[Husker] Where shall we go bowling????

[Theodore Heise]

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Nick Chevance wrote:

>
> As impressive as the venue might be, it [Cotton Bowl is] still 
> Dallas/Arlington/Ft. Worth.  Not a special place.  Not a whole lot 
> to see in addition to the game.  Not like the Riverwalk in San 
> Antonio, or La Jolla or Mission Bay or (name a place in San Diego) 
> for the Holiday Bowl.  Even the Gator Bowl isn't all that far from 
> Orlando or Miami.

We found the Jacksonville Riverwalks along the St. Johns River to be 
very enjoyable.  They have an interesting elevated train that runs 
for short distances downtown, and we even got to see a bridge over 
the river lift--up *close*, because we were crossing it on foot at 
the time!  The hotels near the stadium were all full by the time we 
booked, so we stayed at a nice place in the beaches area on the 
Atlantic coast.  Kind of cool to see the ocean from your room, and 
to walk on the beach in shirtsleeves in January.


> But, hey, its just my opinion.  If I'm going to spend a lot of 
> money travelling to a place, I would prefer to go someplace that 
> has something to offer besides the game.

Bingo!  The game is the centerpiece of course, but I like to have 
other attractions.  In addition, when there are big ticket items 
like riverwalks, it's really cool to mingle with thousands of fellow 
COrnhusker fans.

I'm sure Dallas has attractions and don't mean to denigrate it.  We 
did enjoy seeing Daly Plaza, and the train from the host hotel to 
the stadium area was a nice arrangement.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA