Pimp your town!

OK people, I'm taking my motorcycle out sightseeing across America (and maybe Canada as well, who knows?) in August through at least September and staying out until I feel like coming back, run out of money or get another job (whichever comes first).

What's worth seeing/eating/doing in your neck of the woods, and why? I'm looking for local color in particular, like the figure-8 school bus races in Bithlo, Florida more than obvious stuff like the Grand Canyon (as much as I do love the GC).

Be specific!

It's about 5 hours away from me, but there is Carhenge if you want to see something useless.

And the old Lincoln Highway rolls right thought here, if you like seeing small towns.

Do I really need to preach the virtues of San Diego?

Actually, if you want to get beyond the obvious (like the beach and the weather), yes. What's worth seeing, doing, eating and drinking in your town that makes it interesting and/or unique?

I am doing a similar trip staying mainly off major highways.
Skyline/ Blueridge parkway to the Dragon at Deals Gap Va. NC
Coral Castle Fl
Diamond Crater Ar to look for diamonds
Worlds largest ball of string Ks
Etc
I have a list on the other computer from riders at sport-touring.net . They are a group of solo riders who do the same style trips. I'll post it up later.
I'll be leaving in July. Have a good ride.

The Peak-to-Peak highway from Central City through to Estes Park, passing through the nearest town to me, Nederland, is a great ride.

I haven't lived in KS in years, but whenever I visit family, there's nothing quite as pleasant as having a bite and beers at Free State Brewing in Lawrence. The brews are nationally acclaimed, you get a bit of the history of the area in every sip (particularly the abolitionist movement - try the John Brown ale!), and you can stroll through downtown up Mass street afterward. Plus it gives you something to associate with Kansas besides Fred Phelps!

If you're geading on the Blue Ridge Parkway, you already know about Asheville, NC.

-Voted "Beer City USA" multiple times
-one of the best music scenes in the country - every night you have your pick of shows in venues ranging from the very big and mainstream to the very small and intimate
-nature, like the Blue Ridge Parkway nestled into the Great Smoky Mountains

Plus, this town is full of tattooed vegetarians. The most liberal city in the South, I guarantee it. Tons of deicious organic local food and shops.

Oakland - where Rt 208 ends. Yeah, I got nothing.

Ashville is a cool town. Have a few cousins that live there and in Waynesville. The shows and food make it worth more then a one day stay.

The beer is really good and really cheap, there's non-stop festivals, and all the strip joints have contact dances.

Where is this?

umm . . . we have the spot that is the exact same distance to Boston as it is to San Francisco.

Montreal, Canada. Closest major US city would be Detroit. Is Detroit still considered a major city?

Google and I disagree with you about the closest major US city
Detroit, MI 574 mi about 10 hours 18 mins
Boston, MA 321 mi about 5 hours 25 mins
New York, NY 370 mi about 6 hours 22 mins

However you are 100% correct about Montreal and MTL during the summer is near perfection.

Oh right, I always forget about Boston (never driven there), although I should have remembered New York. Detroit's closer to the lower Ontario cities, right. It's been awhile.

Good stuff, thanks everyone - keep the suggestions coming!

You've already missed the Cobourg Waterfront Festival, but we do have the Sandcastle Festival and Sidewalk Sale on July 31st... our beach is beautiful. Plus if you're really bored you could go see the Big Apple in Colborne, or visit Campbellford, which is home to a brewery (Church-Key Brewing Company), a chocolate factory (Blommer Chocolate Company), and eastern Ontario's only remaining rural cheese factory (Empire Cheese), plus it has a giant toonie



We're also only an hour away from Toronto, so if you truly get bored you won't have far to go to find more to do

Montreal needs to be recommended again! Montreal has great food, all sorts of events held through out the summer, sexy women, and so much more. Montreal is probably the best city in North America.

Chicago.
You might be able to get a ticket to Lollapalooza.
You could go kayaking in the river, take an architectural tour, see the Trump tower, Aqua building, go to the Sky deck of the Sears tower.

The San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park are the best places in the world to see animals outside of their natural habitat. If you like beer, there aren't many places that can compete with San Diego County (32 working brewhouses, according to the San Diego Brewers Guild). Lost Abbey in San Marcos is producing some incredible stuff, and there tasting room is one of my favorite places to have a beer; there's a bunch of friendly beer enthusiasts that want to share interesting bottles. If you like Mexican food, San Diego has the best fish tacos outside of Mexico. The next semi-annual San Diego Restaurant Week is September 19-24; three course meals for $20, $30, or $40. Regional theatre in the area is highly regarded; the La Jolla Playhouse and the Old Globe have both developed a number of Tony-winning shows, and the Old Globe's spectacular Shakespeare festival runs through the end of September.