Last year I went to Yosemite National Park (located in Northern California, U.S.A.) and while I driving into the valley (on Highway 41, I think?), I saw quite a few (at least 5) Type-R's cruising on that road. I have been to the park just about every June of my life, and this year is special because I get to take my car. Does anyone plan on being in Yosemite National Park the first week of June? Like to arrange a meet, if possible? The road into the park is full of great twisties, and hopefully by then I will have a Type-R rear lower sway bar installed. Anyone interested?


[Modified by 2001 Integra GSR, 11:22 PM 2/27/2002]

 

Anyone at all?

 

I'm going to Yellowstone in May, does that count?

It was lat June? You may have seen some of the guys caravaning to last years ITR Expo. One of the easier routes from the Midwest takes you close to Yosimite NP.

 

You guys are lucky. That whole area is so beautiful.

NJ sucks!

 

Come on out west bro! It's better out here, cheaper too as long as you don't go to Cali.

 

It's difficult to go to Yosemite National Park without going to California.

 

I meant the west in general, as in move out of the overpopulated east. I wasn't reffering to vacation anymore.

 

I'd love to go but I hear it is very crowded and you have to make reservations way in advance.

 

There are many parts of New Jersey that are equally beautiful - the Poconos around High Point State Park, the Pine Barrens in the southern part of the state, the gorgeous campus of Princeton University, and most of the Jersey Shore, particularly Cape May, with its Victorian-era houses. You should get out from behind that computer, get away from the Turnpike and the Parkway, and see the rest of the state.

Twin Lighthouses at Navesink, in Highlands:


Princeton University:



Pine Barrens:


Cape May:


Delaware Water Gap:


More info on sightseeing in beautiful New Jersey is available by clicking here.



[Modified by nsxtcjr, 3:07 PM 2/28/2002]

 

Do they have this back east?



How about this?



Or how about these guys running around?



I'm not ******* the east coast, it's nice and all, but if you want nature you have to go west.

 

Sorry for the big pics, they didn't show up that large when I looked them up on the web. They only took up a portion of the screen then...

Edit: If you're interested, those pics came from here: http://www.nps.gov/yell/home.htm


[Modified by newt2, 1:24 PM 2/28/2002]

 

if you want your R stolen or vandalized, west seems the way to go too!

how bout NC, Mountains, beautiful foothills, and beach, all in driving distance. good enough for me

 

Hey I'm still on my original Acura badges.

 

Sounds like a lot of NJ.

 

NJ smells and im gonna agree, it sucks. I hate the beaches there and the state has nothing to offer over any other surrounding state scenery or activity wise.

 

Let me guess - you've never been to the Pine Barrens, Cape May, or High Point State Park. Am I right?

 

Anyone plan on being in the area around that time? May 31st - June 10th?

 

[Modified by 2001 Integra GSR, 9:10 PM 2/28/2002]

 

i went to school and worked pout in the east coast for 7 years, and i can cofidently say NJ sucks my ***. please dont take this personally, its just a state but i hated goign near there.

 

Let me guess again - you've never been to the Pine Barrens, Cape May, or High Point State Park either. Heck, it sounds like you didn't even live in NJ. Am I right?

That would be like living in Phoenix, driving through the Mojave Desert to Fresno* but never going to Yosemite or San Francisco or Santa Monica or Mendocino, and then claiming that California sucks my ***.

*(No diss intended towards those in Fresno, as I think they will be the first to admit that there is a lot more beauty near Fresno - like in Sequoia National Park - than there is in Fresno.)



[Modified by nsxtcjr, 7:32 AM 3/1/2002]

 

I'm not sure what my schedule will be around that time, but if I'm around I'd be happy to hook up because I really like the area.

I was just west of there and you should go check out gold country as well. There are tons of great roads to drive too.

As for the East vs. West debate, there is not comparison. I'm a pilot and I get to travel to and spend a lot of time in quite a few places all over the world. And the Bay Area is one of my favorite in the world. There are plenty of other nice places, but in my opinion, none have the combination of natural beauty, climate, and stuff to do. If it wasn't for the cost of living (actually just cost of buying a house) and the current job market out here, I'd never leave. Just my .02.

 

I'm not getting into an East vs West debate. Different places have their pluses and minuses - natural beauty, cost of housing, job market, congestion/traffic, quality of Acura dealer service departments, proximity to great driving roads, proximity to racetracks, proximity to family, etc. And some folks like different things - big city folks, small town folks, etc.

However, when someone drives through a state on the Turnpike and then says that the entire state sucks ***, that person hasn't seen enough to know what he's talking about.

Here's hoping that everyone here is living where they want to be, and enjoying everything that that place has to offer.

 

I do agree that there are many beautiful places in NJ. Nsxtcjr, I live right near the lighthouse in the Highlands.

But I've been to Irvine, CA to visit relatives almost every year since I was 5 and I must say that everything there (IMO) is much better. Cleaner, better weather, better scenery, etc. I dunno.

BTW, where are the Pine Barrens? Looks like a hot place to go riding.

 

yeah, fresno sux, but everywhere next to fresno rox there r like 3 lakes, 2-3 national parks not including yosemite, blosom trail(illness trust me blosoms as far as the eye can see fer miles), and a lot of other stuff but yeah its funny how many peeps from fresno have never been to yosemite. -rob

 

The Pine Barrens occupy a huge amount of land in the southern half of the state - that general area in between Philadelphia and Atlantic City.

It's generally pretty flat, though; there are lots better driving roads (with twisties) in the northwestern part of the state.