mommyoffive Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 List them! The Tahiti talk has me dreaming. And yet another dreary dreay day really has me wanting to be somewhere else. So what pretty places have you been that you loved? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Lake Louise. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Flam, Norway. Specifically, bike down to Flam, on the shore of the Aurlands fjord, then hop on a ferry across the fjord and back, then take the Flam railway up to the top again. Simply amazing! https://www.norwaysbest.com/flamsbana/flamsbana---the-flam-railway/ Edited April 5, 2022 by wintermom 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Waldo Lake Oregon.....about 10 years ago! Lol. DD23 and I went to spend some time there this past summer, and out little secret beach..isn't so secret anymore. IT was absolutely overran with people. Think Disney bad. It broke my heart to see it being so over ran with people. It is one of the cleanest lakes in the USA, but considering the smell of sunscreen in the air, I can only imagine the water quality will start to register the effects of the populace. 😞 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lecka Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Thousand Islands in upstate New York. We drove through Trinidad, Colorado recently and it was beautiful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Ecuador and the Galapagos. Ecuador is amazing because there is so much variety. You've got the city, rain forest, cloud forest, volcano, the galapagos, and beaches. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Switzerland Victoria and Vancouver BC 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Monterey, Savannah, French Riviera, Bavaria, every park I've ever camped in or hiked in, southern WV hills in the fall, the National Arboretum, my neighborhood. I'm not picky and I'm a huge fan of forest bathing. In twenty years of homeschooling field trips, I haven't even run out of day trips to do. I am itching to go somewhere else since I haven't really travelled in a few years. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Germany, Elko NV in the winter, SLC in the winter, the mountains in ID, historic VA and Boston. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 22 minutes ago, Tap said: Waldo Lake Oregon.....about 10 years ago! Lol. DD23 and I went to spend some time there this past summer, and out little secret beach..isn't so secret anymore. IT was absolutely overran with people. Think Disney bad. It broke my heart to see it being so over ran with people. It is one of the cleanest lakes in the USA, but considering the smell of sunscreen in the air, I can only imagine the water quality will start to register the effects of the populace. 😞 They put a motor ban on the lake in 2011 and now require entry permits Memorial Day - October 31. It’s a little better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Old Town is surrounded by stone walls from the 16th century. Beautiful, like from a fairytale. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Tiggywinkle Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Anna Maria Island in Florida. Clearly DD loves it too. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, prairiewindmomma said: They put a motor ban on the lake in 2011 and now require entry permits Memorial Day - October 31. It’s a little better. The motor ban is in place, but I was there in Sept 2021. There was no entry permit required. All the roads off the main hwy up to there are open (no gates or barricades close to the lakes), so I don't know how they would monitor it anyways. 😞 It was sad to see how overcrowded it was. I hope they do something to try to limit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMommy Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Copper Harbor, MI, in the fall. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Just spent a week backpacking in the Grand Canyon. The view from the rim is nice, but there are thousands of people.... down there, almost nobody. Heaven. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eos Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Oswald West State Park. Opal Creek Wilderness before it burned. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Switzerland. That was in 2004 and we liked all the cities we visited. Lucerne/Luzern might have been our favorite. Black Forest, Germany. It has that old world laid back charm. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2scouts Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Camping in Yosemite and hiking to the top of Vernal Falls. The rainbows on the Mist Trail were beautiful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Tap said: The motor ban is in place, but I was there in Sept 2021. There was no entry permit required. All the roads off the main hwy up to there are open (no gates or barricades close to the lakes), so I don't know how they would monitor it anyways. 😞 It was sad to see how overcrowded it was. I hope they do something to try to limit it. I think it’s part of the new changes coming to the whole Sisters area this summer…. Maybe I am reading it wrong, but it’s on our list for this summer. Lost Lake has the same problem. 😞 Wahclella Falls made me openly gasp the first time I saw it. Car breakins happen daily at the trailhead, though, so I don’t know that we will go back anytime this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitestavern Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, Acadia National Park, Cinque Terre National Park. Can you tell I love to hike? 