<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">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.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">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...</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">That's just my opinion, I may be wrong.<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: Anitra Kass <at_anitra@yahoo.com><BR>To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR>Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2007 8:28:15 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [cdt-l] Airport close to the Southern Terminus<BR><BR>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV><B><I>ris G <chgeth@yahoo.de></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">I am planning a sobo thruhike this year and I am about<BR>to book an open-jaw flight from and back to Germany. <BR>On my way to the US I will fly into Spokane because I<BR>have a friend there who will be my trailmanager for<BR>the CDT. <BR><BR>But I have not yet decided from which US airport I<BR>will fly back to Germany. According to Yogi and a look<BR>at the map there are there airport cities close to the<BR>Southern Terminus:<BR><BR>- El Paso<BR>- Phoenix<BR>- Albuquerque<BR><BR>When I finished the PCT in 04 I had three weeks left<BR>to travel around the US, but after completing a<BR>thruhike nothing could really interest me. The big<BR>cities that I visited like Vancouver, Seattle and<BR>Portland seemed ugly and frightening to me. I want to<BR>avoid that same disappointing experience when I finish<BR>the CDT. <BR><BR>I will probably have one week between finishing
the<BR>CDT and flying back to Germany. In that week I want to<BR>be in a nice and relaxed city and maybe visit a<BR>National Park close by.<BR><BR>Flight prices are pretty much the same for all three<BR>airport cities - with a trans-Atlantic flight it does<BR>not really matter which airport I will depart from. <BR><BR>So which of the three cities would you consider best<BR>in respect of getting a last nice impression before<BR>going home to Europe? <BR><BR>Thanks for any advice for stupid German Tourists...<BR><BR>German Tourist<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>___________________________________________________________ <BR>Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm. Hier gelangen Sie zum neuen Yahoo! Mail: http://mail.yahoo.de<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>cdt-l mailing list<BR>cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR>http://mailman.hack.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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