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Most beautiful place in the world, to you ? (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2013 OP
Southeast Alaska, the panhandle nt Broken_Hero Mar 2013 #1
It's stunning down there. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #9
stunning... kardonb Mar 2013 #38
I hope you guys have fun. Broken_Hero Mar 2013 #39
I'll let you know about the McDonald's. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #41
I haven't been there in...hell, 19 yrs. Not much to see, but their bad eagle park Broken_Hero Mar 2013 #42
They flock around Homer like that, too. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #45
YES! Especially the rainforest area around Thane! arbusto_baboso Mar 2013 #158
I can only talk about places I've physically been to aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #2
I've backpacked at Kings Canyon Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2013 #73
Corsica! OldEurope Mar 2013 #118
I would really like to visit Corsica. I thought Sicily was quite nice (except for Catania). CTyankee Mar 2013 #145
Just any place in Italy is beautiful to me. Especially if it is by the ocean and near southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #154
the view of taormina is stunning. I was undone by its sheer beauty... CTyankee Mar 2013 #157
Beautiful pictures. I swear god made such a beautiful country. What history all southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #159
I loved Palermo, too. Great city. Just beautiful. CTyankee Mar 2013 #160
Me too. I love going to the little side villages. You can find some really good buys. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #161
thanks for the heads up about Capri. I was scheduled to go there but had a complication from CTyankee Mar 2013 #163
Well you have to at least go to Capri once. The water is so beautiful and you don't have southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #164
nice memories, belle! CTyankee Mar 2013 #165
At least go once. Also the Alfma kind of like Capri. Of course I love the water. Guess you southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #166
Oh, I hear ya! I love these Italian cities and towns...really special and nice...beautiful, too... CTyankee Mar 2013 #167
Natural the art is awesome and the churchs. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #168
home Kali Mar 2013 #3
That is beautiful, Kali! csziggy Mar 2013 #7
Baja Arizona ChazInAz Mar 2013 #86
Depends on my mood, I guess DFW Mar 2013 #4
Any places there are mountains. RebelOne Mar 2013 #5
For me would have to be the Grand Tetons altho Yosemite is a runner up....... truegrit44 Mar 2013 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #8
I've been so few places union_maid Mar 2013 #10
Alaska, of course. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #11
awesome pics ! nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #14
Oh wow...hard choice(s) Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #12
Tulum, Mexico. a la izquierda Mar 2013 #13
What is not to like? The sea resort of the Mayans. kwassa Mar 2013 #95
I've been there!! OrwellwasRight Mar 2013 #103
I was there on my honeymoon, as well. kwassa Mar 2013 #106
Hope your marriage turned out better then mine! OrwellwasRight Mar 2013 #107
It is still current! Not past. kwassa Mar 2013 #109
So yes, it turned out better. OrwellwasRight Mar 2013 #110
was there riverbendviewgal Mar 2013 #129
Yosemite Valley DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #15
I have three... MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #16
I've been to those mountains. HeiressofBickworth Mar 2013 #43
Yes, northern Michigan . . . CrazyOrangeCat Mar 2013 #68
Southeastern Utah CrazyOrangeCat Mar 2013 #17
Say hello to the Mrs'es for me!!! MiddleFingerMom Mar 2013 #31
One Mrs. was plenty for this cat . . . CrazyOrangeCat Mar 2013 #67
