[cdt-l] Airport close to the Southern Terminus

[James Herberg]

Aside from the "ugly and frightening" nature of the town, I would recommend Vegas.  It has more AYCE buffets per acre than anywhere in the world, and its 24/7 lifestyle will allow a gradual shifting of one's circadian rythyms back to GMT+1 (a seven-hour shift, the hardest to make), ergo no jet lag on arrival in Germany.

Frankly, after six months of hiking I would look forward to chillin' by the pool and putting buffets out of business.  I might sneak in a card game or two...

That's just my opinion, I may be wrong.

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From: Anitra Kass <at_anitra at yahoo.com>
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:28:15 PM
Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Airport close to the Southern Terminus


If you can get to the Grand Canyon I would recommend it...I visited there in Mid November 06.  It was great weather and a great experience.  I highly recommend it....take a day to hike down and camp at the river and then come back up.  
 
FYI, if you really want to be overwhelmed, the Las Vegas airport is only a few hour drive away from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.  
 
NITRO
 
ris G <chgeth at yahoo.de> wrote:
I am planning a sobo thruhike this year and I am about
to book an open-jaw flight from and back to Germany. 
On my way to the US I will fly into Spokane because I
have a friend there who will be my trailmanager for
the CDT. 

But I have not yet decided from which US airport I
will fly back to Germany. According to Yogi and a look
at the map there are there airport cities close to the
Southern Terminus:

- El Paso
- Phoenix
- Albuquerque

When I finished the PCT in 04 I had three weeks left
to travel around the US, but after completing a
thruhike nothing could really interest me. The big
cities that I visited like Vancouver, Seattle and
Portland seemed ugly and frightening to me. I want to
avoid that same disappointing experience when I finish
the CDT. 

I will probably have one week between finishing the
CDT and flying back to Germany. In that week I want to
be in a nice and relaxed city and maybe visit a
National Park close by.

Flight prices are pretty much the same for all three
airport cities - with a trans-Atlantic flight it does
not really matter which airport I will depart from. 

So which of the three cities would you consider best
in respect of getting a last nice impression before
going home to Europe? 

Thanks for any advice for stupid German Tourists...

German Tourist






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