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Title: Where have you been?
Post by: rich_t on March 26, 2012, 06:28:24 PM
On a lighter side of general topics....

Where have you been in the continental US that you think most folks haven't (places that most folks have probably at least heard of).

For me, off of the top of my head...

The Jelly Belly factory.

Niagra Falls.

Stone Mountain.

Baseball Hall of Fame.

Football Hall of Fame.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Statue of Liberty.

Pier 39.

Coke-a-Cola Museum.

Disney World.

Disney Land.

Hersey PA. (yes, the candy factory).





Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on March 26, 2012, 06:34:13 PM
Your mom's house.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 26, 2012, 06:50:46 PM
Wow, unfortunately I haven't been around this beautiful country enough yet.

But for starters,
 Alcatraz
Muir Forest
Kinsu Dam in Pa
Mount Washington
Bar Harbor Arcadia
Walt Disney World
Antietam Field Williamsburg Md
South Beach Florida

very embarrassed
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: NHSparky on March 26, 2012, 07:12:41 PM
Your mom's house.

Oh, no--most people have DEFINITELY been to her house.  The original question is places most people HAVEN'T been.

But as for me:

Lake Powell
Four Corners Nat'l Monument (don't ask me why)
Canyon de Chelly, AZ
Chaco Canyon, NM
Acoma Pueblo, NM
Yellowstone (EAST side, coming in from Cody)
Mount Rushmore
Jerome/Sedona
Death Valley
Astoria, OR
Craters of the Moon
Pittsburg, NH
The English-speaking parts of Los Angeles
Pissing in the geyser in Soda Springs, ID

And yes, I have indeed, "Seen Rock City".
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 26, 2012, 07:29:49 PM
Oh, no--most people have DEFINITELY been to her house.  The original question is places most people HAVEN'T been.

But as for me:

Lake Powell
Four Corners Nat'l Monument (don't ask me why)
Canyon de Chelly, AZ
Chaco Canyon, NM
Acoma Pueblo, NM
Yellowstone (EAST side, coming in from Cody)
Mount Rushmore
Jerome/Sedona
Death Valley
Astoria, OR
Craters of the Moon
Pittsburg, NH
The English-speaking parts of Los Angeles
Pissing in the geyser in Soda Springs, ID

And yes, I have indeed, "Seen Rock City".
showoff!!! :-)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: thundley4 on March 26, 2012, 07:34:23 PM
I went up in the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building, and saw the World Trade Center and Madison Square Gardens.  The memory is hazy about all of those though. It was during a weekend party trip to NYC.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 26, 2012, 08:34:53 PM
The Alamo
Texas Rangers Museum
International Peace Gardens
Mission San Juan Capistrano
USP  Leavenworth
Santa Catalina Island
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally
Deadwood south Dakota
Mt. Rushmore

I'm sure there are a few more but memory fails at the moment. Strange as it may seem I've probably been to more places in Europe than in the States.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Big Dog on March 26, 2012, 08:35:20 PM
On a lighter side of general topics....

Where have you been in the continental US that you think most folks haven't (places that most folks have probably at least heard of).


Memorable motorcycle trips and interesting places:

The Mississippi River- both ends (Same trip)
Sturgis, SD (Rally-twice)
The Tail of the Dragon (Deal's Gap, NC)
The Cumberland Gap (Daniel Boone)
Roswell, NM (International UFO Convention)
Lincoln, NM (The Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid)
Big Bone Lick, IN (Just for fun. I have pictures)
The Spam Museum, Austin, MN
Manitou Springs, CO (at the foot of Pikes Peak)
Royal Gorge, CO
Ft Bliss, TX (El Paso)
Ft Sill, OK (Lawton)
Ft McCoy, WI (Sparta)
Ft Carson, CO (Colorado Springs)
Camp Atterbury, IN (Franklin)
White Sands National Monument, NM (Alamagordo)
The World's Largest Cross- Groom, TX
The World's Largest Cross- Edmond, OK
The World's Largest Cross- Effingham, IL

Riding to Tennessee this week for the 150th anniversary commemoration of the Battle of Shiloh.


Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: NHSparky on March 26, 2012, 08:57:41 PM
showoff!!! :-)

You will note most of the places I mentioned were in the West, where I was born and raised.  Here in NE?  Not so much.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: IassaFTots on March 26, 2012, 09:19:51 PM
I have been from one end to the other of I-95.  Been to all but 4 of the lower 48, I am missing Oregon, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. 
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Evil_Conservative on March 26, 2012, 09:23:16 PM
I've been to Jerome/Sedona/Prescott, AZ.  So beautiful in those areas.  Jerome is my favorite and can't wait to go back again sometime soon.... if gas prices ever go down.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 26, 2012, 09:42:16 PM
Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I am pea green envious. I would love to visit all those places everyone has mentioned. I hope I will in this life time....maybe rent an RV , or a small convo van and a pop up tent. I like the RV idea better, then I can bring Jingles with me...
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: IassaFTots on March 26, 2012, 09:44:39 PM
I've been to Jerome/Sedona/Prescott, AZ.  So beautiful in those areas.  Jerome is my favorite and can't wait to go back again sometime soon.... if gas prices ever go down.

Never been to Jerome, but I have been to Sedona.  Flagstaff smells like cocoa to me, must be all the trees.  Absolutely beautiful.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 26, 2012, 11:10:59 PM
Meteor Crater
Dodge City
SMO pier
Salton Sea
Great Salt Lake
Hoover Dam
Lakehurst NJ (Hindenburg memorial)
Bar Harbor
Schlitterbahn
Six Flags SAT
Padre Island
Kittyhawk
Everglades
Plains Georgia
Boll Weevil Monument
Richmond National Battlefield
Kennesaw Battlefield
Underground Atlanta
Cotton Bowl Texas State fair
Colonial Williamsburg
Busch Gardens
Hearst Castle
Golden Gate Bridge
Father Junípero Serra Monastery
Cannery row
Carmel
Alamo
Naval Aviation Museum
Army Aviation Museum
Cooperstown
Howe Caverns
Mammoth Cave
Notre Dame
Lancaster PA
Thatcher Park
Lake George
USAFA
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Crazy Horse on March 27, 2012, 07:48:03 AM
Vera Cruz NC (only place a dog can be on the sand without a leash, just go at low tide)
Shell Castle Island
Portsmouth village, NC
Dungeness Spit
Lake Crescent
Fort Pickens
Middle of BT-11 (piney island) lost
Stones River battlefield
South of the Border
Where John Wilkes Booth was killed, US 301 right outside Port Royal Va
Boone Hall
Angel Oak
Old Sheldon Church
Frogmore SC

and many places I've forgotten
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: njpines on March 27, 2012, 08:13:40 AM
Hatteras Island (more times than I can recall)
Edisto Beach, SC
Hunting Island, SC
Islamorada and Key West, FL
Sanibel Island and Captiva Island, FL
Pine Island, FL
St. Simon's Island, GA
Tybee Island, GA
Cape Cod
Cape May, NJ  . . . really all the beaches in NJ from Island Beach State Park, Long Beach Island and south
Jane's Island, MD
Assateague, MD
Long Island, ME

(sensing a theme here . . .  :-))

farthest west I've been would be 4 Corners and Vegas (I was 5)
Grand Canyon
Mammoth Cave, KY
Smokey Mountains
Dyersburg, TN (my oldest brother was married there and we drove down from Jersey when I was 6)
Stone Mountain, GA
Chicago, a couple of times
Lake George, NY
Adirondacks
Plattsburgh, NY
Pocono Mountains
Mount Washington (my dad drove it and was white as a sheet by the time we got back down to the bottom!)
Killington
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 08:57:09 AM
I haven't been anywhere unique and don't travel as much as I used to.  I love the Outer Banks and it's hardly an exclusive locale these days, but the only interesting place was Alaska (Anchorage, Homer, Soldotna, Soldovia, and Ekwok).  Unless you count the flight to Anchorage, I have never been more than 50 miles west of the Mississippi River.

