Off to the USA ...

[Dakkareth]

Tomorrow is the day. At 1:30pm our flight goes from Frankfurt to Denver, Colorado. Three weeks of holidays, here I come!

My sister has been there as an exchange student for a year now and I and my father are now following her to Ft. Collins to meet her host parents, then rent a camping van and visit various national parks together until our time there runs out.

Just feeling like sharing - not that anyone's going to miss me .

-Dakkareth

Edit: Advice, helpful comments and suggestions are of course all welcome

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

First,

Have you planned things out?

Whre all are you going? Just staying in Colorado?

A warning.

I've met a lot of people from Europe & they many of them just don't realize how BIG the U.S. is. (Likewise, many americans don't realize how small European countries are).

Don't expect to see a lot (geographically) in three weeks. Colorado is big enough to keep you occupied for severl months (esp if you like outdoor activites). If you go someplace else, choose 1 area. Don't try to hit Califonia, Texas & Arizona in 1 trip.

P.S. Remember what side of the road to drive on.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Colorado is big enough to keep you occupied for severl months (esp if you like outdoor activites).

Isn't it the truth? I've spent a large chunk of my life in CO and have yet to see everything the great state has to offer.

I give my two thumbs up to Steamboat and Hahn's Peak. Lots of fun!

 

[Dakkareth]

We have no exact route planned out, but we have maps and guides and a list of places that sound interesting. I expect, we're going to do the detail planning once we're there, probably with help from my sister and her host family there .

 

[der_kluge]

If you get the chance, drive over to Kansas City, and spend a couple of days there. Eat barbecue every day (the best in the country) (my recommendations: Gates barbecue, and Jack Stack), and check out the Steamboat Arabia museum (very cool - they dug up a sunk steamboat from the 1800s), and the toy and miniature museum. Also wicked cool. It's amazing how talented some people are. Imagine a completely working grand piano that can fit into the palm of your hand.

Colorado isn't too far away from the Grand Canyon, either. So, you should check that out, too. You could also take a trip up to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore.

 

[diaglo]

have fun.

ft collins is cool.

there are some nice dinosaur trails you can follow there.

also the mountains are great. iirc pike's peak is close too.

maybe see the Air Force Academy.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

You could also take a trip up to South Dakota to see Mt. Rushmore.

Yay for South Dakota! (my home state!)

der_kluge, snaps to you for actually *knowing* that Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota and NOT North Dakota. (if I had a dime for every person I've ever talked to that thought it was in North Dakota, I would be a rich woman. North Dakota is the SUCKY Dakota people! )

 

[qstor]

If you haven't left yet check out the Grand Canyon, Hollywood and Yosemite. Don't worry about trying to do it all in one trip. You can hit the East Coast of the US (Washington DC, Boston and New York City) another time


Mike

 

[Vraille Darkfang]

Yay for South Dakota! (my home state!)

der_kluge, snaps to you for actually *knowing* that Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota and NOT North Dakota. (if I had a dime for every person I've ever talked to that thought it was in North Dakota, I would be a rich woman. North Dakota is the SUCKY Dakota people! )

You mean there's a difference?

I coulda sworn they were the exact same thing. Endless expanses of nothing with momentary groupings of strange people.

No wait, that's Kansas & Oklahoma.

My bad.

 

[der_kluge]

Yay for South Dakota! (my home state!)

der_kluge, snaps to you for actually *knowing* that Mt. Rushmore is in South Dakota and NOT North Dakota. (if I had a dime for every person I've ever talked to that thought it was in North Dakota, I would be a rich woman. North Dakota is the SUCKY Dakota people! )

Well, I only know because I was planning a road trip out to go see it. It's only about an 8 hour drive from Kansas City. We never did get around to it, though. Now it's a two day drive!