about 225" of rain per year . In summer the days in the 70's in early Mid July. Go salmon fishing out of Neah Bay, Drive over to Port Angeles and drive to the top of Hurricane ridege . Come back down and take the Black Ball Ferry across to Victoria BC and stay at the Empress Hotel on the Inner Harbor. Go see Butchart Gardens outside the city. Take a day and drive to Port Hardy on the Northern tip of Vancouver Island. Take a halibutt fishing trip out of Tofino over on the Pacific Rim National Park side or take a whale watching tour out of Uecluelt into Barkley sound. Drive back to Nanaimo and take the ferry back to Horsehoe Bay and spend a couple days in Vancouver Make a jump there in the FAraser River Valley. Get back to Seattle in time to drive over to LOST PRAIRIE with us the last week of July( you had to know that was coming. Take a day off jumping during the boogie and go see Glacier NAtional Park. Swim in the clear waters of McGregor Lake and party hardy and jump your ass off for a week. All of this is some of the best weahter and most scenic places you can not imagine till you see it for yourself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFWAJG 4 #20 February 18, 2008 QuoteI should start up there... but I don't know the area well enough to know where to go. Where would you go? I can give you an itinerary that would keep you busy in all of Oregon. I lived there for three years, Karen. Oregon is one place you want to visit. Powell's City of Books in Portland, Forest Park, All the waterfalls on the HIstoric Highway. The Japanese Gardens are the best, the rose gardens, on and on. And that's just Portland. Then there is Ashland for the Shakespeare fest with all of the B&B's and Crater Lake just north. God I miss it up there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ladydyver 0 #21 February 18, 2008 Quote I should start up there... but I don't know the area well enough to know where to go. Where would you go? well...don't forget to hit the east side of the state. we often get ignored and get lonely over here. It would be easy enough as there is only one DZ on this side of the state....I know of a place you could crashedited to add: it is enroute to that little boogie in montanaDPH # 2 "I am not sure what you are suppose to do with that, but I don't think it is suppose to flop around like that." ~Skootz~ I have a strong regard for the rules.......doc! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stitch 0 #22 February 18, 2008 Quote Quote I should start up there... but I don't know the area well enough to know where to go. Where would you go? I can give you an itinerary that would keep you busy in all of Oregon. I lived there for three years, Karen. Oregon is one place you want to visit. Powell's City of Books in Portland, Forest Park, All the waterfalls on the HIstoric Highway. The Japanese Gardens are the best, the rose gardens, on and on. And that's just Portland. Then there is Ashland for the Shakespeare fest with all of the B&B's and Crater Lake just north. God I miss it up there. You left out the world famous "Jubitz" truck stop. "No cookies for you"- GFD "I don't think I like the sound of that" ~ MB65 Don't be a "Racer Hater" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #23 February 18, 2008 Quote ... Frisco Co, Moab, Durango, back to Frisco... So what was it you left in Frisco?My brother lived in Frisco at the time and I went with him on one of his sales trips. When we were in Durango, got a call from his SO that a huge rainstorm hit and flooded their storage unit. I hopped on the bus and helped her clean up the mess while bro finished his route. Quote Ok, gotta ask - why Saginaw, Michigan. There is NOTHING there. Unless you know somebody, there is nothing there to attract anyone to visit. Maybe Bay City, or Midland (Dow Chemical), but nothing in Saginaw...??? And yes, I know Saginaw - If you know how Saginaw has nothing, try actually being just outside St. Charles. That is where I was visiting my sister. For fun, you go to Birch Run to the outlet malls. Now she lives in the metropolis of Saginaw.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DangerRoo 0 #24 February 18, 2008 oh ohoh hey if you come up here and go to jump in shelton (kapowsin air sports, call me....I can at least watch you if I dont have my licence ) then lets shoot or grab a drink!!! (I.C.D#2 VP) ""I'm good with my purple penis straw" ~sky mama Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
archi77 0 #25 February 18, 2008 Quote If you know how Saginaw has nothing, try actually being just outside St. Charles. That is where I was visiting my sister. For fun, you go to Birch Run to the outlet malls. Now she lives in the metropolis of Saginaw. Oh yeah, St. C is horrid compared to Saginasty - at least we have crime to keep us on our toes in Saginaw. My brother-in-law is from just outside St. Charles, so I know the area quite well. Birch Run had the potential to be better than it is, they just tried to do everything on the "cheap". Didn't work. Oh well, that whole area is in dire need of some major industrial revolution or something like that to help the economy...anyways, ncie to talk to someone familiar with "the hometown"..."Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return." Da Vinci Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
