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CRinCA : 3/25/2020 10:16 pm
Stuck sheltering in place like others, not supposed to leave the house let alone the country.

Got me thinking about places in the U.S. I'd like to visit but have not yet.

Oddly I've never been to Seattlle despite living in CA for many years. Dungeness crab is a mike drop shellfish.

Chicago because deep dish pizza and hot dogs dragged through the garden intrigues me.

Milwaukee of all places as I'm a huge fan of traditional German food and beer and that city appears to deliver.

Anybody?
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For me  
10thAve : 3/25/2020 10:26 pm : link
I’d like to visit Seattle, Milwaukee, Denver.

In the past few months I’ve been to San Francisco, Memphis, Nashville, and Austin. Surprisingly, for me Austin is at the bottom of that list. San Francisco at the top. I liked Austin but it was just too young for me. Memphis and Nashville were both a lot of fun.

Overall, my favorite US cities that I’ve visited are San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans, Portland Maine, Key West, Memphis and Nashville. I can’t wait to go back to San Francisco and its surrounding areas.
I would like  
Pete in MD : 3/25/2020 10:26 pm : link
to see Montana.
Flagstaff and Winslow, AZ  
rebel yell : 3/25/2020 10:27 pm : link
and Fairbanks, AK.
10thAve.  
CRinCA : 3/25/2020 10:29 pm : link
I live in Marin County right over the Golden Gate Bridge. I can't complain.
Flagstaff and Sedona great  
Payasdaddy : 3/25/2020 10:30 pm : link
Prescott cool too
Still have Nashville ,nawlins , Portland, Chicago and Austin on my list
RE: I would like  
Stufftherun : 3/25/2020 10:42 pm : link
In comment 14849893 Pete in MD said:
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to see Montana.
any chance you’ll be hunting while there?
RE: I would like  
Jim in Fairfax : 3/25/2020 10:42 pm : link
In comment 14849893 Pete in MD said:
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to see Montana.

And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle."
RE: I would like  
section125 : 3/25/2020 10:43 pm : link
In comment 14849893 Pete in MD said:
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to see Montana.


One ping only Vasily..
No papers.  
Pete in MD : 3/25/2020 10:46 pm : link
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RE: I would like  
montanagiant : 3/25/2020 10:46 pm : link
In comment 14849893 Pete in MD said:
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to see Montana.
Do the drive East to West along the Highland route in Montana. Take Hwy 2, you will go from badlands to the prairie to mountains and go through 2 Indian Reservations. One thing to keep in mind is that when you start to get about 1/3 left in your tank get gas because there are stretches of 100+ miles of no gas. If you follow this route you will end up at Glacier national park. You can then go south on Hwy 93 through the Flathead Valley
Please don't derail my fucking thread...  
CRinCA : 3/25/2020 10:47 pm : link
And I mean that in the nicest way possible.
Big Sky, Montana  
trueblueinpw : 3/25/2020 10:52 pm : link
Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, New Orleans, Graceland, Hawaii.
RE: 10thAve.  
10thAve : 3/25/2020 10:58 pm : link
In comment 14849895 CRinCA said:
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I live in Marin County right over the Golden Gate Bridge. I can't complain.

We were in San Francisco Super Bowl weekend and loved it. Walked all over the city, took a ferry to Sausalito. Prior to that we went to Napa for a few days - hit wineries, visited Calistoga, loved the whole area. Two years ago we stayed in Sonoma for a week. I think I like the Sonoma side more, but can’t beat either one. Although nothing beats the Thomas Keller restaurants in Napa, except maybe Cotogna in SF. Next time we’re out there I’d like to travel south from SF.

And as others have mentioned I’d also add Sedona to my list of top places I’ve visited in the US.
I've been everywhere, man.  
Route 9 : 3/25/2020 11:12 pm : link
Atlanta, San Francisco is all that's left.

I dont know. I've heard San Fran is a toilet now.
RE: Big Sky, Montana  
Route 9 : 3/25/2020 11:12 pm : link
In comment 14849915 trueblueinpw said:
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Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, New Orleans, Graceland, Hawaii.


