Did I mention I showered in the waterfall every day? It was stunning.

Canyon de Chelle.

He took the donkey/mule down. I could not !

I walked around the rim, which was still impressive, and waited for him in the restaurant for lunch.

Space I chickened out.

Absolutely eye candy everywhere you look. At least 4 (5?) different eco systems so there is everything from volcanos, pristine beaches, redwood forests and glaciers/ penguins.

Unbelievable to see.

Btw Dolly Sods W.V. Is beautiful too.

to take a week end trip in the fall. Thank you for sharing the area.

And not too far from you is my heaven New Germany State Park in Western MD.
The cabins are to die for … no t.v., cell phones don’t work, and the quietness in
winter is awesome. I don’t know if I can cross country ski like I used to do but
I might be able to stay on the lower elevations and flatter terrain.



The park is just south of Grantsville, MD and the Casselman Bridge.

Sometimes it looks like the arch is facing more to the left & other times more to the right. That little point at the very top-center of the bridge looks like it juts out just a bit toward the river. ??? Either that or they've built an illusion into the stone work. Very cool, regardless.

Although bring your own skillet because the ones in the cabin are trashed. The cabins book up
quickly on the weekends but you can have the park to yourself on weekdays. Nice hiking, the lake
and it’s stream … Poplar Run … are very nice, and lots of wildlife too. If you bring groceries you don’t
have to leave the park. But the Casselman Inn in Grantsville can be good.

Great fall colors. U.S. 219 is one of the prettiest drives in America although you might want to
hide any liberal bumper stickers.

We don't have much red in Colorado (except for our dirt—lol), mostly orange & gold in the fall. It's pretty, but damn, that is spectacular!

N/t

What a beautiful place!!! 💕😁

Go to the Badlands National Park in South Dakota, for me, it was as amazing as the Grand Canyon.

Lovely. We visited all the National Parks from the southern to northern border of the US over the years.So many wonderful places to see.Thank you for sharing.

that I have a lifetime senior pass to get myself and up to three or four other people in the car with me to get into the national parks. It was very affordable to pay $20 a year to get the annual pass, and after having done that three times, I turned in all three cards along with another twenty, and got the lifetime pass. Heckuva deal!

It was in the early 80’s and always wanted to go back. it kind of ruined Hawaii for me for years. I hope to return someday. Went with my ex husband and he was drunk the whole time but the scenery made me still enjoy the trip.

We lived just north of Sydney for two years.

I would love to visit.

I don't know about Antarctica. Were you part of a research team?

Stationed in Germany twice so I got to do a little bit of traveling. Ths, e Hunsruck area of Germany is rural with mountains and rivers. The towns of Bernkastel-Kues Zell along the Mosselle River. In the While on a bus returning from Ramstein, we were going through a mountainous area with a lot of turns climbing from the valleys. Being in the back of the bus I happened to look up out the back window and saw an incredible sight. There was a stag standing on an outcropping of rock about 100 feet high overlooking the valley below. Behind him were some does and fauns. I wish I had my camera ready at the time because it was like a picture out of National Geographic.

Taking the cog-wheel train up the Eiger region Switzerland to be in snow in the summertime. Visiting and crossing the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne.

While In England, I took a bus trip to Ireland via Maidenhead Wales. The countryside in Wales was beautiful with broad valleys and wooded mountains. So peaceful and serene.

When I went back home, to Western PA, the first time after... Landing at Pittsburgh International, and driving into the city, when you exit that tunnel and the city is in front of you, there is no finer sight on the planet ..

Home!

Bryce/Zion in Southern Utah late afternoon

Yosemite any time, Breakfast or Supper at Ahwanne Inn.

Most beautiful so far. 360 degree beauty no matter which direction you look.

2nd most beautiful: Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.
Most fascinating: The ruins of the Goddess Ix Chel, on the island of Cozumel. Not as well known as other Mexican ruins, but i found them way more interesting.

I liked Niagra Falls. Was in Bavaria in the army, it was like home in southeastern Ohio with a different language.

North Rim.Yes. they were the cabins that burnt last week. Sad.Been to Niagara Falls a half dozen times on the Canandian side.Bavaria sounds wonderful and I bet their meals and desserts were great too.

was gorgeous shade of blue. That was the first time I swam in salt water. I jumped in with my mouth open and you know the rest of the story.

Plitvice National Park, Croatia.

Beautiful country and the food there was great. We were stationed at the Zagreb (Capital of Croatia) airport and in our free time we went white water rafting, twice. We also went to a ski resort in early April, when there wasn't snow, riding the cable cars to get up and down the mountain.

Zagreb is a beautiful old world city with a great public transits system. I used the free trolley and I could travel around the city. It's also a fairly easy to walk anywhere. There are many parks for people to relax and many of the homes reminded me of the homes in Amsterdam with different painted front doors. Just off the main plaza and up a small hill are a number of restaurants as well as a fresh food market. One of my favorite areas to visit was the underground mall, about one-story underground.

One area I didn't make it to was the Split or Dubrovink. People I know who've been there loved it.

I hated to leave

South Caicos, an island part of Turks & Caicos, would be in second place.

So much green in that rain forest in Washington state.

Stayed at a little B&B with cabins. Trail ride on up into the higher elevations where there was still snow in August.

