Where in North America would you revisit for great scenary?

[summitar]

<p>I used "revisit" and "North America" to limit responses to places actually visited, as opposed to "want to visit" and I limit this to North America since I don't know if I will ever fly again without someone holding a gun to my head.<br>

I spent 22 years in the military and had 12 permanent assignments (permanent as opposed to temporary business trips) and have lived in some neat places and some not so neat places. Hint: if corn, wheat or cotton are major industries in your area, it is not neat. I lived for 8 years in the great plains flyover country, and it wasn't so great. But if the doctor ever tells me I have a week to live, I'll spend it in Tulsa. It will seem like a year.<br>

I was born and raised in Niagara Falls, NY, and consider the Falls to be the most spectacular natural site and sight I have ever layed eyes on. Not only visually spectacular but loud and very dynamic. The city itself has fallen on hard times due to outsourcing of the chemical industry, first to the south and then to China.<br>

I have not yet been to the Grand Canyon, and while I am sure it is impressive, it probably lacks some of the dynamics unless you are close to the river.<br>

I have lived for the past 32 years in the Seattle region and it is beautiful except for the dark, damp season. Our winters and summers are mild, but boy, we have short days in the winter made even darker by the omnipresent heavy cloud cover. I am pleased that the Leica Historical Society will have meeting here this Autumn.<br>

Now lay some good ideas on me, especially if they are just few days drive from Seattle. I have yet to visit Jackson Hole, or Banff.</p>

[philipward]

<p>I spent only one day in Yosemite Park but it will be somthing I will never forget for the rest of my life.Pacific Coast highway is another place I would love see again.British Columbia is just across the border from Seattle.</p>

[michaelyoung]

<p>Another vote for Jackson Hole, the Grand Tetons and Yosemite.<br>

Drive down the little highway out of Jackson Hole and there's marsh on the right as you leave town, replete with wild swans floating around in the crystal clear pools, and the Grand Tetons on the left, behind the Snake River, followed by Yosemite "right there" at the other end.<br>

I drove a "thousand miles" out of my way when I moved to California just so I could see it and I'd do it again without hesitation.<br>

This is the way the whole world would appear if the world were perfect.</p>

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[luis_g]

<p>New Mexico truly lives up to its land of enchantment moniker. It shouldn't be so different from AZ, yet it is like a different country. After living there briefly, and visiting many times for extended stays with friends, and my own independent travels, I'd return in a heartbeat. The Hoh rain forest, near you is stunning, surreally beautiful. Being among the Redwoods. Several places in Utah around Moab. The California and Oregon coasts. Yellowstone, Yosemite, Zion, Glacier, and the Smokies I want to revisit. So many places, so little time.</p>

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[Charles_Webster]

<p>Oregon coast, Columbia River Gorge, Painted Hills, Yosemite, Snake River, San Francisco, Point Lobos, and I'm sure I'll think of others as soon as I hit "Submit"</p>

<p><Chas></p>

[david_keller3]

<p>Most definitely Yosemite would top my list. If I could I'd move near there. The Oregon coast is another favorite.</p>

[swilson]

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<p>Wow, it is hard for me to think of just one area in North America, as there are so many really great places to photograph.<br>

Some of the places we have gone back to include Alaska, the Oregon coast, Colorado, Utah.<br>

I really enjoyed the South West, in part because the skies were most often clear, but in time I got a bit tired of all the photos having that red tint to them.<br>

Colorado is great as long as the weather is good, much more diversity then in many other areas.<br>

Alaska is both great for the scenery and the wild life.</p>

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[lex_jenkins]

<p>Several places throughout the U.S. Southwest for one specific subject: petrified wood. Years ago I bypassed the Petrified Forest several times and now regret it. One of my longtime pet projects has been documenting structures using petrified wood here in Texas.</p>

<p>If I had unlimited resources, I'd gladly globetrot just to document that stuff. First thing I'd do is get the best large format camera and color film I could find and head for every site where the stuff exists. I've received some snapshots of incredible examples of petrified burled wood found in Australia. I'd love to see that in person.</p>

<p>Odd obsession. I mostly consider myself a people photographer. But petrified wood grabbed my imagination as a teenager when I moved back to Texas. During the 1970s, my granddad took me to a BBQ joint on Jacksboro Highway in Lake Worth. The place had an elaborate petrified wood exterior and sawdust on the floor. By the time I got out of the Navy in 1981, the place had been razed, bulldozed into a ditch nearby and forgotten. It was replaced by a metal beer barn, which in turn housed various nondescript businesses over the years. That sparked my interest in that peculiar style of architectural detail.</p>

