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And small towns in the Adirondacks, Smokey Mts., Blue Ridge Mts. etc. Anyway “fastest growing” kind of kills it for me. When this happens, so called “progress”, the towns lose their quaintness, their traditions, and their peace and quite.
Yep, Look at the LA basin and from the coastal plains to the mountains. But the mountains on the ocean side are higher, on the desert side their lower elevation because the desert floor is 3k to 4k or so high. Crazy geology.
PARADISE, CALIF BURNED TO THE GROUND A FEW YEARS AGO.
I live at 7500’ in New Mexico. When I visit my family on the Chesapeake, especially in the summer, it’s like breathing corn syrup through a straw.
New Mexico is wonderful.
Little towns with history and/or scenery are the answer. I do hate my mosquitoes however.
We’re actually renting a cabin for a few days in Lakeside-Pinetop after Christmas. It’s become a tradition in the last few yrs and it really helps our family recover from the Christmas craziness.
Couldn't agree more. I've been coming to the Coeur d'Alene area since about 1965. It used to be an honest living town with lumber, mining, railroads. Now some of those still exist, but it's lots of tourism now The country had 170 million people when we visited relatives back then. Now it's double the population. Ugh.
“it’s like breathing corn syrup through a straw”
LOL...good description and I know what you mean!
When I lived in Missouri, the sky was usually a pale, hazy whitish color. Nothing like the spectacular skies in the west.
Wonderful! I lived in a small A-Frame cabin by the Pinetop Country Club. The whole place was deserted during Christmas! Have fun! I’d love to go back for a visit. I visited about 20 years after I had lived there and was shocked at the growth and expansion everywhere.
No kidding. I can always tell when a movie was filmed in New Mexico by the skies.
I loved working at the range, it was a square mile of undeveloped high desert. Tons of wildlife, and history. And birds! Hawks, falcons, jays, pinion jays, western bluebirds, hummingbirds, owls, turkeys, sandhill cranes, crows, and the biggest most amazing ravens.
Speaking of the range, if you’re ever up in Montana, the “Bison Range” NW of Missoula is spectacular. It’s run by the Kootenai-Salish Confederated Tribes. Huge place, hundreds of bison roaming free. There’s a big loop road that heads over the top of mountain ridge and back into the valley. Long views all around from up top. Wonderful, out-of-the way spot.
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