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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat's your favorite spot on earth...?
...mine is the Branford, CT Supply Pond, a park just north of the town with a small lake. A wooded oasis in the midst of modern sprawl. I've loved it since I was a little kid. How about you folks...?
stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)GWC58
(2,678 posts)Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Not just for its history but also for its beauty. 👍🏻❤️
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)It's a 12th century building whose walls are almost entirely stained glass. I was there years ago and am looking forward to another trip!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainte-Chapelle
sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,699 posts)I am going back next spring and am looking forward to it a lot.
applegrove
(118,778 posts)when a concert was going on. We stayed very close to l'ile de la Cite. I can't remember if we didn't know about it or just couldn't find it. Looks beautiful.
RockRaven
(14,998 posts)specifically the Mile Rock trail and overlook, walking through the cypresss trees, Golden Gate Bridge to your east, Marin Headlands to the north, and choppy, churning Pacific Ocean everywhere else you look.
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sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)Harker
(14,034 posts)CountAllVotes
(20,878 posts)Great place and the home of my ancestors!
Got to love Donegal!
Harker
(14,034 posts)I also have a favorite spot on Jupiter.
SKKY
(11,821 posts)...but if we're all in Setenil de las Bodegas, a small town near Ronda, Spain all the better.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I grew up in the foothills and skied and summered in the mountain lakes. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, and I have traveled quite a bit.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)randr
(12,414 posts)woofless
(2,670 posts)in the foothills of the North Cascades 5 miles south of the border. Hope I never have to leave.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)catbyte
(34,447 posts)My late, beloved husband (Happy Birthday, baby--I'll love you forever) and I would spend hours just down the hill from that overlook watching Humpback whale mothers and babies playing in sheltered Maalaea Bay. In the second picture you can see mama teaching baby how to breach. Coming from Michigan in February to spend two weeks in paradise was heaven on earth.
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Boomerproud
(7,964 posts)It's peaceful , powerful and beautiful at the same time.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)And not the tourist spots. Best time Ive ever had was in Lihue and the state parks around there. I liked it so much I vacationed there three times in a single year. Its beautiful and I simply feel at home there.
I probably wont ever get back there since my wife has become excited about exploring Florida and Texas.
elocs
(22,600 posts)From here I can go anywhere in the world and besides, when I have been other places I always wish I was back home after a short time. For me, there's no place like home.
It's nice that we're all not alike.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)with a herd of deer silently passing by on their way to drink from the Merced River is at the top of the list.
zanana1
(6,129 posts)It's a wonderful, quiet, nature-filled spot in the city. There's a ledge where I can sit and watch the city below.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)zanana1
(6,129 posts)PJMcK
(22,048 posts)lamsmy
(155 posts)Seriously. Those waterfalls are in the Aberdares National Park in Kenya. Not far from the top of the falls stand two cosy stone cottages that you can rent. Mountain elephants stroll by, and when the mist rolls in (the park gate is at 3000m so it's always chilly) you can light a fire in the huge fireplace. It's a simple magical world up there.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Taken there when young and visited with my family many times , and is one the most beautiful places in our many travels around this country.
Rustynaerduwell
(664 posts)I've been there alone and with friends. It's a tough climb up and the peak is small and flat, but I've seen bear, deer, hare and lynx at the top. And every time I sat on that summit and an animal came by it was a strangely calming experience, with neither human nor animal scared of the other. Each time it was a shared experience. They'd just look around, glance at me and then just amble on. Magical. Oh, and the views can't be beat.
we can do it
(12,193 posts)Glacier National Park. Narrowly edging out North Rim Grand Canyon and our home Rehoboth Beach.
Iggo
(47,565 posts)The desert, the woods, the beach at night. Stuff like that.
Other than that, last night putting my two-year-old nephew to sleep was pretty great.
MFM008
(19,818 posts)Has a view of the narrows bridge .
Just a nice quiet local place
With a view of the sound.
Birds. Bunnies....flowers apple trees.