Favorite American Cities

#102
#102
San Diego
Durango, CO
Cameron, MT
Sequim, WA
Meeteetse, WY
Knoxville
Dunsmuir, CA
Mammoth Lakes, CA
 
#103
#103
Danl said:
San Diego
Durango, CO
Cameron, MT
Sequim, WA
Meeteetse, WY
Knoxville
Dunsmuir, CA
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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I see that we have very similar tastes. I would add these to your list:

Ridgway, CO
Telluride, Ouray, Silverton and Aspen, CO
St. Mary, MT (although it isn't much more than a gateway to the eastern side of Glacier National Park)
Jackson, WY
Red Lodge, MT
Polebridge, MT
Stanley, ID
Driggs, ID
Top of the World (WY), population listed as "9," the last time I was there.
Cody, WY
 
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#104
#104
Volosaurus rex said:
I see that we have very similar tastes. I would add these to your list:

Ridgway, CO
Telluride, Ouray, Silverton and Aspen, CO
St. Mary, MT (although it isn't much more than a gateway to the eastern side of Glacier National Park)
Jackson, WY
Red Lodge, MT
Polebridge, MT
Stanley, ID
Driggs, ID
Top of the World (WY), population listed as "9," the last time I was there.
Cody, WY
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Good to hear some of these. We are flying out next week and will be staying in Jackson, Red Lodge, and Cody during our trip.
 
#105
#105
Danl said:
San Diego
Durango, CO
Cameron, MT
Sequim, WA
Meeteetse, WY
Knoxville
Dunsmuir, CA
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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You know how a San Diegan can spot a tourist? They're the ones who start a convo with "nice weather today huh"? :)
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U.S. city with the best weather: San Diego
Average number of pleasant days per year: 261
 
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#106
#106
Orangedogsrule said:
Before you go, read up on Savannah's history. It's among the oldest cities in the United States and was spared destruction during the Civil War. Amazing place. Ghost tours are fun .. take your wife, she'll hold tight ...heh heh

Oh, and the low country seafood boils out around Tybee Island are ... well I'll just say my mouths waterin right now. Best was The Crab Shack. Eat inside or bugs eat you. Cats were everywhere but don't bother you. You can't hardly eat it all, but you want to.
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Thanks. I told my wife on the way home today that we needed to go one weekend.
 
#110
#110
Volosaurus rex said:
I see that we have very similar tastes. I would add these to your list:

Ridgway, CO
Telluride, Ouray, Silverton and Aspen, CO
St. Mary, MT (although it isn't much more than a gateway to the eastern side of Glacier National Park)
Jackson, WY
Red Lodge, MT
Polebridge, MT
Stanley, ID
Driggs, ID
Top of the World (WY), population listed as "9," the last time I was there.
Cody, WY
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Yep, those are right up my alley. I'll be in Jackson, Red Lodge, Driggs, and Cody in July and August. I have a friend who lives in Stanley. I think the population is 64.

Flyfishing takes me to a lot of nice places. What's your excuse?
 
#112
#112
Danl said:
Yep, those are right up my alley. I'll be in Jackson, Red Lodge, Driggs, and Cody in July and August. I have a friend who lives in Stanley. I think the population is 64.

Flyfishing takes me to a lot of nice places. What's your excuse?
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Have you caught any monster fish with all that traveling?
 
#113
#113
VolnJC said:
You know how a San Diegan can spot a tourist? They're the ones who start a convo with "nice weather today huh"? :)
sandiego.jpg

U.S. city with the best weather: San Diego
Average number of pleasant days per year: 261
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I love east TN in spring and fall, but you just can't beat summer and winter in San Diego County.
 
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#115
#115
joevol33 said:
Have you caught any monster fish with all that traveling?
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No monsters. Plenty of 20"+ trout. Flyfishing is probably the one endeavor of mine wherein size really doesn't matter (or at least it is not the main thing). The hiking and the scenery is a huge part of it for me. When I am not fishing alone, the company I keep is also key.

Of course, like everybody else, I try to catch the mostest and biggest wherever I go. I gave up trying to be the best fisherman a long time ago, mostly due to having "W" The Trout God as a perennial fishing companion. If one urinates in a dry rut in a dirt road, "W" will catch a 24" trout out of it before it has a chance to seep in.
 
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#116
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Danl said:
Yep, those are right up my alley. I'll be in Jackson, Red Lodge, Driggs, and Cody in July and August. I have a friend who lives in Stanley. I think the population is 64.

