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drillagent
Explorer
Jun 18, 2013

List of places to visit, recommendations?

The other day, DW decided to create a folder in her favorites to start saving websites of places we wanted to go when we start fulltiming. She then added folders for each state. Then she asked me what kind of places I wanted to visit. This has now snowballed into a list of general places to visit and she is researching state by state and adding the websites to her folders. We have about three years before we retire, so there's plenty of time for research. We've already discussed taking trips to Alaska and driving the length of the Trans Canadian Highway. Below is our list of places to see so far. If you can add another general topic, please do. Looking for more ideas. Thanks.

National Parks
National Memorials
Zoos
State Fairs
Whale Watching (DW's idea)
Scottish Highland Festivals (my idea)
Air Shows
Museums
Battlefields
Aquariums
  • tohare's avatar
    tohare
    Explorer
    Jun 18, 2013
    About 2-3 years before we retired, I had each state mail me their travel information. (I like paper copies for browsing) I then developed folders of each state similar to what you are doing. We added agri-tourism (wineries, breweries, farms/farmers markets, cheese, syrups...) Another area of interest for us, is shopping in renovated warehouses, factories, and even have found a couple of old hospitals..
    Have fun planning I loved it, almost as much as traveling.
  • ryegatevt's avatar
    ryegatevt
    Explorer II
    Jun 18, 2013
    State Parks! There are many beautiful parks, and most would not be as crowded as the National parks.

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