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summer tour

mlincolnmlincoln Member Posts: 5,039 ✭✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
This summer I'm going to take the grand tour of these United States, load up the car and go out and see this great country. I figure to be on the road for a couple months, and I plan on seeing as much as I can see.What suggestions do you have? What is in your backyard or right down the street that I need to see? I remember Pelican writing about the Alabama and how enormous it is, and I want to see that (I saw the Massachusettes years ago but I remember him saying the Alabama is bigger. Wow!). I'd love to be out in the SW late at night and see all the stars without the light pollution so prevalent back east. So give me some ideas, and thank you in advance.
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  • Gene B.Gene B. Member Posts: 892 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have to visit Texas, its much bigger.
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  • njretcopnjretcop Member Posts: 7,975
    edited November -1
    Be careful driving in Texas, you might get stopped by Dano or Nunn. -Charlie
    It's the stuff dreams are made of AngelMember: NRA, RKBA, NJSPBA, NJ area rep for the 2AMPD and the AARP. njretcop@copmail.com
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    mlincoln,I've lived all over so I can give you an idea of a few good places.First drop by my hometown of Fairhope on your way to see Pelican. Its a right pretty little town nestled on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, right beneath Daphne, and above Foley(Pelican). Next, go about 30 miles south till you get salt in your eye and sand in your hair. Gulf shores has beautiful blue water and white bitc... beaches I mean.Next take 1-10 across the bay and don't stop until you get to the flattest land you've ever seen. You should be getting close to Texas. After you cross into Texas head for Houston and when you get there go due southwest on highway 59. Keep going till you get to the land of sweetness, or we like to call it Sugarland. Once you get there call me up, I'll take ya to the range and by you a brew. After you've worn out your welcome I'll send ya pack for the Grand Canyon, San Diego, and Seattle. How'd that be?
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check out all the web sites for locations of Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, Gander Mountains, Scheels, and shotgun news for every gun shop and store on the way.....I've seen plenty in my travels, I always rip out the yellow page listings for guns from the motel room phone books and keep for future reference.
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  • concealedG36concealedG36 Member Posts: 3,566 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You wanna see prostitues, gutted and burned buildings, crack houses and crime, come see me! Detroit has a few casinos now, so you can lose your money too! Actually, Michigan has some splendid natural wonders including (of course) the Great Lakes and some beautiful forest land. But, unless you have time to burn, just pass right by the cities...G36
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  • ghotie_thumperghotie_thumper Member Posts: 1,561 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Summer before last I loaded up the wife, kids, and the Expedition. We left NorKal and headed east. We stopped at a bunch of places. We took a tent and right away bought a membership in the KOA campgrounds. Some of their sites are really bad, some are great, especially bad if you get near a major freeway with a downhill grade, the Jake brakes keep you up all night. Anyway, we made it to the devils tower, monument rock, chimney rock, Yellowstone (very cool), then across to Mt Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monuments. We then just drove south and stopped in this little out of the way place the locals called TEXAS, wasn't too impressed HA. Not having a tour guide we went to the Alamo in S A tx. It was pretty touristy but just standing in there where those men laid it all on the line was impressive. We were so close we drove over to the coast and swam in the Gulf of Mexico and bought some Mango's from an old woman on the side of the road. I stopped at a Hooters and had all the girls sign a Tshirt for my son, at 14 he was pretty happy about that. Really Txs was all right (hooters), If I'd known any of you back then I might have given fair warning of my approach. I wanted to cross into mexico but had my 40 with me and didn't want to deal with that. We left the fair state of tx and stopped by the 4 corners then made the stop at the Grand Canyon, impressive. We then crossed back into the state of Kalifornia. We stopped at Magic Mountain to get the kids back into the modern age and spent a day on the rides. We hit the mall in Sacramento for the kids school clothes and 5 hours later were home. We made a lot of stops at little places here and there but didn't really take enough time for me. The whole trip was done in a day or 2 over 2 weeks. I drove most of the way and we saved a lot by using the campgrounds. If I were to do it again I'd take at least 3 weeks to cover the same distance. With the kids though I thought it would be best to keep them busy. One thing for sure, this is one big chunk of dirt we are standing on.
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  • elmos608elmos608 Member Posts: 124 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Come here to Colorado! If you've never been it will be worth your time. Check out the four corner's area, you must see Ouray, Colorado in the winter. It's like you are in Switzerland! Also, visit the Royal Gorge but only if your not afraid of heights. And if time is available see Cresta Butte, and visit Gothic National Forrest. These are my suggestions for anyone visiting Colorado.
