They are in Northern CA. The drive thru tree is still very much alive, no worries. That hole was cut in it back in the 1930's or 40's. They weren't into preservation back in those days. If your coming to the U.S. please take the time to go to Montana and see the most breathtaking sights the U.S. has to offer, Yellowstone National Park. You simply won't believe your eyes. Take a lil time and watch the videos on the Yellowstone link, you won't be sorry.
The USA is a huge country, with many diverse regions. In fact, it's really more like 8 different countries put together.
Quite true Anders. It's the only country that is located in every climate, from above the Arctic Circle, to the sub-tropics.
I highly recommend, if possible, a tour of the Oregon coast. Highway 101, not I-90, is absolutely beautiful and the Australians I know love the snow capped mountains. But if you're in the region, head north into the Canadian Rockies. But please, warn them, asking who painted them is frowned upon.
Au contraire; Michigan gets mentioned a lot on travel sites. There's a lot to see in Michigan - Sleeping Bear Dunes, which was named by ABC as the most beautiful place in America, Lake Superior Federal Shoreline with Pictured Rocks, Isle Royale, and Mackinac Island to mention just a few. Nike recently named the Porcupine Mountains as the best place in the world to go for a run. If you don't think there is anything worth seeing in Michigan, you haven't see enough of it.
Every single state would include Alaska and Hawaii. Both are beautiful. And what about Washington, DC? I doubt if she could see much of anything if she were to hit every single state in that time frame. I think there are some unique cities - Miami FL, Nashville TN, Key West FL (driving the Keys is a fun experience), New Orleans, Provincetown MA, San Antionio TX, Savannah GA, San Francisco CA and Carmel CA to name but a few, as well as beautiful scenery and lots of opportunity for outdoor activities. Utah has some beautiful National Parks that are often overlooked. The scenery around Las Vegas is also beautiful. It's such a huge diverse country that it's almost impossible to give a condensed 'what to see' list to someone who 'wants to see it all.' Do decide what you'd best like to see, though, and come visit us! I think you'd like it.
Virtually the whole western hemisphere is "America." And everyplace has the usual scenery -- snow capped mountains, lakes, valleys, canyons, beaches etc. You can see all that on the internet. But if you want to visit the real United States, visit the ghettos, inner cities, etc. Some large cities even offer guided, at-your-own-risk, bus reality tours of their ghettos and downtown areas. It's fascinating, exciting, different, sometimes terrifying and gets your adrenalin flowing. Just don't carry anything of any value. Enjoy!
Actually a visitor should add various war museums to the tour to get a sense of why snotty Europeans are still free to be snotty about the United States of America instead of having had to learn how to speak -- oh -- Russian or Chinese or (considering WWII) German.
Spend at least a week dedicated to the areas of California well North of San Francisco. Up in the coastal Redwood Forest. Drive the "Avenue of the Giants", a loop off the 101. Walk, Prairie Creek State Park. Lady Bird Johnson Grove with herds of protected Roosevelt Elk. But, it isn't like you have to travel to see the sights. Open the door and there are most likely coastal Redwoods. Autumn or Spring are best, when there is a little drizzle happening. The forests come alive, the flowers & ferns perk up and the banana slugs come out of hiding. Good restaurants too. On the way you can visit the California wine country. Having seen this, you won't need Yosemite, Sequoia, Yellowstone, etc. These forests are the most magnificent. You need another week for Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties and their offerings. I have no use for San Francisco or the Bay area. I lived there '70-'74 and it is now more dense with people. Okay, give San Francisco a day to walk through Chinatown and ride a cable car. The food is not as great as it once was and over priced. Moi No
If she has the budget for it, she needs to go to Yellowstone National park in June (before then, it will be hard to visit due to snow, etc.), and the Grand Canyon.
Lake Powell on the Arizona/Utah border is my favorite place. It's out of the way and hard to get to, tho. Maybe that's why I like it.
I would also like to visit Perth. One place you might want to visit is the Nebraska Sand Hills where cowboys and ranching thrive in empty grasslands. Chery County Nebraska is larger than Rhode island and about 26,000 people live there.
I've been to America twice, stayed with family. I'm planning to go back to America, on a solo, to a part I've not been before, in another part of the country to my family out there. I can only afford a week and I can't afford to rent a car, but I figure this should meet my needs and wants in Springfield. $45.00 taxi to and from the airport to where I want to stay which is walking distance to things I like, scenic view. I'm thinking either September/October for a week or next summer. How is the weather in Oregon at the end of September? I could use public transport to take me places I want to go in Eugene or Springfield for $3.50 a day. Or call a taxi.
My grandmother once came back from London (what we call Central London if you're a local) in the 1990s and said she sat next to an old Indian man on the bus with a turban who was telling her how he had walked from Manchester to London. Perhaps you guys are related? *Manchester to London however, is a fraction of the distance you would need to walk in order to walk this entire trail.
Alaska, hunting, fishing, breathtaking scenery, and more wildlife than any zoo can ever hold. Hiking, boating, kayaking, skiing, glacier trails, gold panning, etc.
I'm looking at Eugene/Springfield, Oregon real closely for 7 days at the end of September. £1, 600.00 flights £350 on the hotel. no money for car or Portland, OR but does allow me ample spending money. I figure, leave Wednesday afternoon, it'll take so long with 2 flights it'll be 23:05 (local time) when I land... (This is the quickest option for me that sees me only waiting 4 and a half hours connecting). I'm treating it like Thursday is day 1 (even though it's take off Wednesday) When I come home, I want to depart Friday a week later so I'd be back in London Saturday morning ready for wild night out in Soho and so I'd have a bonafide week of Oregon.
