USA
Where can I see your posts on the USA?
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Please note that Hawaii is listed as a separate destination.
Which areas of the USA have you visited?
I grew up and went to school in Boulder, Colorado, and so know the foothills area of Colorado like the back of my hand. Recently I moved to Birmingham, Alabama, and so am getting to know this area as well. My travels across the US have brought me briefly to Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Most of these you won’t find blog posts for… yet! Most of these were trips when I was younger and so I probably couldn’t offer much in the way of useful information. Never fear though, the Great American Road Trip is in the planning stages for 2020! Stay tuned…
Why haven’t you traveled more of the USA?
Why does landlocked Colorado have the highest number of certified divers per capita? Why does sunny Florida have one of the largest ski clubs in the world? Because we all want what we can’t have. I have always wanted to explore new things, and that has brought me to some of the most other-worldly places imaginable, from futuristic Tokyo, to isolated, forgotten islands that don’t even show up on the map. That being said, Fletch and I have spent enough time around Aussie and European tourists these past years who tell us about their great American trips with dreamy eyes, enough time to realize that perhaps it is time to see some more of our homeland. For that reason, I am excited to announce that the Great American Road Trip is in the planning stages for 2020!
What advice do you have for someone visiting the USA?
→ Be ready to drive a lot! Unless you are hanging out in major cities like D.C. or New York, public transportation is highly lacking to say the least.
→ New Orleans in the city to visit! Everyone always seems to want to do LA and New York. If you’re a big city kind of person, that’s great, but New Orleans has the most to offer culture-wise of any place in the US that I have been to. Nearly anyone you stop and talk to is willing to tell you a story about their city’s rich history.
→Washington, D.C. is a great place to visit for the museums and national monuments. Most of them are free, and easily accessible by the Metro, which makes this a good destination for budget travelers (although you may spend all your savings on food and lodging).
→Check out the cannabis culture in Colorado. Even if you do not partake, it is an experience in itself to walk into a dispensary and have a knowledgable budtender tell you about their selection, and describe each strain the same way you would a fine vintage.
Basic Information:
→ Capital: Washington, D.C.
→ Population: 327,167,434
→ Area: 3,796,742 square miles (9,833,520 square kilometers)
→ Currency: United States dollar
→ Time Zone: UTC -4 to -12, +10, +11 (various)
→ Official Languages: None (nope, not even English; one of my favorite trivial linguistics facts)
→ Religions: Christian (73%), Unaffiliated (21.3%), Jewish (2.1%), Muslim (0.8%), other (2.9%)
