Your 3 Favorite COUNTRY Places?

[Bosman1745]

I know one... Not in Germany!!!!

[33ecb]

1.St Petersberg

2.Great Barrier Reef

3.Amazon Rain Forest

4.Rome

5.Bahgdad

[h6oib]

1.Nigara falls

2.Blarny stone

3.sunny beach

[carlapage54]

1.humpback rocks visitors center

2.mabry mill-my favorite

3.rock fish gap

[WolfGirl61]

Good question Dan. We live in the suburbs (used to be more rural but no more) We hate the city & spend vacations in the country. Hope to move someday soon. I could probably name a dozen or more but here goes:

1. Anywhere near or around the Smokies (our favorite get-away spot)

2. Bryson City, NC (and waterfall country)(want to live here)

3. Mt. Leconte Lodge

PS. Love to eat at the Log Cabin Pancake House in Gatlinburg. (just had to throw that in) ;)

Shari

Indianapolis, Indiana

[TennesseeShelties]

1. Townsend, TN

2. Appalachian Museum in Norris TN

3. Elkmont/Cades Cove in the Smokies

and 4. Mt. Airy (Mayberry, NC)

I know that is 4 but they are my favorites. :)

[teawead]

New Zealand, Autumn time.

[MossyCove]

This is a good question.

1. Anywhere around Cumberland Gap, Tn. that includes Wilderness Road State park.

2. Cades Cove in the Smokies

3. I'm still thinking,...

...anywhere close by (hour drive or two)where there is not a lot of people:D

[ty99999returns]

i like to go to canida, china, mexico.

[bbucknell1]

First I wanted to say thanks for the great vids and your unique perspective on our culture. Three "country" places:  Areas surrounding Marquette Iowa, El Dorado County California, and the French Azilum in Pennsylvania are all must visits.

[dmccoig]

thank you bb,

they sound great, and i do appreciate your nice comments

[carlapage54]

my three favorite places,humpback rocks visitors center on the blueridge parkway

2.mabry mill-my all time favorite

3.rock fish gap,near the blueridge parkway

to me humpback rocks is like home to me,i have family buried back in the woods just down the road from the humpback rocks visitors center.i live in columbia,missouri but i always seem to make it to virginia.i appreciate your videos very much.i am doing genealogy research on my "page family"of albemarle and nelson county,virginia

[9sec2valve]

West virgina, Darn never been there. I was on my way last july, but my 2 year old daughter still did'nt like car rides and would'nt stop crying, so I turned around in teledo Ohio. maybe this year, now she loves the car.

[bobisbear]

gettysburg shenadoah and of course the smokies.this yr were goin to stop somewhere of 81 we like to be surprised

[dmccoig]

Thanks bobi, we loved the area up near Gettysburg. You should check out (FoamHenge) on 81 it is near Natural Bridge on 81 in VA, there is also a very cool Safari there, its a nice diversion if you are in the area anyway.

I just read a book called Far Appalachia, about a trip up the New River that might be worth checking out before your trip.

[mbosch61]

Italia, Italia, Italia

[mokhtalef2006]

Are people as old as you allowed to use U-tube?

[dmccoig]

yes, but we wont be on here long :)

dan

[doWestVirginia]

lmfao!!! HAHAHAHAHA!

[mktarrant]

i am so jealous of you. we just moved, however, out to what is considered "The country" for chicagoans.

my three fave country places are the following:

Land Between the Lakes - KY

Turkey Run State Park - Marshall, IN

Smokey Mountains National Park - NC

Thanks for the cool idea!

[dmccoig]

Thanks mktarrant,

Awesome picks, Turkey Run sounds great and we love the other two.

Your video is awesome as well

Thanks

Dan

[mktarrant]

thanks for the nice reply. that video is of a state park here in IL called Starved Rock State Park. It's definitely one of my "local" faves just outside of Chicago.

[TuttiOfruti]

i will like to send a video about my country to cuz my city sucks

[phonebook232]

haha lol nice

[dmccoig]

thanks phonebook!

Dan

[dmccoig]

By all means, please do, Thanks

Dan

[vidular]

Went to school in Blacksburg, VA and one of my favorite places was canoing on the New River just north of Radford. Driving the back roads in SW VA antiquing was a great pleasure. Also, vacationed in WY once and loved the Rocky Mountain country (see video, Dude Ranch..).

[dmccoig]

Blacksburg, your gettin close to my wife's old stompin grounds!

We love the antique place there on 81 in or around Wythville.

and the New River is just Awesome!

Thanks for the comments.

Dan

[KrupasGhost]

I saw the MOTHMAN STATUE in your video... RUN AND HIDE!!!!

