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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: xrtoronto on March 02, 2006, 12:57:01 PM
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(http://www.southwestbirders.com/canada080103/Lake%20Louise.jpg)
I think for me I would choose Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. I have not been there yet, but from all accounts it is one of the worlds most beautiful destinations.
(http://www.its.caltech.edu/~wzhong/pictures/monument-valley.jpg)
My second choice would be Monument Valley Az/Ut . This goes back to the time when I was growing up and watched all those John Ford 'dusters' that were filmed here!
If $$$ were no problem, where would you like to visit?
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Sweden.
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That looks llike its right out of the movie "The Edge" with Anthony Hopkins....
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I've been to the second place. I don't find it that amazing.
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Been to Lake Louise alot - great place in any season.
I would love to see Austria (I love the Alps). But right now, I'd settle for the chance to make a con one of these days!
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"Ordinary" vacations suck monkey balls; grab your Amex and go to some strange place.
I'be been thinking about Astrakhan just because it sounds neat. Also I gotta see another F-1 race in near future and also visiting Oktoberfest would be nice.
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In no particular order, and take as much time as I want
1. all the ghost towns in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and California
2. The entire East coast from Maine down to Florida
3. The Mediterranean, especially Italy, Greece, and Crete
4. 3 months in Europe, eating and drinking to excess
5. United Kingdom
6. Australia
7. Mars
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My favorite places that I've already been are Oahu and the Big Island in Hawaii.
If money was no object my three choices would be:
1) A tour of all the castles I could find starting in Ireland and moving my way southeast across the channel.
2) China. The forbidden city, great wall and the out of the way country side where there are few to no tourists.
3) Taking a sailing yacht around the south pacific and exploring as many islands as possible.
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Toronto (assuming you're from Toronto :) ), have you ever been to Algonquin Provincial Park? It's like that first picture you posted, but without the jagged mountains and with more rounded glacial mountains. It's about two hours north of Toronto.
My favorite vacation was going there and spending 5 days canoeing from campsite to campsite with nothing but what you've brought with you. Incredible place.
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Old Forge New York. On 4th lake.
Pearl Harbor will always be in my mind as one of the greatest vacations in my life time.
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Indy
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Originally posted by Tarmac
Toronto (assuming you're from Toronto :) ), have you ever been to Algonquin Provincial Park? It's like that first picture you posted, but without the jagged mountains and with more rounded glacial mountains. It's about two hours north of Toronto.
My favorite vacation was going there and spending 5 days canoeing from campsite to campsite with nothing but what you've brought with you. Incredible place.
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2203/wolflakeboat9qv.jpg)
Agreed Tarmac.
The above picture is looking north from the cottage over Wolf Lake into the southern boundry of Algonquin Park. Depending on traffic it's about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Toronto. This area is incredible. The pic above was taken at about 9:30 am last summer. End of May and the most of June are no time to be up there however...the bugs are, well, relentless
Tarmac, have you seen any wildlife up there? There is some 3,000 bears in the park; wolves, moose, deer, fox etc. If the wind is not blowing, you can hear conversations a mile away. LOL
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I want to visit the Guinness brewery, some Scottish Distilleries, and some Irish Distilleries,
I know, it sounds like a cry for help, I just like the history of it all.
Tap
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Palacar's reef off of cancun/cozumel, Playa Dorado near Arecibo in Puerto Rico
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Alaska
(http://www.wwiirt.com/halls/archived_stories/mine_hike.jpg)
eskimo
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Northern Ontario
Rest of Ontario
Rest of Canada (excluding Quebec)
Rest of North American (excluding Quebec)
Central and South American
Austraila
New Zealand
Europe (excluding France)
Asia (except the muslim bits)
a cow's behind
middle east
Rest of World (excluding Quebec and France)
Quebec
Hell
France
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Habu - you forgot Top Gun. ;)
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I'm going to Berlin in May... For the Berlin Air Show 2006 (http://www.ila-berlin.com/ila2006/home/index_e.cfm).
edit: oh, I'm also going to Virrat, Finland for the "European AH-pilots' Spring Meeting (http://www.LLv32.org/ahmeet/en/)" in April... :D
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Toronto,
If you think you'd like Monument Valley, go a few more miles to the NE and visit a second area called Valley of the Gods. It is very similar to Monument Valley except you can guide yourself and don't have to pay. You can also get closer to the formations for better pix as well.
For me, I haven't found a favorite vacation spot yet. I'm still searching as I haven't hit all of the lower 48 much less Alaska. I'm giving it the rest of my retirement for the search.
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Toronto, I saw a moose for the first time up there. I had always figured the things were about horse-sized... boy was I wrong. They're freaking huge. I was carrying our canoe down a portage trail and came around a bend in the trail near a small pond. I spotted it in the pond when I was probably 20 feet away, and watched it get out and walk onto the trail. I didn't really want to try to get past it carrying a canoe and a 60 pound pack, so I sat down on the side of the trail and watched him go about his business for a good 20 mins. A very cool experience.
