The most American vacation
Moms with endless supplies of high-waisted khaki shorts and dads who look like Dr. Pendanski. You’ll find them at Myrtle Beach or Disney World, Yellowstone or Mount Rushmore. You’ll see them at a roadside Denny’s impatiently waiting for their kids to finish their third bathroom break in the last two hours or collapsed beside the pool at the Holiday Inn Express. But where… where between the waves of amber grain and the majestic purple mountains is the most American vacation destination for these sultans of Skechers and their sunscreen-scented wives? --- Places it’s not --- MYRTLE BEACH: One of two places in the country where AARP cards outnumber the actual population. DISNEY WORLD (or Disneyland): Too commercial to be a truly “American” destination. If the most historical things there happened because of a fictional mouse and animatronic presidents , it’s an easy no for me. Not even the hour drive to the Kennedy Space Center will change my mind on it. ...