"four directions on this map"

[jazzfish]

Thanks to United overbooking a Denver-O'Hare flight nearly a year ago, I've got a free trip anywhere in the continental US. Its intended use is sadly not going to come to pass before it expires (2008-04-09), so I'll be traveling somewhere more or less at random.

I'm looking at probably evening on April 4 (Friday) through evening on April 6 (Sunday), but I can take an extra day on either side of that if it'd be particularly cool.

I'm interested in doing things that don't require much money: I'm willing to spring for a hotel and a car if necessary but that's about it. (I'm also considering flying somewhere just for Satyrday, getting in too early in the morning and leaving too late at night.)

So . . . where should I go?

Comments

[europasings.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, what about New Orleans? Support the tour industry a little, see the area, listen to some damn fine music.

Or you could do Las Vegas, or some place like Phoenix and drive to National Parks here & there. For that matter you could fly in Salt Lake City and drive down to Zion & Bryce. There's even a hot springs place along the way that has a nice pool and some more frightening bathtubs sitting on the side of a mountain.

And there's always Miami. Drive to the Everglades, ride the people mover, go to the Museum of Erotic Art (I kid you not - went there during a conference, very interesting), maybe dip your toes in the water.

Know anyone in Atlanta? Gotta great zoo & botantical gardens. and good bookshops.

Montreal? Niagra? I think I've babbled too long. Have fun wherever you go!!

[jazzfish]

Nawlins is a possibility I hadn't considered, as is Miami. I'd ruled out Key West (world's largest t-shirt shop) on the grounds that I've been there before, and that sort of spread to include the rest of Florida.

Desert's not really my speed, and the naked consumerism of Vegas scares me anyway.

I did Atlanta for a week in 2004. It's a nice city but I'm wanting to go somewhere new.