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When I was a boy, we would drive along the Straits of Juan De Fuca to the east end of Lake Ozette, Fill our boat with supplies and motor across to the west end. There were primitive campsites there and a trail to the ocean. We also fished Ozette, and I caught a 5 lb rainbow which was a blast! We would also use dip nets to catch smelt in the ocean surf. Smelt really aren't that tasty, but fresh caught and cooked over an open fire, they were delicious!
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Paris, because it's most assuredly the best place on Earth and can never be rated highly enough (some people actually don't like it )!
Since when is Nantucket or Vermont during leaf peeper season "undiscovered"? Yellowstone and Jackson Hole are in Wyoming. They're overrun with tourists all summer.
I spent a week in Galicia a couple of years ago as part of a Madrid, Sanxenxo, Porto, Lisbon trip. I was in Sanxenxo in early October after the summer tourist season and it was really nice. I'd have a different opinion in August at their peak season.
I ski. For ski trips, the places I really like are the undeveloped smaller ski areas with no fancy ski lifts and no slopeside lodging and glitzy base village. Monarch in Colorado is like that. A lot of the ski fields in New Zealand are like that. Termas de Chillan in Chile is like that.
I think most underrated/undiscovered places are really hard to get to.
I think Antarctica is quite underrated. However, given that a lot to perhaps most of people that travel are scientists, it's not a practical vacation spot considering the harsh weather conditions.
Great Basin National Park in eastern Nevada. Its very isolated and doesn't see huge tourist traffic yet. Its an alpine island in the middle of the desert. If you get tired of hiking through the forest, you can tour Lehman Cave.
The Green River Lake area in northern Wyoming. Full of hiking trails and little lakes that can be fished.
High Uintas Primitive Area in northern Utah. Like the Green River Lakes this area mostly has to be hiked and cannot be seen from a car. In the summer months, its spectacularly beautiful.
We saw a wild orangutan while hiking near Sandakan, definitely a once-in-a-lifetime moment and I almost peed in my pants. It is a strange world when you see an orangutan in a tree in the morning, and are eating in McDonald's that evening.
Or floating on the lake, watching elephants crossing the river and feeling a million miles from anywhere. Then the motor won't start, out comes the phone and five minutes later there's the rescue boat.
The food is wonderful (did not go to Maccas!) the people are lovely and mostly speak good English, the five star resorts around Kota Kinabalu are half the price of many other places. When we were there the people even observed the boarding calls at the airport without rushing into a queue. Think I am talking myself into another visit!
Since when is Nantucket or Vermont during leaf peeper season "undiscovered"? Yellowstone and Jackson Hole are in Wyoming. They're overrun with tourists all summer.
I spent a week in Galicia a couple of years ago as part of a Madrid, Sanxenxo, Porto, Lisbon trip. I was in Sanxenxo in early October after the summer tourist season and it was really nice. I'd have a different opinion in August at their peak season.
I ski. For ski trips, the places I really like are the undeveloped smaller ski areas with no fancy ski lifts and no slopeside lodging and glitzy base village. Monarch in Colorado is like that. A lot of the ski fields in New Zealand are like that. Termas de Chillan in Chile is like that.
I think most underrated/undiscovered places are really hard to get to.
Nantucket in October is virtually deserted (and cheap). You will be walking the beaches accompanied by birds and seals and that's it!
So is Vermont, if you know which towns to hit.
Wyoming in summer: I have never encountered crowds in Wyoming in ANY season, but of course I make sure to avoid the crowded areas!
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