🤣 Charleston, SC Edited April 5, 2022 by whitestavern 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Eagles nook resort Tofino British Columbia 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) The highlands of Scotland. Every time we went around a bend in the road we got a new, impossibly beautiful view. We kept saying it was like Scotland was cheating, no way anywhere could REALLY be this pretty. We probably said that a dozen times. I also find the Everglades beautiful, but in a totally different way. Edited April 5, 2022 by ktgrok 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Antelope canyon Grand Canyon Zion Mt. Rainier Canyonlands Glacier National Park Grand Teton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) The Dolomites in Italy (winter and summer) Mt. Rainier Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain The Alhambra Charleston, SC The Pacific Ocean Kane'ohe, Hawaii Eta: Anywhere with a clear view of the night sky Edited April 5, 2022 by Stacia 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Bali is incredibly beautiful, especially inland away from the touristy beach areas. I spent a really blissful week there pre-kids. Iceland is magic, there's just nowhere else like it on earth. I would love to go back some day, especially to see the northern lights. Santorini, especially at sunset. Lucky to have been there twice, once on a college trip and once with my kids. Venice is amazing and it felt much more exotic and other-worldly than I expected. The Dordogne/Perigord region of southwestern France is my favorite place I've ever lived, and if not for various family considerations, I would have happily lived there for the rest of my life. My favorite place in the US is Ghost Ranch in northern NM. The colors of the landscape there really are exactly as Georgia O'Keefe painted them. That would be my first choice as a place to scatter my ashes. I've also been to Fiji, Tonga, and NZ (that was all one trip), and I thought NZ was really gorgeous. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Was not a fan of Bali but other places in Indonesia remain etched in memory. Wanted to go back for DS senior trip but it remains fairly closed. Komodo national park, and a bunch of remote beaches there,Borobudur was otherworldly, Central Java enchanting. wadi mujib in Jordan. Various known and totally unknown mountain ranges and beaches in Europe. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Petra, Jordan; Jerusalem, Israel; Tokyo, Japan, Outer Banks, NC (at night when there is a new moon so you can see the entire galaxy - or so it seems) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hmm... Victoria Falls is totally worth the trip. It's incredible. The top of Table Mountain in Capetown is just breathtaking. Bryce Canyon utterly blew me away. I'll totally second night at the Outer Banks. Huangshan is probably the mountainy place in China that most impressed me, though I lived near this lesser known park called Xiqiaoshan that had a pretty incredible cave. The dwarf conifers section of the National Arboretum is my favorite part. The big rose garden in Portland, OR is pretty awesome. Where you can climb down from the ruins at Tulum and swim in the ocean below is pretty special. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Austria--every place I have been in Austria 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Farrar said: Hmm... Victoria Falls is totally worth the trip. It's incredible. The top of Table Mountain in Capetown is just breathtaking. I love that you're listing those! I grew upon Cape Town. Southern Africa has so many beautiful places Namibia - to sit on a sand dune outside of Swakopmund and see the endless sand of the desert on the one side and endless ocean on the other. Zimbabwe for the majestic Victoria Falls. Malawi for the beauty of snorkeling in Lake Malawi - I don't know how it has developed and whether it is still as pristine as when I visited on a student trip 30 years ago. South Africa - the beaches of the Garden Route (along the ocean from Cape Town to Mossel Bay) and forests in the Knysna area. There are nature reserves to hike where you might not see other people for hours on end. https://www.planetware.com/western-cape/garden-route-saf-wc-gr.htm - the Kruger National Park and surrounding wildlife reserves for the bushveld (and of course safari) experience and the beautiful scenery of Mpumalanga. https://www.tripadvisor.co.za/Attractions-g312628-Activities-Mpumalanga.html - the Drakensberg in KwaZulu Natal. https://www.sa-venues.com/destinations/kwazulunatal/drakensberg/attractions/ The old cities in Europe - Edinburgh and Prague are my favourites. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 5 hours ago, ktgrok said: The highlands of Scotland. Every time we went around a bend in the road we got a new, impossibly beautiful view. We kept saying it was like Scotland was cheating, no way anywhere could REALLY be this pretty. We probably said that a dozen times. I have to agree. As an English person who had never gone north of Edinburgh, I was astonished by the beauty of the Highlands when we moved to Scotland, and feel very lucky to be able to visit any weekend I like. These are from the weekend of 26 March. Apart from that, the Li river in China stands out for me: https://www.google.com/search?q=li+river&client=firefox-b-d&sxsrf=APq-WBt_GvcTrl2fKgZwaS2YHTFt3qktKA:1649147407576&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiSn6TrwPz2AhXUQkEAHaAKD2UQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1675&bih=927&dpr=1 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Elizabeth86 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 And my other favorite place 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Okinawa, Japan... we lived there for 4 years and I feel like we only scratched the surface of living on that tiny island. I would go back in a heart beat given the chance. The English countryside... again I would go back in a heartbeat. We saw so much in 3 week we spent there but still missed so much due to time constraints lol. My then-3yo daughter watching two lambs play in Oxfordshire, England. I don't have my pictures scanned in yet of the next two but you'll just have to google images or just trust me lol. Sedona, Arizona... we would go camping in Oak Creek Canyon when I was a kid. Red Rock country is beautiful. Sonoran Desert, Phoenix, Arizona... It's where I grew up so I may be a bit bias lol I'll try to post some pics after I've woken up a bit more lol. Edited April 5, 2022 by sweet2ndchance pics 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 There are more exciting places in the world, but I’m still thrilled that I get to live in the Pocono Mountains. Google iimages don’t do it justice, but those are really just for the tourists. I just got to breathe in incredible views, 200yo mansions, and quaint shops during my necessary tasks yesterday. No special arrangements, just life! Knowing where the best “secret” waterfalls are is awesome. Continuously learning about the history (and prehistory) of the region is exciting. Catching a view at a new angle after so many years is a thrill. Raising kids to see 2400 square miles as their personal playground has brought me so much joy. But I’m still a sucker for anywhere that has wild (or semi-wild) ponies. Deer suck, and I’m sick of them. (Trying to make sure I got a shot of only my own explorers.) