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Guess where Western States

jpfordz said:
Looks like Butcharts Gardens in Victoria.
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Good guess, but no. You did hit the region - it is in the Pacific Northwest.
 
T_R_Oglodyte said:
Good guess, but no. You did hit the region - it is in the Pacific Northwest.
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I thought you were going to say it's your backyard, that you put together during quarantine. LOL! :D

Dave
 
And I'll be surprised if anyone gets this one so a hint: We were staying at the same timeshare as the previous photo.
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If you have to beware of this crab, where are you?

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sue1947 said:
And I'll be surprised if anyone gets this one so a hint: We were staying at the same timeshare as the previous photo.
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The trees look like the Pacific Northwest, the snow capped peaks could be higher elevation. I'll take a wild guess with the Mount Baker area, and you were staying at Snowater in Glacier?

Dave
 
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DaveNW said:
The trees look like the Pacific Northwest, the snow capped peaks could be higher elevation. I'll take a wild guess with the Mount Baker area, and you were staying at Snowater in Glacier?

Dave
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Nope, go east.
Sue
 
DaveNW said:
The trees look like the Pacific Northwest, the snow capped peaks could be higher elevation. I'll take a wild guess with the Mount Baker area, and you were staying at Snowater in Glacier?

Dave
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sue1947 said:
Nope, go east.
Sue
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Yeah doesn't look Cascades to me. More intermountain west, but it has to be at higher elevation to support that type of forest. The top picture indicates that the location isn't too far below tree line. The first and second show pretty significant glaciation.

I don't recognize the specific locale. My guess would be the Rocky Mountains somewhere in Montana, Wyoming, or BC/Alberta. Possbily CO - I don't know CO very well. The key question is what lake might the be in the first photo? Flathead?
 
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T_R_Oglodyte said:
Yeah doesn't look Cascades to me. More intermountain west, but it has to be at higher elevation to support that type of forest. The top picture indicates that the location isn't too far below tree line. The first and second show pretty significant glaciation.

I don't recognize the specific locale. My guess would be the Rocky Mountains somewhere in Montana, Wyoming, or BC/Alberta. Possbily CO - I don't know CO very well. The key question is what lake might the be in the first photo? Flathead??
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You're right. And the first picture got my attention, because I felt like I'd seen it before. I think I have: @sue1947 is it the Many Glacier area at Glacier National Park?

Dave
 
It's Two Medicine Lake at Glacier; the iconic photo from that part of the park. We were there in June and the lake still had snow around it. Things were just opening up.
The other 2 photos are a different location the other direction from Whitefish where we stayed at the now closed Crestwood.
 
sue1947 said:
It's Two Medicine Lake at Glacier; the iconic photo from that part of the park. We were there in June and the lake still had snow around it. Things were just opening up.
The other 2 photos are a different location the other direction from Whitefish where we stayed at the now closed Crestwood.
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That's why it was so familiar, once I got my head wrapped around what I was seeing. (Thanks, Steve!) When we went to Glacier in 2011, it was also in June. Two Medicine was practically snowed in. There were huge plowed drifts along both sides of the roadway, but parts of the lakeshore was cleared. Really was a spectacular place.

We stayed at Glacier Wilderness Resort that trip. Probably not a timeshare I'd want to stay at again. For the cost and hassle to get there, about all it had going for it was its location. :)

Dave
 
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DaveNW said:
We stayed at Glacier Wilderness Resort that trip. Probably not a timeshare I'd want to stay at again. For the cost and hassle to get there, about all it had going for it was its location. :)
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Just curious, what didn't you like about it? We stayed there, more years ago than you did, and based on that we'd return, but perhaps it has changed. Subsequently we returned to Glacier, this time at Meadow Lake - liked both, but Glacier Wilderness was better for location and we felt lucky to get a summer week there.
 