Flyfishing takes me to a lot of nice places. What's your excuse?
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I suppose that I have a little bit of "John Muir" in me. Time spent in the Rocky Mountains is, for me, akin to a spiritual pilgrimage. In recent years, I have become a fall foliage specialist. It may be heresy, but I have missed more than one Florida game simply because there is no better time to be in the high country than the last third of September and first week of October. The tourists are gone, the aspen are assuming their cloaks of gold, the elk are bugling in the canyons and, if one is supremely fortunate, the peaks have received a recent dusting of snow.

We once tried to launch a guided tour company that would specialize in lengthier tours throughout the Rocky Mountain West (see Rocky Mountain Excursions), but we could never secure startup capital from investors.
 
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#118
#118
volfanngatorland said:
Good to hear some of these. We are flying out next week and will be staying in Jackson, Red Lodge, and Cody during our trip.
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The Beartooth Highway (An All-American Road in Wyoming & Montana | Beartooth Highway | Montana & Wyoming Scenic Drives) is scheduled to open on the 27th, weather permitting. I presume you have that on your itinerary. Charles Kuralt once described it as the "most scenic highway in America." Personally, I would rank it second to the Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier National Park. Will you be able to make it as far north as Glacier?

By the way, be sure to pack your raingear. Afternoon thundershowers are common in the Rockies during the late spring and early summer.
 
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#119
#119
Volosaurus rex said:
I suppose that I have a little bit of "John Muir" in me. Time spent in the Rocky Mountains is, for me, akin to a spiritual pilgrimage. In recent years, I have become a fall foliage specialist. It may be heresy, but I have missed more than one Florida game simply because there is no better time to be in the high country than the last third of September and first week of October. The tourists are gone, the aspen are assuming their cloaks of gold, the elk are bugling in the canyons and, if one is supremely fortunate, the peaks have received a recent dusting of snow.

We once tried to launch a guided tour company that would specialize in lengthier tours throughout the Rocky Mountain West (see Rocky Mountain Excursions), but we could never secure startup capital from investors.
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I really like the mountains too. Especially out west. You can see so much further.
 
#120
#120
Danl said:
No monsters. Plenty of 20"+ trout. Flyfishing is probably the one endeavor of mine wherein size really doesn't matter (or at least it is not the main thing). The hiking and the scenery is a huge part of it for me. When I am not fishing alone, the company I keep is also key.

Of course, like everybody else, I try to catch the mostest and biggest wherever I go. I gave up trying to be the best fisherman a long time ago, mostly due to having "W" The Trout God as a perennial fishing companion. If one urinates in a dry rut in a dirt road, "W" will catch a 24" trout out of it before it has a chance to seep in.
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I understand that!
 
#121
#121
Volosaurus rex said:
The Beartooth Highway (An All-American Road in Wyoming & Montana | Beartooth Highway | Montana & Wyoming Scenic Drives) is scheduled to open on the 27th, weather permitting. I presume you have that on your itinerary. Charles Kuralt once described it as the "most scenic highway in America." Personally, I would rank it second to the Going-to-the-Sun Highway in Glacier National Park. Will you be able to make it as far north as Glacier?

By the way, be sure to pack your raingear. Afternoon thundershowers are common in the Rockies during the late spring and early summer.
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Absolutely. BearTooth is on the agenda.

Unfortunately I don't think we will be able to make it to Glacier this go round. Wish we could, it looks amazing.
 
#124
#124
Volosaurus rex said:
I see that we have very similar tastes. I would add these to your list:

Ridgway, CO
Telluride, Ouray, Silverton and Aspen, CO
St. Mary, MT (although it isn't much more than a gateway to the eastern side of Glacier National Park)
Jackson, WY
Red Lodge, MT
Polebridge, MT
Stanley, ID
Driggs, ID
Top of the World (WY), population listed as "9," the last time I was there.
Cody, WY
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Oh yeah..the ones I have not been to yet, I'm going to. :) Did you ever get anywhere with the guide business you were trying to start?
 
#125
#125
volfanngatorland said:
Good to hear some of these. We are flying out next week and will be staying in Jackson, Red Lodge, and Cody during our trip.
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I'm glad to see you changed your plans about going earlier. Man you are going to love it. I just got my rental agreement in the mail tiday from the cabin we are staying at in west Yellerstone next June. I am pumped and it is still a year away lol.. :)
 
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