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Though I originally thought Asheville would be my top town in the United States to live after this 
trip, I think it has been replaced by Coeur D’ Alene. What a gorgeous place. The next morning, we got up bright and early, taking a long walk along the paved bike path that encircles miles of the lake, which is the site for the Ironman Triathlon. The docks groaned in the water like beseeched animals at times, making Loren cock her head. She sniffed and even jogged a little bit, looking up in fascination as a women with a big blonde fro of permed hair skated by us or when bikers would whiz by from behind. Then we headed out for the 37-mile or so scenic drive. … The drive was amazing, offering a view of the incredible bridge that perched above the lake, as well as some dazzling waterfront properties and the many boats docked alongside them/Michelle Sathe, Santa Clarita Valley Signal. More here.
Question: What is the most gorgeous place you’ve visited?
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Frum Helen Back on July 06 at 9:53 a.m.
Yosemite was the most beautiful place I've visited, but I haven't traveled all that much.
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Blockhead on July 06 at 10:12 a.m.
Kauai
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JBelle on July 06 at 10:29 a.m.
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. duh.
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Charlie on July 06 at 10:34 a.m.
North Idaho but also Pali Lookout in Hawaii.
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Blockhead on July 06 at 10:35 a.m.
Coeur d'Alene is the most beautiful place I've seen. Kauai is the most gorgeous place I've seen.
Now I'm wondering what's the cutest place.
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Lynne on July 06 at 10:38 a.m.
I've been to 46 states and found beauty in each of them. Walking or driving by lake CDA still takes my breath away though. Even after 30 years.
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Brent Andrews on July 06 at 10:40 a.m.
what's the cutest place
Franklin, Tennessee - come see!
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raymond_pert on July 06 at 11:06 a.m.
Rye, East Sussex, England (UK). It's been thirty years since I've visited and possibly the way time can sugar memory has made this place more lovely in my mind than it really is, but I remember the two days or so I spent in Rye as sublime.
I also have loved my two visits (1975, 1979) to England's Lake District and remember an especially enchanting little trek I took beginning and ending in Ambleside. Along the way, famished, Eileen (my first wife) and I stopped at a pub we didn't know about and I remember the simple basket of scampi and chips washed down with a pint of real ale being one of the most satisfying meals I've ever eaten.
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BethB on July 06 at 11:36 a.m.
Thirty years ago, I dreamt of a place with amazing waterfalls, surrounded in rich, rich green and water washing into the ocean… A few years later, in Indonesia, as I was jumping over a tiny but deep ravine with a stream running through it (and made it safe to the other side), I wondered if that place in my dream was somehow nearby…
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Don Sausser on July 06 at 12:16 p.m.
I just hope that after waiting and waiting for her dog to “go” that she picks up the mess so that the Pooh Fairie doesn't have to after cleaning Tubbs Hill each day.
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Fishwife on July 06 at 1:04 p.m.
Dear Michelle:
Please come back this December or January and tell us what you think.
Yours truly,
F'Wife
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Shannon on July 06 at 1:21 p.m.
Banff/Lake Louise area. I would love to see Alaska someday, I've seen some amazing pics.
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Cabbage Boy on July 06 at 1:35 p.m.
priest lake. But don't tell anyone.
Banff/Lake Louise is a favorite too. Pretty hard to go wrong with a mountain lake in the rockies.
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Stickman on July 06 at 9:22 p.m.
Thanks Charlie, as I grew up on the other side of Oahu and went up the Pali almost very day. Not many places like that. Also, Kauai, the Garden Isle. I love North Idaho, but there are a few places in this world a bit more beautiful than here. Paris in the spring. Lanikai beach. I love where I live, and would never leave, but the world has many wonders that one has to see in person to really enjoy.
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spokelooneh on July 06 at 10:21 p.m.
“BethB on July 06 at 11:36 a.m.
Thirty years ago, I dreamt of a place with amazing waterfalls, surrounded in rich, rich green and water washing into the ocean… A few years later, in Indonesia, as I was jumping over a tiny but deep ravine with a stream running through it (and made it safe to the other side), I wondered if that place in my dream was somehow nearby…”
I went to place like that in Maui, about 3/4's the way to Hana, a mile or so off the main highway. Damned if can remember the name of it now, but it was gorgeous, and we had it all to ourselves. A fairly large and broad waterfall fell into a pool that was about 5-6 ft. deep, you could swim under and behind the waterfall as well. Or look the other way, and watch the surf. Absolutely stunning.
I think it's in The Hidden Maui book or some such.
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