Comments on: 10 Places in the USA I Must See Before I Die http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/ Wise Choices. Improved Finances. A Better Life. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:20:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: united states national parks http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-2045 united states national parks Thu, 29 May 2008 02:20:54 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-2045 [...] [...] [...] [...]

]]> By: Jeff http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Jeff Fri, 02 May 2008 05:14:07 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1727 Excellent list. I love the National Parks. I live almost equidistant from Gettysburg and Valley Forge and have been to both multiple times. Gettysburg wins for impact, hands down. Every square inch, it seems, something important is marked. They also do an excellent job in helping you see how the battle progressed. Valley Forge has a few places that make you stop and think, but mostly it's a beautiful open park - lots of fields. Plenty of deer roaming around. I find it's actually easy to forget the suffering that occurred there. I have mixed feeling about that - on the one hand I'm disappointed that we don't get a better sense of the contribution to history that occurred there, but on the other hand there's something positive about a place associated with suffering being allowed to be a place of beauty and relaxation. Excellent list. I love the National Parks. I live almost equidistant from Gettysburg and Valley Forge and have been to both multiple times. Gettysburg wins for impact, hands down. Every square inch, it seems, something important is marked. They also do an excellent job in helping you see how the battle progressed.

Valley Forge has a few places that make you stop and think, but mostly it’s a beautiful open park – lots of fields. Plenty of deer roaming around. I find it’s actually easy to forget the suffering that occurred there. I have mixed feeling about that – on the one hand I’m disappointed that we don’t get a better sense of the contribution to history that occurred there, but on the other hand there’s something positive about a place associated with suffering being allowed to be a place of beauty and relaxation.

]]> By: LP http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 LP Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:53:03 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1693 Sorry....it's Olympia...not Olympic. My speller got whop-sided! :mrgreen: :???: Sorry….it’s Olympia…not Olympic. My speller got whop-sided! :mrgreen: :???:

]]> By: LP http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 LP Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:44:17 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1692 I've been to NY city...BIG, BIG place! :-) They have a great church up there too....the pastor is Tim Keller. He wrote a book called..."The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism." I've yet to read it, but will at some point. I hear, it is excellent! The Grand Canyon is just that....GRAND! You can stand at the North Rim and marvel at the works of the Lord! Very interesting when having children at this place. Make sure they are obedient to your words before going here. The edges aren't fenced! :-) Olympic Park and Redwood Park, I went to as a very young lady. I remember you could ride through one of the trees and as I stood looking at it, my thoughts of enormity and largeness totally bewildered me! I had some appreciation at that time, but maturity sure does add a different and enhanced prospective. God bless our country...America!!! I’ve been to NY city…BIG, BIG place! :-)
They have a great church up there too….the pastor is Tim Keller. He wrote a book called…”The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism.”
I’ve yet to read it, but will at some point. I hear, it is excellent!

The Grand Canyon is just that….GRAND! You can stand at the North Rim and marvel at the works of the Lord!
Very interesting when having children at this place. Make sure they are obedient to your words before going here. The edges aren’t fenced! :-)

Olympic Park and Redwood Park, I went to as a very young lady. I remember you could ride through one of the trees and as I stood looking at it, my thoughts of enormity and largeness totally bewildered me! I had some appreciation at that time, but maturity sure does add a different and enhanced prospective.

God bless our country…America!!!

]]> By: Becky@FamilyandFinances http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Becky@FamilyandFinances Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:32:54 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1691 I've always thought that there are so many cool places I haven't been to in the US, I'll never even make it over to Europe! I, too, have been to RMNP. My husband and I went horseback riding in the park. It was AWESOME! Next on our list is seeing the Redwoods. We're hoping to plan a trip for the fall of 2009. It's our next big trip! I’ve always thought that there are so many cool places I haven’t been to in the US, I’ll never even make it over to Europe!

I, too, have been to RMNP. My husband and I went horseback riding in the park. It was AWESOME!

Next on our list is seeing the Redwoods. We’re hoping to plan a trip for the fall of 2009. It’s our next big trip!

]]> By: Frugal Dad http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Frugal Dad Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:44:24 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1690 From your list, the only two I have visted are Gettysburg and Rocky Mountain National Park. I would love to go back to both. My trip to RMNP was a day trip while staying over the weekend on a business trip to Denver. It was August, the landscape was bare, and since I had business to tend to I couldn't fully explore the park. My granfather took me to Gettysburg as a young teenager, and at the time I didn't truly appreciate the historical relevance. From your list, the only two I have visted are Gettysburg and Rocky Mountain National Park. I would love to go back to both. My trip to RMNP was a day trip while staying over the weekend on a business trip to Denver. It was August, the landscape was bare, and since I had business to tend to I couldn’t fully explore the park.

My granfather took me to Gettysburg as a young teenager, and at the time I didn’t truly appreciate the historical relevance.

]]> By: Jeff@My Super-Charged Life http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Jeff@My Super-Charged Life Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:20:56 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1689 Ron - I'm a big National Park fan. I would love to visit them all. I would especially like to see the Grand Canyon, the USS Arizona, and the Redwoods. I've been to Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, CO and it is great. I highly recommend it. Thanks for expanding on this theme and mentioning my list! Ron – I’m a big National Park fan. I would love to visit them all. I would especially like to see the Grand Canyon, the USS Arizona, and the Redwoods. I’ve been to Rocky Mountain National Park in Estes Park, CO and it is great. I highly recommend it. Thanks for expanding on this theme and mentioning my list!

]]> By: Emily http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/10-places-in-the-usa-i-must-see-before-i-die/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Emily Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:20:25 +0000 http://www.thewisdomjournal.com/Blog/?p=143#comment-1688 Yosemite is truly amazing. And you want to "see" El Capitan? Come on Ron, I know you can climb it! I have photos of hubby up there. And a huge gorgeous photo of it at night with a starry sky above and a few lonely head lamps on the face. Really neat. Yosemite is truly amazing. And you want to “see” El Capitan? Come on Ron, I know you can climb it! I have photos of hubby up there. And a huge gorgeous photo of it at night with a starry sky above and a few lonely head lamps on the face. Really neat.

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