How many have you been to?

[Marcia (Mrs. Pete)]

2 for me: Sears Tower Pearl Harbor

Have you been to the others mentioned?
Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Ground Zero, Philadelphia's Independence Hall, the Trail of Tears, the Inside Passage, and the Golden Gate Bridge,

2 of those the Grand Canyon and Golden Gate Bridge

I really want to go to New York--but I agree not in the water.

Gina

Been to Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore (had a bad case of stomach flu/altitude sickness and left my mark there...age 11, my dad held up my head and said "you need to see this!"). Golden Gate bridge, yes, recently with Pete.

I really, really want to go to NYC. I cannot believe I haven't been there. So, so on my Bucket List!

[XOXO]

Well, DJMom I was looking at the list and thinking to myself that I need to make a "bucket list" and make goals to see some of them. We haven't got a trip planned for Christmas yet but thought about New York--I might push for that.

We were in the Sear's Tower for the Chicago Air and Water show. It was SO COOL!!
We were also in the Hancock Tower that week and I can't remember which tower we were in but we felt we could see right into the eyes of the pilots.

[Maggy]

Pearl Harbor and NY Harbor. And I've seen Sears Tower from a distance (OK that doesn't count)

And Grand Canyon and Golden Gate Bridge of the others.

Hmmm...nowdays it seems like my US travels are just in transit for the Caribbean.

[sailorgirl]

Gettysburg
Montecello
NY Harbor ( Daily)
Graceland
Ground Zero
Golden Gate Bridge
Grand Canyon is on my list

[flip-flop]

From the list only 3:
Gettysburg
Monticello
New York Harbor

Other notables: Golden Gate, St. Louis Arch, Ground Zero, Seattle Space Needle, the CN Tower in Toronto (was and maybe still is the tallest free-standing structure in the world, but that's not in the US oops), the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City was pretty impressive, and of course Colonial Williamsburg more times than I can count.

Grand Canyon and Graceland are on my list!

[Marcia (Mrs. Pete)]

From the list only 3:
Gettysburg
Monticello
New York Harbor

Other notables: Golden Gate, St. Louis Arch, Ground Zero, Seattle Space Needle, the CN Tower in Toronto (was and maybe still is the tallest free-standing structure in the world, but that's not in the US oops), the Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City was pretty impressive, and of course Colonial Williamsburg more times than I can count.

Grand Canyon and Graceland are on my list!

You must see the Grand Canyon. Some of my favorites, out west: Bryce Canyon (horseback rode through it), Bear Lake, camping on the Snake River and the Titons.

Graceland is not on my list. Why?

[flip-flop]

Graceland is not on my list. Why?

Because you hate Elvis? Why do you hate Elvis, Mrs. Pete!

[irbgolfin]

Been to all but two...
Missing Gettysburg and the Ebenezer Baptist church.

All of the following, well, part of the ToT, it's not so much a place as a long trail of many places, well duh...
Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Ground Zero, Philadelphia's Independence Hall, the Trail of Tears, the Inside Passage, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Could add some others that are off the beaten track in the US that we enjoyed, Teddy Roosevelt Park, Little Big Horn, Glacier NP, Oklahoma City National Memorial... and outside of the US, the two most interesting that come to mind are the Panama Canal and the Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima, Japan.

As for the bucket list... my current priority is to visit all 50 states... I'm at 47... still need to go to Maine, New Hampshire, and Delaware. My plans for next summer haven't been set, but it's a possibility depending on what else I have going on.

[sherban]

Sears, NYC harbor- Statue of Lib, Gettysburg, part of canyon, maybe not the grand part...it was in CO.

Golden gate, Philly independance bell, etc....

[XOXO]

So you have been to Iowa. Where did you visit here?
I love summer in Iowa but it is getting chilly and gloomy and I am in the there's-nothing-to-do rut.

As for the bucket list... my current priority is to visit all 50 states... I'm at 47... still need to go to Maine, New Hampshire, and Delaware. My plans for next summer haven't been set, but it's a possibility depending on what else I have going on.

[irbgolfin]

Hi Gina...

While I live in OH, I was born in Lincoln NE, and during my childhood years (when we moved to numerous places) my grandparents lived in Nebraska City, NE, just across the river... My grandfather was the Culligan man who covered the region including western Iowa, we visited almost every year, and I rode with him on several occasions. My sister lives in Cedar Rapids, have a nephew at Iowa State, and have traversed I-80 countless times in my travels, guessing 25-30, and the 2 lane before I-80 existed, depending on where we lived we did 6 and 40 in different years, I wasn't driving yet so not so sure. Why I've even had a Maid Rite! Was last there for a wedding of the daughter of my wife's college friend a few years ago.

