Driving Across Country...what do I NEED to see?

Rick Meyer said:
Funny you should mention that...my gf and I were planning our Yosemite trip the other day. We will probably go the week after St. Pattys day. Thing is, she doesn't have a lot of interest in this sightseeing stuff. So, though I eventually make it to where I want to go, I wind up putting it off until I NEED to go and can use that in my favor. And, considering we are driving back to NY in about 2 months...we need to go now. So finally, she's down.

I think tomorrow we might go up to San Simeon and watch the seals hump on the beach.
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That will be a great time. Snow will have melted enough to get in pretty far and the scenery will be gorgeous.
 
yes that it shows (the locals) well then the point being is Rick they weren't acting!!!!!! don't go through Tennessee!!! they think they're still in the movie in Arkansas!!! and they're pissed!!!!
anyways.......the best part of the movie was when they were jammin and there was a bond through music............i always loved Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs(bango) one of my favorite bands was Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, and Steve Martin is also a great bango player AND THE POINT OF THIS WHOLE POINT IS......THERE IS NO POINT!!!!!!! hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
C2V said:
Point being... I live in TN. The Ocoee, where part of it was filmed, is not that far from me. It's even closer to where Rick will be heading (Chattanooga). The "locals" they encounter when they first get to the river... where they try to find a driver... most of those folks weren't actors.

Those are my people. For better or worse...

... and I do play the banjo.
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oops i forgot to put this up
 
Terry_Lasater said:
If trekking through Oklahoma in mid-April, stop in Beaver (yeah, I know...) for the World Championship Cow Chip Throwing Contest. Yee-haw! Yeah, buddy... that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.
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Is it too late to get in on this? I'm leaving Tuesday night. Should be a temporary Oakie come Friday. Yee Haw.
 
Well, if it's not to late to change your plans, and you don't mind a longer trip, and assuming they finish clearing the 50' of snow (really) it's under, take the North Cascades Highway (SR20) in WA, follow the highway all the way to Whidbey Island and down through the island, take a couple of ferry rides over to the Olympic Peninsula, then just follow the coast. This time of the year on a good day (and it's supposed to be in the high 60's/low 70's next week) The scenery is just stunning in this part of the country along that route.
 
While in Texas, just drop in to a Mexican restaurant. It's the only state in the union that really knows how to cook Mexican food, make sure you get the chili-cheese dip, it's awesome (Don Pablos is a good place as is El Fenix).

Make sure you go to one of those quirky - "we have a two-headed snake" gasoline fill-up station, yeah, you won't soon forget that.
 
Charli said:
While in Texas, just drop in to a Mexican restaurant. It's the only state in the union that really knows how to cook Mexican food, make sure you get the chili-cheese dip, it's awesome (Don Pablos is a good place as is El Fenix).
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I'm actually a big fan of the FOOD NETWORK show, "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"...he doesn't go to northern Texas but he definitely hits Albuquerque and Santa Fe...so, I'm sure I'll hit those places and hope for some good Mexican. I will DEFINITELY be hitting The Big Texan Steakhouse in Amarillo Texas (Thanks to some of the input here).

Charli said:
Make sure you go to one of those quirky - "we have a two-headed snake" gasoline fill-up station, yeah, you won't soon forget that.
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Hell Yeah. I am banking on this opportunity. "Two headed snake"..."cow with two legs"..."world's largest pancake"...I'm a sucker for any one of these signs....
 
Charli said:
While in Texas, just drop in to a Mexican restaurant. It's the only state in the union that really knows how to cook Mexican food, make sure you get the chili-cheese dip, it's awesome (Don Pablos is a good place as is El Fenix)...
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There are great Mexican restaurants everywhere in Oklahoma City (Ted's Escondido, Chelino's, and more...). I certainly wouldn't compare any chain restaurant (Don Pablos/El Fenix) to an authentic, family-owned Mexican restaurant.
 
Authentic Mexican food might not be for everybody (cow brains, intestines, mole w/hot sauce and not chocolate, menudo, etc.), but the Mexican chains are FAR BETTER than anything I've found in California. Here in Cali it's all about the region of Mexico and they 'boil' their meat instead of grilling it the ol' fashion Texas way.
 
I've never seen cow brains and moles on the menus... nor on their plates. Besides, Mexican food varies by the region from which it originates.
 
Terry - in a TRUE authentic Mexican restaurant that is family owned, you will find what is called - barbacoa, which is cow brains. Mole varies by region in Mexico either made with chocolate or rich/spicy sauce (you can find this in Cancun) and is usually a chicken dish.

The reason I rave about Mexican food in Texas is because it's TexMex food, spicy, grilled, dripping with cheese sauce, and something we cannot find anywhere here in Cali so far is sopaipillas which is a fried pastry (puffy, airy in the middle) sometimes covered in cinnamon & sugar or sometimes plain in which you pour honey on top.

I'm telling you, Texas has the best Mexican food!
 
Pardon my misuse of the word "authentic" and, yes, I know what a sopapilla is. Would you like me to send you some? :)

That said, the restaurants I mentioned will rival anything in Texas.
 
You are definitely an Okey, hmmmm, I feel a Texas/Oklahoma feud coming on... oh yeah! Yes, please mail me some sopaipillas!
 
"Okey"?... no. "Okie"?... yes. Mailing address? ;)

Traveling through Oklahoma was discussed as a possibility earlier in this thread which is why I bothered to mention it when I noticed talk of Mexican restaurants. Further, there are more than two types of Mexican food - "authentic" and TexMex. Depending on the region of Mexico it originates, the food can be quite different. You would agree with my claims if ever you were to try Chelino's restaurant. :)
 
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