Do the Grand Canyon as soon as you can. It's awesome and worth it. I did Graceland a year or two ago. Fun visit.
Albuquerque  
OlyWABigBlue : 3/25/2020 11:24 pm : link
Micronesia or Marshalls, and Puerto Rico. I've had the good fortune of going most everywhere else.
Portland  
TyreeHelmet : 3/25/2020 11:41 pm : link
Would love to explore the Pacific NW
See a Giants game in every NFL stadium.  
Sneakers O'toole : 3/25/2020 11:56 pm : link
Ive only been to home games and Philly so I have a lot of work to do.

Hawaii and the Florida Keys and perhaps Puerto Rico or some other territories in the Caribbean would be cool. I have never been to DC, I'd like to do that as well.
Drive from Memphis  
Reb8thVA : 3/26/2020 12:12 am : link
To New Orleans and experience the Mississippi Delta.
I'll probably hop up to  
Bill in UT : 3/26/2020 12:20 am : link
New Mexico the next year or two, but I've pretty much seen everyplace else I've had an interest in
I can't believe  
santacruzom : 3/26/2020 1:02 am : link
I've never been to New Orleans.

I'd also love to check out Nashville, Boston, Maine, Louisville, and I've got an odd and very likely incorrect romantic impression of main streets in the midwest.

I've done a ton of pac northwest exploration as we consider moving there frequently, but most places have some sort of vague vibe I just can't shake. Bellingham and Olypmia, WA are currently the front-runners, and I also dig a lot of Puget Sound towns (particularly Poulsbo).

And CR, if you live near the Bay Area, just swing by Zachary's for a deep dish pizza right up there with the Chicago entries.
RE: I've been everywhere, man.  
santacruzom : 3/26/2020 1:10 am : link
In comment 14849926 Route 9 said:
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Atlanta, San Francisco is all that's left.

I dont know. I've heard San Fran is a toilet now.


The homeless-related blight gets all the press and while I'm not going to deny it is there, I'm actually more put off by the culture change I've observed in SF over the past two decades.

It's become a tech bro haven, and it was downright depressing to see all of these historic live music venues replaced by upscale martini bars or whatever. Enter and you'll hear nothing but shitty DJ music and patrons saying the word "like" 50 times a minute.

I used to theorize that if you pulled fifty twenty-somethings in SF and asked them to name their 3 favorite local bands, most would struggle to name more than one (if they could name any at all). Now I bet that's true tenfold.

It just feels like a city of transients.
Glacier National Park,  
BlueLou'sBack : 3/26/2020 3:28 am : link
The Blue Ridge Mountains portions of the Appalachian trail, some more small cities in Virginia, West Virginia, the Carolinas.
RE: I can't believe  
BlueLou'sBack : 3/26/2020 3:32 am : link
In comment 14849966 santacruzom said:
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I've never been to New Orleans.

I'd also love to check out Nashville, Boston, Maine, Louisville, and I've got an odd and very likely incorrect romantic impression of main streets in the midwest.

I've done a ton of pac northwest exploration as we consider moving there frequently, but most places have some sort of vague vibe I just can't shake. Bellingham and Olypmia, WA are currently the front-runners, and I also dig a lot of Puget Sound towns (particularly Poulsbo).

And CR, if you live near the Bay Area, just swing by Zachary's for a deep dish pizza right up there with the Chicago entries.


Lived many years in the Bay Area.

Zachary's pizza is about as meh as you can get.

Perhaps I am just not a fan of deep dish pizza, or any pizza or pie that has a crust reminiscent of cardboard.

Give me a Nellie's or Kinchley's or any number of Manhattan style pies anytime.

That deep dish crap isn't even remotely close to anything you'd find in Italy.
RE: RE: I can't believe  
santacruzom : 3/26/2020 3:44 am : link
In comment 14849981 BlueLou'sBack said:
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That deep dish crap isn't even remotely close to anything you'd find in Italy.


