Vacation destinations

[GreatNorth]

What is the best vacation destination in your home state or surrounding area?

 

[Sean]

The Lake District. Which is where I'll be wild camping for a week next month. First outing for my new Terra Nova tent.

 

[oggbashan]

At home, facing the sea, watching everyone else trying to park.

 

[NC_Coastal]

South Core Banks, an uninhabited island accessible by boat only. White, empty beaches, brilliant sunshine and a starry sky almost impossible to describe. It does require survival skills, however.

 

[thør]

At home, facing the sea, watching everyone else trying to park.

Here, no one parks.

 

[thør]

All y’all can come to Alaska. Walk on glaciers. See whales, moose, etc. But, if you really want an experience, go to Talkeetna and book a flight seeing tour of Denali. It is the biggest rock you’ve ever seen. If you don’t feel moved during or after the flight, you’re an insensitive piece of shit. Yeah, you can raft and get splashed with glacier water, or take a 4-wheeler trip on a trail, but the flight seeing trip is #1. Not up to flying in little planes? Then suck it up and come in the winter for the aurora. There are a few good places, ask me if you need advice.

 

[silver gurl]

Montreal. The Old Port. A very unique place with a European flare.

 

[Sh1ne0n67]

The river? Old river towns?

Not a lot else here unless you hunt and fish and were a huge fan of Deliverance.

 

[oggbashan]

Here, no one parks.

After 10.30 am, there are no parking spaces left around my house. It is one of the few places in SE England where you can park for free all day long beside the sea.

 

[Rainblow]

Most people would say the Muskokas but I detest manufactured "wilderness" so I'm going with Lake Superior provincial park or Manitoulin/St. Joseph's Islands.

 

[rockcasbah]

Most people would say the Muskokas but I detest manufactured "wilderness" so I'm going with Lake Superior provincial park or Manitoulin/St. Joseph's Islands.

I just love cottage country, as some of my pals here know…..

But arguably, the last best untouched place in canada ( arguably north america) is gros morne national park.

 

[ishtat]

The Lake District. Which is where I'll be wild camping for a week next month. First outing for my new Terra Nova tent.

That takes me back many years to a winter walk from Coniston to Black Sail YHA. There was no room at the Inn (YHA) so we camped out, but they said "You can use the facilities!" Facilities, at Black Sail? So next month I will not be in the Lake District but dabbling my toes in the Pacific at Cooktown, 300 km north of Cairns for 10 days.

 

[Ingenue844]

Indiana Dunes

 

[Sean]

That takes me back many years to a winter walk from Coniston to Black Sail YHA. There was no room at the Inn (YHA) so we camped out, but they said "You can use the facilities!" Facilities, at Black Sail? So next month I will not be in the Lake District but dabbling my toes in the Pacific at Cooktown, 300 km north of Cairns for 10 days.

That's exactly day two and three of my hike. Buttermere over the Scarth Gap Pass, pitch up somewhere down near Black Sail then on into the Ennerdale Valley.

Oh, btw, if you want a bunk at Black Sail Hut you have to book two years in advance.

 

[rockcasbah]

I’ve never been to the Lake District, must get there!

I liked Lake Geneva a lot, this year it’s Lake Como.

 

[PaxNurgle]

The most popular are Sun Valley and McCall, Idaho, but the best...? Those are the places the locals know about but keep secret so they don't get flooded by rich tourists that crowd out everyone else.

Sun Valley and McCall are pretty nice though. Stanley is more remote and scenic with spectacular hiking, but it is for the more rugged types. St Maries is low key and beautiful but the people there are a little strange...lets just say that the poster currently known as "LakesideChad" (and previously known as... a lot of banned user names) would fit right in, and that isn't necessarily a good thing. The Marsing/Owyhee Mountains area is really cool in the spring and fall, but in the winter and summer, not so much.

 

[Rainblow]

I just love cottage country, as some of my pals here know…..

But arguably, the last best untouched place in canada ( arguably north america) is gros morne national park.

I love the east coast. Never been to Gros Morne PP. But I used to work in St. Sauveur. I lived in St. Anne du Lac for several years. Beautiful area. Too bad St. Sauveur is going downhill (pun intended).

 

[thør]

Someday, I'll explore the Canadian east coast.

 

[silver gurl]

I love the east coast. Never been to Gros Morne PP. But I used to work in St. Sauveur. I lived in St. Anne du Lac for several years. Beautiful area. Too bad St. Sauveur is going downhill (pun intended).

St Sauveur is still very nice but has turned into a big tourist attraction

 

[Rainblow]

St Sauveur is still very nice but has turned into a big tourist attraction

Not surprising, it's a fantastic ski destination and the area is stunning.
Quebec's answer to the Muskokas. Manufactured prettiness.

 

[rockcasbah]

I love the east coast. Never been to Gros Morne PP. But I used to work in St. Sauveur. I lived in St. Anne du Lac for several years. Beautiful area. Too bad St. Sauveur is going downhill (pun intended).

I learned to ski at st sauveur when it was still quaint….Page Bakery croissants and their baked beans were crazy.

 

[thør]

I learned to downhill ski here.

There were no chairlifts, just the t-bar/poma lift.

It's still relatively unspoiled.

 

[silver gurl]

Someday, I'll explore the Canadian east coast.

Nova Scotia and the Cabot Trail

 

[thør]

I intend to be road tripping on the ITH in late August/early September. Might dip the Land Cruiser tires into the Arctic Ocean.

 

[frappingwilly]

All y’all can come to Alaska. Walk on glaciers. See whales, moose, etc. But, if you really want an experience, go to Talkeetna and book a flight seeing tour of Denali. It is the biggest rock you’ve ever seen. If you don’t feel moved during or after the flight, you’re an insensitive piece of shit. Yeah, you can raft and get splashed with glacier water, or take a 4-wheeler trip on a trail, but the flight seeing trip is #1. Not up to flying in little planes? Then suck it up and come in the winter for the aurora. There are a few good places, ask me if you need advice.

I'm in Alaska loads Talkeetna is amazing. A road trip to Valdez is worth it too, wow scenery. Kodiak Island too. Stunning places.