I need to get out more.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on March 27, 2012, 09:22:45 AM
Gosh, some great places listed in this thread.  I guess the most recognizable ones for me would be:

Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty on the same trip)
Boulder Dam
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, and the Aquarium
New Orleans streetcars
Library of Congress, National Archives, the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials and Washington Monument in DC
Boston Common
Fort Sumter and USS Yorktown (CV 18) in Charleston
US Air Force Museum in Ohio
Gettysburg battlefield, several times
Annual Christmas Day 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' reenactment in NJ
Fredericksburg-Chancellorsville Campaign battlefield
St. Louis Gateway Arch (Didn't go up in it, though)
The Alamo
Independence Hall in Philly
Zeppelin hangars at Lakehurst (formerly NAS, some other alphabet soup now)
...and a bunch of others.

Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 27, 2012, 09:42:47 AM
In The past there were a few days when I swam in the Ocean , rode dirt bike in the desert, skied on a mountain and water skied on the Colorado river all on the same day. One of the few benefits of living in So. Cal.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: CG6468 on March 27, 2012, 09:48:41 AM
Niagara Falls, NY & ONT
Muir Woods, CA   
Bar Harbor, ME
Lake Powell, AZ
Four Corners Nat'l Monument
Canyon de Chelly, AZ
Chaco Canyon, NM
Acoma Pueblo, NM
Yellowstone (EAST side, coming in from Cody)
Grand Tetons, WY
Mount Rushmore, SD
Jerome/Sedona, AZ
Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
World Trade Center
Chrysler Building
Empire State Building
Alamo
Lincoln, NM
Roswell, NM
Flagstaff, AZ
Painted Desert
Meteor Crater
Great Salt Lake
Hoover Dam
Great Salt Lake
Petrified Forest
Saguaro National Monument
Cape May, NJ (CG Boot camp)
Groton, CT
Mammoth Cave
Carsbad Caverns
Adirondacks
Mt. Lemmon
Old Tucson Movie Set
Arizona/Sonora Desert Museum
Smokies
Myrtle Beach
Anchorage, AK
Fairbanks, AK
Arizona Ghost Towns along the Mexican Border
Big Bend, NP
Glacier NP
Theodore Roosevelt NP
Devils Tower
Cahokia Mounds, IL
Natchez Trace
Bourbon Street
Everglades
Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco
Abraham Lincoln Home
Ronald Reagan Childhood Home
Whitefish Point, WI, Edmund Fitzgerald Museum


Many, many other associated and non-associated sites....
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 27, 2012, 09:58:27 AM
I haven't been anywhere unique and don't travel as much as I used to.  I love the Outer Banks and it's hardly an exclusive locale these days, but the only interesting place was Alaska (Anchorage, Homer, Soldotna, Soldovia, and Ekwok).  Unless you count the flight to Anchorage, I have never been more than 50 miles west of the Mississippi River.

I need to get out more.
So do i. Of course money is an issue and time  and of course a good travel buddy. Those of us, who have been stationed on military bases have an edge. On leave, they would grab a few buddies, get a car and take off, and go anywhere within a four hour driving period, and see all kinds of stuff. I would have done that anyway...
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: CG6468 on March 27, 2012, 10:01:41 AM
Seahorse, where's that lighthouse in your avatar?
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 27, 2012, 10:15:29 AM
Seahorse, where's that lighthouse in your avatar?
That is Cape Elizabeth
http://www.capeelizabeth.com/visitors/attractions/fort_williams_park/home.html
It is beautiful...
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: njpines on March 27, 2012, 10:48:13 AM
That is Cape Elizabeth
http://www.capeelizabeth.com/visitors/attractions/fort_williams_park/home.html
It is beautiful...

I love lighthouses!! That's a beautiful one!

Here's one closest to where I live:
(http://www.lighthousefriends.com/capemaynj1.jpg)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: CG6468 on March 27, 2012, 10:55:43 AM
We do too. Thanks for the information!
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: TVDOC on March 27, 2012, 10:56:22 AM
Wall Drug.....

doc
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: wasp69 on March 27, 2012, 12:24:47 PM
On a lighter side of general topics....

