Post pic of your 3rd Gen Taco w/ a scenic background...

I am not sure people in Washington state and Oregon consider themselves "south".

 

Hahahah. Perspective...When you're America's hat, everything is South.

 

It is... a little bit..

Consider that many folks in many places (countries, states even cities and even neighborhoods) say the exact same thing about their location...
Most have not seen much...

I've lived in 6 countries long-term - these in 4 different continents.

I've visited 65+ countries... and counting. Can't wait to visit more... and to try more foods!

One cant say something is better than something else without experiencing alternatives... - It's just basic truth...

- It is all on the same planet, so it has to be all good. - Correct?
Different is good. Exploring is great! How can experiencing adventures and new places not be good!

it is totally ok if you are not interested...

(I've also visited 48 US states and lived long term in 6 different ones)

Consider that borders are only on a map...

This was not intended as bashing or trying to show-off... just making a point.

 

Maybe my story helps explain my attitude.

I have visted France/England. Visited Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Champs Ellysees. Drove a manual (my car here was automatic) from Rouen (did not want to drive in Paris so trained it to Rouen), to Honfleur, Bayeux (tapestry, WWII sites including Omaha Beach, the American Cemetery, D-Day Museum in Caen), Mont Ste. Michel, Loire Valley. Took chunnel to London for a day. At first the chateaux (castles) were interesting. But at some point big cities just became big cities, and rushing from one place to another between 8-hour transatlantic flights wore me down.

Guess I am ready for easier access to the interesting sights here. At least for a while.

 

I'd like to travel overseas for no other reason than to experience different culture, shoot a few thousand images,
and eat all manner of foods.... but alas I smoke, and couldn't spend 10-12 hours on a plane I'd make the nightly-news.


The wife fly's overseas every other year or so, and once spent a month in Europe doing some research for a paper she was
writing which contributed to her being 'Tenured' at a university - so I got to write that off LOL.... it was a bargain at twice
the price since she wasn't home she wasn't spending money....


I'm eligible for dual citizenship in Italy, ... if I were younger I'd consider the change long-term.
My kids are entertaining thoughts.

 

Reduce or quit smoking. Sounds like you value smoke over experiencing different places and cultures. If your wife doesn't go with you, consider it a win as you may not know if or how she is spending money.

 

Having lived and worked in many other countries (US, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Jamaica, Cuba, Trinidad, Dominica, St Vincent, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Philippines, Pakistan ...) besides my native Canada, all I can say is.

Travel and experience as many other cultures as you can and learn something from each one.

 

+1

 

Snow trails.

 

Baja California Sur

 

Reporting from Baja...

 

Does this count LOL.

 

Trona

 

Does RCI make skids that small?

 

The wedge matches the pinnacles. Dope photo.

 

Atop "Little Mountain" (aka Jeff Busby National Park) along the Natchez Trace in Choctaw County (North Central), Mississippi.

 

Another Baja check-in

Near the Playa - San Felipe by Michael Rickerd, on Flickr