Nice and Cannes MrScorpio Mar 2013 #18
I stayed at the Hotel Westminster in Nice. aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #90
Alaska mokawanis Mar 2013 #19
Beautiful shot. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #24
Sorry to say I don't know mokawanis Mar 2013 #30
You can't really make a bad choice when you come up here. Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #35
That more or less confirms what I was thinking mokawanis Mar 2013 #36
Scotland, Ireland, or Wales. Aristus Mar 2013 #20
Hands down, it is Scotland. RebelOne Mar 2013 #66
i've only been to scotland fizzgig Mar 2013 #125
If you have been to Loch Ness, it will definitely take your breath away. RebelOne Mar 2013 #131
El Dorado County, CA Throd Mar 2013 #21
Lake Agnes Tea House, Lake Louise, Alberta. I lived up at this tea house & showered applegrove Mar 2013 #22
Thank you BillStein Mar 2013 #69
Did you go up to the teahouse at applegrove Mar 2013 #85
years ago BillStein Mar 2013 #149
That's a long hike. Good for you. applegrove Mar 2013 #150
Beautiful. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #105
Aw. That looks like heaven. Too cold to swim at the teahouse though. It makes for a cold shower. But applegrove Mar 2013 #108
Maine (in the summer) XRubicon Mar 2013 #23
Northern Maine...in the winter! Very...peaceful! nt MADem Mar 2013 #133
Yosemite, Point Lobos, Big Sur kwassa Mar 2013 #25
Andrew Molera park across from Big Sur during the Monarch migration. lark Mar 2013 #84
great pictures Incitatus Mar 2013 #101
Grand Tetons. Na Pali coast, Kauai. And ... the view from my home office. mainer Mar 2013 #26
Jackson Lake, Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming Sedona Mar 2013 #27
I agree. GentryDixon Mar 2013 #99
Pailoa Bay at Waianapanapa State Park in Hana, Maui Sedona Mar 2013 #28
Two... rrneck Mar 2013 #29
The Florida Keys are my favorite. Islamorada totally rocks! In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #32
Key West is more rocking. RebelOne Mar 2013 #89
I musta been to Key West over 20 times in my life. It was fun. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #100
My daily commute Sedona Mar 2013 #33
La Jolla Cove Sedona Mar 2013 #34
I have three favorite places Janecita Mar 2013 #37
Newark lovemydog Mar 2013 #40
I love Newark!!! Janecita Mar 2013 #47
Thanks for pointing that out! lovemydog Mar 2013 #59
New Jersey Performing Arts Center. Janecita Mar 2013 #61
Also has Branch Brook Park NoGOPZone Mar 2013 #83
Anywhere I can see my partner's smile. Behind the Aegis Mar 2013 #44
The Antarctic Peninsula Gabby Hayes Mar 2013 #46
Summer in the Kingdom Mopar151 Mar 2013 #48
County Wexford, Ireland. greatauntoftriplets Mar 2013 #49
Aguas Calientes, Peru sinkingfeeling Mar 2013 #50
No single place, but I love LWolf Mar 2013 #51
Canaima National Park Nitram Mar 2013 #52
Ichetucknee Springs, Florida Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #53
Been there several times! Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2013 #77
It's good for a hot summer day! Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #80
Yes it does! Liberal Jesus Freak Mar 2013 #91
I've gone in the winter. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #92
I went to school near there. secondvariety Mar 2013 #141
All these beautiful places... Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #54
bummer :/ hugs bro nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #82
Rio de Janeiro Blue_Tires Mar 2013 #55
hawaii.....this happens to be maui but choose an island! dmoyer Mar 2013 #56
My parents went to Kauai last year. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2013 #62
The Na'Pali coast in Kauai is absolutely stunning. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #72
Your paernts are right DFW Mar 2013 #97
Snowdonia National Park in North Wales geardaddy Mar 2013 #57
