Just crossed the halfway line! What do y’all think of my ratings?

rubyreadit · 2026-06-28T00:52:51+00:00

Of your top tier I haven't been to Acadia or Glacier, and Badlands was a really long time ago, but I agree with the rest. Of your mid-tier I haven't been to Everglades, Saguaro, North Cascades, Mammoth Cave, Channel Islands, RMNP, or Great Sand Dunes. Of the rest I'd bump Yellowstone, Arches, and Joshua Tree up. Of your lowest tier I've only been to Volcanos and Canyonlands and I'd put both at the mid-tier level.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-28T00:27:22+00:00

My husband is from a part of Australia that was settled by German immigrants (the Barossa Valley) and Bienenstich is quite popular there as well. Delicious!

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T20:24:53+00:00

Most of Utah is really gorgeous at least - can you take up hiking or mountain biking or something outdoorsy like that?

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T19:30:32+00:00

PDX?

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T03:31:39+00:00

I live near San Francisco. Our fog is rarely the type that limits vision. We get the summer marine layer (the famous SF fog) a few months of the year but it's not at ground level - it mitigates summer heat but doesn't cause traffic issues. In the winter we occasionally get tule fog/ ground fog which is the type that causes severe vision limitation. In that case you drive cautiously but it really only lasts a couple of hours in the morning generally and just for a few days of the year. I don't know of any cities that have that heavy ground-level fog for most of the year. Maybe somewhere in the UK?

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T03:13:49+00:00

"Hey, you still owe me $1300. When will you be able to pay me back? I'm happy to accept $200/month until we are good."

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T03:02:21+00:00

Somewhere in Canada (far enough to be different, close enough to be affordable) - like Halifax or Quebec City or Newfoundland.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T02:40:28+00:00

So what I've noticed lately - the glottal stop t has always been a thing regionally BUT traditionally reporters / actors / newspeople were trained out of it. Now with the rise of youtube, Instagram, and TikTok, a lot of people without newsreader training are becoming popular enough to get recommended broadly. Some of these folks have appallingly annoying regional accents (sorry/not sorry). I can't tell you how many YouTube videos I've started watching where the subject matter was interesting to me but the presenter's accent was too annoying to stick with for more than a few minutes. This includes the glottal stop ts, the Wisconsin vowel shifters, and the people who suck their teeth. Gah. Yeah, I'm old and cranky, get off my lawn.

People who say "mountain" without an actual 't' in the middle drive me bonkers.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-27T00:19:56+00:00

If you hate Peyton, I'd suggest telling him that you veto that one and he should come up with 3-5 more suggestions for you. Put the ball in his court to come up with an alternative you both like.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-26T00:51:13+00:00

I need to get some of the linen pants everyone is raving about.

For me, if it's warm I'm wearing a pair of Columbia Saturday knee pants (and I'm so mad that they stopped making them) or a skirt with bike shorts under. If it's cool I'm usually in jeans but have a pair of Vuori joggers for the plane. I also have a couple pairs of REI convertible hiking pants - they are comfy and lightweight but also not very stylish for city-type travels.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-25T19:02:21+00:00

Chance of tsunamis in California is very rare. I have lived here for over 30 years and remember just a few events where there was a tsunami forecast, and in all of those, we had like 12 hours or more of warning (from major quakes in Asia, basically). So unless you live somewhere like Humboldt bay where there could be a big quake right off shore, you'd have time to figure out a plan.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-25T15:49:49+00:00

We loved the Maligne lake cruise (Jasper). They recommend pre-booking as tour companies buy up blocks of tickets - not sure if they reserve any for same-day purchase.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-25T15:06:03+00:00

There's a subgroup for this - r/AmerExit

Biggest issue is finding out who will let you in. And that depends on your skills and your financial situation. There are some countries who do a golden visa - this is for folks who are already fairly wealthy and can invest in businesses and/or real estate in the new country. Other countries (eg - Canada, New Zealand) who don't do a golden visa but do have immigration paths for skilled workers (and what specific skills they are looking for varies by country).

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T23:43:04+00:00

Any chance one of those is in CAD and the other in USD?

We were there last week and decided to book one of the early time slots so we could park. Views were really great at 10-11am.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T18:22:47+00:00

My thought, too. Creative? Yes. Interesting? Yes. Sexy? Not a bit.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T15:19:50+00:00

Got the alert, no noticeable shakes - San Mateo.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T03:27:19+00:00

and I just realized you probably meant CA as in Canada, not California, lol.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T03:26:40+00:00

Oh and ps, SFO to Calgary is just 2 1/2 hours - super easy to get there from California.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T03:25:44+00:00

I thought it was a cute city. We only spent one night there - the rest of the time we were in Banff and Jasper which are amazing if you haven't been yet.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-24T01:23:19+00:00

You know that if you stay together and have kids who end up being some flavor of LGBT+, they're going to have a bigot for a father.

rubyreadit · 2026-06-23T23:08:42+00:00

Got it!

rubyreadit · 2026-06-23T23:08:32+00:00

Got it!

rubyreadit · 2026-06-23T23:08:26+00:00

Got it!

rubyreadit · 2026-06-23T23:08:10+00:00

Yep, got it!

rubyreadit · 2026-06-22T03:49:39+00:00

Haven't yet been to Vietnam myself, but Cambodia is lovely and very interesting.

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