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  • ndbillyndbilly Member Posts: 1,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    mlincoln - Two suggestions. First, if your travels take you that way, stop and see the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base just outside of Dayton. Absolutely worth a full day. Incredible collection of aircraft.Second, if you're a pleasure reader, see if you can scrounge up a copy of a book called "Blue Highways" by William Least Heat Moon. The blue highways are the ones on the map that indicate secondary roads. He had quite an adventure on them one summer.
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ndbilly is right, as a professional tourist(no good trucker) I have seen all 48 states, Canada and Me hi coe. You gotta go to Colorado. It is the absolute most awsome state in the country.also you need to hit Utah and nothern Nevada. Texas is ok but just like the saying goes everyhing is bigger in texas, so is some of their heads! Texas is one of those states after a couple of hours it all looks the same, flat. I go to texas quite often and I get bored. One thing I like about tex is that in the southwestern part of the state the little 4 weasles scoot to the shoulder when you catch them.
    when all else fails........................
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  • REBJrREBJr Member Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have 2 suggestions in one:If'n ya haven't seen (The Great) serpent mound in southern Ohio, might be a good stop if yore comming this way, also, Ohio has (I believe 6) state park resorts. The one here is beautiful, log place sitting on top of hill, looking over state park lake and 64,000 acres of nuttin but woods( read public hunting land)rates are around $70 a night off season and $25- $40 more in summer but it includes in-room meals and champange. Just a thought, sure beats the motel grind even if you're only passing through. They're scattered all over the state, so you'll probably be close to one.BTW, no I don't work for the DNR!-Ralph
    Nothing very, very good or very, very bad lasts for very, very long.
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  • 22WRF22WRF Member Posts: 3,385
    edited November -1
    If you plan taking Pelican's advice and seeMobile come over and visit the National Naval Air Museum
    Home of the Blue AngelsProviding a home for discontinued .22 Revolvers and Pistols, Join NRA & 2nd Amendment Sisters MemberNever miss a good chance to shut up (Will Rogers)
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  • the loveable rat...the loveable rat... Member Posts: 969 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    theres lots to see:-things i liked--driving up vancouver island via ferry from san juans(worlds tallest totem in soinitula)-"omygod road" in colorado(lots of good stuff there...)-n. rim of grand canyon-lake superior in yooper.mi.-pacific volcanic mtns of oregon, wa.-chaco canyon in n.w. n.m.-maine coastline-western kansas and western nebraska and northern wyomingwhat i'd like to see--hudson bay-take the "moosehunters special" train-float the missisppi-camp the evergladesgood luck...
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  • ED PED P Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    First thing I suggest is to buy a National Parks Pass.They cost $50, but get you into every National Park for a year. They'll pay forthemselves after 3 parks. You can get them at any National park entry gate.A great place to setup a home base for a few days is Kanab, in Southern Utah. Did it this spring, as it's a central map point to a ton of National parks.Grand Canyon North rim is 2 hours drive South. Open May 15th. - Oct. 15th.Lake Powell (far prettier than lake Mead) is 2 hours South East of Kanab.- Take the boat tour and see Rainbow Bridge, the tallest standing sandstone arch in the country, inaccessible except by boat.Bryce Canyon is 2 hours North of Kanab.Zion Canyon is 1 hour West of Kanab.Monument Valley is 3 hours East. 4 corners (where the 4 states meet, is 60 mins. more East of Monument Valley)Kanab, UT itself is a beautiful place, with a State park called Coral Pink Sand Dunes. The opening desert scenes to the movie "The Cell" with Jennifer Lopez, were filmed there, I've heard.
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt,"I always rip out yellow page ads for guns".....What a rebel you are turning out to be!I may be able to put up with you yet!~Be Man Of Alcatraz~
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Dang,Rem.,that`s what I get for smartin` off to ya...misspelt my own name!!~Bee Man Of Alcatraz~
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    mlincoln: ALL the best stuff is without a doubt east of the Mississippi River.Except, as 7mm said, northern Nevada. The Ruby Mountains, covered with verdant forests and lush green meadows. Miles, hundreds of miles of sparkling clear trout streams? You like green, you'll love N. Nevada. It reminds me of the Van Horn area in Texas.Oh yeah, Idaho sucks.Clouder..
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No accounting for taste is there? I think the Van Horn area of TEX sucks, but the Davis mountians and the Big Bend area are pretty swell. There is a lot to see in NM, White Sands, Chaco Canyon, Santa Fe for that truly inflated snobbish shopping, El Malpais Nat. Mon., and El Morro nat mon., Acoma Pueblo on a sandstone mesa, and occupied continuously since the 1600's. And I will buy you a taco when you come through.
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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you're coming west, when you cross the Mississippi into Iowa set your cruise control at 65 and go to sleep for 6 hours. When you wake up in Nebraska and look around it'll be the same as what you just went through without the tourist stops.
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