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CMF · October 25, 2005, 05:30 AM

Where is the most spectacular scenery you've ever seen? BANF? Nova Scotia? Yellowstone? The Grand Canyon? Alaska? ___________?

Charles

Rose Pink · October 25, 2005, 11:13 AM

It's been said that if you don't like the scenery where you are at in Utah, just drive an hour in any direction and it changes. From the desolate expanse of the salt flats to the changing colors of the rock formations in Bryce to the mountain forests, you'll find just about anything. We love Moab, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, Capitol Reef, and our home in the Salt Lake Valley. (Well, maybe not the actual house--it needs a lot of work--but the location.)

LisaH · October 25, 2005, 11:23 AM

Hawaii, any island
Oregon Coast
Yosamite National Park
Vancouver
Vancouver Island

(I am biased as I live on the West Coast)

lumpy · October 25, 2005, 12:15 PM

Loved the Alaskan cruise a couple of years ago
Also hard to beat Kauai - Napali Coast, Bali Hai, Waimea canyon, waterfalls

labguides · October 25, 2005, 12:30 PM

One often missed site is Cedar Break in Utah, just out of Cedar City.

glenn1000 · October 25, 2005, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LisaH

Hawaii, any island
Oregon Coast
Yosemite National Park
Vancouver
Vancouver Island

(I am biased as I live on the West Coast)

I agree with this list and would add parts of New Zealand and Australia plus the California coastline.

CMF · October 25, 2005, 02:09 PM

How's about North American timeshares near some of these locations? I want to broaden my horizons and travel somewhere other than Orlando with the family once a year.

Thanks for the tips so far!

Charles

JeffV · October 25, 2005, 02:34 PM

All of them have timeshares reasonably close. Go to the RCI directory and do a search by state or better yet, look in the RCI resort catalog as you can then see relative distances. They all beat the heck out of Orlando in my opinion.

Jya-Ning · October 25, 2005, 02:42 PM

Or go to Tug's resort' review, and look at that state or the top 30 resorts

Jya-Ning

spatenfloot · October 25, 2005, 02:54 PM

Worldmark has resorts in many of the listed locations. Are you still considering buying one or did you decide the stick with Marriot?

CMF · October 25, 2005, 03:03 PM

I need the security of the Marriott only trading window. But, I will reconsider WM if I have trouble finding the Horizons at Branson at a good price; the trouble is that I have only an educated guess as to what a good price is.

I'm in no hurry though. I have my January vacation in Orlando planned, I am booking tickets on the TUG Alaska cruise, and I'm sure the Foxrun that I am in the process of buying will get me a week in the fall somewhere nice.

So I'm set for 2006 and looking forward to 2007.

Charles

wackymother · October 25, 2005, 03:10 PM

...is the Hudson River Valley, which was painted by some of the great artists of the (hence the name) Hudson River School. If you visit Mohonk Mountain House (unfortunately not a timeshare), they have wonderful hiking trails and little gazebos set on the cliffs where you can sit and admire the spectacular scenery. It's amazing, just like being in one of those paintings!

CMF · October 25, 2005, 03:46 PM

My niece worked at Mohonk and it is beautiful, I visited while she was employed there. Loved the huge porch with all the rocking chairs.

A few places to add of my own:

The Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Mt. Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument
Mt. Rainier National Park
The San Juan Islands of Puget Sound

Charles

debraxh · October 25, 2005, 04:04 PM

the Big Island of Hawaii

Nearly everywhere I've visited has spectacular scenery of some kind, in it's own way, so I've only listed my favorite.

Steve · October 25, 2005, 04:27 PM

Here are some of the most beautiful places I've been to:

In the USA:

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Glacier National Park, Montana
Oregon Coast
Maine Coast
Sanibel Island, Florida
Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina
Sedona, Arizona
Santa Barbara, California
Yosemite National Park, California
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/NC

In Europe:

Zermatt, Switzerland
Berchesgaden, Germany
Salzburg, Austria

Most of these areas have timeshares in the nearby vicinity.

Have fun!

Steve

EAM · October 25, 2005, 06:03 PM

Best Cliffs:
Na Pali
Best Canyons:
Waimea Canyon
The Grand Canyon
Best volcanic site:
Kilauea Iki
The Yellowstone Caldera
Best mountains:
The Alps in Austria, Germany & Switzerland
Glacier National Park
The Grand Tetons
The Maroon Bells
The view of Pyramid Peak as one comes over a rise on a ski lift in Colorado

DeniseM · October 25, 2005, 07:32 PM

I might have missed it, but I didn't see anyone post Lake Tahoe.

Fern Modena · October 25, 2005, 07:33 PM

Not ten, and certainly not everybody's...