Where have you been in the continental US that you think most folks haven't (places that most folks have probably at least heard of).

Bath, Maine.

 :-)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gina on March 27, 2012, 12:28:06 PM
Your mom's house.

 :lmao:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 27, 2012, 01:04:58 PM
Ding Dong, Texas
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gina on March 27, 2012, 01:22:58 PM
Ding Dong, Texas

I left my heart in Ding dong......just doesn't sound the same  :lmao:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 27, 2012, 01:43:27 PM
I left my heart in Ding dong......just doesn't sound the same  :lmao:

Ding dong is just a couple buildings and a few people. I used to stop in at a little gas station/Cafe and have a Burger and beer with this old boy who ran the place with his wife. Chew the fat and get stories of lore about the area. This old boy met his future bride when she was on a date with a fellow named Elvis Presley. Never know what you will learn talking to older folks.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Crazy Horse on March 27, 2012, 01:49:40 PM
Gosh, some great places listed in this thread.  I guess the most recognizable ones for me would be:

Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty on the same trip)
Boulder Dam
Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, and the Aquarium
New Orleans streetcars
Library of Congress, National Archives, the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials and Washington Monument in DC
Boston Common
Fort Sumter and USS Yorktown (CV 18) in Charleston
US Air Force Museum in Ohio
Gettysburg battlefield, several times
Annual Christmas Day 'Washington Crossing the Delaware' reenactment in NJ
Fredericksburg-Chancellorsville Campaign battlefield
St. Louis Gateway Arch (Didn't go up in it, though)
The Alamo
Independence Hall in Philly
Zeppelin hangars at Lakehurst (formerly NAS, some other alphabet soup now)
...and a bunch of others.



Hey DAT, when did the USS Wasp replace the USS Yorktown CV-10??
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: wasp69 on March 27, 2012, 02:22:09 PM
I left my heart in Ding dong......just doesn't sound the same  :lmao:

Shouldn't you be saying "I heart Ding Dong"?
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gina on March 27, 2012, 02:25:37 PM
Ding dong is just a couple buildings and a few people. I used to stop in at a little gas station/Cafe and have a Burger and beer with this old boy who ran the place with his wife. Chew the fat and get stories of lore about the area. This old boy met his future bride when she was on a date with a fellow named Elvis Presley. Never know what you will learn talking to older folks.

no chewing of the ding dong?
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 27, 2012, 02:26:28 PM
Shouldn't you be saying "I heart Ding Dong"?

Quote
Ding Dong, Texas
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ding Dong, Texas

Ding Dong is an unincorporated community in Central Texas. It is situated on the Lampasas River, eight miles south of Killeen in southwestern Bell County. Ding Dong was named because of two early settlers in the town, Zulis Bell and Bert Bell, who opened a store and hired an artist, Cohn Cohen Hoover, to make a sign for it. The Bells instructed the sign painter to make a sign. Hoover painted a sign with two bells on it. Inside the bells, Hoover painted the initials of the Bell brothers. Underneath one bell he painted the word "Ding" and the word "Dong" under the other bell. Over the years, because of this sign, this community became known as Ding Dong.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: franksolich on March 27, 2012, 02:27:43 PM
A college classmate and roommate of mine and I spent spring break my senior year in college, at Anaconda, Montana.

We went there because we didn't want to go where "everybody else" was going, and besides, it boasted the world's tallest smokestack.

It was great.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on March 27, 2012, 02:34:30 PM
Hey DAT, when did the USS Wasp replace the USS Yorktown CV-10??


