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3 States in 3 Weeks (1 Viewer)

TheIronSheik

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The Travel Bucket List thread got me thinking about cool places I want to still go.  Was having this discussion with another couple the other night and it morphed into a different question:

You win a free trip that let's you go to 3 different states with a full week in each one.  You can go anywhere or do anything.  But you only get a week.  What three states would you choose and why?  What would you be doing in them?

 
Washington, California, Nevada...start with Seattle and all the cool outdoor offerings of the state of Washington, move to the similar offerings of California, end in Vegas

 
Hawaii and Alaska first, because I figure those will be the 2 most difficult for me to ever get to. Then I'd say New York third, just from the sheer variety of things to see and do there. Went thru it as a child on a family vacation but didn't really stop or do anything there, so I don't count as having been there. 

 
Washington Pub crawl and hops

Oregon Pub crawl and hops

Hawaii if they have decent beer otherwise California pub crawl in San Diego

 
Yeah, I feel like Alaska and Hawaii are the ones that a lot of people would pick.  The third one for me is the tough one.  I think maybe like Montana, Wyoming or Idaho. Going hiking in the mountains sounds fun.

 
TheIronSheik said:
The Travel Bucket List thread got me thinking about cool places I want to still go.  Was having this discussion with another couple the other night and it morphed into a different question:

You win a free trip that let's you go to 3 different states with a full week in each one.  You can go anywhere or do anything.  But you only get a week.  What three states would you choose and why?  What would you be doing in them?
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Florida - Beach/fish/relax

Utah - Skiing

Hawaii - Beach/fish/relax

 
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TheIronSheik said:
What if you had to pick from the lower 48?
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I think, for me, it would be:

Montana - for hiking in the mountains
California - because there's so much to do and see.  
Maine - just drive along the coastline, stopping to walk the beaches and check out the parks

 
I'm going to stick to lower 48, and I'm assuming I'm leaving my kid elsewhere because taking him to these spots would be a disaster at his age....

Wyoming - Yellowstone/Tetons -- never been.

Illinois - Alright, this is a weird one. Never been to IL. I'd like to see Chicago and then spend some time in Springfield seeing the Lincoln stuff. Grant in Galena while I'm out there too.

Ohio - Ok, this is an even weirder one. I'd like to do the Presidential trail (McKinley, Garfield, Taft, Harding, more Grant), and check out the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton while visiting McKinley's site.

 
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I'd go Hawaii cuz I loved it so much when I visited, then Alaska to see the natural wonders, then New York and especially NYC. I'd spend a day in each of the Five Boroughs. 

 
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When i lived in NM, i took a vaca each spring w some buds that was a 3-stater that could easily be expanded to 3 wks. West on the I40, first stop Canon de Chelly, AZ. Not only a beautiful non-tourist place but the Wailing Wall for anyone w Indian blood (3 of our party did). The Trail of Tears for the western tribes ended in massacre there and one can feel the spirits fly thru. Awesome. Next thru Monument Valley up to Utah and a tributary of the San Juan River (sry - Fight Club rules) where the trout fed on fresh-water skrimps. Massive. Up to Lake Powell, houseboat several days to Waheep, then on to Vegas. Debaucherous.

 
AK, UT, CO. These are the three that I really have left to have seen them all. (I think I need also ND and MO, but I'm going to MO this summer, and ND isn't worth using something like this for.)

I think I'd say UT in summer and CO in winter, because there are some great National Parks that I'd like to see there, and I'd love to ski in there Rockies. I think I'd be able to do AK with a cruise, seeing all of the spectacular stuff of the shorelines. Although friends that are on a vaca to waaaaay northern Norway this week, would make me want to go to the top in the middle of winter, just because. Especially if you could time it with the Northern Lights.

 
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A couple years ago I was at the WSOP playing next to another North Carolinian Ken "Teach" Aldridge who is an acquaintance, meaning I played poker with him many times local and at Cherokee, him and James Woods (yes, that one) did Route 66 drive out to the series.  Sounded like a great time.

 
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Leaving out the States I've actually been to:

Tennessee - I'm on a kick where I really want to go to Nashville. Would spend most of the time at bars seeing live music.

