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comin to america.....soon

mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
edited September 2006 in General Discussion
So, all clear & time to party, upto 3 months out,(feb-may)your place is gonna be facinating...all the european ideas, made badly,folk who only seen corn fields & bad movies, & dam ugly cars..so where shud i start, thinking of cal to east coast,via a few banjo playing states.(testing out ya gals). ideas folks!![:D]
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mond the first thing you have to grasp, and many Brits do not, is the size of this place. The state I live in is larger than England from the Lizard Point to Hadrian's Wall. I drove from Glastonbury to N. Yorkshire in a day and was told that is a two day trip. I do 1000 miles + in a day here. That gets you one third of the way across the country. What are you interested in? Give us some themes to work with, places you would like to see, interests you have, something to go on. How are you traveling when you get here?
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  • mowartmowart Member Posts: 1,392 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Start with Bunker Hill in Boston and Concord, MA. Then go to Yorktown, VA, followed by Cowpens, NC and Francis Marion Swamp in SC. Follow this by going to New Orleans on the Gulf coast. British have been to all these places before.

    i would then drive through TX, NM, AZ and into CA.

    BTW, VA is the size of England. Texas is larger than France.
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  • texdottexdot Member Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Careful where you talk too,yall sound funny.
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    well lets see..i done china ,india,all the med,north africa,all europe, scandinavia & bits...so im not looking for anything inperticular...just the good ol' country, driving around,by truck & bike! stopping here & there,B&B's motels, church doorways..
    the good the bad & sure i'll see the ugly!![8D]

    i like to see places & absorb the area, no rush..i drive to italy & back ,thru switzerland & the alps,thats a 3000 mile round trip, now & again..no probs, no rush like i say.
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you come through Indiana, let me know. There are corn fields surrounded by cornfields here.
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mond if you need help with translations from Texican to English, just let me know.

    yall = you British foreigners.
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by He Dog
    Mond if you need help with translations from Texican to English, just let me know.

    yall = you British foreigners.

    [:D][:D]
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Feb to May is, as you know, Winter to spring. Start South and end North. Going left coast to east coast is sort of backwards historically speaking, but workable. Most of the National parks are in the West and they contain some of the most beautiful country/interesting sites in the US. Black Hills are worth a look, Great Smoky Mtns. Grand Canyon, Yosemite all are worth seeing. Saguaro Natl. Monument, Chaco Canyon, St. Louis Zoo. New York City, less civilized than London, but not as pretty, is a must see, with some outstanding Art Museums and tattoo parlors.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    MOND;
    If you come all the way down here, to Florida, Stay away from anything "DISNEY"!!! Those people will suck the life(and money)right out of you.
    If you do make it to Soutl Florida, look me up. You need to see the Everglades, so when you see the desert South West/ Grand Canyon, you'll have seen "it all" pretty much.
    At any rate,the "glades" will be unbelievable.Especaily by "Airboat"[:D]

    Jeff
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Give me a hollar if ya come through Kansas, we'll figure something out!
    If you really desire something, you'll find a way ?
    ? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
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  • spryorspryor Member Posts: 9,155
    edited November -1
    At that time of year, with three months to kill: I'd start in the
    SouthWest and run a zig-zag pattern eastward.
    Find a good mapping program and mark the spots you'd like to see
    along the way to various points.
    Most good mapping programs will let you sort the route you want to
    take, based on "most scenic", "fastest", etc., and tell of any
    attractions along the way.
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  • iceracerxiceracerx Member Posts: 8,860 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Our Beer is Pisz - If I were you I'd stay home and drink a Bit o' Heavy

    If you insist on crossing the pond anyway, if you bring me a bottle of Welsh Single Malt Whiskey, I'll take you shooting, all on me.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We ran the English off once, we can do it again. Don
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    Visit Texas. It has as wide a variety of scenery and countrysides as the whole rest of the country, and it's bigger than your whole country.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell, nunn, Texas is bigger than any country in Europe west of Russia.

    Mond, if your travels should take you into the upper right corner toward the end of your trip (February is winter, March is late winter and April is end of winter), let me know. There are some beautiful places in upper New England.
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  • CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    We ran the English off once, we can do it again. Don


    I take it he's not getting a tour of your farm?
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,040 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cubslovers
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    We ran the English off once, we can do it again. Don


    I take it he's not getting a tour of your farm?


    He is welcome here. One of my grandaughters is Half English. Gota be nice to the Mudderland. Don
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mond
    comin to america.....soon


    Glad you're coming Mond! Hope you have a good time, but just so you'll know, we spell America with a capital A.[;)]
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'd stay well east of the Mississippi, that's where everything important is.

    Clouder..
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  • jcook01jcook01 Member Posts: 154 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Black Hills in South Dakota
    Yosemite Park in California
    Royal Gorge in Colorado
    Pikes Peak in Colorado
    Garden of the Gods in Colorado
    Yellowstone Park in Wyoming
    Grand Canyon

    If you want to see Cities San Francisco is a hoot, New York City, Washington DC monuments and the Smithsonian Institue, Baltimore Inner Harbour, Annapolis

    As others have said this country has lots to offer but its spread out over thousands of miles...
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  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    quote:whiteclouder:

    I'd stay well east of the Mississippi, that's where everything important is.

