I actually would suggest checking out Bonne Terre mine as well. I did my open water diving cert there with...the guy who owned the dive shop ownes the mine. Probably the best place in this land locked area by far to scuba. I want to take the wife and kid there and while they do the pontoon tour do some scuba trails and pop up while they are on the boat and surprise themIt's definitely a shame. I mean, how many people ever heard of Bonne Terre Mines in MO? I definitely have to return to Kansas City and stay at the Casino again (Spent the night, why I didn't count it)
I also have to visit my friend in Greenville (SC) next year (He lives in Belton, but figure also spend my time there), would have gone in May, but we all know what happened
Funny how we are all different. My parents travelled all over the world (even communist China in 1981 and Russia in the early 90s). I like travel OK, but rarely leave the US. I have been to Canada (U.S. “light”), Mexico, Bahamas, St.Martin, but no Europe and the thought of any Asian country makes me sweat. Not the people, just the crazy density makes me nervous. I think I have been to all 50 states and my family has lived in 6 states (MI, OR, WA, OH, TN, OH (2nd time), GA, MI (2nd time and where I was born). I have like everywhere we lived, OR being #1 and OH#6 in a forced ranking.Completed every state last year. Been to every province (lived in 6 of them) and one territory in Canada. Hope to make it to the other two soon.
Been all through western Europe, Central America, most of the Carribean and West Indies, as well as South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.
I never travelled when I was a kid. My parents don't like leaving home for more than a night. I stared at atlases dreaming of all the places I could go.
Once I started working and was out on my own that's where most of my "extra" money has gone.
Definitely gotta go sometime once all this bullshit endsI actually would suggest checking out Bonne Terre mine as well. I did my open water diving cert there with...the guy who owned the dive shop ownes the mine. Probably the best place in this land locked area by far to scuba. I want to take the wife and kid there and while they do the pontoon tour do some scuba trails and pop up while they are on the boat and surprise them
That's a lot of deployments. What MOS / branch? Marine grunt here, OIF 5 & 6 only I think.Iraq x3
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Errahh, that's some real deployments it looks like. What MOS / branch? I'm Marine grunt, OIF 5 & 6 technically. One real combat pump. Dozens of countries and most of US too like you.My military career allowed me to travel a bit. I'll list a few places I spent at least one night... Been to almost every US state, incl Alaska and Hawaii. Outside of the US...? Canada, Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Uruguay, Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, UK, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Sardinia, Switzerland, Slovenia (formerly Yugoslavia), Albania, Turkey, Egypt, Kenya, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia (was there during Iraq invasion of Kuwait), Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan (too many times), India, Nepal (Kathmandu), and Japan... I may have missed a few... ?‍ But best place ever to be... Home!