January 26, 2014

Travel Thread [Y-not]
— Open Blogger

This thread sponsored by your TSA.

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“It’s not just a job, it’s an adventure!”

What are the best ways to hop a moving railcar without spilling your Val-U-Rite? Which YMCAs have the comfiest cots? Which South of the Border clinics are best for infections “south of the border”? These and other pressing questions may – or may not – be addressed in future posts.

To get us started, I thought it might be fun to have the morons and moronettes share their recommended itinerary for a weekend visit to their hometown. If you were trying to impress someone visiting for a couple of days, where would you take him? And when would you recommend he visit your area?

Below the jump I present mine for my current home, Utah. (I tried not to cheat too much although it would require long days and a lot of driving.)
I think Utah is at its best in the Fall, after the heat of summer has passed but before the skiers have arrived. (Of course, if youÂ’re a film buff, you should visit in January when the Sundance Film Festival takes place and hit the slopes between movie screenings.) The scenery here is beautiful and varied. We have canyons, deserts, lakes (plenty of fresh water in addition to the famous Great Salt Lake), and scores of mountains with fascinating rock formations, fossils, flora and fauna.

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My weekend itinerary would be divided between the northerly Wasatch range area and the canyonlands of southern Utah. Assuming the visitor flew into SLC, weÂ’d start off hitting the ski resort SnowbirdÂ’s Oktoberfest, which oddly enough runs from August to October. Utah has some excellent breweries, so this is a good way to hit a bunch of them. (Speaking of which, I tried Epic Brewing CompanyÂ’s Big Bad Bishop Imperial Stout yesterday and it was amazing. Highly recommend!)

WeÂ’d then proceed to Park City, which is an upscale ski town that offers plenty to do year-round. WeÂ’d stop for drinks at the St. Regis Bar outside of town proper, but stay at the Sky Lodge on Main Street to be near the shops, restaurants, bars and clubs. (Sky Lodge is pricey but the St. Regis is astronomically expensive.)

On our way to southern Utah, weÂ’d take in part of the Nebo Loop Road, which affords spectacular views during autumn and plenty of places to park for short hikes, picnics, and picture-taking. As you know, Utah is home to many national parks (Uncle Sam owns 57% of our state, the bastids) including Zion National Park. Fall is a better time to visit to avoid crowds. WeÂ’d stay at the East Gate of the park at the Zion Mountain Ranch and enjoy their on-site restaurant.

Or for something a bit closer to Salt Lake City, we could go to the more rustic (and less crowded) Capitol Reef National Park. Lots of fascinating rock formations there (including old lava fields) as well as fossils and petroglyphs.

Of course, IÂ’m skipping lots to do, such as fly fishing in the Provo River (about 15 minutes from Casa Y-not), visiting Temple Square (and catching a practice of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir), or hitting our quite passable performing arts scene. But, to me, Utah is more about the mountains and canyons, so thatÂ’s where IÂ’d focus my efforts.

Finally, since we no longer have an excuse to post pictures of cheerleaders for the next seven or eight months, hereÂ’s something for the morons: Quantas stewardesses unhappy with sexy new uniforms modeled by Miranda Kerr last month. Miranda Kerr is apparently some hottie from Australia. SheÂ’s also very patriotic. (Notice they cut off her elbows in that picture.)

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Oh, and for the moronettes, hereÂ’s Clint EastwoodÂ’s ultra-hot son, Scott. Just because.

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IÂ’d like to take him up to 40,000 feet IYKWIM.

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1 Travel? I no longer leave my property. But I'd love to talk about travel.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:05 PM (4Mv1T)

2 Is that a mole as in Dept. of Mole Station?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at January 26, 2014 12:06 PM (l3vZN)

3 And Nice Post Y-Not. Very well done.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:07 PM (4Mv1T)

4 I gotta do a couple of things, but I'll be back in the comments in a bit. Have at it!

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:08 PM (zDsvJ)

5 How did I miss this thread?  As for taking visitors around here the closest place worth visiting is Charleston or Myrtle Beach.  Most would prefer Charleston.


If I were taking them to my actual home town there isn't much there to visit.  I would take them about 30 miles south to a State Park in GA.  GA has some great State parks.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:08 PM (T2V/1)

6 I thought that TSA thing looked like an Ewok.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:08 PM (zDsvJ)

7 Apropos of hot stewardesses, I fell in love in 1997 on an Alitalia flight from Rome to NYC.

Perfection in a tight dress. Long, soft brown curls. And an adorable accent.

BRB

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 26, 2014 12:08 PM (QFxY5)

8 He's totally got Clint's eyes.

Posted by: Weirddave at January 26, 2014 12:09 PM (N/cFh)

9 Not a mole.  Not an ewok.  Pedobear.

Posted by: butch at January 26, 2014 12:10 PM (EV3Uf)

10 And the one thing I miss about out west is the mountains.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:12 PM (T2V/1)

11 If someone visits here from elsewhere I always inflict, I mean, share our local Eastern NC style barbecue with them.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:13 PM (4Mv1T)

12 BBQ in North Carolina?  Pssshhaaawww.  Unpossible.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 12:16 PM (o9Rp5)

13 Is it in bad form to turn a fledgling travel thread into a barbecue re-enactment of the Civil War thread? Because I swear I'll do it. But were only 14 posts in, so I'll wait.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:17 PM (4Mv1T)

14 Nah, wouldn't be a civil war.  They don't do BBQ up north.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 12:18 PM (o9Rp5)

15 Nah, wouldn't be a civil war. They don't do BBQ up north. Posted by: Duke Lowell ------------------------------ But they still have an opinion about it. Ask CBD.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:20 PM (4Mv1T)

16 I was in Raleigh for about a month for a business trip. I'd heard the customer say "try this BBQ place, it's good". Of never had vinegar based "BBQ" and I thought the food was spoiled. I'm a KC BBQ guy and inflicted is the right word.

Posted by: TheDean'sOffice at January 26, 2014 12:20 PM (+w1hQ)

17 The best BBQ I have had in a while was at Rick's BBQ in East Dublin, GA.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:20 PM (T2V/1)

18 garrett, if you're lurking.... DON'T YOU DARE

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 12:21 PM (At8tV)

19 The cute chick in the black bikini looks like she might be all of 14. I have to remind myself that that's somebody's daughter.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:22 PM (4Mv1T)

20 Oh, ffs! The Grammies is going to have 34 gay couples married live on television tonight while some gay guys sing some gay song that was posted here on Ace of Gay Spades.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 26, 2014 12:22 PM (E4MKN)

21 16 I was in Raleigh for about a month for a business trip. I'd heard the customer say "try this BBQ place, it's good". Of never had vinegar based "BBQ" and I thought the food was spoiled. I'm a KC BBQ guy and inflicted is the right word.

Posted by: TheDean'sOffice at January 26, 2014 04:20 PM (+w1hQ)



Best place in Raleigh used to be Daryl's 1890. Also Charlie Goodnight's was good over on the other side of the college.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:22 PM (T2V/1)

22 I live in a nice little city in southern Maine called Saco. Living five miles form the ocean has me spoiled. I tend to forget people can be really excited by the ocean.

I'd have them bicycle from my town down to Ferry Beach State Park, taking the woods trail through the park to the beach. After they got bored with the sand, we'd drive about twenty minutes to Portland Head Light, one of the most picturesque lighthouses in the country. We'd get lunch on the downtown Portland waterfront at DeMillos, a floating restaurant, then walk around the Old Port and check out its funky shops. If it's a hot day, we'd then drive to Sebago Lake State Park, my favorite place. It's a lake with a beach that abuts forest, so you can sit on the sand in the shade, and it's surrounded by forest hills. Very pretty and great swimming.

If they're history buffs, we could drive forty minutes south to Fort McClary on the Maine/NH border, or take a longer drive "downeast" (actually northeast) to Pemaquid Point, location of Fort William Henry. Proof that things never change, the fort was built in the 1600s at a cost of about 1/3 of Massachusetts' annual budget, but was built with substandard mortar so that it tended to crumble when attacked. A preview of the Big Dig, in other words.

There's a ton more stuff. Lots to see here.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 26, 2014 12:23 PM (celt+)

23 Clark's Outpost in Tioga, TX.  For you DFW Morons, it's about 30 miles north of Denton.  Best I've ever had.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 12:23 PM (o9Rp5)

24 That logo... like looking in a mirror.

Posted by: Clark (the Chicago Cubs mascot) at January 26, 2014 12:24 PM (cvWw5)

25 I was in Raleigh for about a month for a business trip. I'd heard the customer say "try this BBQ place, it's good". Of never had vinegar based "BBQ" and I thought the food was spoiled. I'm a KC BBQ guy and inflicted is the right word. Posted by: TheDean'sOffice ---------------------------------- Nevertheless, we were making it in NC before those prairie schooners were packed for the trip west. See? That was about travel. Right?

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:24 PM (4Mv1T)

26 19 I have to remind myself that that's somebody's daughter. my m-I-l who has a large weapons collection made sure to remind me of that with T

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 12:24 PM (At8tV)

27 25 That logo... like looking in a mirror. they just make it too easy, don't they

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 12:25 PM (At8tV)

28 >>I have to remind myself that that's somebody's daughter. Sadly, my very first thought when I saw Clint's son was "too old." He's 27. As you can see, I worked through it.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:25 PM (zDsvJ)

29 Just a weekend in the Edmonton area? Let's see... A visit to Elk Island National Park, which has a very large buffalo population. Please avoid stepping in what the buffalo left on the ground and if you see one don't try to get too close. While you're out there, go to Vegreville to see the world's largest Pysanka (aka. Ukrainian Easter egg). If you want to visit Mundare for the world's largest ring sausage, go right ahead. A trip to West Edmonton Mall, which used to be the largest shopping mall in the world but is now the fifth (and yes, it is larger than Mall of America). In addition to 8 blocks and 2 stories' worth of stores, there are the following: an amusement park with a triple-loop roller coaster; an indoor NHL-size skating rink; a lagoon (alas, the submarines are gone); an indoor waterpark that includes a large pool with a wave machine, slides, and bungee jumping; a miniature golf course; a movie theatre with a fire-breathing dragon; a hotel; and an indoor shooting range. If the the Oilers (NHL), Oil Kings (WHL), or University of Alberta Golden Bears are around, hockey. If it's summer, CFL football. Fort Edmonton. If you can spare a few more days, I will send you to Jasper, Banff, and the Athabasca Glacier. If you want dinosaurs, Drumheller.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:26 PM (MpP9p)

30 I'm in the southeast corner of Pennsylvania. I'd first drive them to the Delaware River, currently frozen over. I'd ask them to imagine having to cross that river to escape British troops trying to put down a rebellion. --- That's a good itinerary. We should have a future thread on historical places worth visiting.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:27 PM (zDsvJ)

31 Oh, and Vic, I said "hometown" but really I just mean home "region."

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:27 PM (zDsvJ)

32 Well, I live in Utah, too, but you missed my place— Moab. This is a world class destination with two national parks (Canyonlands and Arches), about 30 motels and hotels, 50-some great restaurants, all kinds of outdoor recreation except deep sea diving, and some of the greatest landscapes on the planet.

