America The Beautiful

[klattu]

What state is Mount Stanley in?

[maxandgeorgia]

Stanley, Idaho. Sawtooth and Cloud Mountain Ranges. Stanley is usually one of the coldest places reporting temps in the US in winter. It is a tiny town, small population, old weathered buildings--really still used, Alaska-like; such a contrast to crowded glamorous trendy Ketchum down the way. We have a great booklet put out by Idaho tourism: Taking the Scenic Route, A Guide to Idaho's Scenic Byways. We could spend many summers in Idaho and not see all the beautiful and interesting places. Good tour reference books from our library, though dated now: Idaho, by John Gottberb, published by Compass American Guides and Foghorn's Outdoors' Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho camping.

[klattu]

Idaho is looking like a destination all its own...

Great link to Idaho Adventures...
Could not find Redfish or Sawtooth in the listing...what am I missing?

[thecatsandi]

Red Fish lake, been there, beautiful! If you get to Idaho this summer look me up. I will be in Boise July-September.

[mwinter]

I would love to see pictures of some of these places (if anyone has any to post) and know why these are places to see. For example, what are the sand dunes of Nebraska?

M.W.

[safari57]

I may have missed it here, but has anyone traveled the Lincoln Highway end to end? I read an article some time back about a couple of fellows who traveled it with their 56 and 57 Chev's and thought it may be an interesting alternative to Route 66 one way with the Cloud in tow.

Thanks,
Barry

[soldiermedic]

St. Louis Gateway Arch???

[safari57]

The article on the Lincoln Highway is featured in a 1999 GREAT DRIVES magazine. To quote "The Lincoln Highway has claimed a hold on our collective imagination here at Automobile Magazine ever since we traced its route on a ten-car drive nine years ago. Conceived half a century before the birth of the Interstate highway system, at a time when most roads ended at the city limits and railroads were the only viable means of overland long-distance travel, the construction the Lincoln Highway was a seminal event in the history of the automobile." "They planned a 3,389-mile route from New York to San Francisco, and called it the Lincoln Highway. An estimated 150 vehicles traveled the length of the highway in 1913 and by 1924, more than 20,000 had made the trip"

Like Rte 66 there's even a society who promote this route

Lincoln Highway Association

I'm thinking it would be an interesting trip for us to head East, then work our way around to the start of Rte. 66 and work our way back West. The trip down and back up the coast to home would just be the icing on the cake.

Barry

[klattu]

No Disney, no Six Flags. no Festivals, no great camping spots.
Just
Good Americana

Been There Gonna Go

Grand Canyon (this should be on everyones list )
Yellowstone
Key West
San Antonio (Alamo)
Smokys
Yosemite
Moab (Arches)
Washington DC (4th July Fireworks)
Statue of Liberty
Everglades
Tombstone
Daytona (drive on beach)
Biltmore Mansion N.C.
St. Louis Gateway Arch
Houma , La (Cajun)
Vicksburg, Miss
Destin, Florida
Boston (Old Ironsides)
Philadelphia (1776)
Niagara Falls
Detroit (Ford Museum)
Indy 500
Mackinac Island
Mt. Rushmore
Memphis (Graceland, Elvis)
Denver (Rocky Mt)
Las Vegas
Route 66
Lincoln Hwy
Salt Flats
Mount Stanley, Idaho
Hwy 1
Lookout Mt
Rock City
Lost Sea
Ruby Falls
Carlsbad Caverns
Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, VA,KY,TN (Cool Tunnel)
Gettysburg
Cape Cod
Blue Ridge Parkway, along with Skyline Drive
Stone Mountain, GA
Zion Nat. Park, UT (Utah is great)
Giant Redwood Ntnl
Natchez Trace
Mt St Helens
NASA Cape Canaveral
Giant Redwood Forest
Amish (Intercourse,PA / Holmes Co, Ohio)
Meteor Crater
Erie Canal
Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho
Dinosaur National Monument, near Vernal UT
Hoover Dam
White Sands National Monument, New Mexico
Golden Gate Bridge

and Alburquerque BF

[Jim & Susan]

Man, I had long forgotten about this thread. Thanks for bringing it back. Why is your list now called the "Bucket List"? Everything going ok?

Jim

[klattu]

Yes...all is good...there is a time limit on my list...but I don't have any idea when it is.
Maybe only 30 or 40 years to go, and I want to see some twice.

[Jim & Susan]

Man, that's good news. I was gettin' a little worried there for a minute.

Jim

[Chief]

Pike's Peak......after all, it was from here that the composer gained the inspiration to write "America, The Beautiful."


Chief

[irshmerc]

Hi Lads, how you doing
I tell ya, i gotta stop reading this forum, or there's gonna be a 'for sale' sign outside the house and the dogs gonna be put into care.
You sure got some spectacular places alright
Good luck
Pete

[zekethebear]

How about God's Country ---- Rembrandt, Iowa

[Lumatic]

Valle Grande Caldera

[moosetags]

A dirt road near Mount Shasta, California, spring, 2009

[azflycaster]

Monument Valley on the Navajo Nation (AZ).

[pienjim]

How about Mt. McKinley?

[Caryl]

Let's go East. Adirondack NY, Baxter St. Park in Maine.