> > > > And 17 Again appeals to me because I have often dreamed of that. My 17th year was one of the best years of my youth, but I was so poor I had to miss a few things. I'd like to do it all again with a few bucks in my pocket. That's really about all I would change. If I had been able to spend ten bucks a week, I could have had a real blast. A buck in 1950 was a lot more money than it is now.
> > > > Howard
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> > > I'm jealous of people who think of one of their high school years as the best of their life. I'd probably go back too, but the list of things I'd change would hit the floor and pool around my feet.
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> > > I do have to admit that I'm curious to see the movie, because of this Zac Efron person. I've never seen him in anything and simply MUST go see what all the fuss is about.
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> > Notice that I said "best years of my youth." I've had some really great years since I was youthful. I taught school for 33 years, have been married for 53 years, have children and grand children, have traveled extensively and I have enjoyed a great life. I guess at my age you tend to look back a lot, but I am also looking forward to the future. I still haven't been to Spain, haven't watched a space ship leave Cape Canaveral, and haven't driven across Texas.
> > Howard
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> You really can skip the drive across Texas.
> Some friends and I drove from Minneapolis to Marshall, MN to Houston and back to Minneapolis one weekend a few years ago. The drive across Texas was just as long as the rest of the drive, and certainly no more interesting than driving lengthwise across Nebraska. It's just that instead of corn, you're looking at mile after mile of dust and tumbleweeds. Don't get me wrong, there are nice spots in Texas, and if the goal is just to say you did it, by all means go ahead, but if you're expecting to see a lot of great, wonderful, marvelous and interesting things, don't hold your breath.
> -relish"I was bored out of my skull"gargler

Good point, but it probably doesn't apply to me. I'm a travel freak, so I don't get bored traveling. I have traveled in all 50 states, but I barely saw two of them. I went from Oklahoma into Texas just a few miles, and then went back to Oklahoma. 30 years later, I went from New Mexico to El Paso and back. There must be more to Texas than that.

Montana is a worse case. I was in Yellowstone National Park and drove about a mile across the Montana line and then headed back to Old Faithful.

New Mexico and Arizona didn't bore me and I spent a week wandering around those two beautiful states.

But your advise is probably good for those who are not obsessed with travel.
Howard