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....or National Park (in honor of Earthday)
I concur that our National Parks System is one of our greatest legacies!!!! We owe SO much to those individuals who battl(ed) the tyrants and giants of industry and development for the sake of future generations. Gosh there are so many! I guess just pick one. One of my favorites is The Canyon Overlook Trail (Zion Canyon)...a beautiful only 1 mile hike, that opens up to one of the most spectacular views EVER. I love that sense of feeling so small, yet absolutely belonging. Perhaps one (trail/hike) that's even close to your backyard......... |
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Agreed ...
I love ALL of Montana's best, though I've traipsed most our Nation's National Parks and National Forests ... I've yet to see/hike/camp Alaska and Hawaii ... ... BIG dream And ... ... Galapagos and the Seychelles call me! I also loved hiking the Norwegian Fjord Coastline ... The Swiss/Austrian Alps ... The Moors of Eire ... ... Our Earth's lands are unspeakable raw and beautiful ... ... Love Nature!!! Majestic ... |
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Oh ya D.....Glacier is a favorite!!!!
...and you're right down the "hill" from Rocky Mountain NP! I LOVE Copeland Falls in Wild Basin!! |
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Grew up in Ariz, so Grand Canyon was a fav, know I love the Badlands in S.D. beautiful untouched land, U can camp there and not seeing anyone for for at least 50 miles if U want it is Sacred Lakota land!!
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redwood national park is a great place, crazy how huge those tree`s are
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Mount Nemo Escarpment is my favourite place to hike and explore the caves and trees.
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Thank God we all have natures escape to get us out of the insanity of civilization!!
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Sugarloaf Mountain in Md...
there was this loop trail that my ex and I liked alot. tall rhodos and steep trials... granite bolders, yada yada... but there was an outcropping that all the kids like to get a lil action behind... we called it fugging rock... nice place, the kids had good insights. |
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The woods in Central Florida aren't very appealing, mostly just palmetto and pines...
Since I don't travel much, I'm gonna have to say a walk along the beach at Anna Maria Island... |
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Tribbles, I love FL!!! I've been to FL many times & spent 3 months there when I was 15 with my Dad in 1982. Unfortunately I haven't been back to FL for about 6 years.
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....or National Park (in honor of Earthday) I concur that our National Parks System is one of our greatest legacies!!!! We owe SO much to those individuals who battl(ed) the tyrants and giants of industry and development for the sake of future generations. Gosh there are so many! I guess just pick one. One of my favorites is The Canyon Overlook Trail (Zion Canyon)...a beautiful only 1 mile hike, that opens up to one of the most spectacular views EVER. I love that sense of feeling so small, yet absolutely belonging. Perhaps one (trail/hike) that's even close to your backyard......... Yes, Zion is great. Went in Feb, you can drive in @ that time, rates real low and sweater weather. |
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Grew up in Ariz, so Grand Canyon was a fav, know I love the Badlands in S.D. beautiful untouched land, U can camp there and not seeing anyone for for at least 50 miles if U want it is Sacred Lakota land!! Camped there for a week in Sept, years back. COLD, but so much fun. A fellow camper down the ways snored so loud, we thought a bear was in their camp and snuck down, after we war painted our faces~! |
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The 10 000 or so acres in my backyard....or the gazillion miles of coral reef in my front yard...
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The beaches and shoreline of Lake Michigan.
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Edited by
skydancingA
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Thu 04/22/10 02:33 PM
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I would also have to say, my own backyard..
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I would also have to say, my own backyard.. WOW! That's soooo cool! |
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I would also have to say, my own backyard.. there's nothing to mow there!! |
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Yep, Montana is spectacular.....love it.
I lived there for a long time and climbed those hills and floated the rivers. Floating on inner tubes all tied together down the Blackfoot River, one inner tube was just for the cooler of beer, some great spots up there. Yellowstone is one of the great places to visit, lots to see and do. I worked up Glacier Park one summer tending bar, it was quite a summer. I met people there that lived in a tee-pee year round, at the top of the Rocky Mountains, whoa... I was at Saint Mary's and anyone who has driven the "going to the sun" highway knows how incredible it is way all up there in the clouds. Jackson Hole, Wyoming is a happening little place in the summer. The Grand Canyon is always breath taking no matter how many times you've seen it. I'd like to get down there again this summer. ...and of course Utah, love hiking through the gorgeous-ness of our landscape. There are several canyons within minutes from my house...and southern Utah has the red rock parks. I haven't been there for awhile either, I'd like to go there this summer to. Zion and Arches parks, Moab...so many nifty far-out places down there too. Without a doubt, for me personally...this region of the country is where it's happening as far as nature, the parks, the rivers, and the over all awesome-ness of the mountains and all that comes with it. I do at times miss the water and beaches though, gotta love the mountains, except during winter. |
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I would also have to say, my own backyard.. there's nothing to mow there!! Are you kidding? The rain, babe the rain,it greeneth the grasses, which groweth amok. Besides, your mower is more like.. transportation. |
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Dinosaur Valley in Glen Rose Texas
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