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goofball · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:30 pm Post subject: other places

so in breaking the utah-centric mold for a moment, where else have you visited or frequented that you found just as spectacular as teh greatest state on earth - aka utah ?

when i lived in oklahoma i frequented the wichita mountains quite a bit, as well as teh arkansas ozarks. both beautiful palces. the vast majority of time i wander sans camera, but here are a few shots for those others who love to look at pictures. that is why i liek this site so much, well layed out and full of visuals. (although, to be honest, some of the visuals are entirely overdressed :naughty: )

http://community.webshots.com/user/ochiker

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4127 Location: somewhere

the northcoast of california ... traveled there many times, even lived there for a bit. the largest tracts of old growth redwoods are up there, adjacent to a spectacular coast with wild beaches, cliffs and seastacks.

one of my very favorite places on earth. one special trail to me is damnation creek which leads down 1000 vertical feet to a secluded beach with rocky cliffs. even has a free standing rock sea arch which regularly gets crashed with waves and burried by tides.

here are two virtual 3-dimensional views of what the redwood forest is like on these trails. these pages open up in quicktime and, with your cursor, you can rotate the image about as if you are turning your body.

http://virtualguidebooks.com/NorthCalif/RedwoodPark/DelNorte/DamnationTrailHigh_FS.html
http://virtualguidebooks.com/NorthCalif/RedwoodPark/LBJGrove/LBJGroveFerns_FS.html

in fact if you would like to look at his other virtual images you can find them here

http://virtualguidebooks.com/

Richard Barron · Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 1053 Location: Byng, OK, USA

Lots of cool not Utah stuff...

http://www.richardbarron.net/vp2001/
http://www.richardbarron.net/galleries/caprock/
http://richardbarron.net/galleries/sunsets/
http://richardbarron.net/galleries4/llanoestacado/
http://richardbarron.net/galleries/sticksstones/
http://richardbarron.net/galleries/sundance/
http://richardbarron.net/palodurocanyon/
http://richardbarron.net/galleries2/wichitasnov/

-R

Mtnman1830 · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 1223

The Oregon Coast...

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4127 Location: somewhere

Mtnman1830 wrote: The Oregon Coast...

i agree!!

try this view on for size :popcorn:

http://virtualguidebooks.com/Oregon/OregonCoast/CannonBeachEcola/EcolaPointTrail_FS.html

rockgremlin · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 3915 Location: Hotel California

Another vote here for the Oregon coast! :2thumbs:

I have also visited Black Sand Beach in Hawaii, and the coastlines of Ecuador (San Vicente, Ballanita, and Salinas), some of the most gorgeous beaches I've ever seen! :2thumbs:

Where's Scott these days? He's bound to talk a blue streak about all of the cool non-Utah places he's been.

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4127 Location: somewhere

rockgremlin wrote:

Where's Scott these days? He's bound to talk a blue streak about all of the cool non-Utah places he's been.

part of the christmas present was to go to the andes to do a hike with the wife (and son?). i don't remember how long he was gonna be gone for but i am sure he'll have some good photos when he returns (he be'er!!)

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4127 Location: somewhere

another place ...

meteora, greece

where 300-900 year old orthodox monasteries perch on towering rock monoliths

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 11774 Location: The Rubbish Bin

stefan wrote:

Heyyyy, that's the Elvish city from Lord of the Rings.

Mtnman1830 · Joined: 28 Feb 2006 Posts: 1223

Just outside of Seattle...

goofball · Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject:

stefan wrote: another place ...

meteora, greece

where 300-900 year old orthodox monasteries perch on towering rock monoliths

wow. WAY cool.

love those shots of the west coast. have visited teh pacific nw before and those beaches are nice. not the the tar and jellyfish infested gulf coast from my youth. craggy and rocky and tide pools full of starfish and mussels and anemones and such.

Cirrus2000 · Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 1154 Location: CYVR

Some of my favourite areas from my own backyard:

The Squamish-Cheakamus divide, with the Tantalus range in the background. Taken from Brandywine Mountain:

The Chilliwack Valley has some beautiful mountains, including the Canadian and American Border Peaks (the 49th parallel crosses between the two peaks on the left) and Mount Larrabee:

Upper Joffre Lake, an hour or so north of Whistler, and a 3 hour hike in. Gorgeous lake at the foot of the Matier Glacier. (Not the best picture quality - old scans from old photos.) I carried the 3 year old up 3/4 of the way, he hiked the rest. I had to carry the digger:

Yeah, I like mountains...

stefan · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 4127 Location: somewhere

nice photos cirrus!! :2thumbs:

greyhair biker · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 3091 Location: GreenRiver, Wy

Wow! cools shots! Here are some of where I call 'home' - Hawaii

Cirrus2000 · Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 1154 Location: CYVR

Beautiful! Everyone around here seems to go to Hawaii in winter, but I've never been. One of these days...