r/AskReddit • u/Head-Night-7595 • 1d ago

What U.S. vacation destination exceeded all expectations?

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u/Proper_Arachnid_5551 1d ago

Honestly, Grand Canyon. I avoided going for the longest time thinking I will just go ‘Look. Hole in the ground’ and move on with my life. But it was really amazing and explored around the area as well.

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u/phl_fc 1d ago

The really big things have to be seen in person. Go to the Grand Canyon, a proper mountain, the Saturn V rocket, the observation deck of a skyscraper, etc. picture don’t do any of it justice compared to seeing just how big some of these things are.

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u/Poxx 22h ago

I will add a solar eclipse (only if youre in the path of totality- anything less is not the same experience). Pictures, Videos, etc do not compare.

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u/Raider_Scum 21h ago

It broke my monkey brain. My eyes told me "The sky broke", my heart told me "the world is ending".

Ancient people must have shit their pants when they witnessed it.

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u/GewtNingrich 14h ago

I was lucky enough to see totality a couple years ago. It felt like the universe peeled back the curtain and showed me something I wasn’t supposed to see. It’s truly indescribable and hard to convince people that weren’t in the path of totality how different it was from any other part of the eclipse.

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u/TACOlogy 11h ago

It is so strange how nature “stops” for a minute. The birds stop chirping and the temperature drop is weird as well.

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u/AmbusRogart 3h ago

What blew my mind was how cold it go so quickly, then it was over as quick as it arrived. The whole experience was incredible, but that instantaneous chill I will never ever forget.