"Josh Battles" <josh.lists@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
: On Fri, March 23, 2007 6:53 pm, Michael Maskalans wrote:
:>
:> Go north!
:>
:> And for anyone who has legit suggestions, TN is a wide state, a rough
:> location might help.
: Thanks. We're going to be in Memphis. Barry told me about the blue ridge
: parkway, I was actually looking into that. We have about 5 days of drive
: time from Memphis to Jon's to fill with anything and everything. We're going
: to meander across the country and see the "sights" we come across.
With that much time, it might be fun to come the whole way
without setting foot (tire) on an interstate. Last year on the
trip to Carlisle, I took the direct route across the hills instead
of the 90/79/76 interstates, and it was a heck of a lot more
interesting. Ironically, it was also shorter time wise. We should
have been doing that from the start with the Carlisle convoys, but
the mapping software and stuff back then said it was longer this
way. :-P Unless of course you have specific points that you'd like
to hit in which case you'll probably want to stick to the interstates.
The only thing that immediately comes to mind is I think there
might be some places in that general region of the country where
you can "dig for treasure"; stuff like diamonds, rubies, gold,
opal, etc. Which you are digging for depends on the part of the
country. I have seen some TV shows about those kind of places,
you basically pay an entrance fee and whatever you find you can
keep; if you get lucky you might even pay for the vacation. :-)
Anyway, that has nothing to do with anything, but the idea just
sparked in my brain for some reason. I don't know if you're into
that sort of thing (I don't know if I am either), it just sounded
like something that would be fun to try.
If you are into geocaching at all, with a long trip like that,
there are bound to be ample opportunities to hit some interesting
ones.
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