the Huntington Beach pier Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #58
Hey, another HBer aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #64
Hey!! Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #75
Almost as nice as Seal Beach Pier. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #65
I love it when the ocean spreads out flat like that, Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #76
Thanks! SunSeeker Mar 2013 #102
So homesick!! Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #121
Do you surf? kwassa Mar 2013 #94
body surf only Bertha Venation Mar 2013 #122
Its nickname is Surf City aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #123
Erm, anyone mention the smokey mountains yet? Neoma Mar 2013 #60
Peru BlueCollar Mar 2013 #63
i love these threads, steve. thank you. i love look at all the pictures. more, i want to move seabeyond Mar 2013 #70
you're very welcome, i love them too :) nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #81
the Canadian Rockies grasswire Mar 2013 #71
There's no place like home Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2013 #74
Gotta go with this... VPStoltz Mar 2013 #116
Switzerland - without a doubt ...I lived in Hawaii for a while too, that was pretty nice... didact Mar 2013 #78
New Hampshire/Vermont. aaaaaa5a Mar 2013 #79
My WIfe's Eyes Sherman A1 Mar 2013 #87
Cape Cod, Niagra Falls, Lake District in England Boomerproud Mar 2013 #88
early mornings on the high arizona desert hopemountain Mar 2013 #93
Of the places I've been, it's pretty hard to beat the Canadian Rockies..... marmar Mar 2013 #96
My neck of the woods. pengillian101 Mar 2013 #98
Anything with crystal clear blue waters Trascoli Mar 2013 #104
very awesome photos everyone, keep them coming please ! nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #111
Lake Tahoe, Olympic Peninsula, Zion, Mammoth Lakes kwassa Mar 2013 #112
Napali Coast of Kauai KauaiK Mar 2013 #113
I loved Kauai Taverner Mar 2013 #128
there is no place like home. Dorothy was right. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #114
If I had to drive through the Delaware Water Gap (NJ/PA border) again rocktivity Mar 2013 #115
In bed, with a woman. cliffordu Mar 2013 #117
Crater Lake jeffrey_pdx Mar 2013 #119
Wherever my love is . . . ashling Mar 2013 #120
Santorini under an Aegean moon Mutatis Mutandis Mar 2013 #124
My old hometown shenmue Mar 2013 #126
Koh Chang, Thailand - but not today Taverner Mar 2013 #127
lived in the keys for 7 months riverbendviewgal Mar 2013 #130
The wild lakes of northern Maine. canoeist52 Mar 2013 #132
Did you paint that? pengillian101 Mar 2013 #134
Yep, it's done in pastels. canoeist52 Mar 2013 #135
Reminds of of the BWCA in northern MN. pengillian101 Mar 2013 #136
Oh yeah! That a great painting right there. BWCA would be my ultimate dream retirement area. canoeist52 Mar 2013 #137
Kaneohe bay, Oahu and holy loch Scotland... rppper Mar 2013 #138
Moorea Tahiti AsahinaKimi Mar 2013 #139
Wow. Spectacular but aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2013 #140
That's Cook's Bay, right? I think I took a picture just like that when I was in Moorea. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #142
The most beautiful place in the World,To You Rollin Mar 2013 #143
Full moon over Deerfield Beach, FL, pretty nice! elleng Mar 2013 #144
My garden. juajen Mar 2013 #146
Western Canada mainstreetonce Mar 2013 #147
Wherever I can see the faces of the ones I love. n/t TygrBright Mar 2013 #148
Most beautiful place in the world, to you Flashmann Mar 2013 #151
My trip to Ghana Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #152
great high definition photo, thanks ! nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #153
The Himalayas matt819 Mar 2013 #155
home Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #156
Western Australia Jean Louise Finch Mar 2013 #162
very last kick nt steve2470 Mar 2013 #169

