Haven't heard that one, but in defense of my beautiful state, Washington has a greater variety of landforms than any comparable area.
Posted on 09/17/2009 9:33:38 PM PDT by cogitator
Haven't heard that one, but in defense of my beautiful state, Washington has a greater variety of landforms than any comparable area.
Oh, and it’s only the folks downwind from Hanford that have webbed feet.
believe me....its all beauty to me......the oceans, lakes, trees, mountains, high plateau,sand dunes,canyons, etc...
Oregone also has a lot of diversity in its landscape...its not all Tillamok Cheese and the Gorge....anyone every been up the road to Hat Point can tell you that..the most amazing dry canyons that to me would rival the Grand Canyon, if I had ever been to the Grand Canyon...
Palouse Falls
The three years I lived near Tacoma, it rained all winter, not hard, but stayed wet with a little snow.
If you read about Lewis&Clark, they experienced that kind of weather at their winter camp near Washington also.
"Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1805-06 near present-day Astoria, Oregon, a location chosen by a historic vote (November 24, 1805) of all the expedition’s members—including Shoshone woman Sacagawea and William Clark’s slave, York. They called their winter home Fort Clatsop, after the local Indian tribe, and remained there until March 23, 1806, when they began their return trip to the United States. The long, wet winter provided Meriwether Lewis with plenty of time to observe and document the native flora and fauna"(snip)
so where is it again?....btw..thx for posting....beautiful pics....
Below is the image that caught my attention, 1/2 size. Click for full size.
And a map, also 1/2 size:
So what caught my eye was the elevated area on the southeast coast of Ireland. It seemed pretty rugged. There's two other areas that appear rugged, both on the west coast, north near Galway, south near Killarney. (I'll have to check out Panoramio on them, too.) But the area on the east coast was so close to Dublin that it surprised me.
The area is called the Wicklow Mountains, and smack dab in the middle of it is Wicklow Mountains National Park. The pictures from top to bottom, are Lough Cleevan, Glenmacnass waterfall, the Spink Boardwalk, Glendalough Upper Lake (two are from there), Glendalough Falls, and the Glenaloe River.
This area is bit further south than the one part of the area I've heard of, Powerscourt Mountain, which on one side has Powerscourt waterfall, frequently listed as the highest waterfall in Ireland (but it's really not, there's at least one on the west coast near Galway that's higher but not as well known).
In any case, this proves that there are a lot of really pretty places in the world, many of which we don't know about unless we have some local knowledge.
I don’t know a lot about Ireland, but I sure do like their whiskey and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. We have our schools closed in Savannah for St. Pat’s Day as our whole city goes bonkers in celebration. Erin go Bragh ! (not bad for a redneck from South Georgia, eh?)
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