I'm a camp host for the Bureau of Land Management and can usually be found at Goose Island Campground on the bank of the Colorado River just outside of town. Visiting Morons are invited to drop in to say hi and perhaps join in some campfire chatting and brewski sampling.

Posted by: Ruthless at January 26, 2014 12:28 PM (Hslsk)

33 The cute chick in the black bikini looks like she might be all of 14.

I have to remind myself that that's somebody's daughter.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 04:22 PM (4Mv1T)


hey, I didn't do it this week so someone had to step up

Posted by: The Dude at January 26, 2014 12:28 PM (bStrg)

34 Travel thread...cool! Who is doing the gratuitous groping if the TSA isn't around?

Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 12:28 PM (NbLfu)

35 wait, the Kitten Bowl is a real thing?

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 26, 2014 12:28 PM (KfLgN)

36 I have up to a dozen or so flatlanders coming to the Cape house this Summer. Half of them have been to Texas and Korea or Missouri and Germany, but no wanderings inside their actual country. I'll show them the first spot where the vicious aborigines attacked the peaceful Pilgrims.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 26, 2014 12:29 PM (ZshNr)

37 "We should have a future thread on historical places worth visiting."

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I'll withhold mine so as not to derail this thread. Put one up next weekend? That would be awesome.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 26, 2014 12:29 PM (celt+)

38 23 I live in a nice little city in southern Maine called Saco. Living five miles form the ocean has me spoiled. I tend to forget people can be really excited by the ocean. --- Despite having family from New England and marrying a New Englander AND going to college to Vermont, I've never been to Maine. It's on my wish list. Knew a lot of Mainiacs in college. They'd typically be trapped at school if a big snowstorm closed the main route home. I'd be stuck because Maryland was 11 hours away.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:29 PM (zDsvJ)

39 Travel thread...cool! Who is doing the gratuitous groping if the TSA isn't around? Posted by: iNC Ref ------------------------------ Why, WE are. Naturally.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:29 PM (4Mv1T)

40 I live in Dallas. We take visitors to Austin.

Posted by: Michael Rittenhouse at January 26, 2014 12:30 PM (KuUy9)

41 @29 Shit. I meant "too young." This pinot noir went straight to my head.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:30 PM (zDsvJ)

42 I used to travel on business all the time- Atlanta, NYC, DFW, Seattle. Now? Wal-Mart and Walgreen's. A side trip down 341 to say "hi!" to Christine at CVS. Who told me today the Nanolight I gave her  few days ago had come in handy. Made an old widower happy. There are a million things I miss about "both dead wives," but one in particular? Giving little things to them that made their lives easier or safer or better.

Posted by: backhoe at January 26, 2014 12:32 PM (ULH4o)

43 I've always thought Banff sounded wonderful. Do they still do that train trip in the Canadian Rockies that iirc stops at Banff?

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:32 PM (zDsvJ)

44 Oh and I saw Gratuitous Groping open for Peter Frampton in Tokyo in 2002

Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 12:32 PM (NbLfu)

45 Put a backwards cap on that TSA bear and you have Clark the Cub mascot.
 
The TSA, Proudly Searching Children's Genitals Since 2002.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 26, 2014 12:33 PM (wNF3N)

46 Holy shit. Scott Eastwood is so yummy!!!!!!

Posted by: mpfs at January 26, 2014 12:33 PM (0KGqp)

47 If you ever get to OKC, the Murrah Building Memorial is a must see.  I admit that I didn't much care for the idea of empty chairs when I first heard of it, but walking amongst them is quite moving.  Seeing their names, particularly the children brought this former Sergeant of Marines to tears.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 12:33 PM (o9Rp5)

48 Posted by: Ruthless at January 26, 2014 04:28 PM Awesome! Haven't been to Moab yet. So far I've been to Zion (but only for a day) and Capitol Reef (for a couple of days; our university has a field station there).

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:34 PM (zDsvJ)

49 BBQ? Shane's is excellent here. Their burgers and stuffed potatoes are, too.

Posted by: backhoe at January 26, 2014 12:35 PM (ULH4o)

50 44 Hey, Y-Not. Wasn't there some sort of legislation to make it a criminal offense to screw with the TSA logo? -- I dunno. I found that at several sites (linked the source). If ace or a cob wants me to take it down I can.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:36 PM (zDsvJ)

51 Don't worry too much about going off topic, folks. We gotta see where this takes us.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:36 PM (zDsvJ)

52 Another moving memorial to visit is the Air Force Memorial in Arlington VA that overlooks the Pentagon and the National Cemetery. Tears for me there when I visited.

Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 12:37 PM (NbLfu)

53 If I ever get these tall, skinny Road boys out of my abode in the next couple of years, the missus and I are hitting the road.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:37 PM (4Mv1T)

54 I'll do historical travel sites next week. Assuming I am not too loaded to remember.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:38 PM (zDsvJ)

55 45 I've always thought Banff sounded wonderful. Do they still do that train trip in the Canadian Rockies that iirc stops at Banff?

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:32 PM (zDsvJ)



IIANM that is the only way to get to Banff from the US.  Train trip starting in North Dakota. I would love to go there, in the Summer.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:39 PM (T2V/1)

56 I've always thought Banff sounded wonderful. Do they still do that train trip in the Canadian Rockies that iirc stops at Banff? Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:32 PM (zDsvJ) You can make a train trip through the Rockies (Calgary and Vancouver are the ends, and it's your choice where to start) but I don't think they make a stop in Banff itself. However, Via Rail does have a Jasper/Banff/Rockies trip with stops.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:39 PM (MpP9p)

57 Gettysburg is a religious experience.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 26, 2014 12:39 PM (celt+)

58 The oh so politically incorrect carving on the face of Stone Mountain near Atlanta is impressive. If your physically able the walk up is enjoyable; the tram scares the crap out of me.

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 26, 2014 12:40 PM (F+RpO)

59 If you dig Colonial history, then Fort Ligonier in western PA is a little gem. And Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater is nearby. Bonus - the route to Fallingwater is the tastiest motorcycle road I've ever seen.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 26, 2014 12:41 PM (celt+)

60 Waiting until low tide to walk out a mile and stand on a sandbar that the Mayflower sailed over, that's some shit.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 26, 2014 12:41 PM (ZshNr)

61 Thx for putting me some knowledge about Banff.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:43 PM (zDsvJ)

62 Waiting until low tide to walk out a mile and stand on a sandbar that the Mayflower sailed over, that's some shit. Posted by: Lincolntf ------------------------- I think there is someone in this thread who was ON the Mayflower. ...or so I've heard.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:43 PM (4Mv1T)

63 I think there is someone in this thread who was ON the Mayflower. ...or so I've heard. --- I thought he built the Ark.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:44 PM (zDsvJ)

64 I thought he built the Ark. Posted by: Y-not ---------------------- Ha! Made me laugh.

Posted by: Tobacco Road at January 26, 2014 12:45 PM (4Mv1T)

65 I dunno...the SF Bay Area has all kinds of potential for tourism. I mean, there's always the usual north-bay winery stuff, but let's try something different. "The places we used to build stuff" - Mare Island, Richmond, and the inland Peninsula. Submarines, ships, helicopters, satellites, etc. Don't make anything like that here any longer, of course. With a final stop at Anchor Brewery, now San Francisco's largest manufacturing employer. "Googletown" - dinner and a pub-crawl in parts of the Mission and Bernal Heights where you actually see white people on the streets after 5PM for the first time in a decade. "The last reason to live in the Bay Area" - a tour of the road courses - Sears Point, Thunderhill, Laguna Seca - and the general-aviation airports - Palo Alto, Reid-Hillview, San Carlos, Gnoss, etc.

Posted by: JEM at January 26, 2014 12:45 PM (o+SC1)

66 Another moving memorial to visit is the Air Force Memorial in Arlington VA that overlooks the Pentagon and the National Cemetery. Tears for me there when I visited. Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 04:37 PM (NbLfu) The 9/11 Memorial at the Pentagon is the same way. It's tricky to get to if you're not familiar with the area but well worth it. As for my current location (the DC area), if you're here for a weekend I'd say the above memorials, the Marine Corps Memorial, walking around the monuments, and the Capitol (not open on Sunday, though). Pick one or two options from the Smithsonian museums and the Archives. If you have a car, go to Udvar-Hazy by Dulles Airport vs. visiting the Air and Space Museum on the Mall.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:46 PM (MpP9p)

67 Visit to Utah and not drive down (or even up) the Moki Dugway?  Even if ou're not driving a semi one handed while filming, its a thrill ride not to be missed.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5mdW2Uro9A

Posted by: Mark Reardon at January 26, 2014 12:47 PM (7JHjA)

68 I'd first drive them to the Delaware River, currently frozen over. I'd ask them to imagine having to cross that river to escape British troops trying to put down a rebellion.

Washington and his troops crossed it three times between the famous Christmas Crossing and January 2nd. That last crossing was to go to Trenton where they defeated Cornwallis' reinforcements.

Imagine that as one of those reality vacations that were all the rage.

Posted by: Retread at January 26, 2014 12:47 PM (cHwk5)

69 Thx for putting me some knowledge about Banff. Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:43 PM (zDsvJ) You're welcome! Personally, if you want to wander around and take your time, rent a car and drive. If you're a bit pressed for time, take the Calgary-Vancouver train.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:47 PM (MpP9p)

70 I live in Vegas. Most people who come to Vegas want to go to the strip (and to a lesser extent, downtown) to gamble, eat at celebrity restaurants, and see a show. Of course, there is always the chance to shoot a full auto machine gun, visit Hoover dam, hike Mt. Charleston, Atomic Testing Museum, or take a quick trip to Pahrump for the legal brothels. Also, plenty of good restaurants that only locals know about.

Posted by: The Political Hat at January 26, 2014 12:48 PM (AymDN)

71 heheheh

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 26, 2014 12:48 PM (ZshNr)

72 I was mistaken, Banff does have flights to a nearby airport.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:49 PM (T2V/1)

73 >>If you have a car, go to Udvar-Hazy by Dulles Airport vs. visiting the Air and Space Museum on the Mall.

