travel thread

[michigancat]

[Bloodfart]

  Mrs. BF and I will be flying to LA and then diving to SF for our 10 yr anniversary at the end of July.

[steve dave]

Mrs. BF and I will be flying to LA and then diving to SF for our 10 yr anniversary at the end of July.

why are you driving from LA to SF if you are already at the airport? drugs?

[Bloodfart]

Mrs. BF and I will be flying to LA and then diving to SF for our 10 yr anniversary at the end of July.

why are you driving from LA to SF if you are already at the airport? drugs?

She thinks it would be fun.  I am skeptical though. 

[Bloodfart]

No drugs but she could write you a scrip if you need one.

[michigancat]

Mrs. BF and I will be flying to LA and then diving to SF for our 10 yr anniversary at the end of July.

why are you driving from LA to SF if you are already at the airport? drugs?

She thinks it would be fun.  I am skeptical though.

Not sure if you noticed but we just discussed an LA to SF drive and it is pretty awesome if you take the 1 from LA to Monterey (or even all the way to Pacifica).

[Bloodfart]

Mrs. BF and I will be flying to LA and then diving to SF for our 10 yr anniversary at the end of July.

why are you driving from LA to SF if you are already at the airport? drugs?

She thinks it would be fun.  I am skeptical though.

Not sure if you noticed but we just discussed an LA to SF drive and it is pretty awesome if you take the 1 from LA to Monterey (or even all the way to Pacifica).

Thanks michigancat.  Any other recomendos/tips?

[puniraptor]

Stop and Look at the elephant seals

[michigancat]

Hearst Castle is an option. 17 mile drive/pebble beach. Monterey aquarium. Random Big Sur hiking. Depends on what you like to do.

[yoga-like_abana]

put a mustache on your rental car. try to blend with the locals. don't say things like frisco or san fran it will make you seem douchey and like you are trying to hard.. definitely not like a true san francisco resident.

[Bloodfart]

Hearst Castle is an option. 17 mile drive/pebble beach. Monterey aquarium. Random Big Sur hiking. Depends on what you like to do.

I like hiking!

put a mustache on your rental car. try to blend with the locals. don't say things like frisco or san fran it will make you seem douchey and like you are trying to hard.. definitely not like a true san francisco resident.

I read the SF things thread regularly so I feel like I'm prepared for the culture shock.  I'll just make an anti-gentrification sign and carry it with me everywhere.

[p1k3]

Hearst Castle is an option. 17 mile drive/pebble beach. Monterey aquarium. Random Big Sur hiking. Depends on what you like to do.

Done all the above. Would recommend staying at least one night in the town of Carmel

[steve dave]

Which island?

[puniraptor]

I watched this crap on TV where you hunt wild pigs armed with dogs and a Rambo knife.

[wetwillie]

I watched this crap on TV where you hunt wild pigs armed with dogs and a Rambo knife.

You can just go to Oklahoma for that.

[steve dave]

Which island?

Oahu. I figure that i'll see the Pearl Harbor stuff for sure but other than that and maybe taking a tour of the Jurassic Park and Lost sets, i'm pretty stumped on what else to do. I've just never been there or even researched what's cool to do down there.

go to the north shore and watch the surfers and visit Haleiwa Town. prepare for the biggest cluster eff of a traffic jam in human existence every weekday morning on the H1. skip that stupid movie set crap.

[Emo EMAW]

Is there a volcano to go look at? 

[Bloodfart]

I watched this crap on TV where you hunt wild pigs armed with dogs and a Rambo knife.

You can just go to Oklahoma for that.

Ya, my sister did that in Arkansas a couple yrs ago.  Seems pretty barbaric to me.

[steve dave]

Is there a volcano to go look at?

no, only on the big island

[steve dave]

Which island?

Oahu. I figure that i'll see the Pearl Harbor stuff for sure but other than that and maybe taking a tour of the Jurassic Park and Lost sets, i'm pretty stumped on what else to do. I've just never been there or even researched what's cool to do down there.

go to the north shore and watch the surfers and visit Haleiwa Town. prepare for the biggest cluster eff of a traffic jam in human existence every weekday morning on the H1. skip that stupid movie set crap.

Noted. All good things, so keep them coming! Luckily i'll have a driver and car service while i'm down there so i'm going to just bring my tablet and chill out while getting paid to ride from place to place. 

What is Haleiwa Town all about? I vaguely remember someone talking about that but I can't remember what they were saying about it...

it's just a chill little surfer town

[Emo EMAW]

Is there a volcano to go look at?

no, only on the big island

I visited a volcano on Maui.    Mt Haleakala.

[yoga-like_abana]

make sure you come back to this thread and bitch about the cost of everything and the amount of homeless people 

[bubbles4ksu]

will i survive a megabus trip from jacksonville to NYC? it would be broken up by three overnight stops. i'm trying to see people in palm beach, atlanta, raleigh, DC, and NYC in a span of two weeks. i'd like to fly into florida and then bus it up to NYC.

[8manpick]

Sounds fun

[mocat]

sounds like a nightmare and less fun than just using a rental car. probably infinitely less expensive tho