Sheila ScarboroughAll of the best secret places in north central Florida: Gainesville, Micanopy, clear freshwater springs, restaurants, nature preserves, and more!
https://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2025/06/19/north-central-florida-go-north-to-see-the-south/
Edwin GoeiCharging stop in Weed, CA ๐โก๏ธ
On our road trip to Seattleโstopping in Portland to visit my sister and brother-in-law along the way
Curiosity Drive ๐[2/2] Ruta a los Lagos de Covadonga (PR.PNPE-2) cont. Largo de la Ercina had the prettier backdrop (๐ท1). We noted more new-to-us #flowers; this is Erythronium dens-canis | dogtooth violet, native to central & southern Europe (๐ท2). A large part of the trail led us over limestone areas (๐ท3). Ermita de El Buen Pastor is a small hermitage sitting in the Vega de Enol, a high mountain meadow adjacent to Lago Enol at ~1,070m altitude (๐ท4); the contrast of this small human-built structure set against a vast, dramatic alpine landscape gives you pause. A 6km/ 2h loop.
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[1/2] Ruta a los Lagos de Covadonga (PR.PNPE-2) was our second trail in Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. The road to reach the trailhead is fairly long & winding; it closes to private cars at busy times (replaced by park & ride). En route we stopped at Mirador de la Reina for stunning views back over the still misty lowlands weโd driven through (๐ท1). There in the morning chill we were in turn observed by roosting Gyps fulvus | griffon vultures, perhaps waiting for thermals to form (๐ท2). We drove on to Lago Enol, the first of a pair of glacial lakes (๐ท3); ๐ ฟ๏ธ at Aparcamiento Buferrera. We noticed fire on an adjacent peak & latter watched a helicopter drop a bucket of water on it. Thereโs a short detour to Minas de Buferrera, where manganese & iron were extracted intermittently between 1868 & 1979 (the road to the lakes is a legacy of mining activity). โ #Flower of the dayโ goes to Narcissus bulbocodium | the hoop-petticoat daffodil, a native to ES, PT & FR (๐ท4).
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New Mexico NomadThe Valle Vidal is a 100,000-acre, high-elevation alpine basin in New Mexicoโs Sangre de Cristo Mountains. It is spectacular, from the winding oxbow ribbon of Rio Costilla to the vast, open valleys. Part of the Carson National Forest, the area serves as a crucial habitat for the stateโs largest elk herd and offers year-round outdoor recreation, like hiking, camping, and fishing.
#nature #OptOutside #roadtrip #travel #daytrip #landscape #geology #whataview #scenic #NewMexico
EllenIn Edmonton@Chigaze
That's SO much snow!! I wanted to visit Crater Lake on my Oregon #roadtrip in 2024. All the way through to the lodge, there were about 3 metres of snow, with sticks marking the location of the highway and the parking lot. It was impressive that they'd ploughed all of that to open for the Memorial Day weekend.
That's SO much snow!! I wanted to visit Crater Lake on my Oregon #roadtrip in 2024. All the way through to the lodge, there were about 3 metres of snow, with sticks marking the location of the highway and the parking lot. It was impressive that they'd ploughed all of that to open for the Memorial Day weekend.
Three things I'm worried about at our national parks - overcrowding from shutting down reservations, rewriting history, & overcharging international visitors. I put my keyboard on blast in my latest for the Perceptive Travel Blog:
https://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2026/03/19/dont-screw-up-national-parks/
Hard to beat sipping โ๏ธ coffee with a view out the ๐ sliding door from pitch in Asiegu as the rising sun lit the snow-capped mountains of Picos de Europa.
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[2/2] Smalls from the Ruta del Cares (PR-PNPE 3) trail in Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. Helicella itala | the heath snail is a native land snail (๐ท1); during hot, dry periods it climbs up vegetation & seals itself inside its shell to avoid overheating & dehydration. Dianthus hyssopifolius | the fringed pink is native to ES, PT & FR (๐ท2); itโs well adapted to rocky alpine environments. Pinguicula grandiflora | the large-flowered butterwort is another native (๐ท3); the flower is atypically large for a butterwort. Not all the smalls we noticed were living: being limestone country, some of the rocks contained the bodies of marine animals fossilised millions of years ago (๐ท4). Tectonic uplift transformed an ancient shallow sea into mountains!
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[1/2] Smalls from the Ruta del Cares (PR-PNPE 3) trail in Parque Nacional de los Picos de Europa. Glandora prostrata | the creeping gromwell is native to ES, PT & FR (๐ท1); this was everywhere trail side, with a velvety sheen that seemed to confuse autofocus! Erodium cicutarium | the redstem storkโs bill is native to the Mediterranean Basin (๐ท2); after flowering it produces long, beak-shaped seed pods. Helleborus foetidus | the stinking hellebore is a mountain native belonging to the buttercup family (๐ท3); the species name is Latin for โfoul-smellingโ, the result of bruised/ crushed leaves. Globularia nudicaulis | the leafless-stemmed globularia (๐ท4); this native is so-named because the stem is naked, with leaves in a low rosette at ground level.
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