[Cobra64]

Ever been to Niagara Falls, or Lake Placid? Ever been anywhere in New York? 80% of the state is farm country and forest.

[coydog]

I cut across the northeast US with a carload of friends on the way to a science fiction convention in Toronto. We went through upstate NY up to the border crossing at Buffalo and observed some of the most heavenly countryside I have ever seen - almost like a Currier & Ives print. Once we came around a corner and saw a flock of wild turkeys on the hillside - memorable indeed.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Ever been to Niagara Falls, or Lake Placid? Ever been anywhere in New York? 80% of the state is farm country and forest.

Please read #43. And yes I have been to New York at least 20 times, very nice.

But it don't beat California, the crown jewel of this great country.

Where some areas of the state look like the great deserts of the Australian outback, while others look like the rain forest of South America, still others appear like the great Swiss Alps, with towering peaks that reach almost 15,000 feet above sea level, the highest point in the continental US, to the lowest point in the U.S. where Death Valley Scotty built a castle in the desert, something out of a dream, while still others appear like the beaches of Hawaii, and other areas with the tallest trees in the world, and still other areas that are right out of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer.

This country is filled with beautiful areas. California just happens to be my favorite. As you can see, I am biased, It's my state and I am very proud to be here.

Merry Christmas to all.....