Yukon territory is all gorgeous, but Emerald Lake is breathtaking.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emerald_Lake,_Yukon_territory,_Canada..jpg
Yukon territory is all gorgeous, but Emerald Lake is breathtaking.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emerald_Lake,_Yukon_territory,_Canada..jpg
Flagstaff, Arizona, in the late 70's and early 80's.
Too many places to mention ... all with their own unique beauty.
In and around Yellowstone in mid-October.
Bayous of southern Alabama ... I once saw a "Morning with Charles Kuralt" where they did a nature special on the same area, which was more or less my back yard.
Boulder, CO - running up to Green Mountain, early morning. Boulder had low clouds and fog. As we ran up out of the clouds, there was a cloud bank that stretched as far as we could see, but the flatirons were in full sun. It was incredible.
Sunrise/sunset on the plains in Kansas, Nebraska and Eastern Colorado.
Big Hole Montana, near Wisdom.
Dodger Stadium
Rickett's Glen State Park in Pennsylvania. The waterfall hike is only about 6 miles or so, but goes past 22 waterfalls. Absolutely stunning.
Loch Coruisk, Scotland
Kleine Scheidegg, Switzerland
Wastwater, England
Mont Blanc.
Dolomiti.
(yes, I like mountains).
Been to the 5 terre, but that comes later for me. Just my taste.
Detroit
iRunfastxc wrote:
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/rickettsglen/Rickett's Glen State Park in Pennsylvania. The waterfall hike is only about 6 miles or so, but goes past 22 waterfalls. Absolutely stunning.
Thanks. I'll visit this the next time I'm in the area...
angry willy wrote:
Boulder, CO - running up to Green Mountain, early morning. Boulder had low clouds and fog. As we ran up out of the clouds, there was a cloud bank that stretched as far as we could see, but the flatirons were in full sun. It was incredible.
You know what, this post brought a memory back. Long time ago during an early morning XC practice.we were doing some kind of repeats, probably 3200s. Well, our course looped around a few fields and the faster groups were staggered so we would all (hopefully) finish at the same time.
This particular morning it was absurdly humid and it eventually became one of the heaviest fogs I've ever seen. Yet because there weren't any clouds, all of the fog was lit up the color of the sun, and the line of runners across the field from me (at that time in the fastest group) were perfect silhouettes in the fog. I wish I could develop my memory, but I remember thinking that at that moment there was nowhere else I'd rather be. It was beautiful.
Thanks for the reminisce, angry willy.
My wife's body...
tow. wrote:
My wife's body...
That's romantic, but we've all been there, and it was nothing special . . . LOL.
Seriously, I've visited many really beautiful places. This is one of the most beautiful:
http://blog.pacificnorthwestphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Mt.-Rainier-WA.jpg
Shocked Grand Canyon hasn't made the list.
Others: Lake Tahoe, Chasm Lake at the base of Longs Peak Co, Monument Valley UT
many, many many, including quite a few already mentioned but to add one:
The view out across the water atop Cadillac Mountain ( Acadia NP).
Coos Bay, Oregon. Go Pre!
I climbed Kilimanjaro recently. The view from the peak was nothing short of extraordinary. I've been to some other beautiful places (Iao Valley in Hawaii; a cabin on top of the ridgeline between Death Valley and Panamint Valley at night, with no light pollution whatsoever; British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Austria, etc), but this blew them all away. I took this sunrise photo on my cell phone right after leaving the peak:
Jamin's Dad wrote:
Between beautiful young girls legs.
Up yer mudder's ass . Da eminem helped with less on the cucumber .
Some of the posts by the Easterners here are hilarious.
Cinque Terre is out of this world. While that's a decent photo, it doesn't look like a print quality professional photo. The place is that spectacular.
I've also been astounded by the scottish highlands, especially if you are lucky enough to see the sun.
inside passage of alaska also amazing and I've got a soft spot in my heart for Seattle.
I'm a spoiled californian so many of the places like Yosemite and Mammoth the coast don't pop up in my mind immediately because they aren't exotic to me. But they surely are beautiful as well.
I agree with the OP though, so many places left to see - hopefully I get to see them. I'm blessed and young and curious to see what my list looks like in 30 years.
1) Yosemite. Already said. But the national park is beautiful.
2) Route 1 in California along the coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Most beautiful 12 hour drive you'll ever take.
3) Grand Canyon
