Foreigners in National Parks.

[mcfarmall]

I enjoy helping Asian visitors with picture taking...it was more fun when they used cameras with film as they'd have to wait for developing to see that I cut their heads off (in the photo of course, not in real life). A funny trick I learned from a militia friend years ago.

 

[JPRambo]

in the reverse of my post above. I visited France about 15 years ago and drove across the country in less 8 hours.

 

[ovrszd]

in the reverse of my post above. I visited France about 15 years ago and drove across the country in less 8 hours.

I've lived in the midwest my whole life and have never driven to Canada or Mexico.

 

[KennyG]

I always think it's great to see people from other countries actually visiting the US. I hope it counteracts the impression they get from TV, movies and news. (In a lot of countries, it seems 50% of the TV shows, 80% of the movies and a lot of the news is from the US. I find Europeans follow US news and politics closer than I do.) I've spent a good bit of time in Europe and in the far East and find that people are the same everywhere. Every place has a few jerks but 95% of the people are friendly and helpful. And, by the way, you can't go to any major attraction in Europe without seeing Chinese, Japanese and Koreans. They have money and they like to travel.

 

[MossRoad]

in the reverse of my post above. I visited France about 15 years ago and drove across the country in less 8 hours.

Heck, it took me 5 to get through Chicago one day! :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

I've lived in the midwest my whole life and have never driven to Canada or Mexico.

If it's any consolation, I live in Indiana and never driven southwest of St. Louis! :laughing:

Did drive to Yellowstone one year. And have flown to Arizona and driven all over that state, Nevada, Utah, Colorado. Walked in and then out of Mexico in Nogales. Been to L.A. three times (hate it, too many people and it's pretty dirty). I need to get to Arkansas, deep south, and Pacific NW. Been all over east of here.

There's so much to do in the U.S.!!!

Anyone ever driven around the Great Lakes. We've driven all of them but Superior.

 

[k0ua]

If it's any consolation, I live in Indiana and never driven southwest of St. Louis! :laughing:

Did drive to Yellowstone one year. And have flown to Arizona and driven all over that state, Nevada, Utah, Colorado. Walked in and then out of Mexico in Nogales. Been to L.A. three times (hate it, too many people and it's pretty dirty). I need to get to Arkansas, deep south, and Pacific NW. Been all over east of here.

There's so much to do in the U.S.!!!

Anyone ever driven around the Great Lakes. We've driven all of them but Superior.

Come on down to Branson, About 15 minutes to the Arky line, and Just a little over 4 hours West and south of that Big city called St. Louis. We ain't like them. We don't even talk like them. (I have several relatives in St. Louis) We would be happy for you to drop by.

 

[N80]

If it's any consolation, I live in Indiana and never driven southwest of St. Louis! :laughing:

Did drive to Yellowstone one year. And have flown to Arizona and driven all over that state, Nevada, Utah, Colorado. Walked in and then out of Mexico in Nogales. Been to L.A. three times (hate it, too many people and it's pretty dirty). I need to get to Arkansas, deep south, and Pacific NW. Been all over east of here.

There's so much to do in the U.S.!!!

Anyone ever driven around the Great Lakes. We've driven all of them but Superior.

Come on down south....maybe not in July or August. A great trip, which I do every few years, is Memphis to New Orleans. Drive down highway 61 all the way. Stop in the blues towns in Mississippi. Try the famous tamales and go to Ground Zero blues club in Clarksdale (1 hour south of Memphis) which is owned by Morgan Freeman. Looks like a real dive, even a little scary, but it isn't...it is tourist friendly. Memphis is great. New Orleans is, well, New Orleans. If you like food and music a trip down highway 61 is hard to beat. In the delta, between Memphis and N.O., it is pure Mississippi, which means agriculture and poverty but the area is beautiful. Stop in Vicksburg with its downtown on the river and its huge Civil War battlefield and recovered iron clad. If you need recommendations on where to eat in N.O......or Clarksdale, Vicksburg or.... just send me a P.M.

If the deep south on the east coast is more your speed, start in the Myrtle Beach/Georgetown area. Go to Brookgreen Gardens in Georgetown, one of my favorite places on earth, head down to Charleston and from there to Beaufort, Savannah and St. Augustine. That's a trip that is hard to beat. Used to live in Charleston myself. Probably one of the top five food cities in the US.

 

[Tomtint]

Come on down south....maybe not in July or August. A great trip, which I do every few years, is Memphis to New Orleans. Drive down highway 61 all the way. Stop in the blues towns in Mississippi. Try the famous tamales and go to Ground Zero blues club in Clarksdale (1 hour south of Memphis) which is owned by Morgan Freeman. Looks like a real dive, even a little scary, but it isn't...it is tourist friendly. Memphis is great. New Orleans is, well, New Orleans. If you like food and music a trip down highway 61 is hard to beat. In the delta, between Memphis and N.O., it is pure Mississippi, which means agriculture and poverty but the area is beautiful. Stop in Vicksburg with its downtown on the river and its huge Civil War battlefield and recovered iron clad. If you need recommendations on where to eat in N.O......or Clarksdale, Vicksburg or.... just send me a P.M.

If the deep south on the east coast is more your speed, start in the Myrtle Beach/Georgetown area. Go to Brookgreen Gardens in Georgetown, one of my favorite places on earth, head down to Charleston and from there to Beaufort, Savannah and St. Augustine. That's a trip that is hard to beat. Used to live in Charleston myself. Probably one of the top five food cities in the US.

We rode as far as Memphis from Mass and went to Grace Land. I'm not a real big Elvis fan but seeing his grounds..and thinking about what it was inthe 60-70s.. it's pretty impressive. He truly deserves the King title. ..it's a shame what the lifestyle did to him. ..that said.. I was not a big fan of downtown Memphis. ..We were there for 45 minutes and a helmet was stolen off of our motorcycle.... It's like a global unwritten law that you simply do not touch a motorcycle that's not yours... ever.. Apparently Memphis did not subscribe to this law.. I did however meet countless people along our travels down south, that have a genuine , nice demeanor about them..Its a departure from what is common in the North East.

 

[MossRoad]

Never heard that global unwritten rule.... :laughing:

When I had bikes, I'd find them moved around, knocked over, mirrors twisted around, turn signals snapped off, etc...

My brother in law had his motorcycle stolen in Beanblossom, Indiana in broad daylight at a motorcycle rally.

My other brother in law had his diesel pickup stolen with two dirt bikes in the back in broad daylight out of a bank parking lot next to a bar while watching bike races during bike week in Daytona.

I've been to Memphis on business about 15 years ago. We had a pleasant time at lunches and in the evenings. I'd go back to hear some more good music if I get the chance.