# Who hasn't Never Been Anywhere? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941 "2008-01-17T22:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/21 "2008-01-18T21:24:28Z")
Deserts - I go to school in northern New Mexico, and have driven through Utah and Arizona. Snow - I grew up in New Jersey, have family in Cleveland, and now live at 7,500 feet above sea level. I’ve also been to Rocky Mountain National Park in early Summer, when there was still about six-eight feet of snow in places. Oceans - Atlantic (both sides), Pacific. Mountains - I’ve visited the Appalachians and Rockies, and live in the Sangre de Cristos range. Prairies - I’ve driven across America three times. Caves - Someplace in Pennsylvania when I was a wee bit of a thing. Rain forest - The Monteverde Could Forest in Costa Rica ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/22 "2008-01-19T16:20:27Z")
An interesting corollary: people who are “world travelers”, but haven’t visited places in their own back yards. A co-worker of mine has been all over Europe but she has yet to set foot in Yosemite, a 3-hour drive away. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/23 "2008-01-19T19:20:57Z")
I have been to 60+ countries in every conceivable climate… from Yemen, to D.R. Congo to Finland. I am from Reno, Nevada and had been to Iran, Turkmenistan and Congo (among others) before visiting Yosemite, three hours from Reno. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/24 "2008-01-19T19:40:15Z")
I’ve been everywhere man of travel I’ve had my share man I’ve been everywhere But I have never seen a whale. I really need to get 'round to that. I have also never been to California, but presume that will come with time. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/25 "2008-01-19T19:46:51Z")
Hoo-boy. Deserts, both US and African, high and low and arctic Sahel Rainforest, tropical, equatorial and temperate Major rivers: Nile, Mississippi, Seine, Thames, Danube Tundra and taiga Mountains Alpine meadows Savannah Plains: Masai Mara/Serengetti/central US/Canada Earthquake faults Rift Valley Olduvai Gorge Volcanic calderas: Ngorongoro anybody? Valley of 10,000 Smokes? Thermal areas (which are pretty much volcanic calderas) such as Yellowstone Wetlands Tidal flats Lakes and rivers too numerous to mention Glaciers (walked on) Caves (Lurray Caverns in WVA) Snow? Please. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/26 "2008-01-19T19:56:09Z")
Deserts: SW US, Mexico, Peruvian coast, Deccan Plateau (India), Patagonia, central Australia Boreal Forest: Canada, Alaska Temperate Forest: US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Argentina Tropical Forest: Central America, South America, Africa, India, northern Australia Mountains: Appalachians, Rockies, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Madre, Talamancas, Andes, Alps, Mt. Kenya, Drakensberg (South Africa), Western Ghats (India), Himalaya foothills, Great Dividing Range (Australia), Southern Alps (New Zealand) Caves: New Zealand, US Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Grasslands/Savannahs: Great Plains, Masai Mara (Kenya), Pampas (Argentina), LLanos (Venezuela), Nullabor Plain (Australia), Veldt (South Africa) Snow: North America, Australia, New Zealand, Mt. Kenya, Andes Swamps: Everglades, Central America (mangroves), Africa Tundra: only alpine tundra so far. Active or recently active volcanoes: Washington (St. Helen’s), Hawaii, Guatemala, Andes, New Zealand Still missing: ice caps ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/27 "2008-01-19T20:40:37Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] Still missing: ice caps [/QUOTE] You better hurry. ---
**Author:** ![MadPansy64](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@MadPansy64](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPansy64)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/28 "2008-01-20T01:05:38Z")
\*\*Deserts \*\* - The Mojave (and whatever else the godforsaken dry hunk o’ country that runs from California to the Rocky Mountains is called) and the Sonoran **Snow** - Yes. Lots. \*\*Oceans \*\* - Atlantic and Pacific \*\*Mountains \*\* - Rockies, Cascades, Sierras, Blue Ridge, and Alleghany **Prairies** - Great Plains of the US **Caves** - The Cave of the Winds, unfortunately (bat-fearing claustrophobe) **Rainforest** - Olympic Peninsula **Glacier** - Colorado (St Mary’s is pitiful) and in Glacier Nat’l Park **Volcano** - Mt St Helen’s, Yellowstone, assorted long extinct (New Mexico Malpais, for example) and a few dormant (Pacific NW) **Tundra** - Alpine only **Swamps** - Florida (Okefenokee? a day trip from Orlando) and Lousiana. **Earthquake faults** - there is a neat, polite, little visible fault practically taylor-made for high school geology classes a few yards north of 120th between Federal & Sheridan in Westminster, Colorado. Someday, I **will** see the Rift Valley. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/29 "2008-01-20T01:24:08Z")
Yep, me too. Deserts - I live in Tucson, so I live in a desert. Snow - I did my undergrad in ME, and moved here from OH, so snow, yep, seen it. Oceans - I’ve seen the Atlantic and the Pacific - none of the others, though. Mountains - Yep - several sets, including Applachians, the ones all around Tucson and some in Central America. Prairies - I drove cross country this summer, with most of one day spent crossing OK. yep, prairie. Caves - I grew up in the town of Rock City & Ruby Falls, plus there were trips to other caves in the region as a child. Waterfalls: yep, seen some of those Rainforest - I’ve even seen this, on trips to Central America. Yeah, I’m another one who’s not Never Been Anywhere (at least with the threads that have come up). I would get to if there were threads for specific continents, never having been to Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia or Antarctica. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/30 "2008-01-20T02:15:43Z")
Deserts - I live in the desert Southwest US Snow - I used to live 30 miles downhill from a ski area Oceans - I’ve swum in both the Pacific and the Atlantic Mountains - See “snow” above Prairies - when I was too young to remember Caves - Carlsbad Caverns, of course…but this past fall, I got to fulfill a dream I’ve had ever since I was little and heard about the “other” caves at Carlsbad that are only accessible with a guide and a pretty penny. I rapelled 40 feet down into a remote cave (no tidy walkways or CD-ROM-guided tour) that required a permit and an overnight camp-out. It was really cool, and I’ll be going through another cave in early Spring 2008. Rainforest - not yet ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/31 "2008-01-20T07:06:48Z")
I’ve been to all those places and just recently watched whales breaching in Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/32 "2008-01-20T09:45:25Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] I’ve travelled all over the world and seen all the above. But I’ve never been to me. [/QUOTE] Have you been undressed by kings? And what about that preacher man?? I hope you’re not still bitter from the sweet, **jjimm**. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/33 "2008-01-20T10:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] Have you been undressed by kings? [/QUOTE] I believe he’s spent some time in Thailand. Could have gotten ahold of a queen or two if he wasn’t paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941/34 "2008-01-20T18:31:08Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I believe he’s spent some time in Thailand. Could have gotten ahold of a queen or two if he wasn’t paying attention. [/QUOTE] Well I’ve seen some things that a woman ain’t supposed to see. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-hasnt-never-been-anywhere/433941.md?page=1)