Oooh, I love that museum!
When I lived in Arlington I also liked to take visitors to Teddy Roosevelt island since it's not that well-known and usually people have already visited the national mall and its various museums.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 12:49 PM (POpqt)

74 As for my current location (the DC area), if you're here for a weekend I'd say the above memorials, the Marine Corps Memorial, walking around the monuments, and the Capitol (not open on Sunday, though). --- A billion years ago I recall walking up (or down?) the Washington Memorial with my mom and sister. Loved growing up near DC. Went to the museums a lot. I also recall liking Georgetown when I was college-aged. Restaurants and clubs. Not sure if it's still nice.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:49 PM (zDsvJ)

75 If you are going to travel somewhere, you might as well go fishing.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 12:49 PM (TmLJz)

76 I was mistaken, Banff does have flights to a nearby airport. Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2014 04:49 PM (T2V/1) Yes, Calgary is only an hour or so away by car. Edmonton is 4 hours to Banff or Jasper by car.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:50 PM (MpP9p)

77 I was chased by an enraged froth-mouthed open range bull near Tony Grove Lake not far from Logan, Utah. Crawled under the family car and watched 800 pounds of angry hoof stomp it's way around the car for about 45 minutes.

Yeah, good times.




Posted by: 13times at January 26, 2014 12:50 PM (fGPLK)

78 Interesting, Mark. Moki Dugway: http://www.midwestroads.com/otherstates/mokidugway/

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:50 PM (zDsvJ)

79 ...or Mountain Biking. I think you can do both in Hawaii.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 12:50 PM (TmLJz)

80 I dunno. I found that at several sites (linked the source). If ace or a cob wants me to take it down I can. Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:36 PM (zDsvJ) I think the TSA logo should be something like the black power fist, except it's wearing a latex glove.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 26, 2014 12:51 PM (LIQGY)

81 @72 - Pahrump's got a racetrack, which interests me more than the brothels. The road to Hoover Dam could be categorized as a tour of the radar speedtraps of southern Nevada. Harry Reid's hometown of Searchlight figuring prominently.

Posted by: JEM at January 26, 2014 12:51 PM (o+SC1)

82 For my town:

1. Take my guests downtown to the shanties down by the river and harvest a few hoboes
2. Grab a couple of mason jars and siphon off some hooch from the still
3. Roast some hobo flesh and have a jolly good feast

Posted by: chemjeff at January 26, 2014 12:51 PM (Hvt9o)

83 If you enjoy history and bicycling, here's one:

Start at Historic Fort Erie in Ontario, at the mouth of the Niagara River on Lake Erie. Take the paved recreational trail north along the river. You'll pass the Chippewa and Lundy's Lane Battlefields from the War of 1812, walk your bike past Niagara Falls, then hop on the bikes again past the Queenston Heights battlefield and park, through wine country, and finally you'll end up at Fort George and the picturesque town of Niagara-on-the-Lake, settled by Loyalist refugees and the birthplace of modern Canada.

It'll take you three or four hours if you don't stop. If you don't have someone waiting with a car at the end, good luck bicycling all the way back up the Escarpment.

When you go back to 'Murica, take the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and go north to Fort Niagara, a cannon-shot across the river from Fort George. A genuine European-style siege occurred here in 1759 when the British and Provincial forces evicted the French.

Posted by: Taro Tsujimoto at January 26, 2014 12:52 PM (celt+)

84 I also recall liking Georgetown when I was college-aged. Restaurants and clubs. Not sure if it's still nice. Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:49 PM (zDsvJ) It is, but it's losing out in popularity these days to places like U Street and H Street (which were both heavily damaged by the 1968 riots and only started recovering in the early 2000s).

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:52 PM (MpP9p)

85 If one prefers a good steak rather than BBQ, there's Cattleman's Steakhouse in OKC. Some of the best beef-eating west of the Mississippi.

Posted by: Soona at January 26, 2014 12:52 PM (rc1b1)

86 LOL chemjeff. Aren't you near the world's largest waterslide?

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:52 PM (zDsvJ)

87 I'd take visitors to the Pearl St. mall in Boulder, maybe eat at Mustard's or Old Chicago for nostalgia more than superior food, and then up to Chautauqua to hike around the Flatirons. Touring the Celestial Seasonings factory can be fun, too. Not very original ideas, I know.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 12:53 PM (POpqt)

88 My hometown? Find some ice. Make a hole. Drop a line. Drink.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 26, 2014 12:53 PM (P6QsQ)

89 Another good place to visit if you can afford it is Waterton Lakes National Park and the Prince of Wales Hotel.  I actually checked into this.  The nightly rates are very high.


http://tinyurl.com/n69chds

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 12:54 PM (T2V/1)

90 When I lived in Arlington I also liked to take visitors to Teddy Roosevelt island since it's not that well-known and usually people have already visited the national mall and its various museums. Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 04:49 PM (POpqt) Very true. The Franciscan Monastery in NE, Eastern Market, the Navy Museum at the Navy Yard, and the George Washington Masonic Memorial are also good places to take experienced DC tourists.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:55 PM (MpP9p)

91 Miranda Kerr needs more strands of pearls.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 12:55 PM (TmLJz)

92 89 LOL chemjeff.

Aren't you near the world's largest waterslide?

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:52 PM (zDsvJ)


yes, yes I am

Posted by: chemjeff at January 26, 2014 12:55 PM (Hvt9o)

93 90 I'd take visitors to the Pearl St. mall in Boulder, maybe eat at Mustard's or Old Chicago for nostalgia more than superior food, and then up to Chautauqua to hike around the Flatirons. Touring the Celestial Seasonings factory can be fun, too. Not very original ideas, I know. Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 04:53 PM (POpqt) Gotta take them up to Nederland, too. Then might as well cruise south to Idaho Springs, then bop down to let them take in the majesty of Red Rocks.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 26, 2014 12:56 PM (LIQGY)

94 Now our cabin in the U.P. Is a different story. Beautiful Lake Superior shoreline. I'd take you to the Pictured Rocks National Seashore, then for a day trip to Mackinac Island.

Posted by: grammie winger at January 26, 2014 12:56 PM (P6QsQ)

95 Is the young Eastwood an actor?

Posted by: Tuna at January 26, 2014 12:56 PM (M/TDA)

96 Aren't you near the world's largest waterslide? Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:52 PM (zDsvJ) yes, yes I am Posted by: chemjeff at January 26, 2014 04:55 PM (Hvt9o) You have no idea how much Gingy wants to visit that waterslide (I was at her house last night when she discovered the thread; Weirddave and I were in the "Um, no" category).

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 12:57 PM (MpP9p)

97 Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 04:53 PM (POpqt) Forgot: Estes Park is a must-see, especially when the elk are there in force doing elk things.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 26, 2014 12:57 PM (LIQGY)

98 Who did the Cubs trade to the TSA for Clark Cub?

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 12:57 PM (TmLJz)

99 Sorry to take so long, NCJ. I was reading.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 12:58 PM (TmLJz)

100 "Utah has some excellent breweries, so this is a good way to hit a bunch of them."

Wasatch Brewing Company. Polygamy Porter.

Slogan: "Why have just one?"

I'm actually a one wife, multiple beers sort of fellow, though.

I have thought about Utah as an eventual potential relocation zone out of the People's Soviet Socialist Republic of Commiefornia. Interested in comments regarding same.

I have heard that it can be very tough to square up one's social and professional life in a lot of Utah if not active LDS. Also, while the state does now have good local breweries, reportedly difficult for drinkers as far as obtaining the goods.

I've also heard that some of Utah's local authorities can be pretty nanny-statish when it comes to homeowners and planning and permissions and whatnot. I have had more than enough of that shit in Commiefornia. (You now have to pull a building permit and deal with inspectors here merely to _paint_, for Pete's sake.)

Posted by: torquewrench at January 26, 2014 12:58 PM (gqT4g)

101 Yes, Red Rocks/walk through Garden of the Gods always gets a good response from visitors.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 12:58 PM (POpqt)

102 BTW, Mexican Hat Utah (which is near the Moki Dubway) is on my bucket list (and has been for 30+ years) ever since Mr Y-not showed me pix from his time there doing radiation survey work for the DoE (as an intern).

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:58 PM (zDsvJ)

103 You have no idea how much Gingy wants to visit that waterslide (I was at her house last night when she discovered the thread; Weirddave and I were in the "Um, no" category).

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 04:57 PM (MpP9p)


well come on out here, you can go down the waterslide and I'll take picture

Posted by: chemjeff at January 26, 2014 12:58 PM (Hvt9o)

104 Wow, that hotel's location is spectacular, Vic.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 12:59 PM (zDsvJ)

105

I'll do historical travel sites next week. Assuming I am not too loaded to remember

 

 

Good - over here on the Jersey side of Washington's Crossing, history 'R us.

 

 

Actually, most of the Delaware Valley is.

Posted by: crisis du jour at January 26, 2014 12:59 PM (QHUpb)

106 I love Utah--it's one of my favorite states. Last time we went was in early spring and we drove down Logan canyon to SLC, starting from Jackson, WY. Gorgeous. here in San Antonio, we take folks to the usual tourist things, the Alamo of course. It's a must to take the barge ride through the Riverwalk including the new part that goes through a lock!, which little kids love. if there's time I like to have them visit one or two of the other other four Spanish missions, probably San Jose and Concepcion. I was at a party last night at San Jose, and it was held in the city's earliest structure, the mission granary. it's gorgeous at night. There is much rough beauty in those old stones. Other TX cities are better known for their q, so we would do some of the better Mex or TexMex places.. Maybe Los Barrios, or TacoTaco for breakfast. There are scores of choices. For the love of all that's holy, do NOT visit in the summer.

Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 12:59 PM (9PXzx)

107 You haven't lived until you've been to Wall Drug, SD.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:00 PM (MpP9p)

108 Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:58 PM (zDsvJ) Mexican Hat is a trip. Hot Tip : Bring some mushrooms and talk to the geckos.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 01:00 PM (TmLJz)

109 30 Just a weekend in the Edmonton area? Let's see... A visit to Elk Island National Park, which has a very large buffalo population. Please avoid stepping in what the buffalo left on the ground and if you see one don't try to get too close. While you're out there, go to Vegreville to see the world's largest Pysanka (aka. Ukrainian Easter egg). If you want to visit Mundare for the world's largest ring sausage, go right ahead. A trip to West Edmonton Mall, which used to be the largest shopping mall in the world but is now the fifth (and yes, it is larger than Mall of America). In addition to 8 blocks and 2 stories' worth of stores, there are the following: an amusement park with a triple-loop roller coaster; an indoor NHL-size skating rink; a lagoon (alas, the submarines are gone); an indoor waterpark that includes a large pool with a wave machine, slides, and bungee jumping; a miniature golf course; a movie theatre with a fire-breathing dragon; a hotel; and an indoor shooting range. If the the Oilers (NHL), Oil Kings (WHL), or University of Alberta Golden Bears are around, hockey. If it's summer, CFL football. Fort Edmonton. If you can spare a few more days, I will send you to Jasper, Banff, and the Athabasca Glacier. If you want dinosaurs, Drumheller. -------- Banff and Jasper are two of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. I live in the U.P., so if anybody were to visit I would take them to Lake Superior naturally, and possibly to the Soo Locks. We also have Whitefish Point which has the Edmund Fitzgerald museum. On the other side of our peninsula several people have spotted Sasquach! But most of all we have about 140 waterfalls, 20 lighthouses, great fishing and hunting, and miles and miles of trails. Lots of Indian reservations and great restaurants.