Actually I'm ****ed up on my recollection, I nadined it and it's indeed the Yorktown, CV10 at Patriot's Point.  
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: catsmtrods on March 27, 2012, 03:07:53 PM
Statue of Liberty
Museum of Natural History
Radio City
Yankee Stadium
Medowlands stadium
Wild Hill, Vermont
Gloucester, Mass
Groton, Conn
Cape Cod
Tioga, Pa.
Blowing Cave, Kennebunkport Maine
Deep in the woods Patton, Maine
Every inch of the Catskill and Adirondack Mts
Niagara Falls
Surf City, and all the coast of N.J.
Englishtown Drags
Entire OBX
Fishing the Everglades
Ricks bar, Key Largo
MC ride all the Keys to Key West
Blew up a RR trestle in Columbus, Ga
Land Between the lakes, Ky
2 years at Ft Campbell Ky
Gallup, NM
Stood on a corner in Winslow Az
Hags Place on the Kern River, Ca.
Sequoia National Pk
Monterey
Hollyweird
Santa Barbara
Hwy 1
March meet drags
Mohave Desert
Anchorage, Alaska
Floated Alaska's Talachulitna river
lots of other places I can't think of right now
and all over Canada fishing of course

Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Eupher on March 27, 2012, 04:47:30 PM
Ft. Wilkins State Park, Copper Harbor, MI (way up on the top of the Keweenaw Peninsula)
Big Bend National Park, Texas
Olympic National Park, Washington
Saugus Iron Works, Saugus, Mass.
Port of Miami, Flarda (yeah, just like whatshername pronounced it)
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Maryland
Boston Common
Pacific Coast Highway, Oregon stretch
Ft. Bridger, Wyoming
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
Falmouth, Cape Cod, Mass.
Old North Bridge, Concord, Mass.
Grand Canyon, AZ
Great Salt Lake and the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel, VA and MD (eastern shore)
Kitty Hawk, NC
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
Niagara Falls, NY
Old Man of the Mountain, NH (before his face fell off the mountain, of course)
The Alamo, TX
Padre Island, TX

And who can forget Boys' Town in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico (just outside of Laredo, TX?)  :-)




Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 27, 2012, 04:57:37 PM
Oh Canada....

Finger , Manitoba
Bastard , Ontario
Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan
Chicken , Saskatchewan
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: njpines on March 27, 2012, 04:58:33 PM
Shouldn't you be saying "I heart Ding Dong"?

Long Duk Dong: You beat up my face.

 :-)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 27, 2012, 05:17:42 PM
Oh Canada....

Finger , Manitoba
Bastard , Ontario
Moose Jaw , Saskatchewan
Chicken , Saskatchewan
I seem to recall OP specifying CONUS.
I forgot...
Eureka springs
Branson Mo.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DefiantSix on March 27, 2012, 05:27:54 PM
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: LC EFA on March 27, 2012, 06:08:28 PM
I got to a few places while I was over there :

Grand Canyon
Bryce Canyon
Zion Canyon
Monument Valley
Lake Powell / Glen Canyon
USS Intrepid Museum
Empire State Building
Museum of Natural History, Air and space museum, Lincoln Memorial and several other things in the immediate area of the DC Mall.
Niagra Falls (from the CN Side).

More next time.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 27, 2012, 06:20:29 PM
Hot Springs
Saratoga Springs

DefiantSix reminded me about
Queen Mary & Spruce Goose
and The Arch
Trivia Question:
What percent of people who visit the Grand Canyon ever hike it ?
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DefiantSix on March 27, 2012, 06:54:57 PM
Hot Springs
Saratoga Springs

DefiantSix reminded me about
Queen Mary & Spruce Goose
and The Arch
Trivia Question:
What percent of people who visit the Grand Canyon ever hike it ?

I'd guess less than 5%.  Most of the fat tourists (my in-laws run a B-n-B in the area) prefer to go to the rim, look over the edge, say "Yep, that's a damned big ditch", and then head over to the El Tovar Hotel for cocktails.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 27, 2012, 07:09:46 PM
I'd guess less than 5%.  Most of the fat tourists (my in-laws run a B-n-B in the area) prefer to go to the rim, look over the edge, say "Yep, that's a damned big ditch", and then head over to the El Tovar Hotel for cocktails.
I think your accuracy is 99% or better on that guess.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: ConservativeMobster on March 27, 2012, 07:10:06 PM
I love this topic and it's really interesting to see where everyone's been.  Been to several of those listed, how about these?