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
9. It's stunning down there.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:43 PM
Mar 2013

We're doing that trip in May ... Driving the 800 or so miles to Haines and then taking the ferry to Juneau and Sitka. I'm really looking forward to it.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
39. I hope you guys have fun.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 04:36 AM
Mar 2013

Whenever I get homesick I pop in my The Inside Passage dvd and take a tour.... I wonder if Haines has a McDonalds yet? Last time I was there they had to fly it in from Juneau.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
41. I'll let you know about the McDonald's.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:05 AM
Mar 2013

We'll be going right through Haines in May, maybe stay the night there. I haven't been down that way for about 40 years.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
42. I haven't been there in...hell, 19 yrs. Not much to see, but their bad eagle park
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:08 AM
Mar 2013

was amazing. More bald eagles than an old man can shake a stick at....

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
45. They flock around Homer like that, too.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:31 AM
Mar 2013

There used to be an old lady down in Homer who fed the eagles fish and there would be hundreds of them around her place. It was a photographer's paradise. Finally, the town decided that maybe the eagles should revert back to their natural habits and passed an ordinance that after the eagle lady died, which did finally happen a few years ago, no one else could feed the eagles. You still see them down there around the dumpsters and whatnot, but not nearly so congregated.

arbusto_baboso

(7,162 posts)
158. YES! Especially the rainforest area around Thane!
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 03:48 PM
Mar 2013

Did some hiking around there one summer. Changed my perspective entirely on earthly beauty.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
2. I can only talk about places I've physically been to
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:01 PM
Mar 2013

so I suppose that leaves out a whole lot of the planet. In the U.S., I would say it was the cathedral-like surroundings of Redwood Canyon in King's Canyon National Park. Outside the U.S., I would say the island of Corsica.




OldEurope

(1,273 posts)
118. Corsica!
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 08:19 AM
Mar 2013

...really is the island of beauty. I visited Corsica last year.

But to me the most beautiful place I've ever seen is Königssee.

https://www.google.de/search?q=K%C3%B6nigssee&hl=de&client=firefox-a&hs=fke&rls=org.mozilla:de fficial&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=7Sc7Uc2SDoS1hAeetIGYBg&ved=0CG8QsAQ&biw=1920&bih=976

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
154. Just any place in Italy is beautiful to me. Especially if it is by the ocean and near
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 01:28 PM
Mar 2013

Mt Vesuvius, Pompeii, any restaurant you an buy a meter pizza and enjoy with your friends.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
157. the view of taormina is stunning. I was undone by its sheer beauty...
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 03:27 PM
Mar 2013


Mt. Etna is on the right in the distance. I went to these greco-roman ruins...quite a place...

Verona is no slouch either. I think everybody going there falls in love with it...

http://www.ristoranteverona.com/benvenuto!_files/VERONA.jpg

I really liked its intact roman coliseum, too...

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
159. Beautiful pictures. I swear god made such a beautiful country. What history all
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 04:34 PM
Mar 2013

around you. The food is great also and the people are really nice. I also love Germany with all its lovely castles and food. The people are little hard to get to know but once you do they are great and they go out of their way to help you. Especially when you try to speak their language.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
160. I loved Palermo, too. Great city. Just beautiful.
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 04:46 PM
Mar 2013

I thought I would hate Verona...the fake Juliet balcony I thought would revolt me but it was actually pretty! Another nice town is Perugia...great food (pasta with just the right touch of olive oil and black truffles, ahh...). The walled town of Lucca was delightful with its pasta so rich in egg yolks it is golden yellow...My only disappointment was Assisi. I thought the thorough commercialization of St. Francis and all the selling of religious gimcrackery was offensive, altho the town itself is actually lovely. It was also the only place in Italy where the waiter slapped our check down on the table minutes after our food arrived, a la American style. Never seen that before or since in Italy...

I love our chats about Italy, belle! Ciao

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
161. Me too. I love going to the little side villages. You can find some really good buys.
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 06:00 PM
Mar 2013

Finding the out of the way places to eat is really good also. Love in Naples when they cook the pizzas in those special pizza ovens. OMG they come out sooooooooooo good. Of course the sweat peppers are really good pan fired in Olive oil and sweet sausage, mmmmmmgood. Plus stuff peppers. My Nonna was such a great cook. Love the fresh fish we would go down to the peer and get fresh fish. OMG so delicious. If you ever go back make sure you don't go to the tourist traps to eat. You would be surprised what you find going off to areas where there isn't alot of tourist. Meals are cheap and you get 4 or 5 course meals. People come over to your table and sit and talk and you just have a good time. We went to the Island of Capri. It really is beautiful but I will never again go there. Nothing but a tourist trap.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
163. thanks for the heads up about Capri. I was scheduled to go there but had a complication from
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 07:38 PM
Mar 2013

surgery that year and it laid me up for several months. ACK.

When I eat in Italy, I go to recommended restaurants and often just completely at random. Usually, I have no problems. I make it a rule not to eat, however, in places that display their menus outside in English. Hotel concierges and desk clerks have always been right, however!

