# Monster104 strikes out, but has a backup... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574 "2001-02-23T07:25:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/1 "2001-02-23T07:25:45Z")
Well, gee. I guess I miss out on the graduating senior trip, called the “fuckfest” by some of my friends. This means I have nothing to do this summer. This is the mundane and pointless part. Now, since I’m not doing anything in California until the NoCal/SoCal fest, I geuss I’ll have to think of something to do. My plan: ROAD TRIP! That’s right, if I get the money, and a car, I’m probably going to be traveling with a few friends around the country. Now, I’ve got a couple places in mind (remember, I’ll be 18 by this time), places like Florida and Chicago. Now, this is all preliminary, and has a great chance of falling apart, but what other places would make good pit stops? (Note: I’ve rarely traveled outside of CA, and never have I gone somewhere by myself). ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/2 "2001-02-23T07:53:04Z")
Some suggestions:[list][li]Canyon de Chelly[/li] [li]The Grand Canyon[/li] [li]Sedona Redrock and Walnut Canyon in Winona[/li] [li]Zion and Bryce Canyon in Utah[/li] [li]The Hoover Dam tour[/li] [li]Yosemite[/li] [li]The Sequoia tall trees[/li] [li]The coastlines of California and Oregon[/li] [li]The Avenue of the Giants[/li] [li]The Olympic Rain Forest in Washington State[/li] [li]Yellowstone[/li] The Grand Tetons ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2001, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/3 "2001-02-23T08:22:10Z")
> [@](#): > > That’s right, if I get the money, and a car I remember being that young and naive. Ah, the memories… but a lifetime of pain and misery has left me a twisted, cynical old man. ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/4 "2001-02-24T01:05:12Z")
I would definitely go to New York. And of course to Florida to visit me and Tasha. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/5 "2001-02-24T01:24:04Z")
Don’t forget to get ideas from this website: [Roadside America - your online guide to offbeat tourist attractions](http://www.roadsideamerica.com/) If you’re on a budget, I would suggest making a list of national parks you want to visit (Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, etc…) and check those out. As long as you have a tent and don’t mind camping out, that should be a cheap and fun vacation. I was going to mention Las Vegas, but since you’re barely eighteen, I will on the contrary urge to stay away from that abode of sin and suggest Salt Lake City instead. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/6 "2001-02-24T01:43:31Z")
Says **Monster** > [@](#): > > I guess I miss out on the graduating senior trip, called the “fuckfest” … Feeling left out, lonely and limp? Attend a local Dopefest!! ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/7 "2001-02-24T02:27:22Z")
How did I know that mentioning sex in a thread would somehow draw ChiefScott? I want to go to Vegas, New York, Miami, and Chicago. I’m also looking for interesting places in other States that I don’t remember. I’m gonna be checking out the site Arnold provided. What kind of stuff is there to visit in the Midwest? ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/8 "2001-02-24T02:29:52Z")
Visit DC! Visit DC! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/9 "2001-02-24T04:06:32Z")
Let me know if you pass through Kentucky. I don’t live there–but someone dear to me does. It’d be mega-magically awesome if I could use you as my personal courier. 😉 [dopefest plug]I hope I see you at the LA Fest tomorrow. 🙂 It’d be a shame for the person who initiated it not to show up![/dopefest plug] ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/10 "2001-02-24T04:10:54Z")
Yes, visit DC! Actually, a friend and I had a plan to visit attend a baseball game at every single major league ballpark on a big roadtrip after the graduating high school. Never happened. I’m still bitter. 'Course, it was only three years ago, so I suppose I have time to get over it still. ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/11 "2001-02-24T04:12:34Z")
Hey, that last post was my 100th and I didn’t even notice. Do I get a prize? For my 100th post of course, not for being unobservant 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/12 "2001-02-24T04:59:01Z")
Try to avoid Nebraska. Your car could break down and you could be forced to LIVE THERE FOREVER AND EVER! ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2001, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monster104-strikes-out-but-has-a-backup/55574/13 "2001-02-24T05:21:59Z")
Shit, don’t scare me like that…Nebraska was never on my list in the first place.