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The line in Ghost, by the Indigo Girls, which says "the Mississippi's mighty, but it starts in Minnesota at a place which you could walk across with five steps down" means I just added seeing the source of the Mississippi to the things I want to see, in my year of wandering.

Because of this, I'm wondering if there are any other places in the US that I should visit, based on lines from songs. Alternately, suggestions from books.

Anyone have any musical or literary suggestions for places to travel in the contiguous US?

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From the red rocks of Sedona
To the hills of San Francisco
The spirit of the pioneers
The brightest and the best.
From the snowy slopes of Rainier
To the California Redwoods
It's the power and the glory
of the West.

So yes, see Sedona Arizona, and San Francisco, and Mt. Rainier, and the Redwoods. Throw in Yellowstone and Yosemite while you're out there.

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Hmm. What song is this from?

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Sedona (http://www.speakeasy.org/~electro/filk/sedona.html), by

gorgeousgary

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Excellent. Thank you!

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I used to think that Yosemite was some overrated, overcrowded National Park. I grew up in California, but never visited until I was in my thirties.

I arrived at about 8 am on a Tuesday in February. I remember standing in the middle of the valley that contained nothing but me, my partner, trees, and some snow and water, and thought, "Okay. This wasn't overrated."

It really does deserve its reputation.

wispfox, we should see if we can get Joe and maybe Casey and take an overnight up there. The car gets in free with my gimpcard (it's $20 per car otherwise, still a bargain) and Joe knows its gorgeous views and corners quite well.

(I'll think about songs. I would have chosen "Ghost" first, too. That song really evoked a sense of place to me.)

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Yosemite: It's definitely in my list of things I want to do (as is the redwood national park), and going with people who know it would be a huge bonus. :) So I'm for that idea!

Is this a thought for possibly my next visit to SF, or are you thinking further out, when I wander the country (which is when the question was originally thinking)?