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
164. Well you have to at least go to Capri once. The water is so beautiful and you don't have
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 07:47 PM
Mar 2013

to spend your money there. They have this boat that we took in Naples and it goes really fast. Once it starts out it raises out of the water like it is flying over the water. It's wonderful. I thought is was so funny because we had been there about a month with my relatives and we went to Capri and we walked around all over the place with my uncle and aunt. So we decided to sit down and get something to eat. Sitting at the next table were some americans. They had ordered french fries and a few minutes later asked for ketup. Well I was so surprised they bought them ketup. My relatives when we were kids would make fun of us about our canned foods. Of course it was with love. They loved americans. We used to bring our record player and our records and we all would sit out on the big terrace and sing and dance. We would pop popcorn (at that time they never had that) and they loved our hersey bars and I had once cousin who loved peanut butter. LOL we would eat their food and they we eat our food. It was great being kids. Now we are all old and we think back on the good ole days.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
165. nice memories, belle!
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 07:57 PM
Mar 2013

I wish I had been able to go on that trip I had planned to Capri.

Oh, well, the following year I went to Northern Italy and had some great experiences there. I'm going to make an effort to get to Capri, though. I know I'd really love it...

 

southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
166. At least go once. Also the Alfma kind of like Capri. Of course I love the water. Guess you
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 08:01 PM
Mar 2013

can tell, huh? LOL

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
167. Oh, I hear ya! I love these Italian cities and towns...really special and nice...beautiful, too...
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 08:04 PM
Mar 2013

and did I mention the art?

DFW

(54,447 posts)
4. Depends on my mood, I guess
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 06:24 PM
Mar 2013

Praslin, Waikoloa, Berner Oberland (Mürren, Lauterbrunnen), Flåm, the list goes on.......

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
5. Any places there are mountains.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:06 PM
Mar 2013

I love the Rocky and Smoky mountains. The Keys never impressed me. I have been down there many, many times because I lived in South Florida most of my life. The only impressive thing is the 7-Mile Bridge. When I was a teenager, I went over it on the back of a motorcycle and that was when it was only a rickety wooden bridge.

My next choice is at Loch Ness in Inverness, Scotland. It has breathtaking scenery and I was hoping to see Nessie, but I didn't get lucky.

Response to steve2470 (Original post)

union_maid

(3,502 posts)
10. I've been so few places
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 07:47 PM
Mar 2013

I'm very easily impressed. Any place that has a view that isn't reached by elevator knocks my socks off.

riverbendviewgal

(4,254 posts)
129. was there
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 06:39 PM
Mar 2013

On my 25th anniversary. Glad we went. He died before our 33rd from cancer. That beach is in against all odds movie. Tulum is the only Mayan ruin on the sea.

MiddleFingerMom

(25,163 posts)
16. I have three...
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 08:53 PM
Mar 2013

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1. The area in and around Tucson/the Sonoran Desert -- so I'm living in one of my three "paradi"
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2. Michigan's non-U.P. northern river country
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3. Southern Germany mountains on the Austrian border (I'm picturing Bertchesgaden).
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HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)
43. I've been to those mountains.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:18 AM
Mar 2013

There's a lake, Konigssee, (look it up on Wiki for a couple of beautiful pictures). We took the boat trip to the end of the lake. It was absolutely stunning.

CrazyOrangeCat

(6,112 posts)
68. Yes, northern Michigan . . .
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 02:14 PM
Mar 2013

Only been to Michigan once, but it was memorable. We floated the Au Sable River for two days, and it was the prettiest river I've ever been on. Never seen so much wildlife. Only time I ever saw mink and otter. It was a cool spring, and we only saw two other couples the whole time. I really need to go back there.

CrazyOrangeCat

(6,112 posts)
67. One Mrs. was plenty for this cat . . .
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 02:09 PM
Mar 2013

Jeeping in redrock country is usually an activity of the "No Girls Club".

Tho there was one memorable exception . . .

mokawanis

(4,453 posts)
19. Alaska
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 09:28 PM
Mar 2013

My wife and I went there for our 25th anniversary. I don't know if we'll ever be able to afford a return trip, but I'd love to see it again.

mokawanis

(4,453 posts)
30. Sorry to say I don't know
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 11:07 PM
Mar 2013

I was too lazy to post one of the pics from out trip and just grabbed one from google.

