I can see your house Steph

[PantyFanatic]

So you think the CN Tower is something special? With all the current discussion about the CN Tower, how many Canadians have actually visited it? Are you like typical Americans and take for granted the wonders in your own back yard. It IS worth the effort.:) I think I COULD have seen Stephs house, even in Newfoundland. It’s spectacular.:eek:

How many Kunuks have been to the top or even just up for dinner in the restaurant? (Yep:D I had a window table and was peeking in LoveDiva’s and then Bibi's window as it rotated.) lol


And for the others, what notable attraction or landmark is in your back yard that you might NOT have visited?:rolleyes:

[IAKaraokeGirl]

<-----is guilty of that. Lived the first 27 years of her life less than two hours' away and never visited Mammoth Cave National Park.

I think I'm still waiting for the school trip. Everyone else's class went except mine. :rolleyes:

[PantyFanatic]

Oh make the trip next time you go home IKG.:D Transparent cave crickets and lunch in the Snowball Room is unique.;)

Now I have to come clean after saying all this and tell you I’ve never been in the Rock Hall even though I drive past it almost daily.:o LMAO

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Mr. IAKG has been, PF, and says it's awesome. ;)

[Steph]

I haven't been to the CN Tower yet. We had planned to go earlier in the summer but we didn't have time. Plus, it's $22 just to go to the top so I think I might just go with the next tourist friend that shows up. With my weird work hours, we don't get enough time to do the touristy things.

When I lived in the nation's capital, Ottawa, I visited Parliament Hill, the Museum of Civilization, the War Museum, the National Art Gallery . . .

When I lived in Jasper National Park, I hiked, biked, canoed and rafted all over the place. A friend once said that 3/4s of the people who visit the park never leave the sidewalk.

I've moved around so much and spent so much on the moves that I can rarely afford a vacation so I do the touristy things when I'm in a new place. :)

[Aqua]

A couple touristy things we have in Seattle are the Ballard Locks and the Experience Music Project (EMP). I have yet to see the Ballard Locks, though it is in almost every tourist guide sold in Seattle. The EMP is something I am amazed I have not gone through as it is a rock 'n roll museum of sorts. All sorts of rock memoribilia has been collected and put on display and there are interactive areas where you can play instuments and such. The main factor for the EMP is the cost. I demember what it is exactly, but it is around $20-25 if memory serves.

[PantyFanatic]

I think we all have to save up and go on a vacation in our own towns. LMAO :D

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Well, there's not a heck of a lot to do around where I live, but in the time I've lived in Iowa, I've seen and done a lot--the field near Dyersville where they filmed "Field of Dreams," etc. I've yet to head towards Des Moines and visit *the* Madison County, home of covered bridges, or visit the western parts of the state. Storm Lake would also be on my list with the whole Buddy Holly connection.

[LixyChick]

OH FUCK!

Oops! I mean........geezzzzzzz PF..........spank me hard and good!

I live about 50 miles from the Liberty Bell.......never seen it! Independence Hall.....never seen it......Betsy Ross's house....never seen it! Benjamin Franklin's grave......never seen it! Edgar Allen Poe's house.......never seen it! Padre Pio's Church (right around the corner from me.....named for a local priest made famous by his reported affliction of stigmata *sorry db....I still haven't been there to take pics yet....but I will....I swear I will*)!

Dunno how far away......but they're in my neck of the woods......the Statue of Liberty (technically in New Jersey.....but don't tell the New Yorker's).....never seen it! The White House....never seen it!

Oh gawdddddddd! OK........I've seen the Philadelphia Museum of Art (where they filmed the "running up the steps" scene in Rocky I....and where I also saw the traveling Van Gogh (Face to Face) exhibit on 11/04/00).........I've been to Valley Forge (Valley Forge, Pa.).....Daniel Boones Homestead (Birdsboro, Pa.)......Washington's Crossing (Newtown, Pa)....Red Bank Battle Field (a monument to the Battle of Hessian Run in National Park, N.J.).......Jim Thorpe, Pa. (named after a native American decathalon athelete who participated in the olympics and had his medals taken away when they discovered he was a professional athelete....he played nearly every sport known to man at the time of his participation)......South St.....downtown Philly, Pa....from the song....."Where do all the hippies meet.....South Street, South Street")......Allentown, Pa (made famous by Billy Joel)......Pat's Steak's (the ONLY place to get THE taste of an original Philly cheesesteak sandwich...a must if you visit)......the pine barrens of South Jersey (where the "Jersey Devil" resides).....M. Knight Shamalon's (sp?) movie "Signs" was filmed in Bucks county (next county to me)......matter of fact......many movies have been filmed in my local (close enough to spit on....on a good windy day!)

And PF hunny funny pants? Could you hold off on visiting the R&R Hall of Fame......till I cum out ta see ya? ;) Much obliged sweetness! :D

[musicman]

been to the CN Tower several times - truly a cool site from up top -

Hey Steph - try the entertainment book - there might be a 2 for 1 coupon in there....

done a lot of things in toronto - AGO, ROM, CN Tower, HHOF, theatre, Casa Loma, Zoo etc etc etc


I at least have been to the Rock Hall... :D

[zipededoo]

When I lived in London I never got to see anything. I guess I felt that they would always be there. Then I decided to up sticks for the antipodes. I had a whale of a time in those last few months seeing all the stuff I should have seen before. Even rode one of those tourist busses around the capital. Now that was fun!!

