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Driving Across the USA in a Jeep - Sights to See, Places to Go?

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Old 05-06-2009, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by berg
Also don't waste your time in Deadwood SD. Nothing but a big tourist trap.

But you must MUST! drive the badlands.
Deadwood is fine, some traps yes, walk around the cemetary, see a few things, walk the old town section and look for the old gold mines.

Oh, and get one of thos great Deadwood coffee cups. Still using mine.

Gravel Gertie knows the area well, you have to see the Big Boobs, and the lakes there. Figure on spending a week at the Y, then drop down for a day or two near the Big Boobs mountain range, its awesome. Bring your fishing gear. Lots and LOTS to do once you are there.

Custers last stand is about a 1/2 day north of the park.
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I already started a thread similar to this. Mine however was more focust around the west and northwest. But here's link as many people posted with ideas of where to go and what to have with you...

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-talk-26/travelling-us-opinion-what-best-trails-youve-been-82832/
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It's way out of the way, but if you're the hiking type pictured rocks national park in the U.P. of Michigan is nice.













To give a little scope and scale to the landscape that's my girlfriend in the shot.






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Sorry I couldn't resist a couple more that I forgot





And an artsy-fartsy shot to end on...

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Originally Posted by Doc_D
It's way out of the way, but if you're the hiking type pictured rocks national park in the U.P. of Michigan is nice.
Take it from a recovering "Yooper", the U.P. if Michigan is way, WAY out of the way.
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Originally Posted by AZJeeper
Take it from a recovering "Yooper", the U.P. if Michigan is way, WAY out of the way.

So you're one of dem der trolls now, eh?

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Originally Posted by Doc_D
So you're one of dem der trolls now, eh?
So, you're got damned right then! Yous got dat yooper talk down pretty darn good.

But a true study of the native yooper would know that most sentences begins with "So" and ends with "then". Ergo, properly formed, your reply would read: "So, you're one of dem der trolls then?" But in actuality it is still an incorrectly formed sentence as "trolls" come from BELOW the bridge, or from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.

Class dismissed.



God how I hate it when the native tongue creeps back to the surface.

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The most important thing to bring is a firearm so that you can SHOOT the son of a bitch that tries to ruin your trip.
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Originally Posted by MagnumD69
Hi all,
My wife and I are planning a month-long excursion from Savannah, GA to Yellowstone Nat Park this summer.
We're packing up our 07 JK unlimited X 4x4 with camping gear, two mountain bikes, and a beer cooler.

We have no schedule. All we have is a destination and a Garmin GPS to get us there.



Any recommendations for campgrounds, sights-to-see, or stories about your own cross-country trips are welcome and appreciated!
Sounds like an awesome trip! I like the idea of not having a set route or schedule, though defintely try to get an itinerary together so you can get the most out of the opportunity. Having read several of Bill Bryson's books, I hope to have the opportunity to take an extended trip sometime.
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Originally Posted by Doc_D
It's way out of the way, but if you're the hiking type pictured rocks national park in the U.P. of Michigan is nice.

Awesome pics! I may have to add this to my agenda while I'm still in the region.


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