Posted by: Chilling the most at January 26, 2014 01:01 PM (gxtMZ)

110 You would have to like outdoors things. I would take you catching (I don't go fishing), probably teach you how to catch flounder since it is a very rare skill. You like to camp at the beach with no vehicle access? Got it. Take you up to the outer banks and stop on the way to the Cedar Island ferry in Harkers Island to show you some boat builders. not like Grady White but hand built wooden fishing boats, I would have to translate, because the people there still sound like it's the 1700. Then on the way back down maybe stop at the Alligator River NWR and listen to the wolves howl. Yes we have wolves in NC.

Posted by: traye at January 26, 2014 01:02 PM (I6CHb)

111 My wedding was at Sturbridge Village. Lots of candles, some horses, Meeting House older than my church.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 26, 2014 01:02 PM (ZshNr)

112 Speaking of the TSA and molestation:

http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/cop-ruptures/#axzz2rXpDj1lN

Well, OK, the TSA wasn't technically involved. But they were there in spirit!

Posted by: Anachronda at January 26, 2014 01:03 PM (U82Km)

113 Lots of Indian reservations and great restaurants. Mmmm, Fry Bread.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 01:03 PM (TmLJz)

114 Hmm. Where to go, where to go? Maybe stroll around the Barksdale Global Power Museum (previously known as the Eighth Air Force Museum) to look at the planes. Wander up to Cypress Black Bayou to jump in the lake. And over to the Louisiana Boardwalk to shop, eat and wander in to Margaritaville. Parade season is here, so let's go get some beads.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2014 01:03 PM (SUKHu)

115 Posted by: Chilling the most at January 26, 2014 05:01 PM (gxtMZ) Probably lots of artesian wells there as well. People who have never seen one are often baffled by them, especially when they taste how awesome the water is.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 26, 2014 01:04 PM (LIQGY)

116

There's a lot to do in DC besides mutter and shake one's fists at the Capitol Building, etc. And you don't have to go to the Heavy Hittters of the Smithsonian.

Walking the Mall is pretty amazing, and going to the Wall, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, is still awesome.  I have been to the Wall several times, and people have always been hushed and reverential.

Tea at Teaism, and hitting the Farmer's Market outside, is a lot of pleasant fun.

National Archives is right there--I'd drag them in to look at the Declaration, the Constitution, etc.

The Old Post Office is great for an abundance of  "ethnic" foods.

And we'd go to the Hamilton for an evening of live music and pork belly cooked divinely.

Then I'd drag them to Annapolis for tea at Reynolds and a walk up and down Main St., to look at the adorable shops and the adorable boats and the adorable antique places the next day.

A few more days?  Well, let's hit some Smithsonian museums--Air and Space, Natural History (because Hope Diamond!), etc.  Speaking of which, on the Smithsonian website, there's a link to 3D modeling of your fetus--which could be used for awesome purposes, I'm thinking....

 

 

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at January 26, 2014 01:04 PM (QT9+o)

117 My coolest travel aside from living in Hawaii was three weeks driving up from Phoenix to SLC, up to Idaho, Yellowstone, WY then down to CO. I liked the desert the best.

Posted by: traye at January 26, 2014 01:05 PM (I6CHb)

118 Clark's Outpost, or whatever it's calling itself these days in Pilot Point, Texas, is only about 15 miles NE of Denton.  Primo BQ


There was a place right on I 35 in Lewisville that had even better BQ.  You could smell it for miles. 

Posted by: Harald the BallCrusher at January 26, 2014 01:07 PM (omBWL)

119 84 @72 - Pahrump's got a racetrack, which interests me more than the brothels.

Yeah, well, what Pahrump *doesn't* have anymore is a shark tank in Terrible's. I was disappointed last time I went that way.

Posted by: Anachronda at January 26, 2014 01:07 PM (U82Km)

120 @112 Chilling the most Shhhhhh! Don't tell people about the UP! It's the best secret in the whole country - let's keep it that way!

Posted by: grammie winger at January 26, 2014 01:08 PM (P6QsQ)

121 Yep, Clint Eastwood's son is hot.

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 26, 2014 01:08 PM (4Chvm)

122 The Old Post Office is great for an abundance of "ethnic" foods. Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at January 26, 2014 05:04 PM (QT9+o) Not much longer. It's going to become a Trump hotel. Fun fact: The Old Post Office was built in 1899 to try to clean up the area which from the Civil War was known as "Hooker's Division". That was located roughly from 15th to 10th Streets NE and Pennsylvania Avenue NE to Constitution Avenue NE. Therefore, it was in sight of the White House. The Old Post Office is on Pennsylvania between 12th and 13th Streets. It really got cleaned up around WWI.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:09 PM (MpP9p)

123 Shhhhhh! Don't tell people about the UP! It's the best secret in the whole country - let's keep it that way! Posted by: grammie winger at January 26, 2014 05:08 PM (P6QsQ) Just explain what winter is like up there, especially this winter. They'll stay away.

Posted by: model_1066 at January 26, 2014 01:10 PM (LIQGY)

124 Okay, "Barksdale AFB" and "Louisiana" were hints, but I could have actually said that I'm in the Shreveport Bossier area.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2014 01:10 PM (SUKHu)

125 Feminists to start complaining about the objectification of the male form never. Because they're altruistic like that. Later.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at January 26, 2014 01:11 PM (+VxsD)

126 Big chunk of my family spent a month this summer in northern Michigan and the u.p. they loved it. And this is a group that has literally been everywhere.

Posted by: traye at January 26, 2014 01:11 PM (I6CHb)

127 Next time we're in the Dallas Fort Worth area, what do y'all suggest to do with the kids?

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2014 01:11 PM (SUKHu)

128 119 Posted by: Chilling the most at January 26, 2014 05:01 PM (gxtMZ) Probably lots of artesian wells there as well. People who have never seen one are often baffled by them, especially when they taste how awesome the water is. ----- Artesian wells are everywhere, and lots of companies will put them on your lots. Since it is so hilly, we have no flooding problems, and because of the lakes we have the most fresh water in the world, they say. In the U.P. there is no place where you are more than 30 miles from the Great Lakes, but I live in Marquette, so we are on Lake Superior. Plus we have tons of eagles!

Posted by: Chilling the most at January 26, 2014 01:11 PM (gxtMZ)

129 I have thought about Utah as an eventual potential relocation zone out of the People's Soviet Socialist Republic of Commiefornia. Interested in comments regarding same. --- We moved here from SoCal (where we suffered for almost 4 yrs) about 3 1/2 years ago. Overall, it's been a good move for us. We're not LDS. But we are very adaptable people who have lived in a lot of different types of communities. Also, we do not have kids. (I have heard that if you are not LDS and have school-aged children, it can be hard on the kids - if you are living in a very high LDS area like Utah County. The reason being so much of the kids' activities, during and after school, are in some way church or ward-related.) There are good things and bad things about living here when you are a transplant and not part of the dominant culture. I won't lie. Sometimes I find it very tiring. It's a culture where people are very much involved in each other's lives and, in Utah County at least, there is not much privacy. (I've heard this even from LDS friends who live in Salt Lake - Utah County is "special.") I get more exposed to the ward-related and day-to-day cultural differences here than does my husband because I'm currently not working and I'm the wife. He is also much better at blending in than I am. (Most people think he's a bishop!) My educational and professional background, coupled with the no kids thing, make me stick out like a sore thumb. That said, I've done my best to interact with my neighbors. I made friends in our first ward (we rented for a year in a different town), but this current ward is much more goal-oriented about trying to convert us -- that gets old really fast. Salaries tend to be low. Cost of living is, too, but the savings are not as high if you don't have the network of family and church members to tap into (for things like lawn services, professional trades, etc). I don't know if we'll die here and I do think if we had it to do again we'd have bought nearer to Salt Lake City (but we promised Mr Y-not's employer we'd live in Utah Valley), which is much more diverse. But, overall, it's a pretty good life. There are a lot of connections to California, btw. Lots of folks either have family there or relocated from there or even have business connections there. So that can be a helpful thing in making the transition.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:11 PM (zDsvJ)

130 I'd take them up to Mt St Helens. Follow that with a trip to the Gorge. There are Forest Service roads that go from St Helens into Carson, so that would be an entertaining way to go. If it's Sunday, I'd take them to Eats in Portland, where they have New Orleans jazz with brunch. And we could look at the locals and talk about how realistic Portlandia is.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2014 01:12 PM (Lqy/e)

131 Vendette, WTH??  Doesn't Trump have enough damn hotels?  Doesn't DC???

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at January 26, 2014 01:12 PM (QT9+o)

132 Next month we're taking a 3 day trip to the Mall of America with BIL and his wife. Anything fun to do around there besides shop?

Posted by: katya the designated driver at January 26, 2014 01:12 PM (4Chvm)

133 Chilling - how much snow do you have on the ground up there now?

Posted by: grammie winger at January 26, 2014 01:13 PM (P6QsQ)

134 Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 05:11 PM (zDsvJ) I have a friend that grew up in Provo. He described it as "Leave It To Beaver" meets "The Twilight Zone".

Posted by: model_1066 at January 26, 2014 01:13 PM (LIQGY)

135 "Next time we're in the Dallas Fort Worth area, what do y'all suggest to do with the kids?"

  --------------

Ft Worth zoo is top notch.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 01:14 PM (o9Rp5)

136 Well if you visit Seattle of course there is going up the Space Needle. And Pike Place market, which I have never understood the appeal of visiting, but everyone always wants to go there. My recommendation would be the underground tour, which is cool. And ride a ferry to Bainbridge Island for a fun view on the return trip. The Great Wheel on the waterfront right at sunset in the summer is nice, splurge for the VIP car. Drive up to the mountains and for an easy hike, Rattlesnake Ridge. I don't know it is hard to give a set agenda for here, it really depends on what people are interested in.

