anethum
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mais oui!
This country is so beautiful!
I've been to a few of those on the list.
Love Crater Lake, have been there twice.
It took me a while to go back, first time was not fun.
1975, with my folks and younger brother. Sewer line broke, over 500 folks ill from drinking water Crater Lake was shut down for about a month.
Had to get gamma shots, one each hip, to prevent hepatitis. Those shots hurt!
Agreed, I went there on foot once, and sailed by it a dozen times. There are a lot of beautiful areas in western and northern Michigan (it’s not all Detroit), just don’t caught there in the dead of Winter.I agree with the location they picked for Michigan, but there are way better pictures of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Agreed, I went there on foot once, and sailed by it a dozen times. There are a lot of beautiful areas in western and northern Michigan (it’s not all Detroit), just don’t caught there in the dead of Winter.
For some reason I don’t miss shoveling snow, scraping ice or living through power outages in winter. BTDT for 25 (IL)+ 4 (IN) + 10 (OH) + 1 (NJ) = 40 years…Ohh, that's when it's really cool. By the lake with gigantic ice chunks and freezing waves crashing into the shore. We'd run out to the lighthouse freezing our butts off in South Haven. Can't forget the 6 ft. of lake effect snow we'd get about twice a week. We'd have to shovel paths for our dogs just to go out. I really miss Michigan.
What a daunting task that must have been, to select just one place for each state!
I agree with the location they picked for Michigan, but there are way better pictures of Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Agreed, I went there on foot once, and sailed by it a dozen times. There are a lot of beautiful areas in western and northern Michigan (it’s not all Detroit), just don’t caught there in the dead of Winter.
For some reason I don’t miss shoveling snow, scraping ice or living through power outages in winter. BTDT for 25 (IL)+ 4 (IN) + 10 (OH) + 1 (NJ) = 40 years…
What a daunting task that must have been, to select just one place for each state! I never heard of the place they selected in Louisiana ("Wild Azalea Trail"?), and might have selected the Atchafalaya Swamp, or some of the many other beautiful locations here. But they got it right with the Na Pali Coast for Hawaii. Maybe - - well, that was the first location that came to mind for Hawaii, anyway.
We live in such amazingly beautiful country.
Yeah, gotta agree about the Na Pali coast on Kauai being number 1 in the Islands. I live a hundred miles away and have only seen it once. I hope I can go back one more time. Now, having said that, there must be 25 places within Hawaii that rank in 2nd place in the state! YMMV
We took a boat tour along the Na Pali coast twice. The first time was a zodiac boat from Hanalei Bay, until they halted most boats their to protect the sea turtles. The second time was a sunset cruise (sunset on the way back) from somewhere near Poipu I think.
I spent 40 years in the SF Bay Area and my cousins have spent their whole lives there. We “played tourist” all the time. My relatives who lived in the redwood forest in the Sonoma wine country would spend a week every year in SF pretending to be tourists, even though they grew up running wild in SF.
Koolau, you should try playing tourist in your own state. Whale watching in Maui in January, Volcanoes National Park and night snorkeling with the manta rays on the big island, scuba diving in the lava tubes off the coast of Kauai, where you can see a hundred sea turtles and huge moray eels just 20-30 feet underwater. And there is nothing more awe inspiring than seeing the Na Pali coast by boat, especially a sunset cruise on a catamaran.
I’ve seen a number of the prettiest places in the western states, but just a few here in the east. We need to take more road trips, I think.
Yeah, gotta agree about the Na Pali coast on Kauai being number 1 in the Islands. I live a hundred miles away and have only seen it once. I hope I can go back one more time. Now, having said that, there must be 25 places within Hawaii that rank in 2nd place in the state! YMMV
Only 100 miles away is an easy day trip. Get in the car and go.
As soon as they get the bridge done, baby, we'll do that.
Or the ferry right
Other than Kauai, I've actually done most of the tourist things on the islands.
And darn near everything on Oahu. The nice thing about being retired is when friends come to visit, I don't really have an excuse to say no, and we kama'aina (locals) get a discount.