The view of the Grand Canal in Venice seen from the steps of the Venezia Centrale train station
Alaska, too many places to mention individually
The view of the Las Vegas Strip from Pinnacle Village (see? I told you it wouldn't be everybody's choice)
Santa Barbara
Sidi Bu Said (spelling?), Tunisia
just outside Palermo, Sicily

Fern

JudyH · October 25, 2005, 09:26 PM

No one mentioned Escalante Canyon, in Boulder, Utah. Take the senic route from Moab,Utah, thru Canyonlands National Park, on the way to Zion National Park. Miles of pink marble cascading down forever. One good thing from the Clinton presidency was that he designated this a National area.

bluehende · October 26, 2005, 08:59 AM

The special places i have visited.

1. Mount Ranier

2. Arches NP

3. Zion after a 2 inch deluge of rain.....hundreds of intermittent waterfalls off the walls.

3. Yosemite....from the point right above the valley...forget the name

4. View from MT Haystack in the Adirondaks.

krisj · October 26, 2005, 11:42 AM

10 most scenic places I've been;

Bali (especially inland mountain rice terraces)
Glen Coe in Scotland
Sea-to-Sky highway (Vancouver to Whistler)
Zion area, Monument Valley or Sedona (for red rocks)
Bornholm Denmark (island off the coast of Sweden)
Mt Rainier, Grand Tetons, Maroon Bells or top of Whistler Mountain (Black Tusk views)
Alhambra in Granada Spain
Hawaii (soft spot for the Big Island, which has it all)
San Juan Islands or Deception Pass area
Old growth forest (Vancouver Island, CA redwoods, WA Ho River Rain Forest)

Kris

ellend · October 26, 2005, 12:34 PM

Great post, loads of ideas for future holidays here. Add this one to the list,
Exmoor in England when the rain is lashing down and a gale is blowing. Sounds dreadful, it's great.

Neesie · October 26, 2005, 01:43 PM

I fell in love with Sedona, Arizona. I never heard of it until I was paging through the RCI book a few years ago....same with Whistler, B.C. and now I've been to both. Both highly recommended based on scenery.

Greg G · October 26, 2005, 07:37 PM

Acadia National Park, Maine.
I haven't been to any of the other parks mentioned but Acadia National Park was very scenic.

Greg

4dabirds · October 26, 2005, 08:58 PM

Reefs off a small island in the Carribean - there is a whole other world awaiting down there!

Ruby Beach for it's stacks, drift logs, and river that flows out to the ocean (Washington Coast/Olympic Pennisula)

Yosemite - very diverse scenary/ecosystems from meadows to alpine all in a day's hike

Colorado Rockies and Vermont in the fall

Moab, Bryce, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Zion, Sedona, Valley of Fire - at sunrise or sunset (especially Bryce dusted with just a bit of snow ...or looking up those canyon walls from the valley floor)

Carmel - sitting on the cliffs as the waves come crashing in

Redwood forest in California

The Hawaiian Islands - for their beauty and diversity

October 25, 2005, 05:30 AM	#1
CMF TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Oct 11, 05 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,196 Resorts: Foxrun Townhouse Week 30; Marriott Manor Club Platinum; Marriott Barony Beach Gold	Top Ten Scenic Destinations? Where is the most spectacular scenery you've ever seen? BANF? Nova Scotia? Yellowstone? The Grand Canyon? Alaska? ___________? Charles

October 25, 2005, 11:13 AM	#2
Rose Pink TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Posts: 2,913	Utah It's been said that if you don't like the scenery where you are at in Utah, just drive an hour in any direction and it changes. From the desolate expanse of the salt flats to the changing colors of the rock formations in Bryce to the mountain forests, you'll find just about anything. We love Moab, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, Capitol Reef, and our home in the Salt Lake Valley. (Well, maybe not the actual house--it needs a lot of work--but the location.)

October 25, 2005, 12:15 PM	#4
lumpy TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 8, 05 Location: SW Mpls Metro Posts: 29 Resorts: Harbour Point	Best Scenery Loved the Alaskan cruise a couple of years ago Also hard to beat Kauai - Napali Coast, Bali Hai, Waimea canyon, waterfalls

October 25, 2005, 02:09 PM	#7
CMF TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Oct 11, 05 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,196 Resorts: Foxrun Townhouse Week 30; Marriott Manor Club Platinum; Marriott Barony Beach Gold	Most Scenic Timeshare??? How's about North American timeshares near some of these locations? I want to broaden my horizons and travel somewhere other than Orlando with the family once a year. Thanks for the tips so far! Charles