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Originally posted by beet1e
Habu - you forgot Top Gun. ;)
Yes my Top Gun days are behind me. A wife and 3 kids does that.
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Originally posted by Maverick
Toronto,
If you think you'd like Monument Valley, go a few more miles to the NE and visit a second area called Valley of the Gods. It is very similar to Monument Valley except you can guide yourself and don't have to pay. You can also get closer to the formations for better pix as well.
For me, I haven't found a favorite vacation spot yet. I'm still searching as I haven't hit all of the lower 48 much less Alaska. I'm giving it the rest of my retirement for the search.
Thanks for the heads up on Valley of the Gods. I googled that name and saw some photos...it's awesome. Travelling through that part of the country is something I am really looking forward to doing.
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Originally posted by Tarmac
Toronto, I saw a moose for the first time up there. I had always figured the things were about horse-sized... boy was I wrong. They're freaking huge. I was carrying our canoe down a portage trail and came around a bend in the trail near a small pond. I spotted it in the pond when I was probably 20 feet away, and watched it get out and walk onto the trail. I didn't really want to try to get past it carrying a canoe and a 60 pound pack, so I sat down on the side of the trail and watched him go about his business for a good 20 mins. A very cool experience.
That's a great story! :)
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The moon.
I hear the view is outta this world.
(http://www.godandscience.org/images/moonearth.jpg)
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I wanna play leapfrog on the moon with Hangtime.
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I'd buy a Swan 60 yatch and sail around the world with the family. Its something we would both like to do some day.. prolly in 10-20 years time.
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Originally posted by Staga
"Ordinary" vacations suck monkey balls; grab your Amex and go to some strange place.
LOL my words.... i flew to China last year during spring and then went by many various "vehicles" from China to Czech rep. :D
It was kinda interesting.
Kazakhstan rulez, it has very pretty mountains.
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It's not so much where for me, it's what.
Bondurant is one of the top options for me in the next few years... (http://www.bondurant.com/images/ImageGallery/FFpirLg.jpg)
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
It's not so much where for me, it's what.
Bondurant is one of the top options for me in the next few years... (http://www.bondurant.com/images/ImageGallery/FFpirLg.jpg)
typical LA7 dweeb choise
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Originally posted by lada
typical LA7 dweeb choise
LA7's been killin you lately, huh?
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south pacific on a boat and no roads in sight
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
LA7's been killin you lately, huh?
neg. they are usualy "just passing" w/o hitting anything :)
at the time when i were flying, we used to call them tourists
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Mexican Beach's, there are tons of them, the dollar goes a long way.
And with a bit of persistance you can get away from the main crowd pretty easily. There are a couple of islands in the Cancun area that are awesome.
White sand beaches, blue blue clear water, sun, surf and lots of Corona. :)
Black Hills in South Dakota, 7 miles south of deadwood there is a campground hidden away just off the road. Spent a week there some 5 years back. One of the most idyllic settings I've ever seen. Lots to see & do within a 1- 2 hour drive.
But my ussually favorite is a wild river, a good friend and a cannoe. :)
2 or 3 days of just kicking back, floating down a river. Watching the wildlife, the scenery endlessly change in front of me. Quiet nights around a small campfire.
These are things that bring peace to my soul. That make the better part of me sit up and take notice.
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I have 3 places I'd like to go but haven't yet been to:
1. Whistler, BC (skiing)
2. Snow Mass Colarado (skiing)
3. Lillehammer, Norway (skiing) - ever since I watched the Winter Olympics in 1994. The place looked absolutely amazing.
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I hopefully will get a break this summer... i started planning my trip to Vietnam. have been wanting to go visit that for a while now.
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I hopefully will get a break this summer... i started planning my trip to Vietnam. have been wanting to go visit that for a while now.
My wife really wants to go back to 'Nam and take our kids. I want to go but am afraid of starving. If the stuff my wife and her mother makes is any indication of the food I can expect to be served over there I think I will.
I suggested we go on a cruise ship...that way I can eat real food. :)
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(http://FilthsHangar.homestead.com/mt_washington.jpg)
New Hampshire
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... you are inviting me on a cruise? Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww :o :D
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Some great vacations spots up above! ^^
My choice vacation spot is usually the one I've just been on, or the one I'm just planning :)
Most of our vacations in the last 10 years have been focused around camping/watersports/fishing in the Western US. We meet alot of people from all over the U.S. that enjoy what we enjoy. Friendships are made, spirits flow with sunsets and BBQ's in the evening...can you tell I can't wait til summer gets here? :p
Disneyworld 3 times in the last 10 years too (get to see Mom and have some fun with the kids)
30 second "clip" of our last vacation in Sept here. (http://home.comcast.net/~ripsnort60/vacation.wmv)
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My next choice is South America. The plan is to leave in fall, stay about 6 months and to learn spanish. If anyone has any suggestions or experiences please share.