That might be true, but I have no problem not giving a shit.
I don't have any desire/impulse to visit cities.  
Diver_Down : 3/26/2020 6:47 am : link
But I do have an obsessive desire to see the country. Bucket-List is to visit every National Park/Monument.
E. Rutherford, Carlstadt, Seacaucus  
Sec 103 : 3/26/2020 7:11 am : link
Places of beauty
Interesting reading  
sometimeswrite : 3/26/2020 7:32 am : link
this thread because it belches tourisim. I have not done Alaska or any Pacific ocean destination. I have done everywhere else including all of Americas' cities, least favorite being Atlanta, and this is almost too close to call, my favorite New Orleans. And for both of these you need a guide to get the true flavor of the place and the people.

As for most all of Americas' destinations I didn't want anything to do with those places where tourists gathered. I was more of a backwater guy. Thinking that is where one gets a true flavor for what's happening and why. The aroma of the different cultures is distinctly different.

As for New Orleans I had a good friend who was on occasion married and for a lifetime associated with Breaux Bridge, La. And him being a real life Cajun he made his money in the cane industry. So when I wanted to do Nawlins I would call and head for Breaux Bridge for long weekend. We didn't go anywhere near the French Quarter but rather the back water stuff. That would be the cities' wards mostly west and south of downtown. That's where the real flavor of New Orleans resides. But you do need a guide to accomplish that.

As for when he wanted to do Houston Galveston I did the same...never go where the tourists go just the opposite. And he needed a guide for that.

Now the reason for not liking Atlanta, I didn't know how to navigate finding those types of things I typically enjoy doing, should have tried to find a guide.
More of the desert SW  
AnnapolisMike : 3/26/2020 7:34 am : link
Utah and the 4 corners area is spectacular. Would like to see Nevada and the high desert in NM.

Also the Pacific NW
RE: RE: I've been everywhere, man.  
Route 9 : 3/26/2020 7:58 am : link
In comment 14849968 santacruzom said:
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In comment 14849926 Route 9 said:


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Atlanta, San Francisco is all that's left.

I dont know. I've heard San Fran is a toilet now.



The homeless-related blight gets all the press and while I'm not going to deny it is there, I'm actually more put off by the culture change I've observed in SF over the past two decades.

It's become a tech bro haven, and it was downright depressing to see all of these historic live music venues replaced by upscale martini bars or whatever. Enter and you'll hear nothing but shitty DJ music and patrons saying the word "like" 50 times a minute.

I used to theorize that if you pulled fifty twenty-somethings in SF and asked them to name their 3 favorite local bands, most would struggle to name more than one (if they could name any at all). Now I bet that's true tenfold.

It just feels like a city of transients.


It wasn't the press. It was some friends of mine who recently moved from the California area who told me how much SF went down the shitter.
Would actually like to take  
section125 : 3/26/2020 8:21 am : link
a road trip on both the I-10 and I-90 corridors.
Kauai  
Professor Falken : 3/26/2020 8:24 am : link
would be nice.
Bar Harbor  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 3/26/2020 8:25 am : link
Maine. Think it was brought up here previously on another thread.
RE: Portland  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 3/26/2020 8:26 am : link
In comment 14849943 TyreeHelmet said:
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Would love to explore the Pacific NW

The foliage is very bright green up there. And Portland airport workers smoking pot on their break.
RE: Would actually like to take  
Diver_Down : 3/26/2020 8:27 am : link
In comment 14850050 section125 said:
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a road trip on both the I-10 and I-90 corridors.


Do the Old Spanish Trail road trip. Start in St. Augustine at the zero mile marker and drive west to San Diego. Drive the original Highway 90 where you can instead of taking the interstate.
RE: RE: I would like  
Coach Red Beaulieu : 3/26/2020 8:30 am : link
In comment 14849905 Jim in Fairfax said:
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In comment 14849893 Pete in MD said:


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to see Montana.


And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle."

You arrogant ass, you killed us.
Olympic NP  
lugnut : 3/26/2020 8:39 am : link
Is tops on my list.

We just cancelled a trip to Hawaii - were gonna do a week on Kauai and a week on Big Island. Painful.

Somebody mentioned Glacier NP - yes, absolutely, go. Zion NP, too.

Would love to do an extended RV jaunt in Utah / northern AZ.
RE: Bar Harbor  
PA Aggie : 3/26/2020 8:39 am : link
In comment 14850055 Coach Red Beaulieu said:
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Maine. Think it was brought up here previously on another thread.