You'd be a good one to ask - When my wife and I were in Alaska we went to Juneau and stayed in a forest-service cabin for a while before taking the ferry to Skagway to ride the White Pass and Yukon Express railroad. Do you think we chose wisely by remaining in SE Alaska, or should we have gone on up to the Denali area instead? (our time was limited) I've been wondering about this ever since we did the trip several years ago.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
35. You can't really make a bad choice when you come up here.
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 11:37 PM
Mar 2013

Southcentral where I live is also really beautiful but different from Southeast. The advantage to coming up here is that you can rent a car and drive around, up to Fairbanks if you want, or down to Homer or Seward. It's just a little more accessible. Or a lot more accessible, actually.

The thing that's strange about Alaska is that there really aren't many roads at all, so unless you've got the big bucks to fly out to western Alaska, you're pretty well limited to what we call the Railbelt, Fairbanks, Anchorage, Seward, Homer. There are only two routes to Fairbanks from Anchorage, but if you do the loop, you'll see some really incredible scenery.

My best advice to you would be to make another trip. .


Ed. We're flying out to Nome, which is extreme northwest, this weekend for the end of the Iditarod. I'll be posting a link to my photos later. You might want to check them out. I should have them up by the end of this month.

mokawanis

(4,453 posts)
36. That more or less confirms what I was thinking
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:04 AM
Mar 2013

When we were there I always had the feeling that we could go anywhere and not be disappointed. The train ride we took out of Skagway was was one of the best parts of the trip, incredible scenery the entire route. I'll be sure to check out your pics. Have a great trip and be safe!

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
131. If you have been to Loch Ness, it will definitely take your breath away.
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 08:38 PM
Mar 2013

And maybe you may get a glimpse of Nessie.

applegrove

(118,832 posts)
22. Lake Agnes Tea House, Lake Louise, Alberta. I lived up at this tea house & showered
Thu Mar 7, 2013, 10:19 PM
Mar 2013

in the waterfall every day. It was gorgeous. We were so high in the mountains that often it would be raining and cloudy down below us while we were in sunshine.

[IMG][/IMG]

http://www.lakeagnesteahouse.com/index.php

BillStein

(758 posts)
149. years ago
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 01:59 PM
Mar 2013

I hiked the circuit- up to Lake Agnes and Mirror Lake, then down to the teahouse at the glacier, then back along the shore of Lake Louise to the Cateau.... breathtakingly beautiful

SunSeeker

(51,740 posts)
105. Beautiful.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:19 PM
Mar 2013

Reminds me of the cabins we stay at every summer near Lake Trinity (Northern California, near Mount Shasta).

Here's my son on the rope swing there:

applegrove

(118,832 posts)
108. Aw. That looks like heaven. Too cold to swim at the teahouse though. It makes for a cold shower. But
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:28 PM
Mar 2013

such a great summer. Then I had to go back to my last year of high school which I just hated.

lark

(23,160 posts)
84. Andrew Molera park across from Big Sur during the Monarch migration.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 04:51 PM
Mar 2013

I've travelled most of the world, and this is the one place and time that truly stunned me. Breathtaking when the sky is all orange and black and blue from the monarchs fluttering. You hold out your arms, be very still, and they will alight on you. I experienced this the first year the park opened and me and my friend were the only ones there in the grove. Amazing and magical.

Big Sur during the spring when the sunny hills are covered in the bright yellows and oranges of California poppies and the shade hills are covered in purple columbines.

GentryDixon

(2,963 posts)
99. I agree.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 07:38 PM
Mar 2013

I have fished that lake before. My family had early settlers to the Valley. My Dad's ashes are scattered up the Gros Ventre River above Kelly, WY.

Beautiful...