    Clouder..

    LOL .... yeah.

    California is the size of England or Japan and we've got a few things to see in the West.[:D]
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  • spryorspryor Member Posts: 9,155
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by whiteclouder
    I'd stay well east of the Mississippi, that's where everything important is.

    Clouder..


    I beg to differ.[B)][8D]
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by jcook01
    Black Hills in South Dakota
    Yosemite Park in California
    Royal Gorge in Colorado
    Pikes Peak in Colorado
    Garden of the Gods in Colorado
    Yellowstone Park in Wyoming
    Grand Canyon



    Those are all closed for maintenance.

    Clouder..
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by whiteclouder
    quote:Originally posted by jcook01
    Black Hills in South Dakota
    Yosemite Park in California
    Royal Gorge in Colorado
    Pikes Peak in Colorado
    Garden of the Gods in Colorado
    Yellowstone Park in Wyoming
    Grand Canyon



    Those are all closed for maintenance.

    Clouder..

    Yep, I've seen them and erosion seems to be a major problem for some of them, particularly that Grand Canyon thing.
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • matwormatwor Member Posts: 20,594
    edited November -1
    3 posts HeDog, and not one mention of Wannemachers!![:0][:0][B)][B)] Maybe because he won't be able to buy anything. Anyway mond, there are usually a few (as little as 2-3, as many as 6-8) of us GB'ers that make the Tulsa Oklahoma gunshow (aka, Wannemacher) in April. Would be great to meet "mond from across the pond".!! Seriously though, let us know when and where, I'm sure there are a few here who would buy ya a cup o' joe, or a burger.
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  • whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dlrjj
    quote:Originally posted by whiteclouder
    quote:Originally posted by jcook01
    Black Hills in South Dakota
    Yosemite Park in California
    Royal Gorge in Colorado
    Pikes Peak in Colorado
    Garden of the Gods in Colorado
    Yellowstone Park in Wyoming
    Grand Canyon




    Those are all closed for maintenance.

    Clouder..

    Yep, I've seen them and erosion seems to be a major problem for some of them, particularly that Grand Canyon thing.


    Ya know, I thought the same thing, but I wasn't sure. Maybe global warming is doin' it.

    Clouder..
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  • Dean CascioDean Cascio Member Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When you make it to Southern Cal. email me.
    Dean
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by kimberkid

    Give me a hollar if ya come through Kansas, we'll figure something out!







    oh sure....[:D][:D]kansas in feb...tons to see there


    come to Washington in January last of the duck hunting..we grow pheasants too...and if you ski we got a bit of that...up river the bald eagles gather to mate and feed on spawned out salmon...swans are still in the fields....
    then head to califorina and meet the folks...after that...youll be ready to go home
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  • mondmond Member Posts: 6,458
    edited November -1
    wow guys, nice to know...just thinkin' the time of years maybe out, what says from May on-
    Dont want no big freeze or chills...no.no.no, weather gotta be fair..[:)]
    Here we go ,put a dot on the map! i'll work the rest out..[;)]states_imgmap.gif
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  • scottm21166scottm21166 Member Posts: 20,723
    edited November -1
    Far, we've been traveling far
    Without a home, but not without a star
    Free, only want to be free
    We huddle close and hang on to that dream

    On the boats and on the planes
    They're coming to America
    Never looking back again
    They're coming to America

    Home, don't it seem so far away
    Oh, we're traveling light today
    In the eye of the storm
    In the eye of the storm

    Home, it's a new and shining place
    Make our bed and we'll say our grace
    Freedom's light burning warm
    Freedom's light burning warm

    Everywhere around the world
    They're coming to America
    Every time that flag's unfurled
    They're coming to America
    They're coming to America

    Got a dream to take them there
    They're coming to America
    Got a dream, they come to share
    They're coming to America

    They're coming to America
    They're coming to America
    They're coming to America
    They're coming to America

    Today, Today, Today.
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  • Glock23ExpertGlock23Expert Member Posts: 1,031 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by mowart
    Start with Bunker Hill in Boston and Concord, MA. Then go to Yorktown, VA, followed by Cowpens, NC and Francis Marion Swamp in SC. Follow this by going to New Orleans on the Gulf coast. British have been to all these places before.

    i would then drive through TX, NM, AZ and into CA.

    BTW, VA is the size of England. Texas is larger than France.

    Cowpens is in SC, near Gaffney, on the I-85 corridor between Charlotte and Spartanburg, SC.
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  • dlrjjdlrjj Member Posts: 5,529 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    America/Neil Diamond[:)]
    Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance is an art form.
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  • elect1mikeelect1mike Member Posts: 4,585 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    mond if you come to Illinois just make sure you drive on the right and not the left LOL leave the left to the folks in Chicago they are required to be on the left by king richie.
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