Stayed at a little B&B with cabins. Trail ride on up into the higher elevations where there was still snow in August.

...The Rockies. My cousin took us up to Echo Lake ?10,500 ft, on his motorcycle!
The CD was north of there. Atmospheric more distant blue mountains with snow sections.

My friend and I (he) drove to MV in the day. The fascinating dull orange, orange brown colors of the formations - which glowed orange-red at sunset. Then we slept out in sleeping bags. Went to sleep w the Moon up. Woke up at 3:30AM w the Moon set, and The Milky Way spanning 2/3rds of the night sky over us!

While the ocean waters of north PR just east of San Juan weren't clear bc the waves kick up too much sand - oh, the colors! Even the deeper ocean further was a vibrant dark blue!

GC! From Flagstaff, AZ by bus. There Noon - 4PM.
At first strange bc at noon it was all blues, very pale blues, red purples. It looked flat- like a painted diorama!
NOT Till 3PM did the sun get at enough of an angle; did all the warm colors emerge.
Then, it was Glorious!

Such vibrant, happy memories to recall!

I got one more for you.

On the same trip up into The Rockies after the lake, and continental divide we rode further on up.

We stopped at a point where we looked out upon a roadless valley of thousands of fir trees with the rocks around it. Starting narrow at the top, and widening as it went down. Hundreds of feet.

A "carpet" of medium darkish green trees!

The Napali Coast of Kauai, Hawaii…actually the whole island of Kauai!!

Last edited Tue Jul 29, 2025, 08:48 AM - Edit history (1)

are incredible. I would say it's probably the most beautiful place I've ever visited.

Beautiful country and the people were salt of the earth and lovely. I just asked my sister, who is visiting right now, if we were in what would now be Serbia or Croatia. She said Croatia and I think that's right because we were on a rocky island. Neither of us can remember the name of the island, but I remember one part of the resort was clothed and the other was clothing optional. Tito was big on naturism.

cook.

Yugoslavia was still in mourning from Tito's death. Never expected such a beautiful and welcoming place. Great food too.

Took train from Athens to Belgrade with spouse.

Friends from Cal were living in Belgrade. Both spoke Serbo-Croation, one was doing fieldwork on Cal PhD Archeology. He lived in Belgrade growing up when father in State Department. Lived in a beautiful flat near the University of Belgrade.

After time in and around Belgrade, drove a rental car through mountains to Dubrovnik then up the Aegean coast to Split. Most places we stayed were family friends of pur host. Hosts flew back to Belgrade from Split. Drove up the coast for two nights in Opatija. Dropped car (Zastava 101) in Ljubljana and took bus through the Dolomite countryside, then train to Trieste.

Chippewa National Forest, the Apostle Islands, Grand Teton National Park, Olympic National Park.

would really like to go to Scotland.

It's frozen in time, and the quality of the light is amazing.

...when in Venezuela, i took a day off and the plant manager & I flew Canaima, the chartered a small plane to fly us by Angel Falls. Magnificent.
Another; our plant in France is in the foothills of the Alps. The view from that parking lot was awesome.
Another day off, I flew from Mumbai to Agra just to see the Taj Mahal. 8 hours on the plane for a 90 minutes walk-around!
Also took a day off in Beijing to see the Great Wall. Didn't want to drive in China so I took the train. Was cool seeing the countryside.
Finally, took the rental car and drove a couple hours west of Sydney to the Blue Mountaibs to see kangaroos in the wild. That was fun.
There are others, but that's enough.

So, saw lots of cool US stuff, too.
As a kid, tge redwoods, the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, and the Petrified Forest stood out.
Plus how can you not dig Niagara Falls or Hoover Dam?

I swear to God, that whole country is literally picture-postcard pretty.

Also, Switzerland. In June 2006 I was in Europe with a Eurail train pass and one of my trips was by train across Switzerland, from Basel through the Alps by Lake Geneva (I think; it was one of the lakes) that had the prettiest blue water with beautiful white sailboats and then south to Milan, Italy. That train had huge picture windows and my nose was permanently GLUED to that window for that whole trip. Unforgettable.

— Ron

Last edited Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:54 AM - Edit history (1)

Cape Flatterty WA
Glacier Point Yosemite CA
Banff to Jasper Canadian Rockies
Knife Edge Mount Kathadin ME
Pictured Rocks MI
McWay Falls Big Sur CA
Angels Trail Zion NP UT
Na Pali Coast Kauai Hawaii
Never Summer Range Rocky Mountain NP CO

The Parthenon is absolutely breathtaking, as is Meteora.

A few years ago our family went to see Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, & the Grand Canyon. All are beautiful! I can't pick just one favorite! Next on our list are Joshua Tree & Rocky Mountain National Parks. We also loved the Dry Tortugas & Fort Jefferson.

link.I have only went scuba diving once--down in the Bahamas, I was scared of possible sharks. You are envied by me for having the courage to swim with the sharks.

I grew up reading a lot of books about the fabled “monster”, and they all described Loch Ness as a spooky, mist-shrouded, brooding place. And I’m sure there are times when it is. Certainly when you’re writing a book about a monster and its home.

But when I was there in July, 1993, it was absolutely, eye-poppingly beautiful. Lush and green, with lavender streaks of heather painting the hillsides. Stunning. I hope to visit again someday.