Posted by: Paranoidgirlinseattle at January 26, 2014 01:14 PM (RZ8pf)

137 Vendette, WTH?? Doesn't Trump have enough damn hotels? Doesn't DC??? Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at January 26, 2014 05:12 PM (QT9+o) He did buy the Old Post Office and is going to turn it into a hotel. And I got the quadrants wrong in my previous post. NW, not NE. Big difference!

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:14 PM (MpP9p)

138 102 Sorry to take so long, NCJ. I was reading no sweat, someone had your back

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:14 PM (At8tV)

139 >>For the love of all that's holy, do NOT visit in the summer. That's no lie! I was there in one August (in 1989 or 1990). Hotter than hell. Plus, there was tons of road construction going on, so dusty as hell, too. But I liked what I saw.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:14 PM (zDsvJ)

140 Boston, Mass ideal itinerary.I would come in September, spend a day or two walking the Freedom Trail, Boston common/Beacon Hill, say Hi to John K. and Tereza Heinz at their ultra exclusive townhouse on Louisburg Square, head over to Fenway and catch a baseball game at night, then the next day head down to Plymouth for some Pilgrim sites, or to my hometown, Duxbury, take the truck (4wd) out onto the most gorgeous beach anywhere and a grill and a cooler for dinner. Or head to the Cape or Islands which are spectacular in September, I am partial to the Vineyard myself as long as the Obamas aren't there. The city itself is very walkable and pretty small, you can cover most of it in a day/night, lots to do outside of Boston within 90 minutes you can be in NH, Maine, Cape Cod. You do not want to come in freaking January, it sucks here at the moment and will until April at least.

Posted by: Goldilocks at January 26, 2014 01:15 PM (vrZxx)

141 and its raining so much for the ProBowl

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:15 PM (At8tV)

142 Saguaro National Park. Just because it's very cool. (Not temperature wise, just cool to look at. Today it's 78 degrees).

Posted by: Trivial Pursuer at January 26, 2014 01:15 PM (/sohm)

143 Oh yeah San Antonio is a fun town. Had a great month one time when I spent a week there. Riverwalk, the dueling piano bar played a great lee greenwood tribute to the marines that were visiting that night, and lots of great golf. Visited the Texas Rangers (the cops not the baseball team) museum and ate frequently at the Pink Taco.
Seriously, the Pink Taco. Very tasty!

Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 01:16 PM (Whcm/)

144 I hear Wrigley Field in Chicago is a great place to go in the summer just sit in the grandstand, the bleachers are full of thousands of people just like me

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:16 PM (At8tV)

145 Oh yeah.  The Pro Bowl.  How could I forget?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 01:16 PM (o9Rp5)

146 We have so much snow this year that it is crazy. Until this year I would have said that the snow is not a problem because the area is so good at keeping the street clear, but not this year! It is almost a white out right now, and we already have at least (no joke) 20 inches on the ground. And it has been really cold.

Posted by: Chilling the most at January 26, 2014 01:17 PM (gxtMZ)

147 Gettysburg and Antietam (Sharpsburg) are well within driving distance and, last time I was at either were well-preserved.  With the right guide (one of my high school friends and her husband are both Civil War reenactors) a very nice afternoon can be spent at both places.  Bring your own lunch, though--they're tourist traps for the unwary....

Posted by: Jenk at January 26, 2014 01:17 PM (e2ysZ)

148 I just told my wife that I was hiking on the Appalachian Trail. She totally bought it. I live in Massachusetts, but I would take a visitor to the woods in New Hampshire.

Posted by: fluffy at January 26, 2014 01:17 PM (Ua6T/)

149 My home town where I was born in sw ND.   Well if you like to ride or hike the badlands is very scenic or the Cave Hills right over the SD border.   Or take in the Black Hills tourist loop with Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse monument etc.  Some nice hiking/riding near there too.   Lots of CO morons and many good spots covered already although I'd probably drag you to Fort Collins to the the Budweisers at that brewery if you had any horse interest. 

Posted by: PaleRider at January 26, 2014 01:18 PM (vL0Nv)

150 for those of you planning the great Hawaiian vacation...only place to see that's worth it imho is the pearl harbor area that's it, no more

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:18 PM (At8tV)

151 148 I hear Wrigley Field in Chicago is a great place to go in the summer

just sit in the grandstand, the bleachers are full of thousands of people just like me

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 05:16 PM (At8tV)


You mean, hopeless losers? 

Posted by: chemjeff at January 26, 2014 01:18 PM (Hvt9o)

152 yeah I've been to Gettysburg, it is a very good place to visit

Posted by: chemjeff at January 26, 2014 01:19 PM (Hvt9o)

153 155 You mean, hopeless losers my ego just called.. it said to tell you to drop dead

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:19 PM (At8tV)

154 155 but yeah, in a nutshell...about right if you toss in denial too

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:20 PM (At8tV)

155 Quick, I need someplace warm. The forecast is for 5 inches of snow Wednesday. It hasn't snowed 5 inches if you add all the snow for the almost twenty years I have lived here.

Posted by: traye at January 26, 2014 01:20 PM (I6CHb)

156 154 for those of you planning the great Hawaiian vacation...only place to see that's worth it imho is the pearl harbor area -- Haven't been yet. Maybe someday. We've been to Maui and the Big Island. Maui is great for that easy, no effort "beach" vacation. But the Big Island felt like a real place. Parts of it reminded me of Texas, believe it or not.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:20 PM (zDsvJ)

157 I hear Wrigley Field in Chicago is a great place to go in the summer It's no Kimensky Park, though!

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 26, 2014 01:21 PM (TmLJz)

158 Can you still hire a historian at the Gettysburg visitors center? We did that when our family visited (many years ago) and it was fantastic. The guy even drove our car.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 26, 2014 01:22 PM (POpqt)

159 I hear Wrigley Field in Chicago is a great place to go in the summer Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 05:16 PM (At8tV) If I could arrange it, I'd go to Wrigley, Comiskey, Fenway, Yankee Stadium and the new Busch Stadium (to compare it to the predecessor).

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:22 PM (MpP9p)

160 >>Ft Worth zoo is top notch. Ah, yes, that was a nice place. It's been almost 4 years since we've been there. I'd forgotten about it, so thank you for reminding me. We don't have a real zoo here. Alexandria has one...

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2014 01:23 PM (SUKHu)

161 and its raining so much for the ProBowl Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 05:15 PM (At8tV) Look on the bright side, it will camouflage the leakage from the hookers.

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 01:23 PM (TmLJz)

162 My daughter and son-in-law lived in SLC for four years, while he was getting his doctorate at the University of Utah. (He studied computer graphics: UU is a world mecca for computer graphics.) For me, being a lifelong Chicagoan, where the landscape is absolutely flat, seeing the mountains was a revelation. Also, the university's botanic garden, east of the city, is the most beautiful I've ever seen. And the Wasatch Breweries brew-pub, a couple of blocks south of Temple Square, was a great place to have a bleu-burger and a couple of brewskies. I fondly remember the Polygamy Porter, and its motto: "Why Have Just One?" I even enjoyed touring the Beehive House.

I'd go back in a heartbeat. It's a spectacularly beautiful place.

Posted by: Brown Line at January 26, 2014 01:23 PM (a5bF3)

163 160 I can understand that I think if I had to do a Hawaiian getaway, I would do Maui over Waikiki any day

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:23 PM (At8tV)

164 Fun fact: The Old Post Office was built in 1899 to try to clean up the area which from the Civil War was known as "Hooker's Division". That was located roughly from 15th to 10th Streets NE and Pennsylvania Avenue NE to Constitution Avenue NE. Therefore, it was in sight of the White House. The Old Post Office is on Pennsylvania between 12th and 13th Streets. There's a local brewery...Capital City Brewery...right across the street from Union Station and the Capitol Building where you can visit...if you walk into the back back room past the bathrooms...the original office of the Postmaster General. Nice digs, with a great view of the Capitol. Also they have a really cool old timey walk in safe to view!

Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 01:23 PM (GVFlJ)

165 163 the new Busch Stadium obviously to the da cubbies whoop up on the hated cardinals good plan

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:24 PM (At8tV)

166 Also, the university's botanic garden, east of the city, is the most beautiful I've ever seen. -- Yes, if I were to plan a SLC itinerary, Red Butte Gardens would be part of it. It's lovely. And they have really good concerts there in the summer. And the scenery is truly spectacular here.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:24 PM (zDsvJ)

167 Serious, Joe. Do you have a special backseat for Pro Bowl weekend?

Posted by: garrett at January 26, 2014 01:25 PM (TmLJz)

168 Vic got me thinking about a visit to Myrtle Beach. 1. A visit to the Gay Dolphin* 2. One of the Golf Courses 3. The Masters Club. (Actually most natives would avoid Myrtle Beach itself) *The Gay Dolphin got mentioned in to opening chapter of Pattern Recognition by William Gibson

Posted by: tmitsss at January 26, 2014 01:25 PM (7Rx8v)

169 There's a local brewery...Capital City Brewery...right across the street from Union Station and the Capitol Building where you can visit...if you walk into the back back room past the bathrooms...the original office of the Postmaster General. Nice digs, with a great view of the Capitol. Also they have a really cool old timey walk in safe to view! Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 05:23 PM (GVFlJ) Alas, the restaurant is gone. The Post Office Museum decided it needed more space. Not joking.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:26 PM (MpP9p)

170 >>>Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 04:59 PM (9PXzx) Does San Antonio still have that freak animal museum with the 72-point buck at the Lone Star Brewery?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 26, 2014 01:26 PM (V4CBV)

171 Uncle Sam Sugar owns 57% of our state, the bastids

That's not enough. I'll see what I can do about that.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 26, 2014 01:26 PM (Dwehj)

172 While in Charleston, if you haven't visited The Charleston Beer Exchange, do. http://www.charlestonbeerexchange.com/ Great for beer enthusiasts. Like one of my brothers. A one time investment of $5 buys the actual growler, a 64 ounce glass bottle, after that $10-$16 (depending on the beer) fills it up. When you're done drinking the beer, you rinse the growler, bring it back, they clean it and fill it up for you for the cost of the beer.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 26, 2014 01:26 PM (IXrOn)

173 How much did you drink, Y-Not? It looks like it's called Big Bad Baptist.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at January 26, 2014 01:26 PM (NU/ou)

174 OK, apparently I drank too much, andy!

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:27 PM (zDsvJ)

175 If you're in or around DC, see the monuments at night. They are quite striking when flood lit and few people are around, so it feels less touristy and more, well, monumental, especially the Lincoln and Jefferson.

No, I don't mean go at night instead of by day, but I remember when Carter turned the lights off in some misguided show of saving energy, and remember when Reagan turned them back on.