Devils Tower SD
Denali

Drove the Alaska Hwy in 2000, cross-country from Chas SC...amazing trip.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 07:10:33 PM
I'd guess less than 5%.  Most of the fat tourists (my in-laws run a B-n-B in the area) prefer to go to the rim, look over the edge, say "Yep, that's a damned big ditch", and then head over to the El Tovar Hotel for cocktails.
You say that like it's a bad thing. :p
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: thundley4 on March 27, 2012, 07:11:22 PM
Lincoln's Tomb
Lincoln's House
Bryant Cottage~(Where Lincoln and Douglas met to discuss and plan their debates)
The Gateway Arch
The St. Louis Zoo

The original hometown  of the Chicago Bears, when they were known as the Staley Bears.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 07:11:45 PM
Drove the Alaska Hwy in 2000, cross-country from Chas SC...amazing trip.
That sounds awesome. 
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 27, 2012, 07:13:19 PM
Lincoln's Tomb
Lincoln's House
Bryant Cottage~(Where Lincoln and Douglas met to discuss and plan their debates)
The Gateway Arch
The St. Louis Zoo

The original hometown  of the Chicago Bears, when they were known as the Staley Bears.
Who was buried in Grant's tomb ?
Did Grant take Richmond ?
Where did he put it, and don't say in his tomb.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DefiantSix on March 27, 2012, 07:29:56 PM
You say that like it's a bad thing. :p

Not really.  I've had lunch at the El Tovar before.  Their barkeep knows how to properly draw a pint of Guinness. (Among other things.)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 07:31:35 PM
The Grand Canyon is not really on my list of top things to see.  That's the problem with television.  Eh, I've already seen it....
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DefiantSix on March 27, 2012, 08:03:38 PM
The Grand Canyon is not really on my list of top things to see.  That's the problem with television.  Eh, I've already seen it....

Yes, but have you flown over/through it?  :-)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 08:04:08 PM
No.

:(
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on March 27, 2012, 08:08:13 PM
Yes, but have you flown over/through it?  :-)

About 4 times. looked the same each time.  :-)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 08:09:05 PM
:tongue:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Evil_Conservative on March 27, 2012, 08:22:16 PM
Wall Drug.....

doc

Oh goodness.  :rotf:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 27, 2012, 08:45:31 PM
The Grand Canyon is not really on my list of top things to see.  That's the problem with television.  Eh, I've already seen it....
You knew the ending of Titanic, but you went to see it anyway.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Chris_ on March 27, 2012, 08:47:19 PM
You knew the ending of Titanic, but you went to see it anyway.
I bought a ticket because I wanted to see Kate Winslett's boobies.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DefiantSix on March 27, 2012, 08:48:42 PM
You knew the ending of Titanic, but you went to see it anyway.

<=== only watches the last 20 minutes of Titanic, just so he can see Leonardo deCaprio drown in freezing ass water.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 27, 2012, 08:49:48 PM
I bought a ticket because I wanted to see Kate Winslett's boobies.
Everyone has their phobias !
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 27, 2012, 08:51:26 PM
Bath, Maine.

 :-)

Did you go to the Bath iron works and the maritime museum?? fun places to visit...
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: seahorse513 on March 27, 2012, 08:58:37 PM
Oh I forgot St louis Missouri, where I went on a conference for growth hormone deficiences in adults
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: RightCoast on March 27, 2012, 09:09:35 PM
<=== only watches the last 20 minutes of Titanic, just so he can see Leonardo deCaprio drown in freezing ass water.

If you watch the last 35 minutes you get to see boobiez.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: wasp69 on March 27, 2012, 09:22:53 PM
Did you go to the Bath iron works and the maritime museum?? fun places to visit...

Was doing a job at BIW for the week but didn't make it to the museum.  
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: DefiantSix on March 27, 2012, 09:24:22 PM
If you watch the last 35 minutes you get to see boobiez.

Meh.  I'm married to the most beautiful woman ever to grace this pathetic ball of mud.  I gets to see the best boobiez ever made every night. (when she heads off to the shower).  :tongue:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: LC EFA on March 27, 2012, 09:29:23 PM
<=== only watches the last 20 minutes of Titanic, just so he can see Leonardo deCaprio drown in freezing ass water.

