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I have driven from Los Angeles to San Fran, through Yosemite and Redwoods, through the smaller highway (I think 101?). I have also driven from Maine to Virginia and multiple times in between.
There is no better place for driving lovers than the USA. My dream is to one day go around all the continental states in a RV or something after retirement.
Oh on the redwood. My son's dad had a cabin in seqoiua national forest. We went on out honeymoon! Tooooooo die for! I was 18. We climbed on a rock and I could see Mt. Whitney without binoculars! Gorgeous up there.
That would be cool. I would love to do that also. Stop at every little town fair, or gathering. See why they celebrate and learn the history. Where I'm from in Illinois we have burgoo.... its in Sept. It's a soup of sorts. Lol. Everything but the kitchen sink. But all the elders get together a week ,I think, before the festival and start peeling potatoes and corn and what not. It's a German thing. Then they have a little carnival come in for the kids. And when I was little, they used to do square dancing! Oh how we loved it. I haven't been in years.
Aww. Awesome fren! VA the state for lovers! I lived there for several years. Been all over! I've driven cross country twice. East to west coast and back. Then as a pilot car driver all and in between! What wonderful and humbling adventures. Ports, and borders. Traffic jams and wide open beautiful spaces. For sure. Top to bottom of the map. 8 trips to Canada, without a passport I may add in 2018! Border crossings were Michigan and New York. I love to travel. God truly answered that prayer.
Good on you! Coast to coast was something I always wanted to do, but didn't get a chance before I left. America is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful places and has some of the most wonderful people (you just have to get far away from the big cities lol). I personally loved the national parks, even though now I realise the dark side to that as well.
I got very fortunate in the job I had, being a pilot car driver. Honestly Virginia and West Virginia are 2 of my most beloved places after Colorado and Wyoming!
I was about to say, I thought you lived in Australia!? Lol. I've lived in Illinois, SC, VA, CA and now GA lol. I'm a mover lol. What do you mean dark side?
There are theories that national parks are in special locations where something important is being hidden. There seems to be correlation with child trafficking as well. Remember how Obama increased the national park designated areas?
I sincerely hope this is all false, since I love to believe all these parks were just that - beautiful areas untainted by greed.
I lived in US before I moved here, more than two decades ago. I lived in MD, VA and CA. During the dot com times, so all these places were beautiful before the woke mobs took over. Personally loved WV, but I havent been to a place I didn't like. Oh, I visited there multiple times over the years, and after Obama took over, each visit I noticed everything looking grim and gloomier than before. Unfortunately, I didnt get a chance to visit during Trump years :(
The only way I got in and out of the Country God rest My Dad's soul! Was him being USMC!