Yes! Small, walk everywhere, casual, no chain restaurants (I think there is one subway shop) terrific food and right next to Acadia Nat'l Park. That park has a little bit for everyone and is driving distance to most of the northeast. Unfortunately only about 3 months of decent weather.
Savannah GA  
PA Aggie : 3/26/2020 8:45 am : link
My daughter goes to the college of Design there, not a big city, but you can "do it" in 2 days or so. Most of it is walking distance. River front is a bit party like, more younger tourists go there. But the rest of the city has beautiful architecture (houses), very historical, some fantastic food, and you can walk around with travel cups with alcohol.
....  
Route 9 : 3/26/2020 9:01 am : link
Seattle was awesome. Pike's market, Mariners game, Mount Rainer, Space Needle. Great food.
Would really like to get  
Metnut : 3/26/2020 9:03 am : link
to New Orleans with the wife at some point. Maybe in the fall if things are back to normal again.

A few underrated places that we really like in the NC/SC area are Asheville, NC and Greenville, SC. Both very walkable fun small cities with tons of restaurants, bars/breweries and outdoor stuff to do nearby.
RE: E. Rutherford, Carlstadt, Seacaucus  
BlueLou'sBack : 3/26/2020 9:10 am : link
In comment 14849999 Sec 103 said:
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Places of beauty


Especially on Sundays, in Sports bars, in the Autumn.

Err, not so much lately...
Loved Bar Harbor  
Greg from LI : 3/26/2020 9:14 am : link
It's gorgeous, Acadia National Park is great, it's obviously a tourist destination but doesn't feel "touristy", and it's really not expensive at all.

There are several national parks I've never been to that I'd love to see: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Olympic, Zion, Canyonlands, Glacier.
Charleston, SC  
FranknWeezer : 3/26/2020 9:19 am : link
Jackson Hole, WY
Key West, FL
there's an article in the NY Times today  
gidiefor : Mod : 3/26/2020 9:26 am : link
that suggests you can visit all these places using Google Street View --
How to See the World When You’re Stuck at Home - ( New Window )
I have been to Milwaukee  
pjcas18 : 3/26/2020 9:33 am : link
a few times and I had one of the best Italian food meals I've ever had (outside of my mother's house).

It was at a place called the Calderone Club.

I have had great German food there too, but nothing was better than the meal(s) at Calderone.
Been to a bunch  
Jim in Forest Hills : 3/26/2020 9:34 am : link
Never been to New Mexico, want to go.

Pacific NW also.

Been to the Carolinas but never OBX.
My list - not in order necessarily  
pjcas18 : 3/26/2020 9:41 am : link
1. Charleston, SC

2. I'd like to take an RV trip from the Grand Canyon to Yellowstone to Yosemite to Zion and wind up in Vegas and go to something like Battlefield Vegas where you can shoot all kind of exotic firearms/weapons - take my time doing it - a few weeks

3. Alaska - probably a cruise

4. The Dakotas - Mt Rushmore and deadwood maybe Fargo - no burning desire, but I'd like to visit all 50 states eventually and I just need to knock these two off the list
RE: See a Giants game in every NFL stadium.  
aimrocky : 3/26/2020 9:42 am : link
In comment 14849945 Sneakers O'toole said:
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Ive only been to home games and Philly so I have a lot of work to do.

Hawaii and the Florida Keys and perhaps Puerto Rico or some other territories in the Caribbean would be cool. I have never been to DC, I'd like to do that as well.


Before wives and kids this was our way of seeing the country. We saw Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Orleans, San Francisco (Candlestick and Levi’s Stadiums) and Tampa before families derailed everything.
RE: I have been to Milwaukee  
Pete in MD : 3/26/2020 9:43 am : link
In comment 14850136 pjcas18 said:
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a few times and I had one of the best Italian food meals I've ever had (outside of my mother's house).

It was at a place called the Calderone Club.

I have had great German food there too, but nothing was better than the meal(s) at Calderone.

Wow, I ate at the Calderone Club too. It's right next to the Hyatt. And I have only been to Milwaukee once in my life.
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