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Our daughter is on the way to North Carolina for a wedding. I asked her about the scenery along the way.

That has be wondering about the different places the 'fire crew gets to,

What states, or provinces do you folks like to enjoy, or not?

Don't travel much.......but.......

Kansas ?

flat as an ironing board ? what goes on there......

Tornadoes & corn fields ?

I gotta have mountains & deep desert canyons......

Don't think I could live east of the Divide......Dakotas.......maybe

I think Pennsylvania, across I-80, is awfully nice.

Iowa, on the same highway, is corn, corn, corn, soybeans, corn, Des Moines, corn, cows, corn, corn, corn, ad infinitum.

Missouri, on I-70, is no great shakes, on I-44 it isn't too bad.

I thought I-70 across West Virginia was pretty nice, running along the mountaintops and all that.

I-70 across Kansas is not recommended, dullsville.

Not a fan of I-71 across Ohio, either.

I don't think the view from the interstate does justice to any state. Except Nebraska and Iowa, we are boring almost everywhere.

I'm not that fond of Missouri, no offence intended, but the time I spent at Fort Lost-in-the- Woods was more than enough of that state.

There are areas of TX I enjoy but obviously all know where I prefer to spend most of my time.

Flat doesn't work for me. Out of sight of mountains bothers me.

Coast areas down south really suck to me.

Lots of states with mountains are cool, but such liberal politics for whatever reasons suck

Nevada is an outlier for scenic because access to certain places can be a challenge. Hwy 95 from LV to Reno is mostly boring but Hwy 93 from LV to Jackpot is wonderful. You have to be willing to work for it but Nevada is the most mountainous state in the lower 48 w/ 314 named ranges and 172 peaks w/ >2000' of prominence. There are 39 peaks >10k'.

I enjoy the fact that few people travel the back roads and trails and most areas require that you be self reliant and a good navigator. Wildlife is not abundant but is always there if you learn where to look. Nevada has the countrys' highest population of wild sheep and is a predator hunters paradise. Towns and services are few and far between
and as Fieldgrade has mentioned carry 2 spare tires and lots of water.


mike r
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When it comes to dullsville scenery Nebraska is #1 if you are doing I-80. Get off of I-80 and it gets a little better. (think the Lincoln Highway) Great people but the scenery needs some work. Pennsylvania along I-80 is somewhat boring but better than Illinois, Indiana and Ohio combined. Get off of I-80 in Pennsylvania and it really gets interesting. Pennsylvania is a favorite of mine.

kwg

I really want to go 4 wheeling with you sometime Tikka. It appears you know all of the good places.

kwg

Most people crossing Idaho never leave I84 so all they see is the Snake River plain and 300 miles of sagebrush. They never see the other 80 pct of the state with some of the most rugged mountains in the country.

The drive from Stanley to Salmon in the fall is my all time favorite.


mike r

Very true on first sentence, but keep promoting sentence #2. Thanks.

Not sure why anyone would go to Europe. Too much to see right here in Merica.

The views from Pittsburgh up to I-80 and east to Brookville in PA were very nice.

East TN and the Smokey Mountains area is a must see, IMO.

I travel the less traveled areas........not hard to get 'lost' easily for the day......or two

Alabama is only state east of the river that I enjoy going to. If I travel it's northwest!

I wouldn't give 15 cents for any of the northeastern seaboard states!

I'm a long time Christian. People keep telling me I need to see the holy lands. I've never seen a picture from over there that I'd prefer to see in person. There's just too much of home I haven't seen yet.

The I84 corridor of Idaho does nothing for me though I like it to the north and S in such state.. And once in Oregon I like 84 a lot, generally.


I love it across either Dakota but for some reason find Nebraska to be a bore.


I-70 from Denver to I15 is one of the best Interstate routes there is for scenery, when you are not chained up going 15MPH..


If one doesn't think there's Mountains in the east, I40 NC and TN will be a surprise.


What the hell is that Pike in PA that has 13% grades? Damn.


A nice lightly used route is from US395 N of Winnemucca on NV then OR 140 as far W as you need. Late spring being swell for greenup and birds.


Most big game per dozen miles? I25 in Wyoming, I90 and 94 in MT. Maybe 80 in WY as well. Nowhere is anywhere close that I have seen as WY and MT.


I do like I80 through NV and CA to ALMOST Sacrachitmento.


Southbound or northbound CA, definitely the 5 over 99.


I like the east side of the Sierras too in CA, whatever those routes are.


Can't recall without looking it up but in AZ and CO I took a zig zaggy route from Pheonix to get to Denver IIRC and enjoyed the desert and mountain scenery.


On some assignments I'd be on the east coast for a week or more. Getting back west of the ol' Miss was always a good thing. But, ya'll don't fret, it's dandy over there....


That's just a sampling. A tad over 300,000 miles since June 2017. No LA or NE of NY but hit the rest of the country. The one and only good thing about those 300,000 is seeing the country.

What area in N.C.? There's some pretty decent scenery in the western part, just stay away from Asheville ( L.A. of the southeast) and the town of Cherokee (tourist trap). The center part is pretty much devoid of anything to see of much interest. Some pretty nice ocean views on the outer banks this time of year, since tourist season is pretty much over.

Some of Upstate NY and the rest of New England for that matter is pretty in a pastoral kind of way. Not the grand views of the West except maybe in the Adirondacks but more rolling green terrain and granite outcroppings with a checkerboard of farm fields and woodlands and little picturesque villages every few miles with tall white church steeples. The fall foliage can be spectacular. Politics and taxes suck big donkey dicks but I can't say anything bad about the terrain.