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
89. Key West is more rocking.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:24 PM
Mar 2013

It is the fun place to go. I lived in South Florida most of my life and used to go down there at least once a year.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
100. I musta been to Key West over 20 times in my life. It was fun.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 08:35 PM
Mar 2013

Not anymore. My last *flight out (the store)* was 2006.
I'm done with Key West.

Janecita

(86 posts)
47. I love Newark!!!
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:59 AM
Mar 2013

It has great restaurants, NJPAC, and that new Arena. Three great universities, NJIT, Rutgers (my Alma Mater) and Seton Hall Law School. It also has a seriously hot mayor.It has a bad reputation, but it's a fun city. I also like Maui better though

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
59. Thanks for pointing that out!
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 12:35 PM
Mar 2013

True, great mayor. What's NJPAC? I love this thread because one can find beautiful things in every area. I lived in downtown Detroit for a few years & still have a spot in my heart for it. Welcome here. Have fun!

NoGOPZone

(2,971 posts)
83. Also has Branch Brook Park
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 04:51 PM
Mar 2013

I was going to mention UMDNJ as a university but I think its part of Rutgers now.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
51. No single place, but I love
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 10:28 AM
Mar 2013

mountains of any kind. Mountains, mountain forests, mountain rivers and lakes. Here are some favorites that I've been to:








Tommy_Carcetti

(43,209 posts)
80. It's good for a hot summer day!
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 04:35 PM
Mar 2013

Year round is 72 degrees. Cold indeed when you first get in, but your body soon acclimates.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,209 posts)
92. I've gone in the winter.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:48 PM
Mar 2013

The water doesn't feel warm per se, but you do feel more comfortable in than out.

It's really cool though--if you go in the winter, often times you'll have free reign of the spring itself. It's awesome to have a place like that all to yourself.

secondvariety

(1,245 posts)
141. I went to school near there.
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 02:14 PM
Mar 2013

Got lost in the woods while collecting samples for my Botany class. I followed the river and hitched a ride back to the head of the springs from some exiting tubers. It is beautiful.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,209 posts)
54. All these beautiful places...
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 11:43 AM
Mar 2013

...and here I am. Sitting in a windowless office staring at a beige wall.

Thanks steve2470. Thanks a lot.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,209 posts)
62. My parents went to Kauai last year.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:04 PM
Mar 2013

They said it was breathtaking.

Can't wait to find out for myself!

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
64. Hey, another HBer
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:48 PM
Mar 2013

Since we live so close and practically breathe the same air, I hope you don't mind my excessive gas. The ocean breeze helps, though.


Hi neighbor.

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
75. Hey!!
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 03:18 PM
Mar 2013

Howdy.

I actually left home twelve years ago. I fell in love and went to her. We are moving back to California when she retires. Can't wait!

And it's been too long since I've been home . . . I am so homesick!

SunSeeker

(51,740 posts)
65. Almost as nice as Seal Beach Pier.
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:49 PM
Mar 2013

Because its home. I took this pic this Wednesday with my phone (Catalina Island is on the horizon):

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
76. I love it when the ocean spreads out flat like that,
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 03:20 PM
Mar 2013

over a hundred feet of shore. (So do the skimboarders.)

That's really a beautiful picture. Thanks for posting it.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
94. Do you surf?
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:57 PM
Mar 2013

I always thought of HB as a surfer's hangout.

I like Hermosa, myself, a little more casaul than Redondo or Manhattan Beach.

and I've spent most time around the Santa Monica Pier.

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
122. body surf only
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 05:03 PM
Mar 2013

Never got up on a board. It is Surf City USA. Nobody ever said it had to be board surfing . . .

BlueCollar

(3,859 posts)
63. Peru
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 01:29 PM
Mar 2013

Anywhere that hasn't been built up.

For sheer range of diversity - the Pacific coast and the coastal desert, the cordillera negra and blanca ranges in the Andes, the altiplano between them, lake Titicaca, and the jungle on the east coast of the Andes.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
70. i love these threads, steve. thank you. i love look at all the pictures. more, i want to move
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 02:18 PM
Mar 2013

and stay in the west so i added two to the list looking thru these posts. sedona and jackson lake.

