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Another tip: try to stay away from fast food (unless you're in a time crunch). For me to get a real feel for an area is to eat the local cuisine. Go to small local dive restaurants.

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vanman said:
Remember this is a big country. If you want to see all these places in three or four weeks you are going to have to fly and rent cars locally. Texas is fine, how ever diverse it is. This is a beautiful country with a lot of great people.
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Yep we are planning on making at least a couple of internal flights, and will be renting a car at certain places. At the moment we're just compiling a list of things we'd like to see, and from there (once we know the dates) we will come up with an itinarary. Obviously we're not going to see everything, and because we're fairly young still I'm confident it won't be our only time visiting so I'd rather do a few things well than try do some whistle-stop try-do-everything type tour.

Curtis Rouse said:
Another tip: try to stay away from fast food (unless you're in a time crunch). For me to get a real feel for an area is to eat the local cuisine. Go to small local dive restaurants.
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The food is certainly something I'm looking forward to, I love Mexican food (the authentic stuff and the cali-mexican stuff) and I'm looking forward to sampling as much good stuff as possible!
 
David R said:
The food is certainly something I'm looking forward to, I love Mexican food (the authentic stuff and the cali-mexican stuff) and I'm looking forward to sampling as much good stuff as possible!
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If you come through central California I'd be more than happy to take you out for lunch or dinner. We have the best Mexican food here.

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You'd have to decide whether you're going to stick to Texas and the West Coast...or fly to the East Coast at some point in your trip.

I'd fly from Houston to Phoenix, rent a car and drive to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas...then to LA...then to Santa Barabara / Solvang (wineries), Monterey (Monterey Bay Aquarium) and then to SF and the Bay Area. Maybe a day or two outside of SF in Napa/Sonoma (wine country / balloon ride). If you were going in a warmer time of the year, I'd recommend going to Yosemite and gold rush country but not in March...

You could fly from SFO to somewhere on the East Coast (NYC, DC, Florida). As others have posted, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is great. So is the National Aquarium in Baltimore (an hour from DC). The Amazonia Exhibit at the National Zoo in DC has a great Arapaima display and of course lots of great museums in DC.

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Wisconsin has a great lfs in Milwaukee. That puts you close to the shedd aquarium, discovery world, several museums including the museum of science and technology.

Wisconsin is also home to the best and most micros in the country, and there's a reason. We consume 2x the national average in beer.

Although it seems to me that heading west, and seeing all that los angeles has to offer lfs wise is your best choice.

Cool museums, best lfs in the nation, and the aquarium of the Pacific.

If you go to LA or Chicago let me know. Send me a pm and I'll get you behind the scenes at some pretty unique places.

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I should have said - take HWY 1/101 vs. HWY 5 - much more scenic :)

Matt

dogofwar said:
You'd have to decide whether you're going to stick to Texas and the West Coast...or fly to the East Coast at some point in your trip.

I'd fly from Houston to Phoenix, rent a car and drive to the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas...then to LA...then to Santa Barabara / Solvang (wineries), Monterey (Monterey Bay Aquarium) and then to SF and the Bay Area. Maybe a day or two outside of SF in Napa/Sonoma (wine country / balloon ride). If you were going in a warmer time of the year, I'd recommend going to Yosemite and gold rush country but not in March...

You could fly from SFO to somewhere on the East Coast (NYC, DC, Florida). As others have posted, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta is great. So is the National Aquarium in Baltimore (an hour from DC). The Amazonia Exhibit at the National Zoo in DC has a great Arapaima display and of course lots of great museums in DC.

Matt
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Inglorious said:
I was a big fan of the Monterray aquarium when I was younger, and Yosemite was always very impressive. And I'm sorry to say this, but Texas is going to be full of the stereotypical 'Mericans who give the rest of us a bad reputation
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Hahaha. Travel the world some and you'll see Texans are liked more than "Mericans". Though in recent years it seems only 1 in 5 Texans are actually native.

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