That there is worth a HI5.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: IassaFTots on March 27, 2012, 09:37:29 PM
That there is worth a HI5.


Seconded!  He is such a pud.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Eupher on March 28, 2012, 07:46:55 AM
U.S.S. John Hancock - a destroyer on which I've had the absolute WORST chow I've ever had in the military, and that includes some Belgian shit that they said was food but wasn't really fit for dogs.

Pea Ridge, AR - site of the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern

Arlington National Cemetery - will be my final resting place

Langtry, Texas (home of Judge Roy Bean)

Mt. St. Helens, WA (long after the eruption)

Redstone Arsenal, AL
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: CG6468 on March 28, 2012, 09:11:22 AM
The Grand Canyon is not really on my list of top things to see.  That's the problem with television.  Eh, I've already seen it....

Pictures and videos don't do it justice, Chris. When you stand on the edge and look out.............
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: debk on March 28, 2012, 09:49:53 AM
Lake Sebago, Me
Bar Harbor
Kennebunkport
Ogunquit
Acadia Nat'l Park
Monticello
Williamsburg
Naval Station Norfolk
VietNam War Memorial - it's even more emotional @ night
Lincoln Memorial
Smithsonian
St Michael's MD
Inner Harbor & Aquarium - Baltimore
Ft McHenry - USS Constellation
Annapolis Naval Academy
National Zoo in DC
Mount Vernon
Arlington - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Gettysburg Nat'l Military Park
Hemingway House in Key West
Sloppy Joe's in KW
Fishing 30 miles off of KW in less than 2 feet of water
The La-Ti-Da and Garden of Eden -KW
Deer Key FL to see the mini deer
Naval Air Station Pensacola
Inside several historical houses in Charleston SC
Ft Sumter & the ships @ Patriot's Point
The Citadel
Dollywood
Bristol Motor Speedway
Opryland
Biltmore House
Inside of an operating room @ Duke University Med Center
Roanoke Island NC to see "The Lost Colony"
Jamestown VA
Hatteras Light House
Churchill Downs - Clubhouse for The Oaks & The Kentucky Derby
Keeneland Race Track Clubhouse
Tall Stacks Festival - Cincinnati -
Floribama Bar
Commander's Palace NOLA
Cafe du Monde NOLA
Chicago Aquarium
Navy Pier
Naval Station Great Lakes
Lincoln's Home & Tomb
Grant's Tomb
Brookfield Zoo - Chicago
Notre Dame
Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Indy 500
Busch Stadium
St Louis Zoo
Iowa State Fair
Mt Rushmore
Deadwood
Boys Town
Deer Valley/Park City Utah
Hoover Dam
Aspen
Space Needle
Pike Place Market
Naval Station Everett WA
Chinatown - SanFrancisco
Fisherman's Wharf
Monterey
Highway 1 - Big Sur
Pebble Beach
San Diego Zoo
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar
Naval Base San Diego
Kapalua Bay - Maui
Flew over Molokai/Maui in a heliocopter (w a VietNam Vet helo pilot - he was fearless, I was :puke: )
Horseback riding through a pineapple plantation
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: CG6468 on March 28, 2012, 11:06:37 AM
Way too many others that I didn't mention.

Oh well.........
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Wineslob on March 28, 2012, 12:24:07 PM
Disneyland/World

Carlsbad Caverns/New Cave (same area)

Caverns of Sonora (Texas)

Both NASA Space Centers

Busch Gardens (Floriduh) and all the associated tourist trap "parks" in the area.

Twin Lights (Highlands NJ)

Central Park/Surrounding Museums

All the monuments/Smithsonian in DC

Lassen Park

Yosemite Park

Kings Canyon/ Sequoia N.P. plus all the commercial caves and some "wild' (Lilburn) caves in the area.

Like CG, tons of others.









Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Eupher on March 28, 2012, 03:21:38 PM
Dang, I forgot about Yosemite. And Gettysburg (camped there, actually). And Mt. Vernon, Hoover Dam, The Big Island, Hawaii.