Posted by: Retread at January 26, 2014 01:29 PM (cHwk5)

176 Who can think about travel when that cutie patootie son of Clint Eastwood is on the menu? If I were 25 years younger I would turn that little ole boy every way but LOOSE!

Posted by: Painted She-Whore of Gomorrah at January 26, 2014 01:29 PM (zvxqj)

177 171 Do you have a special backseat for Pro Bowl weekend? nah, fortunately the nfl pros pick-up the high end girls so cleanliness is not an issue I do have a great upholstery cleaner though if need be

Posted by: navycopjoe at January 26, 2014 01:30 PM (At8tV)

178 Alas, the restaurant is gone. The Post Office Museum decided it needed more space. Not joking.
Oh my! Ain't progress a bitch!

Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 01:31 PM (j7ORY)

179 107 Wow, that hotel's location is spectacular, Vic.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 04:59 PM (zDsvJ)


Yeah, too bad when wifey and I checked on it nightly rates were about $250.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 01:32 PM (T2V/1)

180 Oh my! Ain't progress a bitch! Posted by: iNC Ref at January 26, 2014 05:31 PM (j7ORY) I don't know if expanding the Post Office Museum is considered progress.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:32 PM (MpP9p)

181 You want to jump on the railcar on the OUTSIDE of the curve when the train is near the TOP of the hill. That way it's going slow and the train crews can't see you get on.

Or so I've heard.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 26, 2014 01:34 PM (yh0zB)

182 I took a road trip up to Bend Oregon about a month ago. Cute little town. Home to 26 microbreweries.
Customers of the microbreweries had a conveyance, self propelled carriage. Everyone sits on a bar stool, facing inward and pedals. The thing holds about 10 persons. Drinking beer all the while, going from pub to pub. The person steering the thing does not drink, ostensibly.

It was the most civilized gathering of a bunch of drunks I ever saw.

Posted by: navybrat at January 26, 2014 01:36 PM (AW7Gr)

183 Yeah, too bad when wifey and I checked on it nightly rates were about $250.

Posted by: Vic at January 26, 2014 05:32 PM (T2V/1)


Still, I'd like to sit on the porch and watch the sunset, or sunrise. With that view, they must have a porch.

Posted by: Retread at January 26, 2014 01:37 PM (cHwk5)

184 (and catching a practice of the Moron Tabernacle Choir)

Didn't even know you Morons had a choir! Multitalented

Posted by: ConcealedKerry or SubMitt at January 26, 2014 01:37 PM (uUXp6)

185 172  Posted by: tmitsss at January 26, 2014 05:25 PM (7Rx8v)


If you play golf Myrtle Beach is a great place to go.  Especially if you get one of the "Golf Packages" the hotels market.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 01:38 PM (T2V/1)

186 In Manhattan, KS, a hiking trip to the Konza Prarie, followed by the Little Apple Brewing Company is a start. We have a museum on dirt and grass roots, and the ever popular Insect Zoo. You can buy your own Kansas Tarantula.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2014 01:38 PM (u82oZ)

187 186 I took a road trip up to Bend Oregon about a month ago. Cute little town. Home to 26 microbreweries. -- Yeah, I've been thinking that'd be a trip worth taking. I haven't been to Oregon yet.

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:39 PM (zDsvJ)

188 Okay, odds are you would prefer AK in the summer, let's say July or so. At least for your first trip.


Land in Anchorage, dinner at Simon and Seaforts overlooking the inlet as the sun descends over Mt. Susitna. It will not get dark--this is Anchorage in July, so remember to check your watch so you don't stay up all night. Take the train south, to Seward. Stop over in Girdwood and take a slow bike trip up the highway to the Bake Shop at Alyeska. Ask for the sweet roll with butter. You might need coffee with that but it will work for your whole lunch. Take the tram to the top of the mountain and either walk down or ride--your choice. You can see everything from up there. Remember it for when you come back in the winter to ski. It's better than Jackson Hole.


Get back on the train for Seward. Stay at a hotel downtown. Seward is about 2,500 folks, so your choices are limited, but what the heck. Next day you can choose to climb Mt. Marathon and see the amazing view, take a tour bus to Exit Glacier and climb around on the ice, or take a boat tour of Resurrection Bay to see glaciers, orcas, sea lions and lots of puffins. Or if you are really lazy, just go to the Sealife Center and check out the resident critters. Sometimes they even have a walrus rehabbing there. Eat pizza at Olympus and buy some cheesy souvenirs.


Now rent a car and drive to Soldotna, Kasilof, and Homer. Drinks at the Salty Dog at the end of the Homer spit, dinner at the hippie bakery, maybe a fishing trip in the bay or from Anchor Point (farthest west point on any highway in the country), and even clam digging at Ninilchik. Make sure you check out the Russian Orthodox church and cemetery at Ninilchik and in Kenai on the bluffs. Catch salmon and halibut and have them smoked or packaged for freezing.


Hike the 36 mile Resurrection Trail from the Kenai River to Hope. Hang out with the hippies in Hope for half a day and then have somebody drive you back to your car. If you see bears on the trail, stand still until they leave. Otherwise, you end up going Timmy Treadwell style.


Wander back to Anchorage and climb up Flattop for the evening. Take lots of pictures from the hillside. Determine that next time you will make it all the way to Denali and maybe even Fairbanks. Brag to all your friends that you finally make the trip. Make sure to leave lots of those lovely tourist dollars behind.


Your welcome. Camaii.

Posted by: tcn at January 26, 2014 01:39 PM (fwcEs)

189 Can you still hire a historian at the Gettysburg visitors center? We did that when our family visited (many years ago) and it was fantastic. The guy even drove our car.

Umm, OK, but reserve in advance and you're buying the gas....

Posted by: Jenk at January 26, 2014 01:39 PM (e2ysZ)

190 Nice, tcn! Thanks!

Posted by: Y-not at January 26, 2014 01:40 PM (zDsvJ)

191 Quick, I need someplace warm. The forecast is for 5 inches of snow Wednesday. It hasn't snowed 5 inches if you add all the snow for the almost twenty years I have lived here.

Posted by: traye at January 26, 2014 05:20 PM (I6CHb)




Srsly? Calling for 34 and partly cloudy in Raleigh on Wednesday. Still cold, but no snow.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 26, 2014 01:41 PM (yh0zB)

192 195  Srsly? Calling for 34 and partly cloudy in Raleigh on Wednesday. Still cold, but no snow.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 26, 2014 05:41 PM (yh0zB)



For once we are getting your snow.  Supposed to snow here Tuesday and Wednesday.

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 01:42 PM (T2V/1)

193 Here is the biggest tourist destination in Charleston.



http://tinyurl.com/meyg4pq

Posted by: Vic[/i] at January 26, 2014 01:44 PM (T2V/1)

194 Hang out with the hippies in Hope for half a day

Good plan. I'll bet they've signed up for my 404Care. What time of year do they bathe? I'd go right after that. 

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 26, 2014 01:45 PM (Dwehj)

195 A few years ago the newspaper did a graph on the year's snowfall and noted that it was taller than the Philly Phanatic--I wondered if that was with or without his head....

Posted by: Jenk at January 26, 2014 01:45 PM (e2ysZ)

196 Stay Away.  You won't like it.

We've been scoured by hurricanes and inflicted with a fat Governor. 

Number of Burglaries on my Block 1972 - 2012:  Zero
Number of Burglaries on my Block in 2013:  Four, including mine.
Police Chief's House Burgled in 2013 - that guy they got ( surprise face ).
Taxes up 40% in one year.  Several neighbors leaving just cuz of that.

Ocean views are not worth it.

Posted by: Trainer's looking to join a Militia. at January 26, 2014 01:46 PM (7EbAY)

197 I'd like to give Miranda Kerr another pearl necklace.

Posted by: Nomennovum at January 26, 2014 01:47 PM (LQcUl)

198 That logo... like looking in a mirror.
Posted by: Clark (the Chicago Cubs mascot)

Yinz [ask anyone from The Burgh what "yinz" means] NL fans can always come to those two Pennsylvania cathedrals of baseball, PNC Park and The Bank (aka Citizens Bank Park).

Posted by: Phillies Phanatic and Pirates Parrot at January 26, 2014 01:47 PM (53cD3)

199 Please add these ideas to future posts:

I'd like to know the proper belongings-tied-up-in-scarf-on-end-of-stick tying procedure.

How to eat beans in the can after they are heated over an open fire.

Also, how to play the hobo harmonica (and no I don't mean anything sexual by that).

Posted by: Sphynx at January 26, 2014 01:48 PM (OZmbA)

200 If you get to Northern Palm Beach County, the Juno/Jupiter/Tequesta area is beautiful and relatively uncrowded. May is usually great. Not too hot, not too cold. Avoid August or September unless you have high tolerance for Sauna heat. Winter is usually cool and dry, but the water is cold. Jupiter/Juno/Tequesta are the best parts of Palm Beach County. Further south you have the crowds and crime. But further north (Martin County and above) you lose the clear ocean water as the Gulf Stream swings out. At Kite beach, you can watch kiteboarder's and windsurfers do their thing on a windy day. If you like to fish, you can try Juno Beach Pier, or if you have money to blow, you can try a group charter boat. If you have kids -- or even if you don't -- there's a very cool swimming area at Dubois Park at the Jupiter Inlet with picnic tables, life guards, bathrooms, and showers. For inlet swimming, choose high tide. Always. At low tide, the water flows in from the River and is not as clean. Bring rafts. You can walk your dogs on Jupiter beach as long as you clean up after them. If you are a masochist, you can climb to the top of the Jupiter Lighthouse. Be sure to drive over the USI Bridge for a view of the inlet-- better at high tide. Unlike many of the beaches along Florida's Southeast coast, there are no tall condos to block the afternoon sun. Also Jupiter has a bike path along the beach. For a great meal and stunning view, eat dinner at The Jetty, at the Jupiter inlet with a view of the Jupiter lighthouse. Wait for an outdoor table on the water. It's worth it. For lunch or breakfast try Guanabana's, but choose a day with good weather because there is no indoor seating. You can also rent paddle boards there and explore the River. Avoid the bar drinks. They are usually lousy. Again, wait for a table on the water. Take a day and go to Peanut Island in the Palm Beach inlet to snorkel and just hang out and enjoy the stunning view of the inlet. You'll need a boat to get there, but you can get a ferry ride from The Sailfish Marina on Singer Island. Also on Thursday nights Sailfish Marina hosts an art show. Try the "Grouper Dogs". Kids love to feed the fish at the dock. Drive a few Miles North of Singer Island to McArthur's State Park. Take the trolly over the very wide boardwalk unless you really like long, hot walks in the sun. Apart from the beautiful beach, there is a nature walk. If you like the nightlife, drive about 30 minutes south to Clamatis Street in downtown WPB. But WPB has a high crime rate, so don't wander away from the crowds. For shopping try City Place in WPB or the Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens. The Jupiter Reef Club is a great place to rent a timeshare on the water for a week.

