Seattle - Ate lunch with Robin in the Space Needle. They brought us ice cream in a funky glowing dry-ice bowl that caused this foggy smoke to pour out all over the table. Very cool. We were there for 10 days feeding homeless people and trying to help teens get off the streets. We combed the streets from Capital Hill to Puegout Sound.
Chicago - Love Chicago. Teenage road trips to take in all this sights. Nothing beats the elevator ride to the top of Sears Tower (ears a poppin'). You could spend all day at the Museum of Science and Industry or Navy Pier. Check out Solider Field too while you're there (especially if you're a really good NFL quarterback looking for a home). Love Chi-town!
Detroit - Motown for mo people. Again, I was here feeding homeless people in a park downtown. I slipped away one afternoon to see the sites and had to take in the home of funk...Hitsville USA. It really is just a house in a neighborhood. Still was awesome to be on the property.
Mattoon, Illinois - You should check this place out! I spent some time here and loved every minute of it.
Speedway, Indiana - There's nothing like the rush of 33 cars coming at you going 230 miles per hour. It's loud and will make your testosterone level scale off the charts. I went as a teen with a friend who's father had supplied the wood for a new section of the grandstand. I was hooked. I recommend sitting on the infield ($20.00 ticket) and taking plenty of sunscreen and a camera. You won't be disappointed even if you think only morons watch cars going around in circles.
Griffith Observatory - Was one of the highlights of my trip to see a friend in LA. It was very serene and it is certainly the best view of the smog. Other highlights of the California trip...playing football on Manhattan beach, having a burger at the Sunset Grill and a behind the scenes (non-touristy) look at the Paramount lot. Very cool.
Amserdam - I connected here on my way to Africa. This place looked amazing and I plan to spend a little more time there on my next trip.
Ed Sullivan Theatre - I have been to NYC on several occasions for business and pleasure. The night before my last trip I got a call saying that I had scored standby tickets to see Dave in person. Wooohoo! It was surreal being in this building where I knew the Beatles had made history. Dave was hilarious as usual and I found out that Nicolas Cage is much shorter than he appears on camera.
Augusta National - Monday practice round last year. I arrived at 8am and Tiger Woods was already on the course. It's as beautiful as they say it is and no, television just can't capture it in full. This is the greatest venue in American sports in my opinion and I am proud to live 55 miles from the front gates. I have a return ticket this April
Glacier Mountain National Park, Montana - Robin and I helped lead 50 teenagers from South Carolina out to the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Browning, Montana two years in a row. We assisted a great couple who are missionaries there. The students worked very hard all week and we rewarded them on Friday with a trip to see Glacier including taking a trip on "Going Into The Sun" highway which has been labeled as the most beautiful drive in America. The mountains and lakes are breathtaking. The waterfalls are majestic. The first year that we traveled there (in June), the park cleared an 84 foot snowdrift on Thursday...otherwise it would have been closed. If you ever get a chance to go, you won't be disappointed.
Amboseli, Kenya - You won't find more beauty on this planet. At Amboseli lodge, you are amongst the best that nature has to offer. Located in the Ol Tukai area near the Tanzanian border, this place is breathtaking. You will see more elephants, zebras and giraffes than you can count. I could hear the elephants chewing grass as I was laying in my bed at night. Did I mention that Ambosli is in the shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaroo? It's an amazing place and I plan to take my family to see it again one day.
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I've been to none of the above places.....and that makes me sad. ~~sadpacing~~ Those places are amazing.....the picture of Montana...omg...I could cry looking at that. I think I belong there!
I was amazed to see that I have been to many of the same places. I lived in the Seattle area for 6 years and absolutely loved it! The moderate temperatures year round were great. Our favorite place to visit was the Hoh rain forest on the Olympic Penninsula, one of the few temperate rain forests in North America.
Glacier National Park: few roads compare to the "going to the sun highway." I've spent time in 45 of the states and this is one area that I would definitely come back to again.
Chicago: growing up in Milwaukee, I have been to Chicago many times (zoo, museums, downtown, airports, Sears Tower, etc.) but being a diehard Cheesehead Packer-Backer, I have to stop short of Soldier Field.
Mattoon, IL: My grandmother lived in Mattoon, WI which doesn't look much different than Mattoon, IL based on the picture. Then I checked out Mattoon, IL and realized that my town was much smaller: population just under 500 compared to just under 20,000. I spent many fun filled trips to grandma's house there.
Would love to visit some of the other places you highlighted!
I think you should take me on your return visit to Augusta this April. :-D
We could get some practice on your green and then act like we were pros.
Do I hear road trip to Augusta? I'm in! Shotgun!
20.00$ is a cheap price for a race. Formula 1 is much more expensive
Giuliano,
The grandstand seats can run several hundred dollars...but the track seats 300,000 people and there is plenty of room on the infield which allows them to charge $20.00.
Thanks for the comments! Where are you from?
I come from Italy, but I live in Spain.
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