Laurie said:
Just curious, what didn't you like about it? We stayed there, more years ago than you did, and based on that we'd return, but perhaps it has changed. Subsequently we returned to Glacier, this time at Meadow Lake - liked both, but Glacier Wilderness was better for location and we felt lucky to get a summer week there.
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My needs are simple, and I'm relatively easy to please. But I think "resort" is a stretch of the imagination. It started with the many enormous potholes full of water on the long dirt road from the highway - it was a slog through the muddy water just to reach the place. By the end of the week our car was filthy, and most of it came from that road. It may have been the time of year (early June), but the entire place seemed to have a lot of deferred maintenance, and staff that just didn't care. The unit we were assigned seemed old, run down, smelled musty, and the dark brown shag carpeting made it seem dirty. Even with every light turned on, the place was dark and cave-like. The hot tub on the porch was broken - and the front desk said parts had been on order "for a long time." The control dials on the stacked washer and dryer in the bathroom were stripped out, and when we reported that, the front desk said, "Yes, we know." We paid extra for wifi, and the signal was so poor, we had to go stand next to the router on the back porch of the community center building to get a wireless signal strong enough even to check email. It was useless in our unit. The office was only manned certain hours of the day, and the desk was often empty. We felt like we were on our own, and left to deal with whatever came up. The hike down the trail to the waterfall was nice, but there was literally nothing else for us to do at the place. We used it mainly as a place to sleep, preferring to spend time away from there. I'd gladly go back to Glacier, but I wouldn't stay at that location again. It's been a long time, so maybe things have improved. As the saying goes, "your mileage may vary." :)

Dave
 
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My needs are simple, and I'm relatively easy to please. But I think "resort" is a stretch of the imagination. It started with the many enormous potholes full of water on the long dirt road from the highway - it was a slog through the muddy water just to reach the place. By the end of the week our car was filthy, and most of it came from that road. It may have been the time of year (early June), but the entire place seemed to have a lot of deferred maintenance, and staff that just didn't care. The unit we were assigned seemed old, run down, smelled musty, and the dark brown shag carpeting made it seem dirty. Even with every light turned on, the place was dark and cave-like. The hot tub on the porch was broken - and the front desk said parts had been on order "for a long time." The control dials on the stacked washer and dryer in the bathroom were stripped out, and when we reported that, the front desk said, "Yes, we know." We paid extra for wifi, and the signal was so poor, we had to go stand next to the router on the back porch of the community center building to get a wireless signal strong enough even to check email. It was useless in our unit. The office was only manned certain hours of the day, and the desk was often empty. We felt like we were on our own, and left to deal with whatever came up. The hike down the trail to the waterfall was nice, but there was literally nothing else for us to do at the place. We used it mainly as a place to sleep, preferring to spend time away from there. I'd gladly go back to Glacier, but I wouldn't stay at that location again. It's been a long time, so maybe things have improved. As the saying goes, "your mileage may vary." :)

Dave
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Got it! Emphasis on Wilderness rather than Resort, eh? Too bad. We were there earlier than you, before so many things had broken - our hot tub worked and probably our W/D, yes spotty wifi, I agree interior was dark and could have used better lighting. Maybe it's even worse now, no idea. Next time try Meadow Lake, everything was in very good repair - just a longer drive to the park.
 
I would think the WIFI would be spotty maybe even nonexistent in that area.
Laurie said:
Got it! Emphasis on Wilderness rather than Resort, eh? Too bad. We were there earlier than you, before so many things had broken - our hot tub worked and probably our W/D, yes spotty wifi, I agree interior was dark and could have used better lighting. Maybe it's even worse now, no idea. Next time try Meadow Lake, everything was in very good repair - just a longer drive to the park.
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dago said:
I would think the WIFI would be spotty maybe even nonexistent in that area.
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I agree, but if so, why charge us extra money for it? Seems like it would be better to say there was none available, or make it complimentary, than to charge us for something that didn't work. :shrug:

Dave
 
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