VPStoltz

(1,295 posts)
116. Gotta go with this...
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 02:37 AM
Mar 2013

Never get tired of all the Mt. Baker hikes and camping along the rivers - especially during salmon season.

didact

(246 posts)
78. Switzerland - without a doubt ...I lived in Hawaii for a while too, that was pretty nice...
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 04:27 PM
Mar 2013

but I prefer forest to beach

Boomerproud

(7,968 posts)
88. Cape Cod, Niagra Falls, Lake District in England
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:24 PM
Mar 2013

everything I saw in Scotland, and Hawaii and Alaska are both gorgeous.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
93. early mornings on the high arizona desert
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 05:51 PM
Mar 2013

in the spring ~
when the cactus are blooming and the desert canyon ferns are unfurling from dampened sand after a seasonal rain...

sunrise at refugio beach, north of santa barbara, where on a clear morning one can look across to the channel islands and see every detail of the island topography

any time, any day in the sacred silence of the redwood cathedral forests of the pacific northwest...

late afternoon on the frigid peaks of the san juans of colorado when the air is so clear - i swear you can see the sun set on the pacific

the solitary fjords of southwestern alaska,

the verdant high mountain valleys tucked around the cascades

marmar

(77,094 posts)
96. Of the places I've been, it's pretty hard to beat the Canadian Rockies.....
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 06:17 PM
Mar 2013

...... but the Northern California coastline is up there too.


As far as human-made beauty, it's pretty tough to beat a certain city in NW Europe.




 

Trascoli

(194 posts)
104. Anything with crystal clear blue waters
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 09:06 PM
Mar 2013

and few people. I love blue clear waters, sand and surf. My second choice would be wide open grass lands with mountains in the back, perhaps Montana with a large lake and log cabbin, few people.

kwassa

(23,340 posts)
112. Lake Tahoe, Olympic Peninsula, Zion, Mammoth Lakes
Fri Mar 8, 2013, 10:25 PM
Mar 2013

Lake Tahoe



The Olympic Peninsula



Zion National Park



Mammoth Lakes

rocktivity

(44,580 posts)
115. If I had to drive through the Delaware Water Gap (NJ/PA border) again
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 02:17 AM
Mar 2013

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I would not be outraged.




rocktivity



 

Taverner

(55,476 posts)
127. Koh Chang, Thailand - but not today
Sat Mar 9, 2013, 06:11 PM
Mar 2013

Tourism ruined that island. It used to have no paved roads, no electricity...



rppper

(2,952 posts)
138. Kaneohe bay, Oahu and holy loch Scotland...
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 09:38 AM
Mar 2013

As far as places I have seen and touched...
Coming down the kamehameha highway into the bay is breathtaking...



I used to wake up and see these mountains every morning....

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
140. Wow. Spectacular but
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 01:51 PM
Mar 2013

I feel that needs a close-up or two. I've also seen photos of the Marquesas Islands far to the north and they also have pretty dramatic vistas.



SunSeeker

(51,740 posts)
142. That's Cook's Bay, right? I think I took a picture just like that when I was in Moorea.
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 03:22 PM
Mar 2013

Here's a shot I took from tha base of the peak, looking back over the bay. Moorea and Kauai tie in my mind as the most visually stunning places in the world.

Rollin

(12 posts)
143. The most beautiful place in the World,To You
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:21 PM
Mar 2013

I`ve been to several of the places mentioned here Canaima,Angel Falls,Tulum Mexico,Lake Louise Alberta,I`m a Canadian, a few others and there all stunning but my Favourite Place in the World I`ve been to is Manuel Antonio Park Costa Rica.Actually it`s hard to pick just one place in Costa Rica The Whole Country is Awesome,Lindsay Rollin

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
147. Western Canada
Mon Mar 11, 2013, 11:56 AM
Mar 2013

Banff, Lake Louise,Jasper


Honorable mention to. Bryce Canyon. Yosemite, glacier Park, and St. Croix BWI .

And most importantly for the beUty of the people, the climate and the ocean Bonaire,Netherlands Antilles.

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