[mark_loader]

<p>Not having been to that part of the world I'd like to see the whole darn thing but Bryce Canyon looks unique. Oh, and St Mary Lake, Montana looks like God's own fishing hole. Then the Grand Canyon and finishing with dawn breaking on El Capitan.</p>

[bruce_margolis]

<p>Guess I am living this dream because there are many locations I have re-visited, some of them already mentioned. One of my favorite locations in North America is the Canadian Rockies, the area between Jasper and Banff along the Icefields Parkway. Re-visiting there in a few months.</p>

 

[HuskyMason1]

<p>North Dakota...the great plains and the badlands...big sky country</p>

[charles_stobbs3]

I'll scond Luis. New Mexico.

[Matthew Currie]

<p>I went to the Canadian Rockies (Banff and Jasper area) 30+ years ago. That's about the top of my "wanna go back" list for the continental NA. Technically, though, isn't Hawaii part of North America? I had a two week honeymoon there with wonderful new wife and a satchel full of Kodachrome in 1988, and can't think of many places in the world I'd rather revisit.</p>

[Brad_]

In California, Highway 1 along the coast through Big Sur.

[nodpete]

# 1-Alaska

# 2- Alaska

# 3- Alaska

# 4- you get the idea,

[joseph_leotta]

<p>Vermont - winter , spring summer and especially fall<br /> <img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/9224719-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="454" /></p>

[gordonjb]

Both coasts of Canada. The Cabot trail and the great north peninsula of Newfoundland as well the Pacific rim of Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte islands.

 

My own neighborhood in Parry Sound being a UNESCO world heritage site and home to 30 thousand islands surrounded by clear beautiful water is not too bad either.<div></div>

[jpo3136b]

<p>"Wild Bill's" in Corinth, Mississippi. </p>

[bill_w4]

<p>Canadian Rockies, Dakota Badlands and New England in the fall when its a great year for peak color.</p>

<p>Closer to home, I'd say:</p>

<p>Monument Valley (when there's stormy weather): <a href="http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/p764398107">http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/p764398107</a></p>

<p>Grand Canyon (also during stormy weather): <a href="http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/f234990402">http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/f234990402</a></p>

<p>Monterey County (inland is almost as good as the coast): <a href="http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/f73027771">http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/f73027771</a></p>

<p>Eastern Sierras (during the fall):<br>

<a href="http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/p670185210">http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/p670185210</a><br>

<a href="http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/p594429099">http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/p594429099</a></p>

<p>All of Southern Utah: <a href="http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/f6064282">http://www.eaglerockphotography.com/f6064282</a></p>

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[matthew_newton]

<p>Yellowstone or Yosemite would probably be my number #1 place(s). Hard for me to decide between the two. I am lumping the Grand Tetons in with Yellowstone. The South West of New Mexico and southern Colorado would be #2. I am privately trying to scheme a way to get a job in/near Boulder as it would be me much closer to half of #1 as well as pretty close to #2, and it would basically be #3 for me (well, the Rockies/Rocky Mountain Ntl park).</p>

[phule]

<p>Another vote for Yellowstone and the Tetons. Someday I'll go back and spend a month there...</p>

 

[gordon_lukesh1]

<p>I was going to remark that Jackson to Grand Tetons to Yosemite<sic> is one heck of a day trip. Yellowstone is "right up the river" from the Tetons...</p>

[michaelyoung]

<p>Mea culpa. Of course, it's "Yellowstone" and not "Yosemite."<br>

Although, Yosemite and Lake Tahoe, just up the road from me, are a worthy combination.</p>

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[astral]

<p>Bannack and a couple of other ghost towns out west. Glacier NP. Anywhere in Wyoming in winter. Dry Falls. Canyon de Chelly - if just for the Jeep ride. Escalante - Peekaboo Gulch slot canyon; Cottonwood Canyon Road (and get a camping permit for overnight in the wilderness). White Sands. Death Valley (maybe in winter - brrrrr!). And last, but not least, Tombstone after nightfall, midweek, out of season, when the tourists are gone - take a Stetson!</p>

[patrick_stack]

<p>. Misty Fjords, SE Alaska<br>

. Yosemite in May or Oct.<br>

. Tucson and surrounding desert area, especially the East Saguaro Natl Park.</p>

<p>Patrick</p>