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 If we're talking gorgeous waterfalls, I was stunned by the beauty of Gullfoss, Iceland. I'd return to Iceland in a heartbeat. What a cool place to experience, with the sulfur-smelling natually heated showers and hot tubs! 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Oh. Tibet. I went in 1986 but it's still strong in my memory. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 5 minutes ago, wintermom said: If we're talking gorgeous waterfalls, I was stunned by the beauty of Gullfoss, Iceland. I'd return to Iceland in a heartbeat. What a cool place to experience, with the sulfur-smelling natually heated showers and hot tubs! Wow!! Iceland is on my bucket list. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wintermom Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Hannah said: Wow!! Iceland is on my bucket list. I'd love to visit South Africa. There's some spectacular scenery and wildlife to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmasc Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) Capri, Italy. It was the most beautiful, turquoise water I’ve ever seen. That was over 20 years ago though, so I hope it still is. Biltmore Gardens (NC) in early fall. Not only stunningly beautiful, but I smelled a rose in their garden that I swear was actually intoxicating, like no flower I’ve ever smelled before or since. Vermont in the fall. It seemed so beautiful and clean and not people-y (even though it was a crowded time of year, we tried to stay “off the beaten path” so to speak.) Colorado. The Rockies were as gorgeous as I’d hoped and expected them to be. Edited April 5, 2022 by mmasc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 1 minute ago, wintermom said: I'd love to visit South Africa. There's some spectacular scenery and wildlife to see. You won't be disappointed in the scenery and wildlife. There are 10 different biospheres in the country. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 10 hours ago, MrsMommy said: Copper Harbor, MI, in the fall. This really can't be beat. One year I took my high school senior and junior on a college visit tour that included Michigan Tech. It was two weeks of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan schools in late September and early October. That far north their color was peak or near peak. Heaven. It was like being in heaven, just an explosion of color that was so satisfying. Other places: Iceland, Northern Lights Luxor, Egypt on the Nile. Lit up at night, the Nile is amazing. Our hotel was directly east across the water from Hatshepsut's Temple which is also lit. Paris, especially in the evening. We took a night cruise on the Seine. Maine. The coast of Maine in the Boothbay area just can't be beat in August/September. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faith-manor Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The first two are of a felucca ride we took at sunset on the Nile. The second two are of Iceland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 11 hours ago, J-rap said: Dubrovnik, Croatia. The Old Town is surrounded by stone walls from the 16th century. Beautiful, like from a fairytale. I've watched this Hauser video from there many times. It's just beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Costa Rica. This is a picture from our hotel (their picture not mine). Reunion Sugar Beach. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalmia Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The Whitsunday Islands (and Great Barrier Reef) in Queensland, Australia The Twelve Apostles in Victoria, Australia A farm stay in Yerong Creek, Australia Baxter State Park in Maine Popham Beach in Maine Kancamagus Highway through NH and into VT in Autumn Monongahela National Forest in WV Hampi UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India Bandipur National Park (tiger reserve) in Karnataka, India 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Arches National Park, Moab, Utah - haven't been there in years, but I really loved the experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edelweiss Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 I can think of many beautiful places that we have visited, but the one that stands out in my mind as the most beautiful is Salzkammergut (a region right outside of Salzburg, Austria). It took my breath away. I haven't had such a strong reaction since. The second place that comes to mind is Alaska. So incredibly beautiful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Too many places to list. I don't think I could have a favorite. I will give a shout out to Hawaii for having a ridiculous number of beautiful, unspoiled views despite being such a popular destination. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Oh, gosh....so many. I've been incredibly blessed to get to travel a ton - a lot due to DH's work. Some of my favorites, in no particular order: Fernando de Noronha (island off the coast of Brazil) Florence, Italy Cozumel Paraty, RJ, Brazil Pensacola, Florida Cloudcroft, NM lots of other beaches in Brazil the Amazon (we were in the area above Manaus, but I assume once your on the river, it's all gorgeous) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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