Love to travel.. my wife and I took 3 months off and drove at relaxed pace cross country in the US. From Vancouver, San Fran, LA to San Diego favorite spot along the way.. Northern California - Red Wood Forest. San Diego up to the Grande Canyon. Spent a week on the rim of the canyon horse back riding, helicoptor rides.. fun stuff. I wanted to head up to Colorado but my wife wouldn't go for it.. ended up cutting out across New Mexico and into Texas. Hung out in Dallas for awhile then down to South Padre Island via San Antonio and Austin.. hit Galveston and Houston on the way back up. Then on to Hot Springs Arkansas, St. Louis .. took a northern route back to North Carolina. Charlotte for awhile then down to the Georgia coast and back up through the mountains. Shot up to Virginia, DC and Pennsylvania.. I think we hit some part of about 20 states on the trip.
We have taken several smaller trips recently but we want to take another long trip sometime in the near future and hit the states we missed.. She thought she had died and gone to heaven the year we went cross country. She hit almost half the states in addition to the UK, France, and Canada. I tried to talk her into going to Mexico when we where in San Diego but she wasn't interested.
My Dad was in the military so my brother and sister got to travel a lot. They live in Austrailia, Japan, Germany, and a heck of a lot of different states. My folks had me and dropped me off in Texas for most of my life.
Worse place I've ever been? Hot Springs, Arkansas. My wife loved the spa treatment but I didn't. I got felt up by the big male masseuse. I still have nightmares.
Best place I've ever been? North California.. Those trees are excellent. Walking down a black sand beach with the rocks off the coast, monster trees in the background and wild elk just hanging out. Very cool.
Favorite moment on a trip.. Driving down the PCH with the top down.. heading south. My wife is on the passengers side and wants to pull over. She looses her breakfast. The combination of convertible, high speed, and no guard rails between her and the several hundred foot drop to the ocean was more than she could bare.
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