Great video... I too live in the country and hope to post my video in a couple of days.

dg

[dmccoig]

AAAUUUGH,

We loved Point Pleasant. and the movie too

thanks

Dan

looking forward to your vid!

[katalina2007]

Watching your video makes me want to visit your BEAUTIFUL state of West Virginia!! GORGEOUS country out there.

[dmccoig]

Thank You Katalina!

We do love WV

Thanks

Dan

[gigihitman]

this is a place where i want to die !

[dmccoig]

Well, I hope you live a long time!

and visit often

Thanks

Dan

[alllllme]

cool i like water fall

[dmccoig]

Thanks alllllme,

we have some photos of great falls in Tennessee and North Carolina, if you check them out let me know what you think?

Thanks

Dan

[phenixwryter]

Here's my 3 fav places in my home state of AL. Talladega National Forest (375,00 acres at the southern end of the Appalachians) Dismals Canyon (featured on the Discovery Channel special When Dinosaurs Roamed America-its vegetation and broad leafed trees are like those that lived back then) Oak Mountain State Park (our largest state park) I do love our beaches, too.

Great video! Its neat to read everyones' responses about their favorite places. : )

[dmccoig]

Thanks Phenixwryter,

They sound awesome!

I posted on our website as well

DanTraveling dot com

thanks again

Dan

[kd1only]

lol I liked that ^^

[dmccoig]

Thank you much kd1only.

Dan

[chriscosens]

does someone have to make some cocky point about everything? i think u get what he was trying to say

[dmccoig]

Thanks for the comment ! chriscosens,

My grandfather always asked me the question, Would you rather be Right or Happy?

You cant have both. ha ha

Dan

[Violetsoul6]

Ok, not to be a bother, but just because "50%" of the world's population live in cities, does not leave the other 50% living in the country. I don't live in either. I just live in a town. It is highly populated and the city is just a few miles away. But yet, it is quiet and suburban. So anyway, yeah. I just wanted to point that out.

[dmccoig]

Thanks for the comment,

I thought about that as well after I made the video RE: I suppose I could have gone with Rural and Urban for clarity. I was just excited about TMermans idea and wanted to get the question up quickly, I dont know why, I just get in a hurry some times.

Thanks

Dan

[dmccoig]

Oh, I meant to ask (how rude of me)

What three places do you like to visit in your area of suburbia?

Dan

[enjoythevoyage]

I love your videos! Here are three of my favorite country places:

1. Spencertown, NY (upstate)

2. Lancaster, PA (Amish)

5 stars!

3. Damariscotta. ME

[dmccoig]

Awesome choices ETV

I added to our website!

We have been to Lancaster, but not the others.

(we loved it as well)

Dan

[k6tpl]

That was exceptional!

[alliebear]

Nice pictures!  Makes me want to visit!!

[dmccoig]

Thanks alliebear,

I passed your comments along to the photographer in the family!

Dan

[dmccoig]

Wow, k6tpl, a comment from such a seasoned broadcast professional is special!

Thanks

Dan

[gigihitman]

nice place man!

[dmccoig]

Thanks so much gigihitman

Dan

[mrrad1]

I love the country too.

#1 Lake Lucern in Switzerland (Does that count?)

#2 Kimberley's in Australia

#3 Fieldings in New Zealand

In any order. These country places are probably my favourite places :D

Brad

[dmccoig]

Thankls Brad, I added to the website page at DanTraveling dot com!

I would love to go overseas before I am to much older, wait, to late I am already to much older! ha ha

well maybe we'll go anyway

Dan

[mrrad1]

haha funny! :D

[dafttool]

I commented on your page, but I've seen that waterwheel/mill structure at 0.22. It's incredibly pretty. I was surprised to see it as I drove down the road. It just emerged out of the early morning fog like from a dream.

Good point about the "other" 50% living in the country. Cities have their pluses, but nothing beats the great outdoors.

[dmccoig]

Thanks dafttoo,

The Mabry Mill is wonderful, we are currently putting together a video on it, with a fellow grinding corn and a blacksmith's etc..

I bet it was breathtaking in the early morning.

Dan

[WindTunnelMiroku]

hhahha barbeque joints?? i need to find some of that

[dmccoig]

I need some more!

(wait, My better half informed me, I dont)ha ha

Thanks WindTunnelMiroku

Dan

[dmccoig]

Comments from previous version

T merman,

Thanks for responding to my video. I dont get out muh in the country, but I would have to say my three favourite country places would be... Ardennen in Belgium

Big Sur Coast in CA

Gorge Du Verdon in France :)

close6

very cool pictures!