My children is pestering me about going to USA.

[livi]

As many of you know, I have four children between 4 and 13 years old. Particularly, my two daughters of 11 and 13 have been going on about visiting the USA. I have promised them that one day we will go, but at the moment the timing is not good. They know about their old mans Pelican habit and now they are planning a trip all around North America.

Anyway, I thought you guys should know my girls are watching you and they will probably force me to schedule a trip in the future. When that eventually happens, we hope to meet up with as many as possible of you gentlemen.

I see what you are thinking right know. "Oh no! Not that durn for'ner fluffer! Sorry, we are out of town!"

[rouxroux]

You've got a place to stay in Louisiana.....

[Heel n Toe]

*closing the blinds and turning off all the lights*

[Paul K]

Originally Posted by rouxroux

You've got a place to stay in Louisiana.....

And Oregon...

[crustychief]

And San Diego, if you don't mind the baby that will be here in two weeks or so.

[jtfreels]

Make sure they put Graceland on the list.

Jay

[stomachmonkey]

Stop by TX.

You are welcome here.

[GH85Carrera]

If you plan on doing much driving I hope you have a few weeks to see this big country. If you do any R-66 driving and come to the heartland of American let me know. I live just a few miles from R-66. I cross it every day going to and from work.

[cashflyer]

Ya'll are welcome in the South. I'll throw another 'possum on the grill and round up another gallon of shine.

[svandamme]

Markus,

tell em it's ok, buy em 2 plane tickets to Belgium and send em over... I'll talk in some Oklahoma like accent and they will be none the wiser...
I'll ship em back, and say "y'all come back now ya hear!!" ... and that will be the end of it

[M.D. Holloway]

If you really want to experience America, better make it to Texas - Dallas area! You have a place to stay anytime.

[svandamme]

Call it Lubestock 09, they'll be talking about it in 40 years in tv and holotheathers and what not

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

If you really want to experience America, better make it to Texas - Dallas area! You have a place to stay anytime.

Texas is where they insert the enema...now Maryland

[K9Torro]

You can stay with us, we are on the South East Coast of Georgia a few hours from Disney if they are interested in going there that is.

Todd

[Rick V]

There is a spare bedroom here in Va for ya.

[ckissick]

Just one rule from the guys over here: No fluffer jokes in front of the kids. I can just picture his innocent little 11-year old girls asking, "Daddy, what's a fluffer?"

No trip to the US is complete without a visit to San Francisco.

[Schumi]

Why would you want to come to the US? I moved here 17 years ago and still wonder why!

JK

Theres a lot of sights to see, I think if I was planning a single trip it would be difficult to decide just what part to go see. Every city is so different than one another.


I've been all over the US and there are a few sights that stand out in my head:

The Grand Canyon isn't done justice in photos. You'll never forget the first time you walk out and see it, the depth, and the other side miles away from you. If you are in the south it's worth the drive out to see it.

The greater Los Angeles area, for someone who's never been to a large city, is neat to hang around. Malibu Beach was fun when I went a few months ago. It's a real cool drive to take PCH up the coast from LA to SF. Takes forever but the scenery is nice. Rent a quick car- Audi S4 was a fun rental for that drive.

New York City is crazy. Fly into NY, stay a day or two seeing the city, and then fly out to your actual destination. You'll most likely have a connecting flight in NY anyways and if you don't stay around and see the city you will always be pissed that you were in NY but didn't get to stay and see NY.

Texas is hot. That's all I have to say about Texas.

I've had tons of fun in Arizona, mainly doing some not so family friendly activities but there is some cool hiking in the north of AZ, and again the Grand Canyon.

Colorado is great if you ski/board. I don't really do either but I did do a like of hiking and climbing out there. It's beautiful in the winter.

St. Louis nightlife I'm extremely familiar with but again, not family activities. But if you are driving through it's definitely worth stopping to see the Arch. It's sort of mindbending to see the structure in person. I've lived near it a long time now and still stand around and stare a bit like a tourist every time I'm down at the base of it. Also, I think a lot of people don't know but you can actually go up to the top in it, in a (claustrophobic) elevator. I've done it several times and it is seriously cool. Not for someone afraid of heights.

Chicago is full of things to do. I like the summers there. Winters are a hell no.

Washington D.C.- lots of history, tour sites, etc but not really into it, and I doubt your kids would be either. It was nice taking a nap on the mall (big lawn) in front of the Washington Monument once though.

Never been to FL/southeast. Although the Carribean sounds nice.


And there you have Schumi's guide to the US.

[jyl]

Cool stuff to see, for a kid:
- New York! New York!
- San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey Bay, central California coast
- Puget Sound rainforest and islands, on a kayak camping trip
- Yosemite Valley
- Grand Canyon
- Washington DC museums and the Mall
- New England little towns during autumn leaf turning

That should be barely doable in a, say, three week trip.

No need to bother with the middle of the country, there's a reason they're called the fly-over states.

[HardDrive]

You have a place to stay in Seattle. My wife is a physician, and one of our friends is a physician from Sweden as well. You can all sit around and speak doctorese to each other while your spouses polish off the wine.

[Oh Haha]

We don't have much extra room and we live close to Flint but you are welcome at our place.