Also feel free to add your own to the thread!
Posted on 07/04/2024 6:08:26 AM PDT by Bon of Babble
We live in an absolutely beautiful country with a rich heritage and the most free and prosperous people to ever live.
With all the craziness going on, take a moment today to appreciate the magnificent blessing that God has given us to live in such a wondrous place.
(Excerpt) Read more at notthebee.com ...
Also feel free to add your own to the thread!
Menu today: All American - BBQ ribs, corn bread, three bean salad, potato salad, corn on the cob - and sheet cake for dessert!
We do live in the most beautiful country! Thanks for posting this!
Have a blessed day, everyone!
My family keeps wanting to drag me to Europe for a vacation - I have no interest in going there. I don’t speak their languages, not interested in their histories, touring around, etc.
The U.S., however, I’m very interested in visiting every corner of it. Amazed at the variety and beauty.
There is plenty to see in the US.
I understand your feeling. I haven’t been there either, and have little interest.
When I was growing up, my Dad especially wanted to see every bit of our country. So every summer we got in the family station wagon and tent camped around the country, to nearly every National Park. We saw so many beautiful places. We even went through parts of Canada in order to see Alaska (I’m a native of Florida). The only state I hadn’t been to by the time I was ten was Hawaii, and I dare say only because we couldn’t drive there.
What an education of the vast and beautiful country we live in. One of my favorite places was the Tetons, but all of it truly is America the Beautiful.
Before my husband passed, our plan was to re-visit the great National Parks in the West - we hadn’t been in years - and also to visit the Florida Keys in three sections - we’d already done the top section and were planning to visit the middle section next, then the bottom section the following year but it didn’t happen (husband had a lot of family in the Miami area).
No one else in my family is interested in seeing the U.S. - they are focused on going to Europe for some reason.
Me Too!
I’m at Independince Hall right now.
Europe is definitely a long haul. BUT so much of our roots go back to Greece and Rome. We were able to go to Greece last year and hope to go to Italy someday.
You can find guides that speak English and a lot of people study it as a second language in school. Not as much of a wasteland as we thought, either.
Hi.
I lived in Europe (Germany and Italy) and the ME (mainly Turkey).
Every chance I got to return to the States I kissed the tarmac each time I arrived.
5.56mm
I’m guessing they think they’ve seen it all.
Funny you mentioned the Keys. It’s the one part of Florida I haven’t ever been to. I got as far as Coral Gables as a kid. Well, and the Miami airport twice but I’m not sure that counts for much. I would like to go to the Keys sometime, just not sure when. Maybe in the middle of winter to get away from the gray skies some year.
We are talking about going to the Grand Canyon sometime. My husband’s never been, and it’s been on my bucket list forever to take him there. Pictures don’t suffice. They can’t capture that amazing, oh so beautiful a place. Words can’t describe it. We aren’t getting any younger, so we better start planning.
Maybe you have some friends who might be interested in seeing more of the US. My sister and her husband have travel buddies that they do things like this with, they get along so well and are fun companions.
Thank you FRiend, and may God bless us still.
Tatt
My husband’s relatives who live in the Miami area tell me the middle keys are the very best - best beaches, restaurants, resorts, etc.
Love the food there - had Key Lime Pie every single day - something I can’t get here in California, or a poor substitute for it, it is dyed bright green here!
My husband and I took our children all across the country: from Monument Valley, to the Grand Canyon, to Carlsbad Caverns, to the mountains of Vermont, the Grand Ol Opryland, Myrtle Beach, Broadway, Statue of Liberty, the National Mall in DC, Niagara Falls, the Hidden Lakes of Kentucky, and more.
We’ve been to VT, NH, CT, NY. PA, AR, KY. NC, SC, FL, GA, OK, LA, AL, NV, UT, CA, MI, VA, MS, CO, IL, AZ, Canada, and Europe.
If you do go to Europe, Italy is beautiful. The food is amazing, the cities are clean, and lots of people speak English. You will experience an art overload. Stunning castles, churches, the palladium, the coliseum, the herculean ruins, the canals of Venice, the fountains in Rome, the Duomo in Florence, the tower in Piza...there are so many iconic things to see. Avoid Germany and France, they are overrun now.
Happy Birthday America! A joyous Independence Day for our American cousins.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.