I have this urge to travel, any ideas? Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

I need some places to consider traveling to and also some reasons -such as places to see and go

please keep them within the US as my passport expires this spring and im not looking to travel with anyone at this moment and so i dont really wanna leave the country by myself


Talie

[orvillescelica]

what kind of things do you like? History? Grand monuments of nature? simple fun stuff that only locals know?

Willing to fly? or just within a weekend driving distance?

Me, i like grand displays of history... something that can tell a story just by looking at it and you can feel all the history locked inside jsut by being there. So now that im finally on the west coast, i want to drive down to McMinnville, OR to see the largest plane ever constructed... The Spruce Goose!



But thats the nerd in me, i know its not everyones idea of a cool trip.

[ghostdog]

anywhere outside the US. get your passport renewed

[BlackCelicaGT94]

went to germany and loved it but its a bit too expensive to travel outside the US

[Kamakiri]

If you've never been to AZ there's tons of beautiful scenery.... the Grand Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, the whole city of Sedona, and the coolest place in the world... Slide Rock....

[BlackCelicaGT94]

im gonig there in feb to see an ex actually

[trdevelopment]

^hell yeh man the wether is buetiful right now in az but you can also go to lake plesent and and lake havasue and you would have a blast <--- only in the summer though right now its a little bit chilly.

[Uppitycracker]

I think anywhere in Europe or Asia is definately choice I wanna travel to, but theres so many things I have to do before that happens, mainly a successful carreer..in stuff...*sigh*

[coustoe]

whats a succesful career?

go to japan, all the japanese guys will oggle over you.

[Uppitycracker]

whats a succesful career?

go to japan, all the japanese guys will oggle over you.
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Doing something I enjoy making enough money to not live pay cheque to pay cheque. I have no idea what I wanna do though, so thats kinda a road block.

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[ghostdog]

whats a succesful career?

go to japan, all the japanese guys will oggle over you.
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Doing something I enjoy making enough money to not live pay cheque to pay cheque. I have no idea what I wanna do though, so thats kinda a road block.
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join the club..

[BlackCelicaGT94]

well i know whatim gonna do ---MARRY RICH

[shadycrew31]

go to new york, miami, la then go home!

[coustoe]

well i know whatim gonna do ---MARRY RICH
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I know a young attractive but shy Doctor, still poor doing his residence. Maybe you guys should meet

[The__J__Factor]

Australia, Its awesome, especialy on the Gold Coast where i live.
ow and if u could get here in about a day (lol) u would be intime for our schoolies party weeks.
Schoolies would be like your spring break, i think, except we all finish school when we r like 17 - 18 which may be younger then your spring break partiers(?) im not sure, the main thing is i just finished school so im gonna go now and get wasted big time
Besides that Australia is sweet

c u all later

[creis]

History lesson: The Spruce Goose! was probibly one of the best worst planes ever, it was very cool and the biggest, but only actualy flew for like 30 sec, its cable/pully system that controled the flaps, ruters, etc maid it all but imposible to operate.

Australia is one of the places I have to see befor i die, (I wana go down under

[orvillescelica]

History lesson: The Spruce Goose! was probibly one of the best worst planes ever, it was very cool and the biggest, but only actualy flew for like 30 sec, its cable/pully system that controled the flaps, ruters, etc maid it all but imposible to operate.

Australia is one of the places I have to see befor i die, (I wana go down under
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Engineering lesson: All planes, esp those back in the 1930s, basically use mechanical cable/pulley systems to manuever its control surfaces. Only in the past decade have planes been created with fly-by wire systems. There are some pretty lengthy equations that describe the correct control system feedback for cable driven flight controls. They are very scalable and was not the reason why the goose did not succeed.

History Lesson: The Spruce Goose was an insane project by the ecentric Howard Hughes. But it is marvel of ingeneous engineering. It was created to make trans-atlantic flights to aid in suppling the allied forces during WW2. But the war ended during its design phase. Only one was made. By the time that one was built, it had already sucked up so much money that congress forced Hughes to conceed. During a taxi test it which it was suppose to just be moved, Huges realized this would be the only oppurtunity he would have to ever see it fly. So he ignored tower orders and put her at full throttle. She lifted off the water surface and flew for about a mile. It didnt matter how long it flew. The point was that all the critics that said an aircraft that size couldnt fly were shut up. It proved that the same thoeries that made a toy airplane fly could be scaled to make anything, any size fly, there were no limits.

[celicarocker]

whats a succesful career?

go to japan, all the japanese guys will oggle over you.
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Doing something I enjoy making enough money to not live pay cheque to pay cheque. I have no idea what I wanna do though, so thats kinda a road block.
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damn you cannadanians... its check over here, not cheque....

[shadycrew31]

history lesson who cares about the spuce goose. sorry i just had to be ab ass haha

[orvillescelica]

history lesson who cares about the spuce goose. sorry i just had to be ab ass haha
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Its all good. I know that nobody does care except me. I love aviation and space history stuff because thats my field, i dont expect others to care.

And if you are going out of the country, Italy was a blast last time i went! Staying in the country, you should throw a dart on a map and go. The best trips are the ones that you find, not plan out. There is SO much in this country to see and do. Anywhere you go, youll find something.