Since arriving here in Sydney I've made a point of visiting attractions as soon as I find out about them. Mind you, I lived in the city for 6 months with a view of the Centrepoint tower from our window. You think I've been up it? You think wrong... ;)

Zipper xxx

[BlondeCurlGirl]

The attraction that is a mere 15-20 miles away from me is The Mustard Museum...home of Poupon U...and I have yet to go, despite the fact it's been here for 10+ years. I may have to add it to my list, I have just taken a liking for mustard after 23 years of never having liked it!

"home of the world's largest collection of prepared mustards - over 4,000 jars, bottles, and tubes from all 50 states and more than 60 countries."

[dicksbro]

Haven't been to the CN Tower per se', but did stay for a week at a hotel right by it ... "L' tel (or something like that)." Funny don't remember BIBI or Steph waving?

Near us ... Lincoln's home in Springfield; Navoo where the Mormon's used to have their temple before they moved to Salt Lake City; 2-3 hours from both Chicago and St. Louis (less if you drive too fast :D); and a beautiful park called "Starved Rock." A series of rock outcroppings along the Illinois River about an hour north of us. West of Peoria is the "Wildlife Prarie park" which is a 2,000 acre preserve feature native Illinois wildlife in their natural settings. Black bear, wolf, badger, bison, deer ... and countless birds and other animals. Wonderful place to visit!

Peoria area actually has quite a bit close by. Not a bad place to live.

[Belial]

There's nothing interesting near me to not visit.

[Steph]

Originally posted by dicksbro a beautiful park called "Starved Rock."

Why the name?

Hang on, I'll search for it in case DB doesn't make it back to this thread:

Starved Rock State Park derives its name from a Native American legend of injustice and retribution. In the 1760s, Pontiac, chief of the Ottawa tribe upriver from here, was slain by an Illiniwek while attending a tribal council in southern Illinois. According to the legend, during one of the battles that subsequently occurred to avenge his killing, a band of Illiniwek, under attack by a band of Potawatomi (allies of the Ottawa), sought refuge atop a 125-foot sandstone butte. The Ottawa and Potawatomi surrounded the bluff and held their ground until the hapless Illiniwek died of starvation- giving rise to the name "Starved Rock."

[rockintime]

Hey, Aqua...trip to the Ballard Locks is well worth it. Pick a nice sunny Sunday afternoon in June (hopefully there is at least one of those in June in Seattle :) ). Often they have weekend concerts there. You can walk across the locks to view the salmon migration through the observation glass (June is the heaviest period of the run). Have a picnic on the grassy hill next to the locks and watch a big procession of boaters trying to maneuver in and out of the locks...the inexperienced are under a lot of stress in tight quarters and you see a bunch of hilarious boating misadventures.

[OzKristin]

while I don't like being American sometimes...I haven't taken things for granted...I have enjoyed as much as I have been able to about my country and my surroundings thus far...and don't particularly like someone saying "typical american"sorry PF, I"m not trying to sound mean :-/
on the other hand, I have visted Canada, all over Ontario as well as Toronto and the CN tower, and it was very nice...I especially liked that glass floor, it was spectacular

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by OzKristin
........and don't particularly like someone saying "typical american"sorry PF, I"m not trying to sound mean :-/ ..... Not taken as "mean" hun.:) I DO understand your feelings. My "typical American" was solely based on observations like only 11% of New Yorkers have visited the Statue of Liberity.:rolleyes:

[naughtyangel]

Well, I've never travelled outside the Maritimes, but I've seen all the major attractions there are to see around here. The Hopewell Rocks (home of the world's highest tides), the reversing falls (here in my hometown), Le Pays de la Sagouine, the Confederation Bridge to PEI, the home of Lucy M Montgomery (the setting for the Anne of Green Gables books).

That's about it. Not a whole lot goes on in my corner Canada :)

[LixyChick]

I must correct something I said in my first response......

Ironically.....hubby, SUPERPIPE and I were just talking about this last Saturday afternoon, and then I got a PM from Sugarsprinkles about the very same topic.....yesterday!

I wasn't born around here and when I heard the story of Padre Pio.....for some reason I was under the impression that he was either local or that he had immigrated here around the time of his stigmata affliction. Well..come to find out (from both sources...SS and hubby and friend) that he never lived here (in my neighborhood), but was an Italian native. A church had been errected, locally, by his followers in his honor. Hubby remembers an episode of the TV show "In Search Of", where Padre Pio was standing in front of a church and in the background you could see the landscape of a quarry.....and he instinctively knew where this quarry was. It's right here...in the town I live in now. It's down a road in Barto that I never travel and would only go specifically to see the church. What I do know now, is that the padre at least visited this church at some time in his life. So....I appologize for my ignorance on Padre Pio! I still make the promise to dicksbro to visit it and take picks for him.....and I will as soon as I get another cam!

Well....anyway....I just had to say that!