trying to drag my husband to America ...
Mar. 20th, 2003 04:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
percival... I'd like to go to the States, something that will be difficult with a baby, but extremely feasible now.
We'd be very much swimming against the stream, what with the current mood in Europe. Now, I only have to persuade my husband, who's not too enamoured with the U.S. of A. But I hope some pics of beautiful countryside will be enough. I will also need to remind him that the States are a very large and diverse country where every single state has quite different characteristics. (True?)
We'd be focussing on the North-West, because of the temperatures (low) and the scenery (beautiful). (Personally, I like it hot, but my husband feels cooked when the temperatures rise much above 20 Celsius. He's also a country type, not a city type.) Ah yes, and because of the pleas of Lonely of Montana. You know who you are.
We'll see. Maybe Iceland will win out in the end. Wish me luck!
EDITED to say:
Happy Birthday Frankie!!!!!!!!!!
*pouncehugs and glomps*
May God be with you during the next year of your life.
We'd be very much swimming against the stream, what with the current mood in Europe. Now, I only have to persuade my husband, who's not too enamoured with the U.S. of A. But I hope some pics of beautiful countryside will be enough. I will also need to remind him that the States are a very large and diverse country where every single state has quite different characteristics. (True?)
We'd be focussing on the North-West, because of the temperatures (low) and the scenery (beautiful). (Personally, I like it hot, but my husband feels cooked when the temperatures rise much above 20 Celsius. He's also a country type, not a city type.) Ah yes, and because of the pleas of Lonely of Montana. You know who you are.
We'll see. Maybe Iceland will win out in the end. Wish me luck!
EDITED to say:
Happy Birthday Frankie!!!!!!!!!!
*pouncehugs and glomps*
May God be with you during the next year of your life.
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Date: 2003-03-20 09:23 am (UTC)And we are only 2 hours from the bayous of Louisiana
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Date: 2003-03-20 09:35 am (UTC)Texas did cross my mind, but what about the temperature in May? And what about taking a staunchly anti-war husband down to the Bible Belt?
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Date: 2003-03-20 10:25 am (UTC)If you really need something milder for weather - Montana is better I suppose. Though... what in the blazes is there to do in Montana??? You want to see America, there are only 3 places to go - New York, Los Angeles, or Houston (maybe if you wanted to see a cartoon version, you'd go to Orlando).
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Date: 2003-03-20 05:08 pm (UTC)*AHEM!* There are lots of wonderful things in Montana especially if you like the outdoors. There are mountains to hike and camp in in the summer and ski and snowmobile through in the winter. There is lots of nature unspoiled by human greed. Wildlife watching. Some of the best fishing in the country. We also have two of the most spectacular National Parks in the world (Yellowstone and Glacier).
Ah, but you're right. There isn't really all that much here. No big-city smog. No bumper-to-bumper rush hour traffic. No fear from an impending terrorist attack. Relatively little crime. No snipers. No rat race. Yep. None of that.
;)
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Date: 2003-03-20 05:29 pm (UTC)And when did we have snipers? You don't pull a gun in Texas unless you are willing to get shot back...
But.. Yup... I'm agreeing with you ;)
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Date: 2003-03-20 08:21 pm (UTC)We *do* have an orchestra and it's top notch! And when those kids finish elementary school, they're going to be even better.
Who needs amusement parks? We've got the endless miles of highway with no speed limit. ;)
And the refugee Canadians have mostly been edged out by the SUV-driving, refugee Californians.
(Okay, I lied. The powers-that-be reinstituted our speed limits a few years ago but I prefer not to remember this fact.)
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Date: 2003-03-20 08:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-20 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-20 12:53 pm (UTC)http://www.marquette.org/
(My hometown, but there're lots of other places to go. Canada, too. If you want to do outdoorsy things, Pukaswa is fantabulous)
It's all outdoors. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful--and some of the most pristine woods in the USA. Plus, we're right on the second biggest freshwater lake in the world. (And we even have Cornish pasties. Hee.)
Honestly, as I said, though I'm biased, the area is one of the United States' hidden treasures.
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Date: 2003-03-20 01:32 pm (UTC)Good luck with the persuasion and the choice.
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Date: 2003-03-20 02:02 pm (UTC)It would certainly satisfy your husband in terms of country, however, and I would be happy to show you about our part if you were to come here. We have a lovely house with a guest room.
In the Northwest, my favorite place is Portland. I recommend it highly.
Catherine
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Date: 2003-03-20 02:07 pm (UTC)And Montana and other places are beautiful too, but I wanted to tell you about a place I consider just a few feet shy of Heaven, my second home. Can you tell I really need a vacation?
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Date: 2003-03-20 05:19 pm (UTC)You're right -- the States are very large and diverse. My own opinion, which is completely unbiased of course, is that the Northwest is the most beautiful area. The lovely Pacific Ocean provides fresh seafood to the coastal areas and expanses of mountains cover the rest of the area. I've heard that British Columbia is really very beautiful also (not to mention non-warmongering.)
Let me know what you'd like to see and I'll plan your itinerary for you. ;)