October 25, 2005, 03:03 PM	#11
CMF TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Oct 11, 05 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,196 Resorts: Foxrun Townhouse Week 30; Marriott Manor Club Platinum; Marriott Barony Beach Gold	Sticking with the Big M. I need the security of the Marriott only trading window. But, I will reconsider WM if I have trouble finding the Horizons at Branson at a good price; the trouble is that I have only an educated guess as to what a good price is. I'm in no hurry though. I have my January vacation in Orlando planned, I am booking tickets on the TUG Alaska cruise, and I'm sure the Foxrun that I am in the process of buying will get me a week in the fall somewhere nice. So I'm set for 2006 and looking forward to 2007. Charles

October 25, 2005, 11:23 AM	#3
LisaH TUG Lifetime Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: SF Bay area, CA Posts: 1,327	Hawaii, any island Oregon Coast Yosamite National Park Vancouver Vancouver Island (I am biased as I live on the West Coast)

October 25, 2005, 12:30 PM	#5
labguides TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 7, 05 Location: Southern CA Posts: 678	One often missed site is Cedar Break in Utah, just out of Cedar City.

October 25, 2005, 02:34 PM	#8
JeffV TUG Lifetime Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 825	All of them have timeshares reasonably close. Go to the RCI directory and do a search by state or better yet, look in the RCI resort catalog as you can then see relative distances. They all beat the heck out of Orlando in my opinion.

October 25, 2005, 02:42 PM	#9
Jya-Ning TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jul 15, 05 Location: DC Suburban Posts: 2,173 Resorts: Fairfield Kingsgate 84,000 Fairfield Cypress Palm 126,000 Even Year Usage Fairfield Palm Aire 168,000 Odd Year Usage	Or go to Tug's resort' review, and look at that state or the top 30 resorts Jya-Ning

October 25, 2005, 02:54 PM	#10
spatenfloot TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Oct 11, 05 Posts: 539	Worldmark has resorts in many of the listed locations. Are you still considering buying one or did you decide the stick with Marriot?

October 25, 2005, 03:10 PM	#12
wackymother TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Aug 1, 05 Location: NJ Posts: 2,605	A beautiful location on the East Coast ...is the Hudson River Valley, which was painted by some of the great artists of the (hence the name) Hudson River School. If you visit Mohonk Mountain House (unfortunately not a timeshare), they have wonderful hiking trails and little gazebos set on the cliffs where you can sit and admire the spectacular scenery. It's amazing, just like being in one of those paintings!

October 25, 2005, 03:46 PM	#13
CMF TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Oct 11, 05 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,196 Resorts: Foxrun Townhouse Week 30; Marriott Manor Club Platinum; Marriott Barony Beach Gold	Been there done that. My niece worked at Mohonk and it is beautiful, I visited while she was employed there. Loved the huge porch with all the rocking chairs. A few places to add of my own: The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Mt. Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument Mt. Rainier National Park The San Juan Islands of Puget Sound Charles

October 25, 2005, 04:04 PM	#14
debraxh TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: California Posts: 1,317 Resorts: Kona Coast Resort, Mountain Retreat, Paradise Village	the Big Island of Hawaii Nearly everywhere I've visited has spectacular scenery of some kind, in it's own way, so I've only listed my favorite. Last edited by debraxh : October 25, 2005 at 07:58 PM.

October 25, 2005, 04:27 PM	#15
Steve Moderator TUG Lifetime Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 19, 04 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 1,640 Resorts: Meadow Lake (MT) Four Seasons Aviara (CA) Four Seasons Scottsdale (AZ)	Some Top Scenic Spots I've been to... Here are some of the most beautiful places I've been to: In the USA: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming Glacier National Park, Montana Oregon Coast Maine Coast Sanibel Island, Florida Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina Sedona, Arizona Santa Barbara, California Yosemite National Park, California Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/NC In Europe: Zermatt, Switzerland Berchesgaden, Germany Salzburg, Austria Most of these areas have timeshares in the nearby vicinity. Have fun! Steve

October 25, 2005, 06:03 PM	#16
EAM TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 10, 05 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,012 Resorts: Wyndham (Pagosa, Cypress Palms, Majestic Sun) Hotel Nashville DVC - Saratoga Springs	Top Ten on my list - grouped, but not ranked Best Cliffs: Na Pali Best Canyons: Waimea Canyon The Grand Canyon Best volcanic site: Kilauea Iki The Yellowstone Caldera Best mountains: The Alps in Austria, Germany & Switzerland Glacier National Park The Grand Tetons The Maroon Bells The view of Pyramid Peak as one comes over a rise on a ski lift in Colorado

