Visiting US
-
Khazar Stoneblood
- Dire Badger
- Posts: 191
- Joined: Fri May 14, 2004 10:21 pm
I'd agree most of the "natural wonders" tend to be in the western part of the US.
If you're doing Niagra Falls you may want to stop by Letchworth State Park. Letchworth is a 17 mile canyon known by locals as the "Grand Canyon of the East". I didn't know anything about it until my wife took me there (she's a Buffalo native). It's basically a smaller Grand Canyon that's wooded... truly amazing in the fall with the leaves changing.
Cooperstown (home of the baseball hall of fame) is also in upstate NY.
SOme other places that may or may not have been mentioned:
Glacier National Park in Montana (the name is pretty self explanitory).
The Blue Ridge Parkway - Scenic drive through several southeastern states
The Lewis and Clark trail - Series of stops starting in St. Louis, Missouri that chronicle Lewis and CLark's expidition.
You also may want to look at www.nps.gov. It's the site for the national park service of the US... which sounds like areas you may be most interested in.
Also... I'd recommend you attend a college football game in one of the major stadiums if you'll be here in September through November. Attending a home game at the university of Tennessee or the Ohio State University is something you may want to experience. Nothing like 100 thousand people screaming at the top of their lungs to leave an impression.
If you're doing Niagra Falls you may want to stop by Letchworth State Park. Letchworth is a 17 mile canyon known by locals as the "Grand Canyon of the East". I didn't know anything about it until my wife took me there (she's a Buffalo native). It's basically a smaller Grand Canyon that's wooded... truly amazing in the fall with the leaves changing.
Cooperstown (home of the baseball hall of fame) is also in upstate NY.
SOme other places that may or may not have been mentioned:
Glacier National Park in Montana (the name is pretty self explanitory).
The Blue Ridge Parkway - Scenic drive through several southeastern states
The Lewis and Clark trail - Series of stops starting in St. Louis, Missouri that chronicle Lewis and CLark's expidition.
You also may want to look at www.nps.gov. It's the site for the national park service of the US... which sounds like areas you may be most interested in.
Also... I'd recommend you attend a college football game in one of the major stadiums if you'll be here in September through November. Attending a home game at the university of Tennessee or the Ohio State University is something you may want to experience. Nothing like 100 thousand people screaming at the top of their lungs to leave an impression.
Current PC: I'm not tellin'. They die when I put their names here.
As an outsider to the US, I can only throw in the little that I know.
Orlando Florida - Basically sucked ass! Unless you like plastic and fake stuff then don't go there. I really didn't like the place (although I did get to see Pamela Anderson,Claudia Schiffer, Luke Perry, Andre Agassi and Jean Claude Van Damme)
New York - Cool place, but I was only there for a weekend and it was around minus 14 degress celcius. So the freezing weather and short amount of time really didn't give me much a chance to enoy the city as a whole (never left Manhattan).
Las Vegas - This is a place that I'm a little unsure about. It is certainly one of the most unique cities I've seen (again I'm not sure if that's good or bad). It is beautiful, yet vulgar in so many ways.
If you get the chance then I think you should go there. If nothing else then to study the human race! There are also some cool nature sites close by
Palm Springs - Nothing much about it. Hot as hell in summer and a few famous people used to live there. I wouldn't go there unless I had a reason for it.
Chicago - Saved the best for last. I love this city. It reminds me a lot of Northern Europe. I like the lake, the people, the architecture and the shopping. People are generally polite and helpful. The City is a big motherfucker but the central area is fairly easy to navigate because the skyscrapers are further apart, then they are on Manhattan. This also makes it much easier to appreciate the beauty of the city. If you want to go out drinking then you should go to Clark Street.
I've been to Chicago 3 times and I’m going back there in the fall. But first I have to go to Beijing
Orlando Florida - Basically sucked ass! Unless you like plastic and fake stuff then don't go there. I really didn't like the place (although I did get to see Pamela Anderson,Claudia Schiffer, Luke Perry, Andre Agassi and Jean Claude Van Damme)
New York - Cool place, but I was only there for a weekend and it was around minus 14 degress celcius. So the freezing weather and short amount of time really didn't give me much a chance to enoy the city as a whole (never left Manhattan).
Las Vegas - This is a place that I'm a little unsure about. It is certainly one of the most unique cities I've seen (again I'm not sure if that's good or bad). It is beautiful, yet vulgar in so many ways.
If you get the chance then I think you should go there. If nothing else then to study the human race! There are also some cool nature sites close by
Palm Springs - Nothing much about it. Hot as hell in summer and a few famous people used to live there. I wouldn't go there unless I had a reason for it.
Chicago - Saved the best for last. I love this city. It reminds me a lot of Northern Europe. I like the lake, the people, the architecture and the shopping. People are generally polite and helpful. The City is a big motherfucker but the central area is fairly easy to navigate because the skyscrapers are further apart, then they are on Manhattan. This also makes it much easier to appreciate the beauty of the city. If you want to go out drinking then you should go to Clark Street.
I've been to Chicago 3 times and I’m going back there in the fall. But first I have to go to Beijing
Suck FIST, vile demon! Er, well you WILL be sucking fists as soon as i can get past all theese damn tentacles to something that does the sucking... Oh dear lord, THAT'S not a tentacle!