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A little flag!
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A Glock, a Copy of the Constitution, a Football, a Can of car oil, a Credit Card application.
Bible, pitchfork and a signed copy of Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America by DJ Trump. /s
I kid, I’d say a map of the US or whatever state they are going do, a 1 year state / national parks parking pass, one of those cheap sim cards so they can easily make calls in the country, fitted hat and maybe a USA themed throw blanket.
Fireworks
Peanut butter
Probably the following:
1. An annual National Parks pass
2. A pair of Thorogood boots
3. An Amtrak ticket to go from Seattle to SF
4. A couple of passes to the state fairs in Midwestern states
5. A ‘If Jesus had a gun, he wouldn’t have died’ bumper sticker /s
6. Little American flags
7. A Map of the country
Thematically specific to them baseball cap.
Regional spice blends.
An airport coffee cup
An American flag. Map of the US, regional foods, cheeses, and spices, copy of the US constitution and declaration. Peanut butter, fireworks, a good knife, pepper spray, bug spray, bottle of bourbon or whiskey, a small book of the history of the US, an AR15…little statue of the Statue of Liberty, BBQ sauce, Hershey kisses, some yankee candles
Bug spray, baseball/glove, bb gun, plug adapter?, Hawaiian shirt, ball/cowboy hat
Local honey and wine maybe that’s the Californian in me .
A map of the USA
A guide to our National Parks
A guide to driving rules in the USA
A Metro card/ bus pass/ train pass
A fishing license to the state they are visiting
A B& B guide ⁹
Toilet paper
Gift cards to several restaurant chains
Gift cards to gas stations
Hand sanitizer
Kleenex
Chapstick
Wet wipes
A thermos / water bottle
Gift card to Starbucks/Bigby etc
Paid internet hot spot
Phone charger for car & hotel
List of emergency numbers in the USA
List of area hospitals/ dentists/ clinics
Toothbrush/ toothpaste
Hand soap
Candle
Scissors
Tweezers
Small screw driver set/tool set
Hand towel/ washcloth
Scrubbie
A month or 6 momth subscription to local newspaper.
Tickets to local theater
Guide to walking/ hiking/ biking trails
Local museum guides
A bumper sticker reading “I came. I saw. I kicked it’s ass.” And a one way ticket back home.
50 state quarter collection.
With America the way it is now? A bottle of Jack Daniels, weed, a pillow they could scream into when they see how hopeless life is, a Netflix subscription since that’s the only luxury you can afford now, an apartment that’s the size of a walk-in closet (because that’s all they can afford), and a card with the number to the suicide prevention hotline because they’ll need it
Formal request for FAQ addition if it ain’t already in there
I usually end up sending my foreign friends a bottle of Cheerwine.
I tend to also subject my foreign friends to a bottle of rootbeer, even though especially Europeans tend to hate the flavor via association with medicine over there.
If we’re feeling boozy, possibly some muscadine (or scuppernong) wine. We have many fine wineries, but hell let’s pull out all the stops and go for New World grapes while we’re at it.
If we’re feeling *very* boozy, perhaps a fine bourbon.
If perishables are allowed, keep in mind squash is peculiar to our hemisphere, I’ve had to explain yellow squash to more than one of my European friends.
You want a real fun time, chuck in a can of Easy Cheese and a wedge of some very fine Wisconson cheese. Like yes we do indeed have the supermarket “processed diary-related colloidal substance product” we’re internationally infamous for but we do also produce world-class cheeses.
Depending on where in the world your visitor hails from, they may not have access to good quality peanut butter at home.
A Chicago Bears hat and a Green Bay Packers hat. Choose wisely
A Glock 19
Map of USA, a Desert Eagle, a national parks guide, dangerous wildlife of (fill in the blank) state, bug spray, sunscreen, flags, multiple albums including American Pie American Idiot The Black Parade and Bohemian Rhapsody, and a book about what topics to avoid talking about if you want to avoid arguments
Peanut butter
an iPhone
Fireworks
A Yeti water bottle. As long as you stay hydrated everything else will sort itself out.
People put non-food stuff in gift baskets?