You have so many great parts of USA to visit, you can probably spend your life there! The Rocky Mountain range and all the national parks in those Western states are incredible. I've been fortunate enough to visit 14 states and found a lot of awe and wonder in the road trips there. I'm going to have to revisit my USA travel blog series that got to a whopping number of 2 before I stopped haha!
Agree with you on Florida as well with their clear water bays (there's actually an area called Clear Water Bay 😜) and the sands were definitely fine. We did some canoeing and snorkeling with the manatees down there and a couple of days later, did some powerboating in the Everglades, you'll love it. Perfect combination of adventure and chill time!
Needless to say, I'm an advocate of Australia and New Zealand and they are still on my bucket list even though I've already been there haha!
Definitely more of a mountain bloke with the hiking and love the views but I still love the coastal hikes and the sounds of the waves on the beach so yeah, can't fault your choices there! Looking forward to my trip away next week now 😊
Q has picked an absolute gem of a topic this month, I'm feeling a bit warmer reading everyone's travel posts already!
Truly I will probably never see even a small percentage of what is in my own country! We are quite spoiled here in the vast geographical features and different types of climates you can hit from north to south and east to west across the entire country. I would definitely love to see more of what spots you got to experience while here! You may very well have seen more than I have, though I am pretty well-versed in the East Coast at least, haha.
I definitely lived vicariously through your NZ/Australia trip. Though I'm sure it's nothing compared to actually living it yourself. Beggars can't be choosers, though, so I'll take what I can get. I would love to get over there one day to take surf lessons from @riverflows, though. ;)
I think the mountain/shore combo was why I liked the Pacific Northwest so much. Down here in Georgia and into Florida it is more one or the other. Well, no real mountains in Florida anyway, haha. Given that I don't often get a lot of time away, I really enjoy those spots where I can experience it all and make the most out of that short time!
Haha yeah I never really travelled too much in the East coast other than Florida when I was with my parents in the teenage years for trips. A couple of weeks in a villa down in Clearwater and Tampa Bay/Naples if memory serves right!
I couldn't meet up for a bush party with @riverflows when I was over there last year, maybe next time I'm out travelling in Aus we'll get the barbies going! Heard she can throw a few shapes lol!
If you can getaway for a nice relaxing weekend in your own country and it has what you need then you may not need to venture too far afield unless you really get bored and want to plan for a bigger trip so do what you can and if you enjoy it, that's awesome!