[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Well, CO has the best beer, climbing, and skiing, but it’s a little early for good skiing and a little chilly for climbing… So I guess that leaves beer.[/quote]
I’ll give you that Colorado has some good skiing, but beer? Ha!
Oregon had great climbing, and the BEST beer.[/quote]
I don’t know about the best beer, but definitely agree there is some GREAT beer in the north-left coast.
When I’m out there, my “go to” is ROGUE Dead Guy Ale.
fly into San Fran. Drive south on Pacific Coast Hwy. Stop in Venice when you get down that way. Turn east and head up 395 through the Sierra Nevada and climb the Owens River Gorge, boulder in the Buttermilk’s. Mountain bike in Mammoth Lakes and kayak on Mono Lake. Hit Yosemite for the fall colours. Drive back into the Marin Headlands then out of San Fran. Perfect two week long vaca…
Hey, OP, if you decide to come to Austin PM me with what you like to do & I’ll shoot you a list of places you’ll enjoy.
In Colorado, Telluride is extraordinarily lovely, but there’s not a lot to do there if you’re not a hiker or mountainbiker. San Diego is awesome and there are hot soldiers everywhere on Coronado Island. I’m just sayin’. New York city, no-brainer, love that place. Chicago, ooooh, I love Chicago.
Do not go to Midland, Texas.
And the mountain biking in Austin is fucking excellent. It’s not like in actual mountains, though, with loads of downhill time. The trails are more technical and frankly right now it’s quite treacherous because of the drought. The little soil we have over the rock base is too dry to hold onto the surface rocks and even some of the trees, so the surface can shift & change right under your tires in a way that’s not normal.
[quote]Miss Parker wrote:
Hey, OP, if you decide to come to Austin PM me with what you like to do & I’ll shoot you a list of places you’ll enjoy.
In Colorado, Telluride is extraordinarily lovely, but there’s not a lot to do there if you’re not a hiker or mountainbiker. San Diego is awesome and there are hot soldiers everywhere on Coronado Island. I’m just sayin’. New York city, no-brainer, love that place. Chicago, ooooh, I love Chicago.
Do not go to Midland, Texas.
And the mountain biking in Austin is fucking excellent. It’s not like in actual mountains, though, with loads of downhill time. The trails are more technical and frankly right now it’s quite treacherous because of the drought. The little soil we have over the rock base is too dry to hold onto the surface rocks and even some of the trees, so the surface can shift & change right under your tires in a way that’s not normal.[/quote]
Yeah, whoever says Austin trails are weak doesn’t actually ride.
Brewed with Rich and Scott of the Charleston Beer Exchange in honor of Scott’s wedding…October 2009. Aged in bourbon barrels ever since- 18 months. Full of vanilla, toffee, wood and bourbon flavors. Luxurious. 11% abv.
if you go to N.Y. and get tired of the city go upstate. camping, biking, canoeing, and the “gunks” have fantastic climbing.
if you wanna do a real beer roadtrip try local brews all along the route you pick to travel. you can give us all a report. tell us about the good, the bad, and what makes a “double coyote” look like a 10! since you’ve only got a couple of weeks you might make it to Austin before your liver implodes.
actually, it is the people’s republic of cali-FORNICATION I will make the pilgrimage up your way one day “harder”. Glacier, Hwy to the Sun, wind river range, big blue sky…where do you fly into though ???
killerDIRK-if that last post was for me, I dont plan on flying as of now because im 21 and ive only been aware of places renting cars to people 24+ years old.
I will make the pilgrimage up your way one day “harder”. Glacier, Hwy to the Sun, wind river range, big blue sky…where do you fly into though ???