Alaska - want to do one of those Alaskan cruises as that kind of scenery is what really wows me.

Arizona - visit the Grand Canyon

 
Walking Boot said:
Northwest Angle, MN, and also Point Roberts WA which is a US peninsula that only connects to Canada, not the rest of the US. There's also Hyder Alaska, and the native american community at Akwesasne NY, which pokes into Canada. 

There's also the Kentucky Bend, the portion of Kentucky that is fully surrounded by Tennessee and Missouri and not connected to KY.
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LOOK AT ME!  I KNOW PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY OTHER THINGS!

 
Mr. Ected said:
AK, UT, CO. These are the three that I really have left to have seen them all. (I think I need also ND and MO, but I'm going to MO this summer, and ND isn't worth using something like this for.)

I think I'd say UT in summer and CO in winter, because there are some great National Parks that I'd like to see there, and I'd love to ski in there Rockies. I think I'd be able to do AK with a cruise, seeing all of the spectacular stuff of the shorelines. Although friends that are on a vaca to waaaaay northern Sweden this week, would make me want to go to the top in the middle of winter, just because. Especially if you could time it with the Northern Lights.
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There's lots of great stuff inland in Alaska too, like Denali National Park.  I did a 10 day cruise and land tour of Alaska, and I wished I had added a couple of more days.  But I guess 7 days is better than no days in Alaska.

 
Don Quixote said:
There's lots of great stuff inland in Alaska too, like Denali National Park.  I did a 10 day cruise and land tour of Alaska, and I wished I had added a couple of more days.  But I guess 7 days is better than no days in Alaska.
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I definitely want to go venture out on land.  But I also have an irrational fear of being mauled by a bear. :mellow:

 
Whatever three states give me the best revolutionary era history sites.  It's a bucket list east coast road trip of mine.  

 
I'd go to Hawaii just for the beaches, scenery, and because it's Hawaii.  I'd relax and eat like a champ.  Nightlife would be minimal.

I'd go to Colorado because I have a few buddies in Denver, they'd show me a good time (read: pot, booze, girls)

And finally, I'd probably go to Louisiana (party, have buddies/business partners there).

 
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I'm going to stick to lower 48, and I'm assuming I'm leaving my kid elsewhere because taking him to these spots would be a disaster at his age....

Wyoming - Yellowstone/Tetons -- never been.

Illinois - Alright, this is a weird one. Never been to IL. I'd like to see Chicago and then spend some time in Springfield seeing the Lincoln stuff. Grant in Galena while I'm out there too.

Ohio - Ok, this is an even weirder one. I'd like to do the Presidential trail (McKinley, Garfield, Taft, Harding, more Grant), and check out the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton while visiting McKinley's site.
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As one who lives here, this is not as exciting as you might think it will be.

 
North Dakota, New Mexico, and Mississippi...because I can't imagine I would be going to any of these on my own dime.

 
Galileo said:
North Dakota, New Mexico, and Mississippi...because I can't imagine I would be going to any of these on my own dime.
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Santa Fe is a cool city, as is Taos. High desert terrain is beautiful.

Nothing redeeming about the other two.

I’d choose AK, CA and UT. All have multiple NP with great hiking, skiing, biking and climbing.

 
Walking Boot said:
If you really want to blow your mind, visit the Hopi Reservation in Arizona in the summer. It does not observe Daylight Savings time, it stays on Standard time all year. However, it's entirely surrounded by the Navajo Nation of Arizona, which does observe DST. But... the Navajo Nation is entirely surrounded by the rest of the state of Arizona, which does not observe DST. So you have to change your clocks three times as you drive through the area.
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And if you go boating on Lake Powell, I think you cross a couple of those boundaries, which makes it really hard to know exactly when you have to return the rental boat.

 
Hawaii- beach life

Cali- relax in wine country, do some hiking

NY- checkout all the famous museums, hit up broadway and eat like a king

 
Florida for fishing - inshore/flats for tarpon/snook/bonefish & permit; offshore for marlin/sailfish; freshwater for largemouth.

Hawaii - more fishing and Island hopping.

Wyoming - Yellowstone and Grand Teton; or

Utah -National Parks

 
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