Reply #94: NO. I've been to the top of Mt. Whitney, and to the bottom of Death Valley. Visited 37 states.

[cherokeeprogressive]

I was blessed with Grandparents who were possessed of a Traveling Bone. Luckily, they passed it to my Parents. I've been to Sequoia, Yosemite, Yellowstone, The Grand Canyon, The Bayou, The Everglades, and The Smokey Mountains, to name a few. I've listened to Niagra, and tasted ice cold mountain spring water straight from the source in Idaho during the summer. I fished for and caught King Salmon on the Puget Sound. I've rafted on the Colorado River and dune buggied in the dunes of Southern California. I once even flew in front of Mt. Rushmore in a small Navy turboprop at eye level (their eyes) to within about a quarter mile. For it's faults, it's still the most wondrous place I've ever seen. And for all the things I've seen, there are so many more that I could never get to them all. That doesn't mean I won't try. I won't even list the places you can go to in Canada from here, like Lake Louise in Alberta.

Europe may be great for all it's history, I DID love the Parthenon and the Tower of London, and Nice was nice but the courtesy people showed you was directly related to the number of Dead Presidents you had in your wallet. Paris just struck me as dirty. I'll take this country over the historical things I've seen in Europe any day of the week.

You all should move. It might make for less traffic for those of us who still prefer to live in the land of their birth.