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ORIGINAL: wandersalone

And yep DC, Washington is another on my list of possibles.

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Oh cool so Florida is the place to go by the sounds of things

And Sunny if you got permission for us to meet somewhere that would be great. I am sure I could bribe my friend to make a detour from Pittsburgh so we could meet.

Steven I will put Denver on my list of possibles as well.  I was actually there briefly a long time ago when I backpacked through parts of the US/Canada and Mexico after uni

One day I will travel through South America Phoenix but unfortunately it wont be this time.

Thanks for the info about the beaches there Kneel forAnne

And yep DC, Washington is another on my list of possibles.

smiles...thanks BitchGoddessD for your suggestions as well

Gwynn I wasn't sure where you were. That is fantastic.... so I will see GT post her wedding and you pre yours. Yay.

smiles....thanks Windchymes for the information.  I realise that with such a limited amount of time and a fairly small budget that I wont be able to see everyone and everything I would hope to see so I figured that I can work out some satellite points in between a few people I could go to those places to kill a few birds with one stone so to speak...... um not that I am planning on stoning anyone.

I am flying from LA to Pittsburgh and most likely will have a few other flights, NYC to somewhere in \Florida maybe and one to Columbus and a couple of others.  Angel had sent me a map with the USA superimposed over a map of Australia to give me an idea of the size of the country.  I am used to jumping on flights to go the equivalent of New Orleans to LA just for a weekend

Pure NYC is one of my absolute must see's so we will defnitely meet up - yay

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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven

Let me put in a bid!!!

C'mon over to Denver and I'll take you to the Pikes Peak Cog Railway.  I can throw in other things such as tours of small mountain towns, the Cave of the Winds, Seven Falls, the Manitou Cliff Dwellings, a working silver mine in Idaho Springs, and the local comedy circuit.

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ORIGINAL: sappatoti

What a nice, helpful person you are.

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ORIGINAL: SavageFaerie

Seven Falls just swept me away, especially night view, plus if I recall (never trust that) isnt there a memorial or home or something where emily dickenson lived or another well know aurthor? Only thing I dont think we caught on your list was the working silver mine, but we did the Royal Gorge and Cripple Creek which was like going back in time.  The hotel room was amazing although I had trouble getting up in the tall feather bed LOL

Its a loverly place to visit but I have always been partial to mountains and area around.

I would say yes yes New York but due to circumstances I dont think I will be living there once I get back from my extended visit with Phoenix and poen, the two of them are absoutly addicting, and a couple of the most genuine people I have had to pleasure of spending extended time with.  I just cant say enough about then, as for the first time in I dont know how many years...I have enjoyed being around people, or having the chance to make lifetime friends.

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I arrive on the 24th I think and leave on the 12th May (or something like that), flying in and out of LA.

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

NEwport, RHode Island is great.... Provincetown on Cape Cod is AWESOME!!

OBVIOUSLY, central Florida *grin* (I can get ya a cheap hotel room in Tampa)

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ORIGINAL: GreedyTop

for certain guests, I might *wink*

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ORIGINAL: wandersalone

One day I will travel through South America Phoenix but unfortunately it wont be this time.
Damn, I thought that you might not go that far yet...well, depending when that will be the case then I am happy to meet you there  I want to get back to there in the near future...

Gwynn I wasn't sure where you were. That is fantastic.... so I will see GT post her wedding and you pre yours. Yay.

Well, if you are happy to wait until July or August with your trip, then I am happy to be there as well *wink wink wink*

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SF, thanks for the support.  I'll need it to lure wanders here!

The Royal Gorge is maybe an hour south of Colorado Springs, so it's two hours south of Denver.  Kinda far.  Cripple Creek, along with Blackhawk and Central City, changed its nature when it allowed limited stakes gambling, which I assume was after you visited it.

I'm not sure what you mean by a famous author.  Stephen King lived in Boulder for a while and based The Shining's Overlook Hotel in Sidewinder upon the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.  But his residence was never a landmark.  Kathy Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful while on Pikes Peak - maybe that's it?

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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

I think wanders should go to Colorado and swoop in and take Dark Steven's heart and then they can have a ... a .. something and we can all meet up again.

Yeah.  that's a good plan. 

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ORIGINAL: sunshinemiss

I think wanders should go to Colorado and swoop in and take Dark Steven's heart and then they can have a ... a .. something and we can all meet up again.

Yeah.  that's a good plan.  Oh and please put angel in your luggage.  She'll fit in one of those big duffel bags.  Or an oil drum.  I saw it on NCIS.