There are five eastern time zone states you have not visited, only three (including N.D., which is mostly Central) Central Time Zone states that you haven’t visited, but no Mountain Time Zone states that you not visited. That suggests Indiana’s strongest commercial ties must be to the Mountain time zone.
My own personal map suggest our best time zone choices are, in order of strongest connections, (1) Pacific (1-tie) Mountain, (3) Central, (4) Eastern.
I have to figure out how to get to Rhode Island and to complete my eastern portion. I am sure that I’ll ever find myself in Nebraska or some of the other flyover states.
Doug– go hiking in the White Mts. with me next year and with a couple of short side trips you’ll have New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. I’m still needing Washington, Idaho, and Oregon–and of course North Dakota.
T-If you enjoy N.H. you will love Washington and Oregon. We will be in Washington 5/19 until 5/26. Lake Crescent from 5/20 until 5/25. The hiking is fantastic. It is a wonderful place to take your family and spend valuable time with your wife. I also know where you can find loving childcare so that you and your wife can enjoy the lakes and mountains. Check out Lake Crescent on the web.
So, “L”, is that loving child care available to anyone or just your children?
Great responses in this topic, btw. Paul, I’d say my success in visiting the mountain states has to do with: 1) a love of mountains, and 2) a broken family which, happily, landed one of my parents and a sister in Colorado.
T – We should probably start making plans before my cash and time are all accounted for.
Andrew – The Pacific northwest is definitely on my “to do” list. I also desperately want to get out to Glacier National Park. Maybe when the boy is old enough for such excursions, we can make some epic journey along the Great Northern Railroad or something.
I completely disagree with “I”. My wife and I visited Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and the Adirondacks of upstate New York a couple of years ago. It was a great trip, but Vermont stood out even among the consistently positive experiences. It’s beautiful country and the people were very friendly as well.
I guess the only downside was, according to my wife, that the restaurants didn’t know how to do Southern cooking to save their lives. :)
My gosh, Doug. Take ’em with you! I know, easy for me to say, but Ame & I make it a point to travel with the kids, especially to places of natural beauty. The states in the corners definitely applies.
The may not remember a whole lot in the long run, but we like to expose them to as much of the world as we can. Mainly, we want the kids to be used to the experience so that it isn’t perceived as a big drag for them. They fare very well on the 2-hour flights after having done 8-hour flights before.
We’re going to take them to Hilton Head Island, SC over Christmas. So that’ll be a substantial car ride for them. I’d also like to get them out to Colorado to visit relatives there and get them some exposure to the mountains. (O.k., really to get me some mountain time, for which I am seriously Jonesing, but if it helps them out, so much the better.)
OK, I took the challenge. Looking at new webservices Google Earth is really neat.
There are five eastern time zone states you have not visited, only three (including N.D., which is mostly Central) Central Time Zone states that you haven’t visited, but no Mountain Time Zone states that you not visited. That suggests Indiana’s strongest commercial ties must be to the Mountain time zone.
My own personal map suggest our best time zone choices are, in order of strongest connections, (1) Pacific (1-tie) Mountain, (3) Central, (4) Eastern.
I have to figure out how to get to Rhode Island and to complete my eastern portion. I am sure that I’ll ever find myself in Nebraska or some of the other flyover states.
Doug– go hiking in the White Mts. with me next year and with a couple of short side trips you’ll have New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. I’m still needing Washington, Idaho, and Oregon–and of course North Dakota.
T-If you enjoy N.H. you will love Washington and Oregon. We will be in Washington 5/19 until 5/26. Lake Crescent from 5/20 until 5/25. The hiking is fantastic. It is a wonderful place to take your family and spend valuable time with your wife. I also know where you can find loving childcare so that you and your wife can enjoy the lakes and mountains. Check out Lake Crescent on the web.
Doug,
I suggest you fill in the two in the upper left-hand corner at your earliest convenience…
Washington and Oregon are two of the most beautiful and interesting places I have ever been…I would recommend them to everyone.
So, “L”, is that loving child care available to anyone or just your children?
Great responses in this topic, btw. Paul, I’d say my success in visiting the mountain states has to do with: 1) a love of mountains, and 2) a broken family which, happily, landed one of my parents and a sister in Colorado.
T – We should probably start making plans before my cash and time are all accounted for.
Andrew – The Pacific northwest is definitely on my “to do” list. I also desperately want to get out to Glacier National Park. Maybe when the boy is old enough for such excursions, we can make some epic journey along the Great Northern Railroad or something.
I would just go ahead and leave VT off your list of places to visit. That is an ass-backwards place man.
I completely disagree with “I”. My wife and I visited Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and the Adirondacks of upstate New York a couple of years ago. It was a great trip, but Vermont stood out even among the consistently positive experiences. It’s beautiful country and the people were very friendly as well.
I guess the only downside was, according to my wife, that the restaurants didn’t know how to do Southern cooking to save their lives. :)
Ha! I was sitting here wondering who “L” was and why the generous offer of childcare. Silly me. Hi, mom.
L, I’ll talk to Emma about it. Doug, I bet that childcare could be arranged for you, too. Could be fun.
Doug–Thought K & I were your third set of parents. That makes you one of our children–so the loving child care applies.
My gosh, Doug. Take ’em with you! I know, easy for me to say, but Ame & I make it a point to travel with the kids, especially to places of natural beauty. The states in the corners definitely applies.
Oh, I certainly will when they get a bit older. But at ages 1 and 3, they don’t get a whole lot out of travel to distant places.
The may not remember a whole lot in the long run, but we like to expose them to as much of the world as we can. Mainly, we want the kids to be used to the experience so that it isn’t perceived as a big drag for them. They fare very well on the 2-hour flights after having done 8-hour flights before.
We’re going to take them to Hilton Head Island, SC over Christmas. So that’ll be a substantial car ride for them. I’d also like to get them out to Colorado to visit relatives there and get them some exposure to the mountains. (O.k., really to get me some mountain time, for which I am seriously Jonesing, but if it helps them out, so much the better.)
I understand completely. The flatness of so much of Indiana leaves me seeking out mountains from time to time.
That *is* a substantial car ride for the kiddies! Sounds like a nice trip!