The Old Folks Home

[vehve]

@dsqard Yeah, that's why I said that we'd probably just do the Cali thing, I'm pretty sure we could easily spend several weeks there. But there's a lot to see in the States.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

@ChickenCanoe Are you by any chance employed by the St. Louis tourism bureau?

One would think. It's just that there are a lot of interesting things to do and see. I'm so sorry to bore. Although, speaking of boring, with an open mind - it would be quite difficult to be bored here.

Did some1 say free beer?

Lots of free beer around here.

In the early 1900s, St. Louis's slogan was "First in booze, first in shoes and last in the American League."

Currently, over 20 breweries in St. Louis and almost 60 in the state, not to mention a bunch of wineries. (read that as free wine too)
At the time of the Civil War there were 40 breweries locally. Falstaff and Pabst started here too. The Lemp Mansion (next to the old Lemp brewery) is a haunted restaurant. I've had tours of areas of the house not normally frequented. Several members of the family committed suicide in the house. Very spooky place.
One small south city neighborhood had 20 breweries at the time the Anheuser Busch brewery was built. Lots of Germans down there.

 

[chickisoup]

My thoughts exactly!!!

 

[vehve]

@ChickenCanoe Not boring, you just clearly love your hometown. I think it's admirable.

 

[dsqard]

@vehve I agree. In this state alone we have 43 state parks, six national parks and five more national parks not too far into bordering states. That is A LOT to go see!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I highly recommend Yosemite on your trip. Death Valley is amazing too.

 

[vehve]

I highly recommend Yosemite on your trip. Death Valley is amazing too.

I think +25C is hot. Imagine me in Death Valley

But maybe it isn't like that all the time. Probably quite a pretty place, although more in a dystopian sort of way.

*Edit* I'm getting worried, I'm writing more and more out of muscle memory, not reading what I write. I just wrote "pretty please" when I meant to write "pretty place". This has happened to me tens of times during the past two days. I almost wrote "daze" instead of "days" there.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

dazed and confused

I visited Death Valley as a kid in July. It was rough but interesting nonetheless.

 

[vehve]

dazed and confused

I visited Death Valley as a kid in July. It was rough but interesting nonetheless.

I just checked the average temps there per month - that was probably a pretty hot trip.

 

[ronott1]

vehve one thing to remember is the size of this country though. Unless you are planning on a VERY long vacation or flying a TON doing both coasts in one vacation is probably not practical. If you figure on driving about 600 miles a day (and that is just driving, no time to see anything) it takes two days to get across Texas alone. If California really interests you, I would stick to one state for a vacation. If you are only in the states for less than a week, I would pick a part of California to see like northern or southern otherwise you are spending all your time driving and not really seeing much.

Yes! Napa and Yosemite are not close by car or as the crow flies.

There is a lot to see in the Bay Area; up and down the coast. Another thing to see that is closer to Napa is Lake Tahoe. You can also take a camping tour up hwy. 89 from Tahoe to the Oregon Boarder and never leave the mountains. Mt. Lassen is there too. It is an active volcano with mud pots and sulfur works. There is a guide book for this trip with places to say and things to see.