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    Jackson's Summer Trip to America Suggestion Thread

    in Channel Zero

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    YOO. Thanks Kalashnikov, I am thinking of extending my stay in Chicago a little bit as there is a lot to do, and I met some quite fun Chicagians in london at a 'Soccer' - FOOTBALL game and they want to show me around so thats fun.

     

    OK so update:

    I have booked my flight back from San Francisco, 2 weeks after I am due to leave Chicago. So for the sake of argument I leave CHI on 21st JULY, my flight out of SF is on 5th AUGUST.

    So I basically have 15 days to get from Chicago to San Francisco to catch my flight.

    Which way would you go? I was thinking of flying to Seattle and then driving down that coast stopping off and taking my time. I also thought about doing Kansas - Denver - Vegas - Whatever. I don't mind hitchiking the whole way or greyhounding it or renting a convertible and just booting it all the way non stop.

     

    Also, I may have a few nights in SF or nearby to relax and do some sunbathing and hanging out for my last few nights of the trip. Can anyone recommend a good neighbourhood that will make sure I am stumbling distance home from some dope nightspots etc. Maybe some straight friendly gay bars? I only looked at the map of SF today and was like yo thats weird its like a big bay, damn my georgraphy is shit, wheres the car chase area and all that, and where can I go to get HYPHY? Is that still a thing? YAY AREA. THANKS.

     

     

    Jackson's Summer Trip to America Suggestion Thread

    in Channel Zero

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    40 minutes ago, misteraven said:

    National League rodeo circuit

    My new favourite four words.

    Dear @misteraven and @Fist 666these are both fabulous invitations, and you are very kind to offer.

    I am very interested in doing big countryside things, Wyoming looks amazing, and there is a place there called Jackson's Hole NH. Cowboy shit is also my vibe nh again.

    I would love to do Yellowstone, and go on a bit of an Ansel Adams crawl.

    That west coast through Oregon is lovely apparently, with great beaches, and perhaps up north will be a good place to avoid the heat of July?

     

    I am finding it hard to decide if I should do the east coast, and a bit of south like New Orleans, or go west coast Cali Mexico and Texas wibes. Wanna go to Marfa TX and drive around in those bits round there too.

    Jackson's Summer Trip to America Suggestion Thread

    in Channel Zero

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    7 hours ago, One Man Banned said:

    I would research the Zephyr or any Amtrak route carefully in all ways.

    Yeah I have heard they are are not ageing well and a bit rough around the edges.

    I am not bothered by luxury accommodation, I would much rather stay somewhere cheap and low key and spend the money saved on experiences. 

     

    In no particular order my preferences for things to see and do: small towns with scary locals, regional museums, art galleries, barbecue restaurants, those endless buffets I have seen they have in Vegas which serve every kind of food, places with really good light, signposted photo opportunities, Avery Island, Italian American gangsters, indie clubs, low-rent shopping malls, thrift stores, Jamaican food, if someone could advise on the best place to go watch baseball that would be great, chicken fried steak, those mexican beer cocktails with the spicy sauce in em, spicy food generally, Mexican bits of Texas, and so on and so forth.

     

    If this thread yields one golden nugget I will be happy.

    Jackson's Summer Trip to America Suggestion Thread

    in Channel Zero

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    Hello!

     

    I finally got my visa to go to America, after 15 years of putting it off since my criminal conviction. (Stay out of trouble kids, it leads to a lot of admin when you are a grown up!)

     

    In July I will be visiting the USA for a month, travelling around, drinking, eating, partying, exploring, learning, taking photographs, and meeting people etc. I will be on my own, adventuring!

     

    Dear American Oontzers, please use this thread to help me plan my trip with suggestions of places/experiences/people/foodstuffs/swimming holes/neighbourhoods/bars/museums/whatever/wherever that you would suggest I check out.

    Also anyone who lives in a cool place which may be on my route, which I haven't even started planning yet, wants to grab a beer or 10, and introduce me to their fit anglophile lady pals, then lets organise that too!

     

    Because I am from London, England, I am fairly well travelled in Europe: France, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Austria, Greece, Serbia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Morocco, and last year I went to Japan, which was fucking amazing.

     

    I enjoy travelling to less touristy, more interesting, slightly fucked up spots. I will not be visiting Disney Land, I would rather go to that truck stop in Pee Wee's Big Adventure with the dinosaurs. I want to go to Texas. I want to go to New Orleans. I want to go to Area 51. I am thinking of taking the California Zephyr. I know it is going to be hot as shit. I am coming round to the fact that I might have to take internal flights. 

     

    Anyway, whaddya say? 

     

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