The Yanks can surf, sun, mountain climb, cruise, ski, cross a desert and everything else whilst staying within their borders.
Here in California, you can do all of that on the same day.
Yanks - don't react to the unpleasant digs at you on here. You're better than that. Most of you anyway.
Scuttled,
While thoughtful of you to say, and I won't speak for everyone, as a rule we're a little thicker skinned than to be insulted by a post or two on PPRuNe. That said, we're also quite capable of being far more critical of ourselves than anyone else could be.
I personally thought that hval's post was a glimpse into our future, if we don't make some serious adjustments.
Cheers,
11Fan