And last, but not least, my son from Columbus is dating a girl from the home of Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Le Mars! Suffice it to say on his first visit her family was surprised that he'd been through Iowa several times, and that Le Mars was far from his smallest town, try Upland NE on for size, that's where my grandfather and his brother were brought up, and our family farm is still in the family. No plans yet, but sounds like a trip to Le Mars could be in my future, if you know what I mean.

Thanks for asking about an easy one... I guess I shouldn't get cocky because someone is going to ask a tougher one where I haven't been much...

I'm just a good 'ol midwestern boy with a job that required travel, summers off as a kid, and we enjoy traveling, that's how the places we've visited have piled up.

irbgolfin

[toes in the sand]

I have seen the Sears tower from below but did not enter. (We did the WTC north tower and the Empire State Bldg. but I guess that doesn't qualify )

I have camped in Yellowstone twice, once as a kid with my family, once with a friend we did the primitive camping for a week.

We have visited the NY harbor twice. First visit the Statue of Liberty was closed for renovation so we took the Staten Island Ferry for the ride. Second time our daughter was with us and we toured Lady Liberty and Ellis Island.

We took an extra day on an Hawaii cruise and visited Pearl Harbor, Wakiki Beach and Diamond Head.

Guess that makes 3 of the 8.

Of the ones that almost made the list I have visited the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, The Trail of Tears and Independence Hall

[soxfan22]

I have been to:

Mount Vernon (a few times I guess)
Ground Zero
Mt. Rushmore/The Badlands/Custer State Park (Where the Buffalo Roam!)
Lake Tahoe
The Golden Gate
Sequoia National Park
Hoover Dam
Bryce Canyon
Zion National Park
Arches National Park
Empire State Building
Acadia National Park (Maine)
Rocky Mountains National Park
Hey! How bout The Fountain of Youth! That was exciting!
Gettysburg
Williamsburg
The Everglades National Park
University of Notre Dame (sorry, I consider it a national treasure! On a road trip through, I stopped to take a picture in front of Touchdown Jesus)


Would like to get to Monticello...Think my parents took me there as a kid, but need to get back...And of course, the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone (before the super-volcano blows!).

Would love to get out to Yosemite...Which reminds me of something interesting that I had read once, attributed to the great John Muir:

Hiking - I don't like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains - not hike! Do you know the origin of that word 'saunter?' It's a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages people used to go on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, and when people in the villages through which they passed asked where they were going, they would reply, "A la sainte terre,' 'To the Holy Land.' And so they became known as sainte-terre-ers or saunterers. Now these mountains are our Holy Land, and we ought to saunter through them reverently, not 'hike' through them. - John Muir

Interesting thought.

[XOXO]

Wow! What a small world. We live about 45 minutes from LeMars. And it does sound like you will be in the neighborhood!!

Maid Rites--I am not a fan.

But I am a fan of small towns! There is something about the midwest that is warm and friendly. BUT not today. Gloomy and cold.

I am glad I asked--it was interesting!

Gina

Hi Gina...

While I live in OH, I was born in Lincoln NE, and during my childhood years (when we moved to numerous places) my grandparents lived in Nebraska City, NE, just across the river... My grandfather was the Culligan man who covered the region including western Iowa, we visited almost every year, and I rode with him on several occasions. My sister lives in Cedar Rapids, have a nephew at Iowa State, and have traversed I-80 countless times in my travels, guessing 25-30, and the 2 lane before I-80 existed, depending on where we lived we did 6 and 40 in different years, I wasn't driving yet so not so sure. Why I've even had a Maid Rite! Was last there for a wedding of the daughter of my wife's college friend a few years ago.

And last, but not least, my son from Columbus is dating a girl from the home of Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Le Mars! Suffice it to say on his first visit her family was surprised that he'd been through Iowa several times, and that Le Mars was far from his smallest town, try Upland NE on for size, that's where my grandfather and his brother were brought up, and our family farm is still in the family. No plans yet, but sounds like a trip to Le Mars could be in my future, if you know what I mean.

Thanks for asking about an easy one... I guess I shouldn't get cocky because someone is going to ask a tougher one where I haven't been much...

I'm just a good 'ol midwestern boy with a job that required travel, summers off as a kid, and we enjoy traveling, that's how the places we've visited have piled up.

irbgolfin

[hoosierdaddy]

We took an extra day on an Hawaii cruise and visited Pearl Harbor, Wakiki Beach and Diamond Head.

We did the same trip two years ago, and will be going back again in April 2010. Have also been to Sears Tower and Graceland.

We had reservations for the Old Faithful Inn three years ago but had to change plans a few weeks before leaving.