"B Vaughan" wrote in message
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> On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:46:29 GMT, "Toller" wrote:
>
>>
>>"Caveat" wrote in message
>>news:04sd23dcrmoekrf5pvca5dv8an0pq1i39i@4ax.com...
>>> "Toller" wrote:
>>>
>>>>How does it compare to Letchworth? (saw where you are from...)
>>>
>>> Excuse my intrusion, but having been to both parks (used to live in
>>> Rochester) I can assure you that there's no comparison. Letchworth is
>>> small and leafy, whereas Zion is very large and desert-foliaged. Plus
>>> Zion (as with most canyons in the SW) is carved out of colorful
>>> sandstone. Very different.
>>>
>>I was kidding.
>>We call Letchworth the Grand Canyon of the East. I am sure no one else
>>does.
>
> In Pennsylvania, the Grand Canyon of the East is Pine Creek Gorge,
> near Wellsboro.
>
> Whenever you see "xxx of the yyy", where xxx is something spectacular
> and yyy is some other place, you know there's no comparison. The
> Venice of yyy, the Grand Canyon of yyy, the Champs Elysées of yyy,
> etc.
>
Speaking of which, why do so many American resorts try to look like
something in Switzerland, Austria, Germany or some other European spot? Why
not just be unique themselves.
This winter, I was traveling through Vermont to do some cross country
skiing. The Vermont small towns maintain their charm as unique New England
villages. We finally arrived at the Trapp Family Lodge which indeed has
great cross country skiing. But the buildings are all designed to look like
the Austrian Alps. Yes, I know, the Trapp Family was from Austria and I
guess that was the original charm of the place. But now, it's overdone.
While it's in Vermont, I like the real Vermont better.
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