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Sep 18, 2023 Last reply: 2 years ago 28 Replies

I wouldn't want to live there but I enjoyed the back roads of FL, particularly the inland area around the Ocala NF, St. Johns, and so forth. I hiked a few sections of the Florida Trail and enjoyed seeing completely different flora and fauna. Those steep hills on the trail were a killer though :) I forget exactly where but there's sort of a escarpment around Palatka that must be at least 30' high. I never did find the high point up on the AL border; I probably circled it but it wasn't marked and that was before GPSs.

You have to be careful as your ears can pop with altitude changes and steep climbs like the entrance ramp of the highway.

High point is Britton Hill at 345 feet ASL. Why go to Nepal for climbing when we have that?

Does Nepal have palmetto bugs?

Don't hear much about it these days, but the big thing used to be taking Route 66, and it is still a tourist attraction for much of the highway that escaped demolition and still exists.

I drove with my girlfirend to my 20th high school reunion and being a gentleman, I asked her to pick a restaurant for lunch. All she pointed to were McDonalds and similar chains. I didn't drive all the way to Breezewood just to eat there, so I found something local.

We did take xways because it's still 9 hours, although we made it a little shorter but probably longer by time by going through W.Va. On a fairly small road in W.Va. I saw a billboard for the Hare Krishna so we went there, their national headquarters aiui**. They had some guy on a roof gold leafing the roof of a building. They had a tour and wanted maybe $4 each. I didn't want to give them any money at all so I said I only had 3 or 4 dollars and they let us in for that.

On the tour he said that Krishna came from the same root as Christ, but it doesn't. They were just trying to make themselves more acceptable to kids from Christian backgrounds. At the end, someone brought a plate of brownies. I love brownies and I reached for one, then thought "They may be drugged. How else could they get people to stay here", and I brought my hand back. Even though I didnt' say anything, after that none of the other 4 people on the tour took any brownies either.

**Couldn't look it up in 1984, but I found it. Called the Nandagram Farm. Moundsville WV.
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Now it's "a non-profit organization dedicated to cow protection and locally grown agriculture in the village of New Vrindaban, located in the beautiful Appalachian foothills of West Virginia, USA. We use sustainable, environmentally conscious, and cow friendly farming practices that help to build community, improve soil [you know what that means] and increase mindfulness. Our five decades long slaughter-free practice is a cornerstone of our commitment to our cows, oxen and bulls. " Lots of pictures of cows, none of the gold-leaf covered temple. It's been 39 years, maybe their focus has changed, but I doubt it has completely.

Oops, I was not fair. When I zoomed in more I found Prabhupada's Palace of Gold. 4.6 stars out of 5 on 1067 reviews. palaceofgold.com You can rent it for your wedding, but it will have to be a traditional Indian ceremony. That's fine for actual Indians but I wonder if they are still recruiting naive college kids.

They have a Welcome Center, tourist information center too. palacelodge.com

Is that the one they built with trash deposits? I hear in the winter they use if for skiing.

I only remember the high points but my parents and I traveled 66 from AZ east in '52. We also took it in '66 when there was still some of the original. Places like Kingman and Williams AZ still have historic stretches where it was the main drag.

No s*it. And I'm still waiting for my damn flying car. It's interesting what a little kid remembers. We went through Yellowstone on the way out. I was fascinated by the paint pots. I returned in '88 and they weren't as dramatic as I remembered. I asked a ranger and he said the 1959 earthquake had affected many of the thermal features.

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In '52 the bears lined up along the road begging for handouts and raided the dumpsters in the campgrounds. They had been banished in '88. No fun.

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