On Feb 24, 5:22*am, "asadi" wrote:
"riverman" wrote in message

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Its that time of year when I start daydreaming of the perfect summer
vacation. More often than not, I generate a list of things I want to
do, then end up sitting on my widening ass at a friend's house,
watching it rain, feeling like something important is slipping by. I
want this year to be different.

So far, my wishlist has some real cherries:
--Fly to northern Italy, buy a BMW motorcycle and spend the summer
driving the twisties in the Alps. Then ship the bike to HK for winter
use.
--Fly to Sweden, spend the summer alterating between my tent, Roger's
couch and Vaughan's spare room.
--Visit my family in the PacNW for a week, then rent a camper and
drive with SWMBO up the Canadian Rockies toward Alaska, fishing and
camping as we go.

So far, option 3 has a real draw since its the only one SWMBO would
come with me, but I realize that a 6-week vacation doesn't leave much
time to fish and cover road miles, so its probably not feasible to
drive all the way to Alaska. So that gets me wondering; where would be
a good region to 'aim for', and end up spending a lot of time
exploring and fishing?

I don't like big destination regions; I was pretty turned off by the
hordes at the San Juan, and I have no interest in hitting well-known
venues. I'd rather find a scenic fishable region and just poke around
on foot, doing day hikes and car camping along.

Anyone know of any places I could dream of aiming for?

--riverman

Gosh Bud...it's not any where near the places you mentioned but for what
it's worth, any place around the Great Smoky Mountain national park is way
cool. *You are only a few hours away from any number of Roffians...and the
tourist spots and neat things to see...well, you cold spend two months and
not *see it all....battlefields, and old towns and neat places...not to
mention hike in see nobody fishing...I know you would like it, it just may
not fit it to your plans but the misses would want for nothing.

...as a side note...what's the chances of getting a guide for Hong Kong some
time in October or November, heck maybe even September..? *Having met me,
you know I am talking some serious debauchery....

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Anytime you want to come to HK, John, I will clear my schedule.

--riverman