What's it like where you live?

[Wyatt Burp]

I've hit it off with many people on this and the Colt Forum. If there wasn't 3,000 miles of real estate between us we'd probably hang out together. I was even talking to a guy in the Phillipines for a while.
Our locations and lifestyles are so diverse, and yet we hit it off. I'm curious about what it's like where you live. What great scenic stuff do you see everyday, maybe even take for granted, that I've heard about? I want to visit Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas panhandle. I talked with a forum member who drives through there once a week.
As far as my situation goes, in the Sierra foothills here we have Highway 49 twisting through the countryside. There is one cool little gold rush town after another. This drive never bores me. When my son finishes his job in Afghanistan in six months we're hiking the back of half dome in Yosemite.
Whenever Ferrilmiller pops up here I think of hitch hiking through Utah in the 1970's. What's the great things in your neck of the woods that we've all heard about but you encounter everyday? Or maybe something less well known.

 

[cowboy117]

I live near Grants Pass,Or.Hellsgate Canyon is right down the road from where i live,as well as many other senic places on the Rogue River.Also visit the Pacific ocean every 6 weeks or so[100 miles away].Crater Lake is 100 miles away.Am going to Klamath Falls Or.today,which is 40 miles from Lava Beds,Ca.,which i have visited.Also there is the Oregon desert 150 miles away.Many places to visit.Used to live in Vacaville Ca.[halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco].Great places to go.

 

[sigp220.45]

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[feralmerril]

Good morning wyatt! Last saturday 2 other couples, wife & me went to grafton utah that we last spoke of on quads. I had been through that part of the country a lot, but not off the main road from rockville to it. Probley partialy due to your older post I thought we would check out the back country around it. Went to the cemetary there and saw some stones inscribed killed by indians in 1866. Noticed one of them was born back east in 1799!
I used to work in yosemite in 1960, and owned some undeveleped mountain side near lake davis north of portola. When I lived in california I drove hyway 49 and 395 many times, loved it, and knew it pretty good. You mentioned half dome. I think in about 1959 two park employees hiked it, one fell off the edge, and reached for help and pulled the glass,s off his partners face on the way down!
Besides guns, probley the biggest intrest in my life has always been traveling or driveing on all levels. I used to ride on harleys a lot, used to fly my own plane around the country some, and now my main intrest is rideing quads in the boonies as much as we can. I would be dangerous if we had money.
Belive it or not it is pretty boreing for me here in winter. Cant wait for the thaw and hit the high country with the quad. Cedar city and all the surrounding country is pretty, however if you like driveing, after you live here 6 months you run out of "New" areas to drive! There are few roads here! Its wide open unpopulated country every direction! Out of boredom we probley drive north 50 miles to beaver just for lunch, or south to st. george, also 50 miles! Just to get out!
We are non mormon, most everybody else here is mormon. They are good people (as long as I aint looking for a job!) Anyway last night about 8 p.m. there was a loud knock on the door! I opened it and there was a group of 6 or 8 teenagers that asked me if they could do anything for us! Haul trash, shovel snow, mow or whatever. Guess I look old and at 3 spins of the scale somewhat out of shape to them. Thanked them, and said ta check back in a couple years. I cant knock their concern for my miserable soul!
Anyway I appricate this site, and guys like you to talk to. Its cheap and pleasent entertainment for us old retirees!

 

[feralmerril]

Hey cowboy117. I have a stepson and another close old friend lives right by you. Coincidently, my folks worked on the old applegate ranch back in 1939/40 there. I would have been born there, but dad got called back to his old job as it was gearing up for the war. I see where my stepsons house is just a long walk from my folks old cabin going west out of grants pass. Beutifull country! I was born in wisconsin just a couple months after they left. Dad said liveing there was the best years of their life, eventhough they were stone broke! I was there last summer.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

In '79 my friend and I camped out at Grafton with two Wa. state cowgirls and another guy. Here I am in the same barn window Katherine Ross sat in "Butch Cassidy" during the bike scene. Picture taken by girl as we hiked around there. All she had on was cowboy boots and a cowboy hat, which is besides the point.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I live near Grants Pass,Or.Hellsgate Canyon is right down the road from where i live,as well as many other senic places on the Rogue River.Also visit the Pacific ocean every 6 weeks or so[100 miles away].Crater Lake is 100 miles away.Am going to Klamath Falls Or.today,which is 40 miles from Lava Beds,Ca.,which i have visited.Also there is the Oregon desert 150 miles away.Many places to visit.Used to live in Vacaville Ca.[halfway between Sacramento and San Francisco].Great places to go.

We had a friend in Murphy and the Rogue River was gorgous. Sometimes it would be deep gorges and then the river would be next to people's grassy back yards, the lawns sloping down to the water. We have a favorite cabin to rent near (I think) Crescent Lake. Been there twice.

 

[scoutsdad]

Just 1/2 mile east of the Chiricahua Wilderness. From the USFS site.

