How many of you have visited these places?

AZ Jim

AZ Jim

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How many of you have seen the pacific Ocean, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Kamloops lake, Canada,The Mississippi River, The Missouri River, The Golden Gate Bridge? If you live in the west these things are within easy reach and are worthwhile things to see. If possible, do it. I regret not having seen New England (in summertime). Also, how many have not flown? Do it!
 

Guess I missed the Lake you speak of. I just flew in from Mineappolis Monday. There are lots of things to see in this world. I have only scratched the surface. But I have jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, flown an airplane, and conned a guided missile frigate and scuba dived. Still lots more to do. The good lord willing.

Good topic, Gene
 
Not me...I have never been to the Americas.. maybe one day..

However I have flown more times than I can count all over Europe , and to the middle East..
 

AZ Jim said:
How many of you have seen the pacific Ocean, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Kamloops lake, Canada,The Mississippi River, The Missouri River, The Golden Gate Bridge? If you live in the west these things are within easy reach and are worthwhile things to see. If possible, do it. I regret not having seen New England (in summertime). Also, how many have not flown? Do it!
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I have not seen Mt Rushmore or the lakes, but have seen the rest.
 
GeneMO said:
Guess I missed the Lake you speak of. I just flew in from Mineappolis Monday. There are lots of things to see in this world. I have only scratched the surface. But I have jumped out of a perfectly good airplane, flown an airplane, and conned a guided missile frigate and scuba dived. Still lots more to do. The good lord willing.

Good topic, Gene
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I have been lucky enough to see those things as a civilian and when in military flown in helicopters and PBYs. You haven't lived until you are trying to get a WW2 PBY off Magdalena Bay in Mexico with seven foot seas. I was crew, not pilot but trust me it scares the $hit outta you. I was Coast Guard and we went down to bring back a injured commercial fisherman. He was glad to see us.
 
I've seen all but Kamloops Lake, but was probably very close to it. Our family drove to Fairbanks and Valdez, AK, for a vacation in 1961, plus trips to CA in 1953 and 1955---all starting in Ohio. I've been lucky, too.
 
Josiah09 said:
Jim, on your recommendation I'll skip the PBY flight, although I've often flown in seaplanes.
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Many don't know they were made of plywood. We had JATO (Jet assisted take off) we used it that day on Mag bay. Our pumps were running full speed to keep the water out.
 
Everyplace except Mt. Rushmore, Grand Canyon and Kamloops Lake. We were in British Columbia but not to that lake. BC, Alberta, Yukon, Northwest Territories...all beautiful scenic places in Canada.
 
I've not seen Kamloops Lake but I have seen the rest of those and a whole lot of this beautiful country in the last five years. We spent four months last summer heading out west and "ping-ponging" our way from northern California to San Diego. Previous years we've gone out west or traveled around New England, four or five months at a time. We're chipping away at the national parks.
 
Pacific ocean, Mount Rushmore, Canada, I've flown several times. The Mississippi River.
And New England is gorgeous...especially in the Fall.
 
I've not seen most of those, though I would have like to. I have seen the pacific ocean, visited Canada in my youth. I've spent most of my time on the east coast, visited places like, Niagara Falls, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, The UN and some White house area landmarks. But still it was always a dream of mine to take a road trip and visit some of the places you listed, Jim, so many wonderful beautiful it would have been nice to have visited.
 
Well April, I have never seen Niagara Falls, Empire state building, Statue of Liberty or the white house so I guess we're 50/50 all around.
 
AZ Jim said:
How many of you have seen the pacific Ocean, the Grand Canyon, Mt. Rushmore, Kamloops lake, Canada,The Mississippi River, The Missouri River, The Golden Gate Bridge? If you live in the west these things are within easy reach and are worthwhile things to see. If possible, do it. I regret not having seen New England (in summertime). Also, how many have not flown? Do it!
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I've seen some of them - the Pacific Ocean, the Grand Canyon, Kamloops Lake, Canada and The Golden Gate Bridge. And Niagara Falls, Hawaii and New York. None of which were within easy reach.

There's a whole world of wonders out there to be seen. Do it while you can.
 
A quick calculation tells me that I have driven or ridden over the Golden gate Bridge approximately 2,704 times in my life-but I have never walked across it. Should do that someday. My youngest daughter got engaged on the bridge on 07/07/07. Finally visited the Grand canyon at age 41 in 1991. Only two of our kids made the drive with us so the two oldest still haven`t seen it. I keep nagging but so far it hasn`t worked. Haven`t even heard of Kamloops Lake! Haven`t seen Mt. Rushmore but oldest grandson did last summer while he was living in Montana and sent me pics-does that count? Pacific Ocean is a no brainer-see that all the time,all my life. Born and raised 20 minutes away,now live 2 hours away but go to the coast all the time. Haven`t seen the Rivers either but they are on my Bucket List. As far as flying,I don`t. Gave them a chance,they blew it. Once was enough :)
 
I've never seen Mount Rushmore and never heard of that lake. I've seen the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. I watched a ship go through the locks on the Panama Canal. I've seen the Grand Canyon and Montezuma's Well, Giant Sequoia trees and the Petrified Forest. There is so much of this world I haven't seen and probably won't see much more of it.
 
rkunsaw said:
I've never seen Mount Rushmore and never heard of that lake. I've seen the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. I watched a ship go through the locks on the Panama Canal. I've seen the Grand Canyon and Montezuma's Well, Giant Sequoia trees and the Petrified Forest. There is so much of this world I haven't seen and probably won't see much more of it.
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Try YouTube...Cheaper...
 
I went to California 3 times in the 1990s. Haven't seen any of the southwest. Both are on my list for future trips.

I lived in Mass. as a child but haven't been back. So my sister, husband and I are doing a road trip there in Sept at the end of our annual family visit to Michigan. Stopping in Gettysburg (again), Newport RI, Boston, Quincy, Marthas Vineyard, Mystic Seaport, and Niagara Falls on the way back.

I didn't start travelling until my 40s and since 1998 I haven't stopped travelling.
 
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