Today is my last day out in Boston and I have to say that I want to come back. I did the Boston Duck Tour yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed the places of historic, architectural, and other merit. Truly Boston is a “city of firsts”. I think I need a week out here with family to really capture all the stuff that is here to do and see. It made me think of other places I have gone that I want a second try at. Here goes in no appreciable order of priority:
- Grand Canyon - a truly wonderful and unique place that all must see. A few years ago I walked up to it for the very first time and had a basic religious, psychological, and social feeling. It truly was Grand and it really made a statement on the power of nature. I must return and do the helicopter tour or at least stand on the rim and silently observe.
- Amarillo, Texas - why? Well, my wife and I spent some happy years there as both of us were doing school. Amarillo occupies an interesting spot in Texas (Panhandle) and its a mix of cow town, night life, and geologic changes. The Llano Estacado ends before this or right there. The beauty of the Llano is that one could sit on the porch in New Mexico and watch storms roll and roil miles away. The sky would darken, thunder and lightening would flash and it was a grand vista of sound and beauty.
- The state of Oregon - the entire state? Yes. Why? My wife and I went on a multiple thousand of mile road tour of Oregon years ago. We started in Portland and ended up driving south down the coast to Bandon and then inland to Bend and on to Burns. You can see the incredible vista of coastline, forests, mountains, and the mighty Great Basin Desert.
- The Four Corners of the US - Yes all four states and all the archeological, biological, and ecological beauty and treasure that encompasses. Far too beautiful and varied to not go back to.
I know there are others but perhaps the list of places I want to get back to gives the gentle reader an idea of the things I value in my life. The geology and geography and union of both in some cases are breathtaking. Some cities I have not listed like Austin, Texas which have such a different reach and I always have loved the Mojave Desert. Another contender is the entire route of the PCH but especially around San Simeon. There are other places which have struck me or made me think. Many of them are the private places that rule my soul or being. We all have a bit of both. Its our internal geology and geography. That list remains private and not open for review.