October 25, 2005, 07:32 PM	#17
DeniseM Moderator TUG Lifetime Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: Northern, CA Posts: 14,068 Resorts: Starwood-WKORV, SDO, & SVR, Branson-Roark Vacation Club, Tahoe-Kingsbury Crossing, Kauai Beach Villas - 2 weeks	I might have missed it, but I didn't see anyone post Lake Tahoe. __________________ DeniseM "Starwood is hired to administer reservations, clean the toilets, and take out the trash. They are not paid to interfere with owners' usage. They're acting as if they own the place." - Pit

October 25, 2005, 07:33 PM	#18
Fern Modena TUG Lifetime Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 16, 04 Location: Southern Nevada Posts: 2,533	Not ten, and certainly not everybody's... The view of the Grand Canal in Venice seen from the steps of the Venezia Centrale train station Alaska, too many places to mention individually The view of the Las Vegas Strip from Pinnacle Village (see? I told you it wouldn't be everybody's choice) Santa Barbara Sidi Bu Said (spelling?), Tunisia just outside Palermo, Sicily Fern __________________ Fern Modena To email me click here Never play leapfrog with a Rhino Last edited by Fern Modena : October 25, 2005 at 10:49 PM. Reason: thought of more places

October 25, 2005, 09:26 PM	#19
JudyH TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: 100 miles from everywhere Posts: 467	No one mentioned Escalante Canyon, in Boulder, Utah. Take the senic route from Moab,Utah, thru Canyonlands National Park, on the way to Zion National Park. Miles of pink marble cascading down forever. One good thing from the Clinton presidency was that he designated this a National area.

October 26, 2005, 08:59 AM	#20
bluehende TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Posts: 216 Resorts: Seasons at Sugarbush	list of special places The special places i have visited. 1. Mount Ranier 2. Arches NP 3. Zion after a 2 inch deluge of rain.....hundreds of intermittent waterfalls off the walls. 3. Yosemite....from the point right above the valley...forget the name 4. View from MT Haystack in the Adirondaks.

October 26, 2005, 11:42 AM	#21
krisj Guest BBS Reg. Date: Jun 6, 05 Location: Seattle Posts: 379 Resorts: 6 weeks in Whistler	10 most scenic places I've been; Bali (especially inland mountain rice terraces) Glen Coe in Scotland Sea-to-Sky highway (Vancouver to Whistler) Zion area, Monument Valley or Sedona (for red rocks) Bornholm Denmark (island off the coast of Sweden) Mt Rainier, Grand Tetons, Maroon Bells or top of Whistler Mountain (Black Tusk views) Alhambra in Granada Spain Hawaii (soft spot for the Big Island, which has it all) San Juan Islands or Deception Pass area Old growth forest (Vancouver Island, CA redwoods, WA Ho River Rain Forest) Kris

October 26, 2005, 12:34 PM	#22
ellend TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 7, 05 Location: Essex, England Posts: 174 Resorts: St Mellion Golf and Country Club, Cornwall, England Vistana, Florida	Great post, loads of ideas for future holidays here. Add this one to the list, Exmoor in England when the rain is lashing down and a gale is blowing. Sounds dreadful, it's great.

October 26, 2005, 01:43 PM	#23
Neesie TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jul 11, 05 Location: Minnesota Posts: 352 Resorts: Discovery Beach in Cocoa Beach, FL	I fell in love with Sedona, Arizona. I never heard of it until I was paging through the RCI book a few years ago....same with Whistler, B.C. and now I've been to both. Both highly recommended based on scenery.

October 26, 2005, 07:37 PM	#24
Greg G TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 7, 05 Location: Cedar Rapids, Iowa Posts: 123 Resorts: Star Island, Kissimmee FL. -- Pelican Resort , St. Maarten	Acadia National Park, Maine. I haven't been to any of the other parks mentioned but Acadia National Park was very scenic. Greg

October 26, 2005, 08:58 PM	#25
4dabirds TUG Member BBS Reg. Date: Jun 7, 05 Location: Beautiful Southern Colorado Posts: 170	Reefs off a small island in the Carribean - there is a whole other world awaiting down there! Ruby Beach for it's stacks, drift logs, and river that flows out to the ocean (Washington Coast/Olympic Pennisula) Yosemite - very diverse scenary/ecosystems from meadows to alpine all in a day's hike Colorado Rockies and Vermont in the fall Moab, Bryce, Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Zion, Sedona, Valley of Fire - at sunrise or sunset (especially Bryce dusted with just a bit of snow ...or looking up those canyon walls from the valley floor) Carmel - sitting on the cliffs as the waves come crashing in Redwood forest in California The Hawaiian Islands - for their beauty and diversity

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