for me my favorite place is to go the beach or to the smokey mountains.
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My wife and I like to go to Wilmington NC and spend most of our time on the beach
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Not too much anymore --- too crowded, however.....
Years ago, we would head up the California coast to points north ---- hiking and photographing in the Fern Canyon area was always sublime. >>>> https://www.nps.gov/thingstodo/ferncanyon.htm
Explored the coast -- went looking for elk around fern canyon and other critters --- it is quite wild up there --- used Eureka/Arcata area as a base. Further south at Dillon's Beach I used to hang glide off the dunes there. Of course Yosemite was always a favorite ---- every place is too crowded now, loaded with traffic, and reservations a year in advance.
Four Corners area and the Southwest....those trips were amazing, hiking into all the cliff dwellings.
and probably one of the most amazing places I ever experienced Chaco Canyon ... https://www.nps.gov/chcu/index.htm
We pulled in late ( it is a 40 mile trip into the American "Outback" ) checked into the campsite, the light was perfect, we were between storms, so I set up my 4x5 view camera loaded with 4x5 transparency film stock and took the following shot. The image posted here is a copy of a 20x24 dye transfer print of the skyscape I made from 4x5 black&white separation negs. The whole place was very mystical and magicial.
Last edited by R. Steele; 10-03-2024, 17:58.Cheers, Gerry
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Historically, our favorite destination has been just about any National Park where we can take our camper.
I do like Southwest Colorado.... We never camped at Mesa Verde, instead choosing a small campground at McFee Reservoir about an hour away in Dolores or Ridgeway State Park in Ridgeway. Both were easy jumping off points for a day trips to including Mesa Verde, Durango, Silverton and Black Canyon of the Gunnison.
My all time favorites are pretty much tied at Grand Canyon North Rim, Zion, and Yellowstone/Grand Teton (which although separate are inseparable)...Last edited by eric; 10-03-2024, 18:43.If you like what you see here at Trainsim.com, be it the discussions and knowledge in the forums, items saved in our library or the ongoing development of our TSRE Fork, I hope you'll consider a paid membership to help support keeping the site operating.... Thanks!Comment
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that awesome eric and gerry. i havent been to pike peaks colorado yet. my grandmother went there on vacationComment
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Three months road tripping around the United States. The south west left an ever lasting impression and one magical overnight stay in the Chisos Mountains of West Texas, in the Big Bend National Park, with a full moon and some Mexican guy singing and playing his guitar - well as good as it gets!
Ahhhhh the memories.
Cheers
Duncan
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Big Bend is indeed stunning. It's the only place I've been where there were no aircraft flying overhead and we could experience pure silence....
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Fairbanks, & Inland Passage - Alaska, Colorado Rockies, also anywhere in the 906 Area code, especially Porcupine Mtn. State Park.
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