The TRAVEL Thread!
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Nancy R:
love2travel:
Is Stuckey's still around?
Apparently there are quite a few! http://locationsfound.com/Stuckeys/
Not that many actually though. They used to be across the country & we just drove to AZ a few times this past summer & didn't see one. Saw a few converted to gas stations. Now Cracker Barrel has taken their place selling nut logs & such.
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Nancy R:
love2travel:
Nancy R:
What is Wall Drug?
When you drive across South Dakota so see about 1,000 signs for Wall Drugs, many of them with miles to Wall Drug...you can't help but stop in http://www.lisagiulietti.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/walldrug.jpg http://travelingdancers.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1030957.jpg
I still don't know wtf Wall Drug is. Is it a drugstore?
Well it is more like a hugh emporium, selling all sorts of things. After miles and miles of not much, as the signs say, you can go there and get some "Free Ice Water" and lots of cool souvenirs. I think I bought some Fool's Gold and a piece of Black Hill's multicolor gold jewelry there!
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^ Great photos of Wall Drug!
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A great trip I took was to go to NYC to see the preview for the NEW album. I almost didn't go, because I thought that I would never in a million years get in, but I got lucky and it was a great night! So fun to sit in the VW Beetle cars and listen to the NEW album for the first time!! It was staged as an old drive in theater and all the cars were lined up on the rooftop!! When we first went in, we received our NEW souvenir badges with a pink light and there was a bar serving drinks. I tried to take a number of photos for those that couldn't go. We got taken to the rooftop in golf carts with the NEW symbol on them. The NEW symbols were everywhere!! It was the coolest event ever!! There was a painter hired to make a painting while we were listening to the NEW album for the first time and then at the end, there was a reveal with the painting... we then went back down and had more drinks! http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090007_zps13753dab.jpg I'll make links because of the size... http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090043_zpsb57f2ef5.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090064_zpsc05a9f40.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090070_zps640ce774.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090097_zps550bf493.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090074_zps1070dd4d.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090097_zps550bf493.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090108_zpse77f43b0.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090155_zps4bbab7e8.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090158_zps9ebdb076.jpg http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t620/love2travel6/Travel/P1090169_zps94e57358.jpg
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^ Very cool. And the hippie VW bus.
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oobu24:
^ Very cool. And the hippie VW bus.
Yepper... made sure to photograph it! It didn't pass me over that the event was at a Beetle dealership and the theme of the "drive-in" from days gone by...
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Does anyone know if there are Beatles-themed cruises? I'd enjoy something like that...it would be worth it just to meet fellow fans on the ship. Beatles trivia contests could get a little too competitive I'm guessing.
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^ Nancy was on one. There's also Abbey Road on the River & the Beatlesfests.
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Thanks, Oobu....I'll have to look into those suggestions.
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Scarlett14:
Does anyone know if there are Beatles-themed cruises? I'd enjoy something like that...it would be worth it just to meet fellow fans on the ship. Beatles trivia contests could get a little too competitive I'm guessing.
Yes, I've been on 2 of them and they will probably have one in Feb. or Mar. 2015. There are "only" about 100-150 of us on a ship that carries 8000 people. We have our own private events each night for a week--it's a blast, plus you get to go to 3 ports like Nassau, St. Thomas, St. Maarten, or Cozumel for example, and enjoy all the entertainment, etc. on the ship. I loved it! Here's a link if you want to contact Angela who runs the whole thing: http://www.musicinmocean.com/New/BTC/BTC2014/btcmain.htm The Cancun thing was a land-based celebration we just had for the Beatles 50th. It was a riot!
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That looks like so much fun! I love cruises! Has anyone been on one?
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Those cruises sound like heaven to me, Nancy. Thanks for the info. You may see me on one someday! Does everyone wear Beatles shirts on these cruises? I may need to stock up. I have only one Paul shirt, can't wear that every day!
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Scarlett14:
Those cruises sound like heaven to me, Nancy. Thanks for the info. You may see me on one someday! Does everyone wear Beatles shirts on these cruises? I may need to stock up. I have only one Paul shirt, can't wear that every day!
Not everybody, but many do! They also give you a t-shirt that has the dates and the guests on the cruise to wear the first day so we can recognize each other. (that you're in the "Beatles" group) P.S. I hate to tell you how many Beatle/Paul/John etc. t-shirts I have! My problem is choosing only 7!
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Zion Nat'l Park, southern Utah http://exp.cdn-hotels.com/hotels/6000000/5690000/5685800/5685743/5685743_85_z.jpg
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I loved Zion National Park, Oobu, but I loved Bryce Canyon even more. http://gosw.about.com/od/nationalandstateparks/ig/Bryce-Canyon-National-Park/bryce2.htm
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Scarlett14:
I loved Zion National Park, Oobu, but I loved Bryce Canyon even more. http://gosw.about.com/od/nationalandstateparks/ig/Bryce-Canyon-National-Park/bryce2.htm
That's funny. Two such different National parks in the same state. In Zion the cliffs rise above you & at Bryce they are below you. They also have Arches which is also incredible. awww...now I want to go on vacation. Yes Nancy...you took those in England right.
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Yes, but where and what is the Beatles connection?
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Oregon_Il_Lowden_State_Park7.JPG Saw this statue of Blackhawk overlooking the rock river in Illinois on the way driving a friend's parents to their daughter's wedding one time, in Northern Michigan, which was north of Milwaukee. Thought that it was pretty cool!
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Nancy R:
Does this look familiar to anyone? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/njr/Paul%20McCartney%20and%20The%20Beatles/IMG_1055_zps70f83baa.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/njr/Paul%20McCartney%20and%20The%20Beatles/IMG_1056_zps0520676a.jpg
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