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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 0:49:28 GMT
I'll get more descriptive once I get a good internet connection again, but I thought I would offer a few treasures that I saw in this beautiful region.  I absolutely want to know what is inside Pure Pleasure.  Something for all interests.  So disappointing!  They sell annual passes for $99 for unlimited admission.  Proud to be American cocks! |
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Post by spaceneedle on Jan 15, 2010 1:27:30 GMT
I've been to that salt & pepper shaker museum!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 1:36:47 GMT
That town was a revelation to me -- "Solvang, CA" multiplied by 10. I had no idea such a thing had happened, particularly since I had not been in the area since age 5.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 3:26:45 GMT
Off to a great start there K. I am riveted.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 13:08:11 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 17:47:34 GMT
Did you ever find out was was behind 'pure pleasure'?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 22:26:42 GMT
It will remain an eternal mystery, Deyana. These drippy areas become quite strange when it is very cold. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2010 22:42:41 GMT
Beautiful K. I have seen those ice formations in the mountains driving from Asheville N.C. down to Altanta.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 15, 2010 22:50:20 GMT
Oh GOSH -- those are such beautiful pictures! Were you able to get off the road to capture the winding road photos? I really love that sort of feeling of omniscience looking at the road ones -- as though I'm a set of eyes floating above the landscape. These are wonderful.
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Post by lola on Jan 16, 2010 2:03:36 GMT
You have already summed up essence of the USA, or at least two ends of the spectrum.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2010 21:06:15 GMT
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Post by fumobici on Jan 19, 2010 0:16:29 GMT
Thanks for the glimpse in the South K. It could be a real long time before I want to go back there and see it again first hand.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 19, 2010 16:13:56 GMT
I don't understand where the pictures were taken .....what does the thread title mean ?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 17:37:43 GMT
It is just a random mix of what I saw on the road. I was in Georgia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina.
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Post by spindrift on Jan 19, 2010 17:42:39 GMT
I don't understand 'redux'...but I'll look it up
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 18:15:09 GMT
You should see 'Apocalypse Now Redux' if you saw 'Apocalypse Now.'  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 19:17:36 GMT
It will remain an eternal mystery, Deyana.Shame (I know, I'm so bad) ;D
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Post by spindrift on Jan 19, 2010 20:45:05 GMT
I don't watch war/disaster movies.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2010 21:12:05 GMT
Apocalypse Now is a symphony based on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.
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Post by lola on Jan 20, 2010 22:00:27 GMT
If you're still headed this way, k2, swing on by. We're only 6 hrs north of Memphis.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 20, 2010 23:45:21 GMT
To me the only bad thing about going through Chattanooga is that it's so beautiful there is a danger of running off the road as you try to gawk & drive at the same time. I was there in high summer, and it was dazzling.
Years ago my husband and I drove from Florida to near Knoxville, Tennessee. We finally started laughing at ourselves because we'd run out of superlatives about the landscape.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2010 2:39:18 GMT
I was trying to remember how many times I have done the trek from NOLA to NY and back by car. Can't count them all but, each one has some memory attached to your photos K. Fortunately,know a few folks along the way so we're able to stop and visit. Although,many have been straight shots.My husband is usually in a hurry to get to the other end of the trip. We've had many a disagreement over as I am more of a lingerer.  Chattanooga is a nice town. |
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Post by cristina on Jan 21, 2010 3:19:48 GMT
Thanks for the glimpse in the South K. It could be a real long time before I want to go back there and see it again first hand. I think its interesting to find the reactions. While I am sad for this town, there are many others like this in other parts of the US (think Michigan...or even Arizona for its glory days as a mining region)... I know there are other equally sad stories in other parts of the US. But frankly, I miss the southern US and would go back in a heartbeat. It is, overall, probably one of the most culturally rich parts of America, and harbors the greatest amount of our history. It is also an area hit very hard by the changes in American business practices (read: manufacturing...moved offshore), so very much impacted by the economics of history over the last 30 years. The southern US represents so very much more than this or any similar small town. Charlotte, Atlanta, NOLA are all magnificent cities, to name a few, that I hope wouldn't prevent anyone from visiting the South. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2010 11:45:08 GMT
Cristina, what an intelligent and sensitive observation and perspective.
I will always be a "Yankee" at heart,like it or not. However,my attitude about the South is something I have come to embrace. It's too easy to stereotype the South, yet, people continue to hold on to these preconceived notions.I defended and fought them off for the longest and came to realize that people either "get it' or they don't. It's really just that simple.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 21, 2010 16:33:43 GMT
Too true. And people who are resistant to anything aren't going to "get it". But those who get it about any other culture are doubly rich, as they get to be outside observers and insiders at the same time. As a Yankee, Casimira will always see and appreciate details which are too much a part of regular southern life to be necessarily noted and lauded by the natives.
Cristina, in her gentle, incisive way, shows again how much more there is if we'll only look.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2010 0:48:29 GMT
I'm sorry to see that after being gone a few days that this discussion or the beginnings of it seemed to have died off...I had a couple of long discussions with some very fine people I met in Miami Beach about this very same topic. I'm hoping to lure them aboard and add some more insightful impromptu banter here.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2010 6:10:49 GMT
I think the discussion died off because it's not in a place that many people would look for such a discussion. We need to start a new thread about this elsewhere.
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Post by Kimby on Jan 27, 2010 23:31:48 GMT
I don't understand where the pictures were taken .....what does the thread title mean ? I'm assuming kerouac is too modest to state the (to me) obvious. The thread title is a sly reference to the book by the other kerouac. Which also explains why one Any Port poster keeps referring to a mysterious "jack"... |
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Post by cristina on Jan 28, 2010 1:53:07 GMT
I think the discussion died off because it's not in a place that many people would look for such a discussion. We need to start a new thread about this elsewhere. I think you're right, because I couldn't even remember where this discussion was.  |
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