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what is the best natural place you have visited
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daedong
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Never been there
Yosemite for me, too.
Can you see the hikers going up the Mist Trail, middle-right?
Can you see the hikers going up the Mist Trail, middle-right?
daedong
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Tropical locales are nice, however-ancient towns and little places tucked away all across Europe are pretty neat Jim.
Getting back to the United Kingdom and steps, we did walk Jacob's Ladder ALL the way to the top at Cheddar Gorge, in Cheddar.
Bath is beautiful too. The thing I love most about England is that it's both still old yet new.
Where else can you go to a shopping mall and have a castle ruin right across the motorway, with cows grazing in the fields?
Yes.. do post a pic of Meh-he-co.. that would be nice!
.. there you go Vin.. you got your .<~
Nice thread.
Nice thread.
There have been lots of places that have impressed me. Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon are both spectacular. Flying over the Sahara Desert was pretty impressive, the biggest damned bunker I have ever seen. Just the sheer size and emptiness of the place. Ayers Rock was worth seeing as was flying over the Great Barrier Reef. I don't know if you can call the Pyramids and the Sphynx natural places but I'm glad that I saw them and they had a spectacular light show.
What gets me is some of the places I could have gone but didn't for one reason or another.
Yellowstone: I worked in Wyoming for a couple of years and never made it there. I wasn't too interested in going during high summer when it's awash with tourists but I had a couple of friends who wanted to take me in there during the winter on snowmobiles through the "back door". I didn't do it because I knew the park service "frowned" on the practice but I should have gone in late spring or early fall. Maybe I can still make it.
Angel Falls, Venezuela: I was all set to take a helicopter ride to see the falls and spend the week-end at a lodge there until my boss called me back to work in Caracas because he felt "exposed" without me being there. I never got a second chance.
Machu Picchu, Peru: Again not a "natural place" but a "wanta see" in my book. I had passed through Cuzco in the high Andes several times and had it arranged on one of my trips to take the Inca Highway from Cuzco to Machu Picchu. It could have been the altitude of 10,000 feet but more likely was the local beer and food the night before but I got sick as a dog and didn't make it. There is an upside to this story though. The two guys I had arranged to go with got robbed on the way. So, although I spent 3 days sitting on the crapper and honking into the wash hand basin, at least I returned to Lima with my wallet, credit cards and watch.
What gets me is some of the places I could have gone but didn't for one reason or another.
Yellowstone: I worked in Wyoming for a couple of years and never made it there. I wasn't too interested in going during high summer when it's awash with tourists but I had a couple of friends who wanted to take me in there during the winter on snowmobiles through the "back door". I didn't do it because I knew the park service "frowned" on the practice but I should have gone in late spring or early fall. Maybe I can still make it.
Angel Falls, Venezuela: I was all set to take a helicopter ride to see the falls and spend the week-end at a lodge there until my boss called me back to work in Caracas because he felt "exposed" without me being there. I never got a second chance.
Machu Picchu, Peru: Again not a "natural place" but a "wanta see" in my book. I had passed through Cuzco in the high Andes several times and had it arranged on one of my trips to take the Inca Highway from Cuzco to Machu Picchu. It could have been the altitude of 10,000 feet but more likely was the local beer and food the night before but I got sick as a dog and didn't make it. There is an upside to this story though. The two guys I had arranged to go with got robbed on the way. So, although I spent 3 days sitting on the crapper and honking into the wash hand basin, at least I returned to Lima with my wallet, credit cards and watch.
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The Grand Canyon -is- awesome.
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The above pic was taken at a real nice place up where I go in the wintertime. It's a breathtaking view. I took the picture during one of our snowstorms.
The above pic was taken at a real nice place up where I go in the wintertime. It's a breathtaking view. I took the picture during one of our snowstorms.
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I think the most beautiful natural place we've been is going camping in the mtns. of SE Idaho in midsummer. Staying up until midnite and seeing all the stars in that clear mtn. air. People in cities and lower elevations have no idea how many stars are out there.
JMHO,
Mike
JMHO,
Mike
Nice pics Jim! 
Nice pics Jim!
Muchas gracias, Lolita. Y a ti tambien! (my Espanol sux)
daedong
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Oh you don't need to understand French
to appreciate natural Grand Tetons.
to appreciate natural Grand Tetons.