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
It's not so much where for me, it's what.
Bondurant is one of the top options for me in the next few years... (http://www.bondurant.com/images/ImageGallery/FFpirLg.jpg)
ive looked at that myself. Ended up doing a day at Road America w Skip Barber School...gotta do a three day:aok
Curval: rent a house on the slope in Snowmass(ski in/ski out). . and party in Aspen at night..20 minutes by tram
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Curval: rent a house on the slope in Snowmass(ski in/ski out). . and party in Aspen at night..20 minutes by tram [/B]
Ah Aspen. Where the beer flows like wine.
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I think I will go to Texas a few times this year.
lazs
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Originally posted by mtndog
Curval: rent a house on the slope in Snowmass(ski in/ski out). . and party in Aspen at night..20 minutes by tram
I looked into it a couple of years ago. Costs were astronomical, especially when I add in flights.
When I go skiing I'm too darn tired to even think about partying at night. Those days are over. :)
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Originally posted by Saintaw
I hopefully will get a break this summer... i started planning my trip to Vietnam. have been wanting to go visit that for a while now.
LOL just watched news, they spoke about all those evil pedofils who are going to Vietnam.
:D
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Originally posted by xrtoronto
(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/2203/wolflakeboat9qv.jpg)
Agreed Tarmac.
The above picture is looking north from the cottage over Wolf Lake into the southern boundry of Algonquin Park. Depending on traffic it's about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Toronto. This area is incredible. The pic above was taken at about 9:30 am last summer. End of May and the most of June are no time to be up there however...the bugs are, well, relentless
Tarmac, have you seen any wildlife up there? There is some 3,000 bears in the park; wolves, moose, deer, fox etc. If the wind is not blowing, you can hear conversations a mile away. LOL
Who would want to go there? There's no friggin wind!
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Went to Costa Rica for couple weeks...was great place for vacation.
Going to Kauai next week for 12 days, should be nice. Never been to that island, looking forward to it.
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i loved alaska.
crand cayman in the 80's was sweet.
the yucatan penninsula is really cool too.
there isn't much there, but upper michigan is my fav (partially because my mother and father grew up there)
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(http://www.nlcs.k12.in.us/dewey/jessica1.jpg)
Right here!!
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anywhere with mountains, 10feet of powder, and chair lifts.
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The Army sent me on a small "vacation" in Panama. Not a bad place at all. The food was good and very inexpensive, you can drink the water and the scuba diving is fantastic on the Atlantic side. Several spots have old ruins to explore as well.
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Daytona Beach (The worlds most famous beach) it says so on the sign. I can drive to the airport and not get on the plane.
(http://www.geocities.com/travelnotes/NorthAmerica/images/beach.jpg)
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My favorite by far is Tahiti and her Islands. More specifically Bora Bora, Huahine in Society Archipelago and Manihi in the Tuamotus Archipelago. Mahini does not have a central island/volcano. It is just a atol 5-10 km in diameter.
(http://www.mazurfamily.name/mazurfamily/tahiti/boat.jpg)
(http://www.mazurfamily.name/mazurfamily/tahiti/Manihi%20Pearl%20Beach%20Resort.jpg)
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Originally posted by mietla
My favorite by far is Tahiti and her Islands. More specifically Bora Bora, Huahine in Society Archipelago and Manihi in the Tuamotus Archipelago. Mahini does not have a central island/volcano. It is just a atol 5-10 km in diameter.
(http://www.mazurfamily.name/mazurfamily/tahiti/boat.jpg)
(http://www.mazurfamily.name/mazurfamily/tahiti/Manihi%20Pearl%20Beach%20Resort.jpg)
Christ! I can't even imagine the cost. I do know that I won't be able to afford a trip like that until retirement. When did you go? How much was the trip?
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He, he,
I went there in Sep 2004. Hopped 7 islands (Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora and Manihi) and just loved it.
The islands are pretty small (you can drive around say Moorea in less than an hour), and they are much older that for example Hawaii. As a result they all have atols around them. In other words, a typical tahitian island is a central volcano (or more frequently two) encircled by a ring of tiny sandy islets on a coral reef (motus). The lagoon between the main island and a motus contain a spectacular wild life. You can swim with sharks, rays, and all kinds of fish.
With time the volcanos are sinking under water and all that remains is just an atol. The Tuamotus archipelago contsists of many very old sank volcanos including Rangiroa and Manihi. It and unforgettable experience to be on and islet only a couple a hundred feet in diameter in a muiddle of the Pacific. The atol is a ring of a couple kilometers and it is not continous, it's a chain of islets. You can walk between them as the water is very shallow.
