I agree. U.S. scenery and national parks are the best in the world.

Sep 18, 2020
10:11:58am

ReyOso Truly Addicted User

Not saying that other places don't have some spectacular stuff, but I think it's our natural beauty that really is hard to match, and certainly not by any one single country.

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I love America, but I have to admit that when I watch the Tour de France that

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:02am

Parts of the N.C. mountains are considered “rain forests”

Noni Fruit

9/18/20 10:03am

"mountains"

rad dawg

9/18/20 10:05am

Parts of the Olympic National Rainforest are considered mountains

ColoSpgs

9/18/20 10:07am

I love France but you haven't lived until you scrape dog crap off your feet in

LaserCoug

9/18/20 10:04am

Plus it is full of French people

Ojiisan

9/18/20 10:05am

Meh, I don't mind the french people. Since I served my mission there, I kind of

LaserCoug

9/18/20 10:06am

It's really "Parisians" that people are talking about.

ReyOso

9/18/20 10:09am

I'd like to say that I do. When my daughter served her mission in Tahiti, I was

LaserCoug

9/18/20 10:35am

The French get a bad rap

bluelands

9/18/20 10:13am

They do have good fries, toast, and kissing.

Ojiisan

9/18/20 10:34am

They’re pretty good at wine, too!

antiyewt

9/18/20 12:07pm

Fortunately, les crottes de chien have gotten MUCH rarer in most French places.

Zooropa

9/18/20 10:27am

Thank goodness. Back in the 90s, that was the worst.

LaserCoug

9/18/20 11:29am

Enjoy the black flies in VT.

DirtyWater

9/18/20 10:05am

Hate those things.

CougarTailDevourer

9/18/20 10:11am

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Abe Froman

9/18/20 10:16am

You can't be a winter hater. Don't agree that it doesn't have mountains, though.

ReyOso

9/18/20 10:17am

Jealous of the historic scenery, but the US could rival for mountain scenery.

Joe Banks

9/18/20 10:08am

the big difference is scale and access to the mountains

Turd Ferguson

9/18/20 10:10am

As it should be.

letthewookieewin

9/18/20 10:11am

They’re accessible by foot or horseback. Hiking away from the crowds is the best

Food Snob

9/18/20 10:14am

I agree. U.S. scenery and national parks are the best in the world.

ReyOso

9/18/20 10:11am

I don't know man, I've been to Yosemite, Glacier, Yellowstone etc and stages of

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:17am

I was in the Alps last summer. It's definitely spectacular.

ReyOso

9/18/20 10:20am

Yeah I'm sure the Tour riders would love to be riding in California right now 🙂

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:15am

I'm tempted to tell you to go to Glacier Nat'l Park...but I also don't want to

m0resn0w

9/18/20 10:10am

My wife is from Montana, Glacier is great but still the rockies are just dry.

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:18am

Yeah. The Rockies suck.

letthewookieewin

9/18/20 10:10am

Agree, The Sierra are much better

Turd Ferguson

9/18/20 10:11am

Unfortunately it's looked a lot more like this recently.

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:35am

Just a different kind of beauty. Here's a photo of one of my favourite biking trails:

CougarTailDevourer

9/18/20 10:14am

looks like the bridge is out

squidmark

9/18/20 10:35am

I have lived in France, Switzerland and Montana. I disagree with your assessment

BYUforlife

9/18/20 10:15am

My wife is from one of the pretties parts of Montana, the French Alps I've seen

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:20am

Two of my favorite cites. Lausanne was my first city on my mission and Sion was

LaserCoug

9/18/20 10:38am

Why exclude Alaska and Hawaii? Both are part of the US, gorgeous, and are rain

califcougar

9/18/20 10:20am

Don't forget our friends to the north: Whistler. Also, Argentina.

ReyOso

9/18/20 10:24am

We lived in the Belledonne Alpes for two years. Gorgeous, and our tap water came

NewMexiCoug

9/18/20 10:23am

Who on earth paid you to live in that little slice of heaven?! Are they hiring?

Zooropa

9/18/20 10:30am

It's beautiful for sure, but you need to get out more

Borg

9/18/20 10:25am

What about places like Telluride, CO?

jaredm

9/18/20 10:26am

The North Cascades in Washington would like a word with you.

squidmark

9/18/20 10:36am

I've spent time in coastal Washington/Oregon and didn't like the fog and

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:41am

But that's the Coast Range. The Cascades in Washington are East of Seattle.

squidmark

9/18/20 10:44am

Wow, looks amazing. That may be my next backpacking destination. We went to the

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 10:53am

Just wait until winter. They have inversions in the swiss alps too. We actually

LaserCoug

9/18/20 10:46am

I thought we were talking about mountains. You may be shocked to hear the Oregon

Salami Karate

9/18/20 10:47am

By the way, that 5 minutes of sunshine you saw? Be grateful for it. Little did

squidmark

9/18/20 10:49am

Well good news

LifelongAP

9/18/20 10:52am

You used to not be able to see the sun through the clouds

squidmark

9/18/20 10:58am

Shhh, North Cascades are the best undiscovered NP

califcougar

9/18/20 10:56am

#MakeTheRockiesWetAgain

LifelongAP

9/18/20 10:45am

you can bash the French and still acknowledge that France is the most beautiful

run26

9/18/20 11:27am

Sign of the times. Watching Tour de France

Idahofallsblue

9/18/20 12:39pm

Watch these highlights from yesterday, just breathtaking scenery.

Windward_Coug

9/18/20 12:57pm

Yep. I'm a cyclist so I'll watch the Tour sometimes just for that, but really it's the helo footage showing the scenery

SingleStrapBackpack

9/18/20 1:19pm

I was lucky enough to do a couple of TDF trips

run26

9/18/20 1:42pm

That is awesome. I am very jealous. What a great experience to have.

SingleStrapBackpack

9/18/20 1:47pm

I was lauterbrunen last summer and spent a fortune for three nights at a hotel

Jay Kay

9/18/20 1:32pm

that is the saddest thing I have read today, bummer

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