Thank you, eppie -- what a lovely, wistful thread! I have enjoyed visiting people's URL's. Not having a vehicle, I am limited in places I can explore. That being said I am fortunate to live in a pleasant, pretty area, between a pair of local parks and a state park. The view from my window is a lava intrusion, now covered in the last leaves of orange and gold. In winter, when I was younger, I would snowshoe to the top. Now the mountainside is more built up, but there is still a lovely view from the park above.
For years I have walked to work through wetlands, sometimes meeting more wildlife than I'd care to mention. This is also an historical area, Washington lived where I work in Rocky Hill. Rochambeau marched the French army past my apartment complex, on the way to meet up with Washington in Princeton. Last spring the route to Yorktown was designated a National Historic Trail, so sort of like a National Park!
Since I can't insert links (wish I could)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington-Ro...lutionary_Route
So many places I have not been. Of the parks I have visited, I too loved Plitvice! I was there in the early 1970's when the country was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. At the time there were seven hotels at Plitvice, serving local specialities of trout.
I have not seen the Grand Canyon, nor any of the parks of the American southwest. One U.S. National Park that I'd recommend is Glacier Bay, though as I recall it was not yet a National Park when I was there:
http://www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm
Acadia is another U.S. National Park I could suggest:
http://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm
I've been to remotish spots of Canada such as Gander and James Bay, Moose Factory and Fossil Island. However no Canadian National Parks that I can think of. I'd love to see more of the Canadian wilderness before I die. I had plans to travel up the Alcan Highway some summer with a friend but she crashed her Jeep and killed herself.
One more lovely destination I have visited is Lake Turkana National Parks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Turkan...onal_Parks
Though when I was there the lake was "Rudolf", and it was not a park! Turkana used to be connected with the Nile, and Nile Perch are native:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_perch
It was not all that long before when the area was first discovered by the Europeans. One of my photographs was published in Sky and Telescope. Later that year Time or Newsweek (I can't remember which) called Lake Rudolf the most remote vacation spot on earth. And like where I live, there are vipers. (Fortunately here the local perch are smaller.) It does get dark at night. Bring water.
Edit: Wrong periodical. Did submit a picture to Natural History, but I don't think it was used.
For years I have walked to work through wetlands, sometimes meeting more wildlife than I'd care to mention. This is also an historical area, Washington lived where I work in Rocky Hill. Rochambeau marched the French army past my apartment complex, on the way to meet up with Washington in Princeton. Last spring the route to Yorktown was designated a National Historic Trail, so sort of like a National Park!
Since I can't insert links (wish I could)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington-Ro...lutionary_Route
So many places I have not been. Of the parks I have visited, I too loved Plitvice! I was there in the early 1970's when the country was the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. At the time there were seven hotels at Plitvice, serving local specialities of trout.
I have not seen the Grand Canyon, nor any of the parks of the American southwest. One U.S. National Park that I'd recommend is Glacier Bay, though as I recall it was not yet a National Park when I was there:
http://www.nps.gov/glba/index.htm
Acadia is another U.S. National Park I could suggest:
http://www.nps.gov/acad/index.htm
I've been to remotish spots of Canada such as Gander and James Bay, Moose Factory and Fossil Island. However no Canadian National Parks that I can think of. I'd love to see more of the Canadian wilderness before I die. I had plans to travel up the Alcan Highway some summer with a friend but she crashed her Jeep and killed herself.
One more lovely destination I have visited is Lake Turkana National Parks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Turkan...onal_Parks
Though when I was there the lake was "Rudolf", and it was not a park! Turkana used to be connected with the Nile, and Nile Perch are native:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_perch
It was not all that long before when the area was first discovered by the Europeans. One of my photographs was published in Sky and Telescope. Later that year Time or Newsweek (I can't remember which) called Lake Rudolf the most remote vacation spot on earth. And like where I live, there are vipers. (Fortunately here the local perch are smaller.) It does get dark at night. Bring water.
Edit: Wrong periodical. Did submit a picture to Natural History, but I don't think it was used.
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