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Oh, and I have been to Lake Louise. A trully beautiful place.
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I hear Newark, NJ is nice ;)
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By far best vacation was to New Zealand for 3 weeks!!! Wife and I had a blast!!!!
2nd best was touring Thailand for 3 weeks....toejamet mostly...went to "james bond Island" and the place "the Beach" was filmed at. We went in sea kayaks for a bit on that one! Shame the tsunami hit last year....really messed the place up and I feel sorry for the loss of life.
3rd best...4wheeling/camping/trout fishing in the Mts of Colorado...used to get up there once a month...Ouray, Durango, Telluride....great area.
4rth....on the coast of maine with my folks!
5th....anywhere in Japan! We lived there for 4 years in Okinawa and absolutely loved it....scuba heaven right out the door!
6th...Moab Utah!
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Lucerne, Switzerland
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Originally posted by mtndog
ive looked at that myself. Ended up doing a day at Road America w Skip Barber School...gotta do a three day:aok
Curval: rent a house on the slope in Snowmass(ski in/ski out). . and party in Aspen at night..20 minutes by tram
Skip Barber would do. I need something to replace the exitement of surfing now that I gave it up. Here's a video of my last ride (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9220230963738964724&q=perfect)
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I've always wanted to run the ridge at Torrey Pines:
Torrey Vid (right click and save) (http://www.agcsc.org/video/torreyqt_medium.mov)
(http://photos.agcsc.org/albums/torrey02/pass134.jpg)
(http://photos.agcsc.org/albums/historic/torrey_1_34_south.sized.jpg)
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Rio de Janeiro and Bangkok are always fun places to visit. Will be in Rio about 4 to 5 times this year and Bangkok once.
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Crowmaw, nice pix there.
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crowmaw - I can't play your .MOV file with QuickTime - is there a better application that can be used to play it? Also, what glider is that? - sort of looks like an ASW17, but hard to tell from the photo.
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Lucerne, Switzerland
very very very very lovely place.
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Originally posted by beet1e
crowmaw - I can't play your .MOV file with QuickTime - is there a better application that can be used to play it? Also, what glider is that? - sort of looks like an ASW17, but hard to tell from the photo.
Odd that it doesn't play...it works on my QT. Do you have a recent version? Otherwise, Media Player Classic (http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_players/media_player_classic.cfm) has a QuickTime codec...you can try that.
The ship is a Schweitzer 1-34.
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Budapest, August 2005, some selected (and edited) photos.
(http://personal.inet.fi/peli/panzzer/budapest_01.jpg)
St. Istvan Basilica
(http://personal.inet.fi/peli/panzzer/budapest_02.jpg)
teh parliament
(http://personal.inet.fi/peli/panzzer/budapest_04.jpg)
a pretty building... :)
(http://personal.inet.fi/peli/panzzer/budapest_05.jpg)
The parliament from the other side of Danube.
(http://personal.inet.fi/peli/panzzer/budapest_06.jpg)
The Fisherman's Bastion (Halászbástya).
Budapest has been one of my finest vacation targets - had a good hotel just in the centrum, nice surroundings, and enough of history there. And cheap beer. :)
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A place like this
(http://www.prairieskyranch.com/images/Pheasant_hunting_flush2.jpg)
or a place like this..either one will do
(http://www.rawhideoutfitters.com/images/2002/12%20fishing.jpg)
No, that's not me in either picture... we're talking about vacations and places to have them.
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Originally posted by SOB
I wanna play leapfrog on the moon with Hangtime.
Don't you mean play Hide the flag-pole?
:D
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Originally posted by lazs2
I think I will go to Texas a few times this year.
Funny that you're the only one to have mentioned Texas, considering how much it has going for it. ;)
Here's a pic I took in Austin, to whet your appetite.
(http://www.zen33071.zen.co.uk/txlazs.jpg)
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Originally posted by Furball
Sweden.
You better take lots and lots of money... very expensive area unfortunately.
I don't have any plans for this year, maybe Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France and back home to Blighty again (maybe via Luxembourg Monsieur Saw'sage ;))
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Originally posted by Ghosth
Black Hills in South Dakota, 7 miles south of deadwood there is a campground hidden away just off the road. Spent a week there some 5 years back. One of the most idyllic settings I've ever seen. Lots to see & do within a 1- 2 hour drive.
Yea, that`s some beautifull country in that area. A little further on south from where the campground is at that you are speaking of, is a beautifull lake nestled in the valley of the Black Hills. (Pactola Dam and Reservoir)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1141577116_pac.jpg)
Even further south, where the hills give way to the prairie, you cand find these. awesome!
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/22_1141577174_buff1.jpg)
A couple of pics I took last Aug. Forgive the quality.