Posted by: girldog at January 26, 2014 01:48 PM (05V+v)

201 Although Hayden Panitierre can play my hobo harmonica anytime.

Posted by: Sphynx at January 26, 2014 01:50 PM (OZmbA)

202 In 2013 I also did a cruise to the Lesser Antilles on a five masted sailing ship. It was a great experience.

Posted by: navybrat at January 26, 2014 01:52 PM (AW7Gr)

203 I'm in Rochester NY and while it can be stunningly beautiful at different times of year, it's better to stick with regular stuff i guess. places i show people is different neighborhoods, like the south wedge and swillburg, where the city swallowed up two other towns. you can still feel, i guess, how theyre laid out, how living in them was like. i know a lot of the local history. there's things you're supposed to do, like get garbage plates at tahou`s so of course we'd do that. our parks were pretty much all done by Frederick law Olmsted so seeing them is a must. Genesee valley park, Charlotte beach, highland park, cobbs hill. and mount hope cemetary to tour that. if interested i would take them to some of the odd stuff, like the abandoned subways. then i dunno. farms shooting drives whatever.

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at January 26, 2014 01:52 PM (KgN8K)

204 We live in the Litchfield Hills in Western, Conn. Naturally the "main event" for many visitors is NYC, which is a little over an hour away. Otherwise we take visitors to some of the spectacular views here in town, Candlewood Lake, or up Route 7 to the Connecticut highlands, southern end of the Berkshires. Lots of quaint old towns with greens and pristine white churches. Lots of forest and horse farms and still quite a few working farms. The Housatonic River. Quite a bit of history. The other big attraction is probably Long Island Sound, about an hour south.

Posted by: Caliban at January 26, 2014 01:53 PM (2ArJQ)

205 I live in the middle of London less than 30 minutes walk from Big Ben. You can hear it ring on a still night when the traffic noise has died down.
I would suggest a walk along the banks of the Thames, perhaps a pint in the Mayflower pub near where the captain of the Mayflower rests. The Tower is worth a visit and a stroll through the City is worthwhile. Kew is nice, the King's Road full of fashion. Exhibition Road museums are not as good as they were, but still popular. Parliament is worth visiting, especially Westminster Hall. It is 900 years old but the roof is new (from 1390's). Too much other stuff to list but I love the Courts of Justice, the Middle Temple including the Templar Church and some way out of the centre, Eltham Palace.

You can visit London any time of year if you bring a raincoat, but I would avoid February and August for temperature, and temperature and crowds. London is not particularly beautiful but it is interesting and has history from the Roman era onwards.

Posted by: marvo at January 26, 2014 01:55 PM (/FfHx)

206 You can visit London any time of year if you bring a raincoat, but I would avoid February and August for temperature, and temperature and crowds. London is not particularly beautiful but it is interesting and has history from the Roman era onwards.
Posted by: marvo
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I visited London in 1982 and loved it. Would like to go back for a longer stay. Has it changed much since then?

Posted by: Sphynx at January 26, 2014 01:57 PM (OZmbA)

207 If you like old wooden sailing ships every year we have them from all over the world at Penn's Landing.  They really are a sight.  What surprised me was that the three mast ship from Germany is actually used to train German naval recruits in basic seamanship....

Posted by: Jenk at January 26, 2014 01:58 PM (e2ysZ)

208 our parks were pretty much all done by Frederick law Olmsted so seeing them is a must. Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at January 26, 2014 05:52 PM (KgN8K) He has quite the resume. It is long, but includes the Capitol grounds in DC. He recommended an addition to the building, known as the Terrace, and a summer house (known today as the grotto), which was a respite from the heat and includes a small waterfall and water fountain.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 01:58 PM (MpP9p)

209 Of course, IÂ’m skipping lots to do, such as... Arches National Park is a must. The hike to Delicate Arch is worth the effort.

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at January 26, 2014 01:59 PM (itCai)

210 If you were trying to impress someone visiting for a couple of days, where would you take him?

Somewhere else.

Posted by: HR at January 26, 2014 01:59 PM (hO8IJ)

211 >>It is 900 years old but the roof is new (from 1390's) Heh.

Posted by: Mama AJ at January 26, 2014 02:01 PM (SUKHu)

212 Parliament is worth visiting, especially Westminster Hall. Posted by: marvo at January 26, 2014 05:55 PM (/FfHx) London is a great place to visit. I'll add that if you want to get passes to visit the House of Commons, contact the American Embassy. In Trafalgar Square there is a statue of George Washington. The story is that the statue is on Virginia soil. I also recommend going to Portsmouth to visit the HMS Victory and the Mary Rose.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 02:02 PM (MpP9p)

213 heres an odd one hour walk to do http://www.monroehosp.org/

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at January 26, 2014 02:04 PM (KgN8K)

214 I saw The Lesser Antilles open for Jimmy Buffett back in '96.

Posted by: Prez'nit 404 at January 26, 2014 02:05 PM (Dwehj)

215 If you're a wine fan, get thee to Charlottesville, Virginia. Visit Monticello and a whole bunch of wineries.

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 02:06 PM (MpP9p)

216

Just got back from Bridal show.  Ugh.

 

Clint's son, OMFG.

 

Grand Junction,  we have many winery's in Palisade and it it a beautiful area, also a place that makes their own whisky, a drive over the CO Nat'l Monument is a beauty in the spring and summer, drive up to Ouray to the hot springs is amazing.  I have always wanted to do the Silverton Narrow Gauge Train, it's on my bucket list.  A friend and I  are saving up to spend between Christmas and New Years at Redstone Castle this year.  I really want to take a horse drawn carraige ride in the snow.  Of course, followed by brandy in  front of the fire afterwards.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2014 02:07 PM (6bvBO)

217 how about a travel thread looking at some of the quirky roadside attractions?

Posted by: The Dude at January 26, 2014 02:08 PM (bStrg)

218 Just got back from Bridal show. Ugh. Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2014 06:07 PM (6bvBO) I assume you suffered for a very good reason?

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 02:09 PM (MpP9p)

219 The kid has his dad's eyes.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 26, 2014 02:10 PM (aDwsi)

220 how about a travel thread looking at some of the quirky roadside attractions?

My brother wants to come to Indiana sometime to hit up the world's largest ball of paint.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/9792


Posted by: HR at January 26, 2014 02:12 PM (hO8IJ)

221 nood food

Posted by: weirdflunky at January 26, 2014 02:13 PM (F+RpO)

222 Yes Vendette, little Infidel is getting married in Sept. to a great guy.  But it was so crowded.  Luckily, my second job is for an event company that part of my family owns.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2014 02:13 PM (6bvBO)

223 Y-Not, we mention getting a drink here and there yet when we were in SLC in 2003 we ordered a drink in our hotel and were politely informed that to be served alcohol we needed to first join a club. We thought that was too much trouble and ordered juice instead. Is it still the same or has that been done away with.

Posted by: Decaf at January 26, 2014 02:14 PM (op2WR)

224 Yes Vendette, little Infidel is getting married in Sept. to a great guy. But it was so crowded. Luckily, my second job is for an event company that part of my family owns. Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2014 06:13 PM (6bvBO) Congrats!

Posted by: Vendette at January 26, 2014 02:15 PM (MpP9p)

225 Correction in my last comment: Y-Not mentioned, not we.

Posted by: Decaf at January 26, 2014 02:15 PM (op2WR)

226 The best time to come to my area is in the summer. We'll be going to Scarborough's beach. Vinnie, Sue, Rosemary and Vic. We'll bring the boombox and all those funk tapes. Jump in my IROC and cruise down Rt. 4

Posted by: Hobo parts, especially the gizzard at January 26, 2014 02:15 PM (GeVLX)

227 Here? Well, the Blue Ridge Parkway, which just passes through, of course. The drive up the Parkway to Mount Mitchell (highest east of the Rockies) in the spring when the Rhodoendron are in bloom is pretty fine, especially if you are a 'driver'. The Biltmore House easily merits a visit. One can see what was possible before income and inheritance taxes. A raft trip down the French Broad is worth a few hours, just so that you can say that you did it. There are zip lines, if you are into that, and breweries to visit.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 26, 2014 02:19 PM (aDwsi)

228 Y-not, if you're taking requests add another vote for a travel thread next Sunday. This was fun.

Posted by: Retread at January 26, 2014 02:20 PM (cHwk5)

229 Forgot to mention November in South Florida: Avoid it. All it does is rain.

Posted by: girldog at January 26, 2014 02:23 PM (05V+v)

230 The other big attraction is probably Long Island Sound, about an hour south.

Thank you for mentioning the Sound as an attraction rather than the ultra-Blue sanctuary city where I'm presently stuck. It does have some local attractions, however: Pepe's and a number of other decent pizzerias; Fort Nathan Hale, a 20-acre park on the eastern side of New Haven Harbor with a reconstructed Black Rock Fort, built in 1776 to keep the Brits out of the harbor during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812; the Peabody Museum of Natural History, a must for anyone fascinated by dinosaurs and Native American artifacts; the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, whose outer walls are made of translucent marble panels (no glass at all) and which contains one of 48 surviving copies of the Gutenberg Bible. 

Other points of interest for moron mockery: the biggest collection of spoiled yuppies outside Cambridge, Massachusetts, aka Yale's Old Campus; the Law School, which gave us Bubba and Hillary!; the Yale Art and Architecture Building, an example of Brutalist architecture that was mocked by no less than the New York Times for its sheer ugliness; and the Route 34 Oak Street Connector, a six-lane piece of highway folly from the urban renewal of the 1960s that nearly destroyed the downtown, cut off the medical center from the rest of the city, created an ungodly number of traffic hazards, and (your Blue State government at work!) is presently being rerouted.

Posted by: Basement Cat at January 26, 2014 02:26 PM (53cD3)

231 Tour of my hometown???  Gots to be kidding!  We have one traffic light - it flashes red OR yellow depending on which direction you're going.  And that's a fairly new addition to this great metropolis.  When I moved here I worked construction and was out of town 9-10 months a year so it didn't matter where you lived because you wouldn't be home anyways.  Can't wait to move!

