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Started by Admiral Yi, May 19, 2014, 01:48:55 PM

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Admiral Yi

May 19, 2014, 01:48:55 PM
I'll have about three weeks off coming up, giving some thought to a road trip.

So far I've come up with Madison,  Wisconsin, Tulsa,  Oklahoma, and Memphis  TN as possibilities.

Anyone  think of  other places driveable from  Iowa City that would be worth checking out?

mongers

#1
May 19, 2014, 02:15:55 PM
If you stretched yourself, could you make it to the Mexican border?

Maybe one of those twin border cities/towns, do some sight-seeing with a bit of political insight thrown in ? 

Seems to be a 'happening' region in North America, for several reasons, most which are somewhat negative.
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Admiral Yi

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May 19, 2014, 02:17:16 PM
That's probably a 16 hour drive with no stops.  Maybe  20,  since Tejas is so big ass.

Capetan Mihali

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May 19, 2014, 02:24:23 PM Last Edit: May 19, 2014, 02:27:03 PM by Capetan Mihali
What do you want to do when you get there?

Of the three, I've only been to Memphis for an afternoon/evening.  I had a good time.  The Stax/Volt museum is great.  Lots of nightlife, Beale Street of course (kind of a watered down Bourbon Street), top-notch fried chicken.  I went to a bar in an old brothel where you could wonder around the rooms, very spooky.  The bars can stay open til 4:00, and as of 2011 you could smoke in them; some of them are beer-only though, a fairy common TN thing.  I would exercise caution walking around alone at night.  Even coming from a violent city perspective, Memphis felt kind of dangerous anywhere outside the really touristy areas.

EDIT:  I would add Minneapolis as an option if you haven't been already.  Seems like a decent place to visit especially in the summer.
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Capetan Mihali

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May 19, 2014, 02:25:55 PM
Take that back, I of course recommend you take the much shorter trip to Jefferson City, Mo. and square off against Raz in a series of face-to-face Lincoln-Douglas style debates. :)
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Admiral Yi

#5
May 19, 2014, 02:27:27 PM
I can't go  to Jefferson City.  If I do  I have to give Raz a foot massage.

I'd like to do what I do whereever I go: nudie bars, karaoke, and talking to interesting locals.

Capetan Mihali

#6
May 19, 2014, 02:33:51 PM
I think Memphis is putting the kibosh on strip clubs, but I don't think it'll be in effect yet.
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May 19, 2014, 02:35:38 PM
Canoe down the Cahulawassee River. They'll be putting in a dam next year, so now's your last chance.
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May 19, 2014, 02:40:34 PM
I've been to Madison.  It's a nice college town; but it isn't very big.  You might prefer Milwaukee.
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Admiral Yi

#9
May 19, 2014, 02:45:06 PM
Another consideration is the ability to tell  people "I've been to  X."

Savonarola

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May 19, 2014, 02:54:48 PM Last Edit: May 19, 2014, 02:57:00 PM by Savonarola
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 19, 2014, 02:45:06 PM
Another consideration is the ability to tell  people "I've been to  X."

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is gorgeous and remote:



A little closer to you (in northern Wisconsin) are the Apostle Islands:



In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

Admiral Yi

#11
May 19, 2014, 02:56:59 PM
I don't see any nudie bars in those pics.

Eddie Teach

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May 19, 2014, 02:59:45 PM
Other side of the rocks.
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#13
May 19, 2014, 03:00:36 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 19, 2014, 02:56:59 PM
I don't see any nudie bars in those pics.

The Ojibwa have casinos up there; if that appeals to you.  I wouldn't go to a nudie bar in the Upper Peninsula or northern Wisconsin.
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Queequeg

#14
May 19, 2014, 03:07:39 PM
I enjoy Madison immensely.  Beautiful.  Good food. 
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