Trip to USA

[duggee27]

great trip

thats the rub, agreeing where to go and for how long !!

damn , just checked our itinerary ... you beat us to flagstaff/grand canyon by 7 days !!  mind you i did get out voted on some places.

ours is a family thingy .. year of 'milestone ' birthdays, 1 sister is 55, the other 60, me 65 and bro-in-law 70, and thanks to a bit of inheritance ...we're off :yahoo: all to meet up in NY with my daughter, her hubby and , of course, gorgeous twin grandees, aaand our cousin and hubby are coming over from sweden

jeff, you get to go to some places i preferred but ours is mainly national parks. i too not into alcatraz but certainly lombard st and trams, hoover dam.

start at san francisco (should find a coin shop here)napa(someone mention zinfandel!!), yosemite (yogi bear??), bishop(bless me), las vegas(craps), flagstaff(was/is twin city of katoomba), GC, monument valley(cowboys and itchy bums), zion NP(gorgeous gorges), vegas then NY (for a week = coin looking ! and shopping)

thanks robster, will try to add muir to the list , especially if i tell the girls about giradellos
:wavemulticolor:

[Robster]

I have stopped or stayed at every one of those spots Duggee, you will love every one. We found the Zinfandel very pale pink compared to some of the Aussie drops but just as nice!

[triplewitch]

You might as well try some Coors while you're in Denver.  Pot sales are legal there too, but don't take it out of state.
Here's the link for the Denver Mint reservations:
http://www.usmint.gov/mint_tours/?action=Reservation
Book early and arrive early to get through security.

[ken-a]

You are spending times in parts of the US that I have never been too.  Have you considered a tour of the Denver Mint?

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_tours/

Ken

[robbiegal]

great trip

thats the rub, agreeing where to go and for how long !!

damn , just checked our itinerary ... you beat us to flagstaff/grand canyon by 7 days !!  mind you i did get out voted on some places.

ours is a family thingy .. year of 'milestone ' birthdays, 1 sister is 55, the other 60, me 65 and bro-in-law 70, and thanks to a bit of inheritance ...we're off :yahoo: all to meet up in NY with my daughter, her hubby and , of course, gorgeous twin grandees, aaand our cousin and hubby are coming over from sweden

jeff, you get to go to some places i preferred but ours is mainly national parks. i too not into alcatraz but certainly lombard st and trams, hoover dam.

start at san francisco (should find a coin shop here)napa(someone mention zinfandel!!), yosemite (yogi bear??), bishop(bless me), las vegas(craps), flagstaff(was/is twin city of katoomba), GC, monument valley(cowboys and itchy bums), zion NP(gorgeous gorges), vegas then NY (for a week = coin looking ! and shopping)

thanks robster, will try to add muir to the list , especially if i tell the girls about giradellos
:wavemulticolor:

what perfect planning - the kiddies 5 years apart
good on ya mum!

[keldaw]

take it easy Jeff ,
 don't do what I did ,we just returned home today
 [ Tuesday ] from a 7 night trip to cairns and back
 on the p & o cruise ship    ( ARIA )
 2 nd day out and I slipped in the bath /shower , hurt my shoulder , tore the mussels in my chest and back , near the shoulder blades and had 3 days in my cabin in bed . .
arrived back home today and still very sore , so I will have to rest up for a month or so ..

[ausjack]

Gee Kel that's no good, ya good look after ya self mate

[Chuckey]

I hope you have a great time JeffH!
For the fourth time I am heading back to the US at the end of April for six months continuing my book research on monetary policy. Last year my Chrysler did 14,000 miles east to west and back again. Its a lot of fun driving over there!

[robbiegal]

take it easy Jeff ,
 don't do what I did ,we just returned home today
 [ Tuesday ] from a 7 night trip to cairns and back
 on the p & o cruise ship    ( ARIA )
 2 nd day out and I slipped in the bath /shower , hurt my shoulder , tore the mussels in my chest and back , near the shoulder blades and had 3 days in my cabin in bed . .
arrived back home today and still very sore , so I will have to rest up for a month or so ..

bummer Kel
when we went on our first and hopefully not last cruise,  last year - the shower and bath had heaps of hand rails - I made sure I held on heaps - as I lose my balance really easily (been like that all my life)

sorry to hear that you got laid up

[Basil]

take it easy Jeff ,
 don't do what I did ,we just returned home today
 [ Tuesday ] from a 7 night trip to cairns and back
 on the p & o cruise ship    ( ARIA )
 2 nd day out and I slipped in the bath /shower , hurt my shoulder , tore the mussels in my chest and back , near the shoulder blades and had 3 days in my cabin in bed . .
arrived back home today and still very sore , so I will have to rest up for a month or so ..

They say to throw a towel on the floor in Motels/Ships Bathrooms and just leave it there until you leave or it gets housekeeped..Wet/damp towel won't move on tiles.

[robbiegal]

was the ship nice Kel?

[Nevol]

Sorry to hear about your fall Kel, I hope you are recovering OK. :friends:

[Unicorn]

Sorry to hear that Kel, hoping that you get better real soon.

[Goldseeker]

Sorry to hear about your accident Kel.

I trust that you took out travel insurance?

[Unicorn]

Sounds like a great trip Jeff. Did you think of visiting the northern Georgia wilderness for a bit of canoeing down the Cahulawassee, oops I mean Coosawattee River?

I hear it's a nice place for a little bow hunting and the locals, oops, I mean cousins, brothers and uncles, are really really really friendly.



If you do, then you can perhaps add this one to your music playlist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SfyObUd5e8