A couple of places I won't bother, regardless of the circumstances:

Anything with "Disney" on it.
Anything in Commiefornia. It just ain't worth the aggravation.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gina on March 28, 2012, 03:23:09 PM
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Spring River
San Francisco
Galveston
Cozemel
Phoenix Airport
vesta's mind, no one was there  :-*
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on March 30, 2012, 01:44:31 PM
Watervliet Arsenal
Boreal California
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Big Dog on April 01, 2012, 11:09:44 PM
Shiloh

I just got back from Shiloh, it was the 150th year re-enactment of the battle. Cool place, good re-enactment, and a great 12-hr ride each way.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gwitness on April 02, 2012, 02:14:46 AM
Forks of Salmon
Cecilville
Sawyers Bar
Etna
Greenview
Ft. Jones
Callahan
all in N. Ca

Brownsville, Oregon

Entiac
Coulee City
Wenatchee
Rockport
Keller
Oso
Concrete
lots more in Wa state....
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gina on April 02, 2012, 07:26:58 AM
going trout fishing this weekend at Spring River  :panic:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on April 02, 2012, 10:52:57 PM
I just got back from Shiloh, it was the 150th year re-enactment of the battle. Cool place, good re-enactment, and a great 12-hr ride each way.

Ah, when I was young...
Neil Diamond (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUpE8UCQXI)
Shiloh, you always came...
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Islandgirl on April 04, 2012, 07:27:39 AM
I haven't been to that many places that are unique, however I did fly in a hot air balloon with Wolfman Jack! :)
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Eupher on April 04, 2012, 08:47:51 AM
I haven't been to that many places that are unique, however I did fly in a hot air balloon with Wolfman Jack! :)


Do tell! That's interesting.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: rustybayonet on April 04, 2012, 09:22:16 AM
Lower 48 states all but 3, Oregon -- Washington State -- Idaho
been to Hawaii but not Alaska yet
To old to remember all the places.
Lived in Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, California, Florida and now Alabama
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: CG6468 on April 04, 2012, 11:08:34 AM
Lower 48 states all but 3, Oregon -- Washington State -- Idaho
been to Hawaii but not Alaska yet
To old to remember all the places.
Lived in Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, California, Florida and now Alabama

Aha! That's why Rusty fits in so well with those liberal locations!  :wink:  :lol:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: thundley4 on April 04, 2012, 11:23:06 AM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFN9C9PVpg[/youtube]
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: IassaFTots on April 04, 2012, 09:04:21 PM
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFN9C9PVpg[/youtube]

Hi5 for the fantastic earworm.  I didn't even have to click the link.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Zeus on April 07, 2012, 11:23:40 AM
I haven't been to that many places that are unique, however I did fly in a hot air balloon with Wolfman Jack! :)


Kewl beans, I bet that was a ride to remember.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Islandgirl on April 18, 2012, 12:43:36 AM
Do tell! That's interesting.

My dad was an Air Force recruiter and back when Mr. Pibb was first coming out on the shelves, the Air Force, the Cocoa Cola company, and Wolfman Jack all participated in a promotion for it.  My dad represented the AF as a sponsor, and the release included Wolfman Jack going up in the air in a "Mr. Pibb" hot air balloon.  I got to go up with him since I was with my dad.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Gina on April 18, 2012, 08:34:44 AM
I got to play golf with my dad and the guy that sang Polk Salad Annie or something like that.  My dad thought it was cool  :lmao:
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: obumazombie on April 18, 2012, 10:21:13 AM
I got to play golf with my dad and the guy that sang Polk Salad Annie or something like that.  My dad thought it was cool  :lmao:
What did you shoot ? Heh Heh.
Title: Re: Where have you been?
Post by: Islandgirl on April 18, 2012, 10:06:05 PM
I got to play golf with my dad and the guy that sang Polk Salad Annie or something like that.  My dad thought it was cool  :lmao:

I remember my mom dancing to that song in the kitchen while cooking.  One of many great memories of her love of music!