So it is looking very likely my sister will be getting married in Dallas Texas some time early next year (around March, I think), which is great as it provides a great excuse to make the trip to the US I've been thinking about for quite some time!! Obviously it's a big waste of time coming that far just for a wedding so we're looking at spending 3-4 weeks touring around. High up the priority list is checking out some decent aquariums, we haven't even confirmed dates yet, let alone itinerary, so are completely flexible about where to go. A public aquarium with a massive Amazonian display (preferably with pimas) is pretty high up the must-see list, so any recommendations would be great.
We're looking to fly into the East Coast, probably LA, and would like to visit San Francisco and San Diego to check out some of my favourite craft breweries. Grand Canyon is another must-see, my sister and mother both rated it as one of the highlights of their trip there in 2010. Not so fussed about vegas, but it's right there so will probably check it out. Other than that, we're still in the researching phase so are looking for suggestions and ideas of where to go and what to see. Other things that would be potentially interesting to us would be;
-anything fish-related; public aquaria, good LFS, johnptc's house perhaps?!
-any sort of "natural wonders". Thinking about Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, perhaps the Giant Redwoods.
-museums of significance, anything to do with planes trains and automobiles, technology or history. Perhaps while we're in Texas going to Houston and checking out Nasa/Space Centre?
-anything beer-related, craft/micro breweries, brew-pubs etc.
-I'd like to hire a bike and do a mountain bike ride or two somewhere. I understand there's some pretty good riding and bike parks in Colorado? Or perhaps just a hike somewhere to save the bike hire etc?
-and of course visiting at least one big theme park to ride some roller-coasters!
and I'm open to any other suggestions of what could be worth seeing/doing while we're over there. We've both travelled a bit, but mostly Europe. I've only spent one day in the US on a stop-over (plus a week in Toronto) and my wife hasn't been there since she was a kid.
So sell it to me people, coming from the land of hobbits and rugby this is like a trip to the set of a TV show or movie!
We're looking to fly into the East Coast, probably LA, and would like to visit San Francisco and San Diego to check out some of my favourite craft breweries. Grand Canyon is another must-see, my sister and mother both rated it as one of the highlights of their trip there in 2010. Not so fussed about vegas, but it's right there so will probably check it out. Other than that, we're still in the researching phase so are looking for suggestions and ideas of where to go and what to see. Other things that would be potentially interesting to us would be;
-anything fish-related; public aquaria, good LFS, johnptc's house perhaps?!
-any sort of "natural wonders". Thinking about Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, perhaps the Giant Redwoods.
-museums of significance, anything to do with planes trains and automobiles, technology or history. Perhaps while we're in Texas going to Houston and checking out Nasa/Space Centre?
-anything beer-related, craft/micro breweries, brew-pubs etc.
-I'd like to hire a bike and do a mountain bike ride or two somewhere. I understand there's some pretty good riding and bike parks in Colorado? Or perhaps just a hike somewhere to save the bike hire etc?
-and of course visiting at least one big theme park to ride some roller-coasters!
and I'm open to any other suggestions of what could be worth seeing/doing while we're over there. We've both travelled a bit, but mostly Europe. I've only spent one day in the US on a stop-over (plus a week in Toronto) and my wife hasn't been there since she was a kid.
So sell it to me people, coming from the land of hobbits and rugby this is like a trip to the set of a TV show or movie!