The Chiricahua Wilderness is home to a fascinating diversity of both plant and animal life, as well as some of the Southwest's most spectacular geology. Climaxed by 9,797 foot Chiricahua Peak, this 87,700-acre Wilderness covers the upper slopes and inner canyons of the largest mountain range in the "Sky Island" region. Here, you will find views international in scope set in an area that supports a variety of birds and other wildlife, some of which are more commonly thought of as denizens of subtropical habitats in Mexico or Central America. This natural cornucopia attracts nature lovers from all over the world.


The sharp ridges, high peaks and deep canyons of the Chiricahuas once served as a home and refuge to Chiricahua Apaches led by Cochise and Geronimo. Later, the area attracted prospectors, loggers and ranchers searching to find fortune or a home with elbow room in America's far corners. Today, the Chiricahua Wilderness with its extensive system of trails provides an opportunity for nature lovers to engage in a more gentle quest, one of self-renewal, inspiration and personal discovery.

 

[Mod10]

Virginia looks exactly the same to me, whether it be Richmond, Norfolk, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, etc.

I used to live in Northern Virginia, which I'm thankful I no longer do. The place is a giant strip mall, where a five mile drive takes 30 minutes, and an acre of land costs $500,000.

 

[ingmansinc]

Orlando is rank very high on the list as top tourist attractions in the world. That being said if you like everything to be plastic, high priced, crowded, and artificial then this is the place for you.

While you are here you might want to rent a boat and take a ride on the St. Johns River, lots of deer, gators, otters, manatee, and eagles to look at and bass to catch. Also the Canaveral National Seashore is great if you like a beach that has no life guards, or buildings of any kind.

 

[JamesArthur60]

Interesting question. Here in central Ohio we are buried in snow right now. I'm not really sure what the state of Ohio has to offer. When I see posted photo's of the west with the mountains, the valley's, the canyon's, the warm weather all year around, it's depressing to live here. Ohio is not the best state for sunglass providers either, seems it is gray and overcast a lot. The seasons appear to be summer, fall and winter. I suppose we could brag about our baseball, football and hockey pro sports teams. Then again, their is The Ohio State football team. Good areas of the state for whitetail deer hunting. Lots of golf courses, state parks and for fun times on the summer rides you have nationally known, Cedar Point and King's Island. One major museum in Dayton, The National Museum of the Air Force. Maybe other Ohioans can add more. I'm pretty sure, I'd prefer to live out west. Far from any big city.

 

[Forester]

Newfound Lake, reportedly one of the top ten cleanest lakes in the US:

Newfound Lake - Loon Island v4.jpg photo - Jim Mullen photos at pbase.com

And the NH White Mountains. Not mountains in the scale of the Rockies, but beautiful, none the less.

 

[sar4937]

If in Nebraska, disregard everything Omaha or Lincoln show for attractions. The plains are at their finest in the small towns. In this economy, any of the smaller towns would be proud to show you their sights.

 

[BarbC]

It's not too bad around here. Lots of waterfalls, small lakes and woods. 32% of Pike County is public land.

My kids refused to move out here. They're bored to death.

 

[afriqueart]

East Tennessee - Cuisine is flap jacks, deep fried twinkies and fudge.
Home of the neck tattoo, big women with hip huggers, thongs, Snuggies and Crocs.

This is where the unsophisticated come to vacation. Orlando for those who can't afford to really go to Orlando. Our claim to fame is a country music queen with too many bad facelifts (she's starting to look like the Joker from Batman).

The mountains are spectacular!

 

[GatorFarmer]

I used to live in a (partially) condemned crack house in Lansing, Michigan. That was interesting. Sort of like living in the old East Berlin, but without all the upbeat ambience is what the old timers said. Ah, good times, good times.

These days I live in a bedroom community in VA near Quantico. I drive by the FBI buildings to take my kids to the nice park. The Marine museum is also near by. To the south are some major ACW (or War of Southern Independence/Northern Aggression) battlefields. A major road is the Jefferson Davis Highway, an appellation that would have been as likely as Hermann Goering Strasse (a real street in Namibia, but named after the famous HG's dad).

By the end of the month I'll be living on base at Parris Island. The housing models are named after "Pappy" Boyington there. Neat huh?

 

[doublesharp]

Noisy and dirty. Right across the street from the largest inland shipyard in the USA and I love it.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Here's what it's like in my neck of the woods. This shot was taken a few blocks from our home after a rainstorm. That's Squaw Peak in the background.

 

[feralmerril]

I was raised in rual wisconsin. I spent most my adult life in the west. At one time or another I probley worked in or driven in 85% of the united states. I do miss the hardwood trees and the greenry of the east. I think a lot of people that live in the west doesnt realise that there are mountains back east! That is because while the mountains back there arent near as high in elevation, you have to take in account that out here, you might already be 5,000 ft high on the level, but the mountains behind us go to 11,000 ft. Back east you start out at almost sea level and they go up to what, 5,000 ft?
I think there are good and bad things about every area of the nation.

 

[ladder13]

Living in the lower Hudson Valley, the opportinities/scenery/beauty are endless, not enough electrons here to count them.