where would you go?

[Inchessi]

Next time I find myself out west, I am gonna drop in on RiverKilt!

Now I must admit to my outdoor spirit, I would make them suffer through a day of Fly fishing along the White River. Then I may drag them north for some Walleye fishing, and possibly end the week deep water trout fishing. If there is some time left I may drag them around the Hoosier Forest. I do love walking those woods.

[MassiveMorrison]

I'd take them down to the Blind Tiger brewery for a nice mug o' suds, then out to the Flint Hills park to let them get an eyeful of the unspoiled prarie.
Then down to the icehouse for a monster steak, and top it off with some night fishing out at Tuttle Creek, maybe break out the telescope.
Fairly mundane, but when sitting on the plains, you can see a spring storm brew up down in Oklahoma, and watch it develop, explode, and taper as it traverses the entire state and sweeps up into Nebraska and over into Iowa/Missouri.

[Riverkilt]

Glen Canyon is a mecca for trout fishermen...come on out!

[piperdbh]

I really enjoy Ron's pics, but I refuse to believe that he's the only one of you who owns a camera.
Thanks for the itineraries, and keep 'em coming!

[Bob C]

In my neighborhood, it would be the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum in Cooperstown, maybe a hike to Kaaterskill Falls or some other Catskill Mountain trail, a visit to the three covered bridges within 20 minutes of my house, maybe trout fishing on the branches of the upper Delaware River and its tributaries or some other adventure. The cities of Binghamton, Syracuse, Utica, Albany and New York are all within a three-hour drive.

[Jock Scot]

Ok, OK, OKay! You have drawn me in! Right then this scenery lark is all very well and cities don't enthuse me very much, but to some of us, it is what is lurking, swimming and flying in that scenery that is more important. So OK, what is there in North America that would interest a UK shooting and fishing man? I would rather fancy having a go at steel-heads and quail, where would I go(if I was 20 years younger!)?

[Bugbear]

Ok, OK, OKay! You have drawn me in! Right then this scenery lark is all very well and cities don't enthuse me very much, but to some of us, it is what is lurking, swimming and flying in that scenery that is more important. So OK, what is there in North America that would interest a UK shooting and fishing man? I would rather fancy having a go at steel-heads and quail, where would I go(if I was 20 years younger!)?

We've got quail over here in Arizona, Jock. I'm not sure where the best places to hunt them are, though. It's funny, they actually walk around my neighborhood in little groups now and then.

[MassiveMorrison]

Ok, OK, OKay! You have drawn me in! Right then this scenery lark is all very well and cities don't enthuse me very much, but to some of us, it is what is lurking, swimming and flying in that scenery that is more important. So OK, what is there in North America that would interest a UK shooting and fishing man? I would rather fancy having a go at steel-heads and quail, where would I go(if I was 20 years younger!)?

No steel in Kansas, plenty of Walleye and Catfish though. Kansas is quite a hunters state, big monster whitetail, varmint, goose, duck, pheasant, quail, coyote. Cheyenne bottoms in central Kansas is the largest inland wetland preserve. Ted Nugent among others used to go down there all the time.

The scenery is very sparse sometimes, upon the open plain, but the thickets can be as thick and dense as an Irish Wool sweater.

[Inchessi]

I would rather fancy having a go at steel-heads and quail, where would I go(if I was 20 years younger!)?

I don't believe that this is a problem. All around the Great Lakes are public access sites that are within 10 meters of the parking area. Quail can be hunted from New York to California. I have quail outside my back door. I haven't decided the population is hunting sustainable yet, but I am using farming techniques to encourage wildlife. I have worked for and with the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (Albeit as a Fish Biologist) in a plethora of Fish and Game management.

I have traveled to a large number of areas out of state that are almost as good as Indiana. The big question is what type of scenery do you want with your experience, and how much do you want to pay?

[cessna152towser]

It would be difficult to find better than Ron's fabulous canyonland scenery as a destination but I can offer to show you:-

Lochcarron Visitor Centre

and perhaps a visit to Hawick Sock Company / House of Cheviot

or visit some fortified medieval tower houses, such as Drumlanrig's Tower here in Hawick.

dine on the glass floor of the old Tower Mill and look down on the water wheel.

or perhaps you would like to do some hillwalking on the Scottish Southern Uplands.