A lot of coal history in my neck of the woods. The Centrialla mine fire has been a big tourist attraction. It's no longer burning like it used to be. Outsiders would not find where it still is burning. As far as racing. We have Numidia Dragway. And Beaver springs Dragway. And big diamond outside of Minersville. And we have great hunting and nice hiking and ATV trails.
One round at a time.
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30 minutes is the closest town which is Cody Wyo. WAY to many things here to mention. Within an hour and fifteen drive any direction you can double the sites including Yellowstone
I live on the Long Beach Peninsula in WA. 1/4 mile from the beach, Lots of sand. we are 20 minutes from Cape Disappointment State park (where Lewis and Clark Discovered the Columbia River. The Long Beach Peninsula (28 miles long Beach (the lonest continuous beach in the World!
Years ago Maple Grove Raceway would allow patrons in the crosswalk behind the starting line when the cars were running. Frankly it wasn’t a great place to watch from, but we would always try to run down there when the jets were running. It was really something getting thumped in the chest by the burner pops. Unfortunately, they shut that down and no longer allow folks into the walkway when there were jets on the line. I never confirmed it, but rumor was that one of the jets kicked up a piece of gravel and either seriously injured, or killed someone (depending on who was telling the story).Originally Posted by Pipefitter
ETA: I’m in the southern suburbs of Philadelphia. Independence Mall and Valley Forge are both minutes away. Funny how the locals don’t see any big deal in the history that draws tourists.
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sorry, nothing but cows and corn around here. well we do have the missile silos up the road but you cant get close to them.
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You never been to Oxford PlainsHere in Maine it's nature, fishing, hunting, the coast, foodie destination. Lotsa forest, the most forested state in the nation. In the summer, hiking, App' trail northern terminus is on Mt. Katahdin. In winter skiiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling. Acadia national park. Lotsa micro breweries and a few distilleries.
Heck, in my backyard I've had moose, coyote, fox, whitetail deer, black bear.
I guess not too much going on up here. Mostly outdoor stuff where you make your own good time on the one day of summer that we get.
Oh, the flights of flamingos... when they come through it's just spectacular!
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I know we take them for granted, or at least aren't as amazed as out-of-towners when they're here, but bald eagles and ospreys. I'm in NW WI and eagles are just a constant. We throw deer carcasses in the back yard and will have 20 of them on them in the middle of winter. They like to snack on the road killed deer that slowly thaw out of the snowbanks along the roads in the spring and you have to watch out lest you have one fly into you if you spook it. I've had several times where a fish that doesn't revive and take off fast enough gets snatched by a bird 10 or 20 feet from the boat.
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Actually haven't noticed that except on the major highways during tourist season. During tourist season it is best to stay away from Gettysburg...traffic is bumper to bumper all day.
What's the limit on them Pink Birds !Here in Maine it's nature, fishing, hunting, the coast, foodie destination. Lotsa forest, the most forested state in the nation. In the summer, hiking, App' trail northern terminus is on Mt. Katahdin. In winter skiiing, snowshoeing, and snowmobiling. Acadia national park. Lotsa micro breweries and a few distilleries.
Heck, in my backyard I've had moose, coyote, fox, whitetail deer, black bear.
I guess not too much going on up here. Mostly outdoor stuff where you make your own good time on the one day of summer that we get.
Oh, the flights of flamingos... when they come through it's just spectacular!
Gary
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Yup, I avoid it mid May to October, and when I do go, I'm most likely to take the Tanneytown or Emmitsburg RD. exits and come in from the South avoiding the town and diamond.
Correct.
As many as you want Gary, they're pests so Maine DF&G has no bag limits on them. Don't even need a plugged gun.
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I usually roll into Gettysburg from the north on Rt.15 during tourist season. Generally only travel to Gettysburg during tourist season to visit Redding's gun shop and Redding's auction house for gun auctions.
Nothing, unless you want to count Cabela's 30 miles north of me. Haven't been there in years, too much traffic in this metro mess.
Slim
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Well let’s see! We have more freedom than most states. Thousands of square miles of public land to enjoy, waterfowl hunting, upland bird hunting, many species of small game, Pronghorn, 2 species of deer, elk, moose, bear, buffalo (Bison), lion, Bighorn Sheep, Mountain Goat, wolves, and many types of varmints to hunt! Several large lakes/reservoirs with a variety of fish, mountain streams having several species of trout (including Golden Trout), and pretty fair ice fishing! Many hundreds of miles of trails to hike .....some through the most remote areas of the lower 48!
We only have 2 interstates (often shut down due to weather conditions), 2 cities exceeding (barely) 50K people, and having the lowest population of our 50 states! We enjoy having one of the windiest, driest, coldest states in the union.....which hopefully, will help us maintain our lowest population status!
We have a pretty amazing history.....the early trappers, the pioneers, the Indian Wars, the Cattle Wars, The Hole in the Wall Gang (Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid) along with many other notable (Tom Horn, Big Nose George) outlaws, the Pony Express routes, The Oregon, Mormon, and California Trails as well as several alternate (called “cut offs”) routes. A few notable places of interest......the Buffalo Bill Museum, 2 beautiful National Parks, Devils Tower. And, for the Paleontologists among us.....many dig sites across the state, one of the highest recognized privately owned Dinosaur Museums in the world (Thermopolis) and Fossil Butte National Monument (Kemmerer).
Summary: a pretty nice place to visit.....but, please continue to “move along - there’s nothing to see here”! memtb
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We have. Texas. ��
Apparently here in Colorado a really cool thing is dope and moron migration into the state. Looking forward to moving back to my home state of Missouri or Indiana where I grew up. I miss the times spent with dad at the Indy 500 practices and time trials.
I wish the border was closed between Kolorado and Wyoming on I 25. It’s too late to save Cheyenne......so maybe close it off from the rest of Wyoming! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“LETS GO BRANDON”
I don’t blame you. Anytime I drive into Wyoming I think my truck is going to get vandalized because of my Colorado plates….I wouldn’t blame them either lol. I go back to Indiana and Kentucky about twice a year to see family, I am constantly reminding them not to tell people what state I am visiting from, it just makes me feel embarrassed and dirty.
Of course it wasn’t always that way, up until the early 2000’s Colorado was a great state.
I’m just waiting 1 year and 9 months to retire from a 25 year career and then I am grabbing the wife and dogs and we are out.
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