Posted by: Passerby at January 26, 2014 02:27 PM (sOlwy)

232 O/T Darion Marcus Aguliar the Md mall killer has no picture? Wonder why?

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 26, 2014 02:29 PM (0FSuD)

233 Y-Not, where did you find that old picture of me?  I know it's old since I haven't smoked cigars in quite some time.  What?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2014 02:29 PM (o9Rp5)

234 Anyone have recommendations for accomodations in San Juan, PR?

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2014 02:32 PM (6bvBO)

235 Thanks Vendette.

Posted by: Infidel at January 26, 2014 02:33 PM (6bvBO)

236

Tour of my hometown??? Gots to be kidding! We have one traffic light - it flashes red OR yellow depending on which direction you're going. And that's a fairly new addition to this great metropolis.

 

Posted by: Passerby at January 26, 2014 06:27 PM (sOlwy)

 

hometown has one traffic light also. been a long time, used to be rotated w/ 4 way stops every 4-6 years.  i love it.

 

question:

 

When I moved here ....Can't wait to move!

 

moved to home town, or moved away from ?

 

 

 

Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 02:37 PM (hwYmz)

237 question:

When I moved here ....Can't wait to move!

moved to home town, or moved away from ?
Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 06:37 PM (hwYmz)

I grew up about 40 miles north of here & then was in new england for 20 plus years.  Moved here when I had an extended job in the area...and had family living nearby.  Now family has moved on, I'm retired, and I absolutely HATE the cold.  And no good fishing spots around.  Hoping to move to rural TN by the end of the year.

Posted by: Passerby at January 26, 2014 02:43 PM (sOlwy)

238 Does San Antonio still have that freak animal museum with the 72-point buck at the Lone Star Brewery? Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 26, 2014 05:26 PM (V4CBV) Yes! But it's moved downtown since the brewery closed. It's in the Buckhorn Saloon on, I think, Houston street.

Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 02:51 PM (9PXzx)

239

Posted by: Passerby at January 26, 2014 06:43 PM (sOlwy)

 

thanks for answering. was afraid people moved on.

 

hometown is a place i haven't been to in 30 years or so to live. warmer than NE though.  i thought TN was ok years ago, don't know about now.

 

only have one move left in me, and that's back to hometown w/ one stoplight.

 

Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 02:54 PM (hwYmz)

240 Mama AJ, yes, the Ft worth zoo is great, and so is the Ft Worth science museum. In Dallas, the Dallas World Aquarium is a downtown gem, and they even have a good restaurant. They have land animals as well as aquatic creatures and it's very well done. i've heard the new Perot science museum nearby is wonderful but haven't been. The suburb of Addison has a nice little air museum, but I'm sure Barksdale kicks it's ass. If you have time to explore out of town, Dinosaur Valley State park has great dinosaur tracks and nice scenery. The ones in the American Museum of Natural History are from there, but there are still a lot left! The Museum only took one trackway. In that same area around Glen Rose is the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, a ranch where they raise all kinds of large endangered animals like rhinos and cheetahs. Haven't been in years, but it used to be an excellent experience for kids and adults. Those make a nice day trip from Ft Worth. I don't live in DFW, but we brought our son to visit grandma there for years, so we learned some of the attractions.

Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 03:02 PM (9PXzx)

241 "for those of you planning the great Hawaiian vacation...only place to see that's worth it imho is the pearl harbor area
that's it, no more"

I like Big Island, Capt Cook Monument. Some of the best snorkeling in the world.

Posted by: navybrat at January 26, 2014 03:03 PM (AW7Gr)

242 Also, mama aj, the Dallas Arboretum has a huge new new children's garden, if it's finished, and it may be. It's going to be one of the best kid gardens in the country. I had to visit that site because I'm on a task force for the San Antonio botanical Center which is planning a new children's garden, but the Dallas Arboretum has at least ten times more money for that than than we do.

Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 03:10 PM (9PXzx)

243

Posted by: navybrat at January 26, 2014 07:03 PM (AW7Gr)

 

now, to be sure, there's more than that. 

 

Hawaii is a big place. the great Hawaiian vacation may limit the vision, as it does in LV, etc.

Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 03:10 PM (hwYmz)

244 Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 06:54 PM (hwYmz)

My original hometown is at the southern tip of lake Michigan.  Gateway to the Dunes........and that's pretty much all it had back then.  I quit going back there because, without fail, both of my ex wives would show up, drain my wallet and then leave.  I quit going back and SURPRISE.....so did they.  Sure, I still love my ex wives, I just love 'em more when they're a thousand miles away from me!

Posted by: Passerby at January 26, 2014 03:10 PM (sOlwy)

245

Posted by: Passerby at January 26, 2014 07:10 PM (sOlwy)

 

understand.

 

small towns have their ways. it's pretty difficult to fathom unless you live w/ them.

Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 03:17 PM (hwYmz)

246 I live a few blocks from this San Antonio attraction; http://www.unusualmuseums.org/toilet/ The Toilet Seat Art Museum We used to walk by on our daily walks, but sometimes he stops you and talks your ear off about his toilet seats. Nice guy though. Not sure he's still alive. he was pretty old last time we saw him.

Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 03:19 PM (9PXzx)

247 We used to walk by on our daily walks, but sometimes he stops you and talks your ear off about his toilet seats.

 

Posted by: stace at January 26, 2014 07:19 PM (9PXzx)

 

to be sure it gets old.  a lot of history/tech (behind the scenes) on toilets.  pretty remarkable (but simple) thoughts on toilet tech (open faced seats v. closed) etc.

Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 03:23 PM (hwYmz)

248 Thumbs way up for Utah. Moab is on the short list of places to retire, though my spouse would prefer somewhere closer to the slopes.

Posted by: RS at January 26, 2014 03:40 PM (YAGV/)

249

on intermittent tech. trying to go to open thread above.

 

life permits, i'll see ya'll there.

 

take care.

Posted by: dDan at January 26, 2014 03:45 PM (hwYmz)

250 Decaf The club thing is no more. There are some places that are bars, but at restaurants you're suppoesedto order a meal with your drink, or something. Ut hasn't been an issue for us. At a beer tasting they can only give you a couple of 2 oz pours at a time. I think mixed drinks are lighter - restricted alcohol pour. Wine and liquor only at state stores. Lower slc beer at groceries- higher at state stores. And many things hard to get (such as Arak, a type of ouzo like booze) Oh and they cannot draw a draft in view of the patrons. There is a physical barrier - the Zion curtain. Annoting and stupid, but not a dealbreaker.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone (@MoxieMom on twitter) at January 26, 2014 04:06 PM (NZeb5)

251 Thx fir the suggestions. Will try to hit them in upcoming weeks.

Posted by: Y-not on the phone (@MoxieMom on twitter) at January 26, 2014 04:20 PM (1tsbS)

252 I'd take y'all to my friend Monty's workshop. Monty is an artist but he works in metal, wood, and bone. Specifically, he makes reproduction Revolutionary War guns, clothing, and accessories. No power equipment is used and everything is made just as it was, except the gun barrels. They're modern so the guns shoot true but he distresses them so they look old.

His work is amazing. Small animals are molded from antique silver and recesses are carved into stocks to insert them. Stocks are made from tiger maple or similarly rare and expensive wood. Powder horns are made from real cow horns and they're carved with intricate designs, almost like scrimshaw. The level of detail and authenticity is world class. The last time I visited, he handed me a flintlock about 7' long that he had almost finished. It was being made for a buyer in Alaska and the price was $10,000. I set it down quickly and very carefully.

He also makes knives and swords by hand, using old metal. A broken sword that was 500 years old was being reworked into several knives to be worn on a belt. Needless to say, it wasn't a store-bought belt. The leather was local; cut, cured, and tanned the old way.

Monty is one of the nicest and happiest people you'll ever meet. His work isn't just a sideline - it's his life and livelihood, and he loves having company and showing people his latest project. He's active in the Mountain Men, reenactors of revolutionary war battles, and they camp out for days just as the soldiers nearly 250 years ago would have. Their one concession to modernity is a row of porta-pottys.

From a little homemade workshop in the backwoods of the West Virginia hills, he builds and ships these collectors items all over the world. If you're a history buff or reenactor it's worth the trip, and admission is free. Come on up.


Posted by: Xavier at January 26, 2014 04:24 PM (OW+Od)

253 I have to say as a bewbs-lovin' heterosexual male...Scott Eastwood is one magnificent hunk of man-meat.

Posted by: RampantConsumerism at January 26, 2014 04:43 PM (2/+6A)

254 I'd like to give a plug for Niagara Falls and the area, too much to list. Some good fishing, apples in season, fruit, grapes etc. Scenic off the main roads, safe, mild winter, not too hot summer but humid, gorgeous fall , muddy spring.

Posted by: bill sometimes bill from canada at January 26, 2014 04:51 PM (anB09)

255 I would take visitors to Trapp Pond in lower Delaware. It is the northernmost cypress swamp in the US.
Canoeing through the cypress is an awing experience. The trees are beautiful and gliding through them is relaxing and fun. There is plenty of wildlife and you will be able to get close enough to touch some of it.
Good trip in any summer month since it is shaded once you enter the cypress.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo rotten election throwing SOCON at January 26, 2014 04:53 PM (FtCW+)

256 I want to visit Xavier's buddy. Sounds awesome.

Posted by: Typo Dynamofo rotten election throwing SOCON at January 26, 2014 04:56 PM (FtCW+)

257 Visitors to the Boise area must eat at two places...Blazen Burger in Nampa and Rick's Press Room in Meridian. And wait until spring. Winters aren't harsh here but the inversion layer makes me want to stab myself just to see some color.

Posted by: RampantConsumerism at January 26, 2014 05:02 PM (2/+6A)

258 When I was stationed in Frankfurt during the early 1980s there was an excavation going on the the center of the city--Der Roemerplatz.  It looked as though they were excavating the ruins of an ancient Roman settlement--not just a military camp but an actual settlement populated by civilians but protected by nearby soldiers.  I always thought that after the defeat at the Teutoburgerwald the Romans gave up on Germany north of the Rhine, but apparently I was wrong....

Posted by: Jenk at January 26, 2014 05:16 PM (e2ysZ)

259 I was born in a little town in Mississippi named Natchez. Pre Civil war, it was once home to the most millionaires in the country. All that is left now are several antebellum homes, all of which can be toured in the spring. The downtown area kind of reminds me of a smaller version of Savannah.

Posted by: 144 at January 26, 2014 06:03 PM (15xq2)

260 Well I pulled into Natchez next day down the river
But there wasn't that much to make a rounder stay very long
But when I left it was rainin' so nobody saw me cry
Big River why you doin' me this way



(This verse gets left out of "Big River" a lot.)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at January 26, 2014 11:25 PM (xa1/W)

261 The airline with the complaining stewardesses is Qantas, not Quantas. It's an acronym, Queensland And Northern Territory Air Services, after the regions of Australia it originally serviced. How it got to be Australia's national airline is a tale of being fruitful and multiplying.

Posted by: perturbed at January 27, 2014 03:48 AM (TXq4O)

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