A missing person report prompted a massive search and rescue effort in Oregon. The missing mountain biker managed to self-extract himself from the wilderness after 6 days, and has made it home safe.
A missing person report prompted a massive search and rescue effort in Oregon. The missing mountain biker managed to self-extract himself from the wilderness after 6 days, and has made it home safe.
Yup. We have vast nature reserves that you can literally get so lost in that you die. It’s fantastic, and beautiful.
You have private homes that are older than my country. It’s fantastic, and beautiful.
We have many states in which you can start on one side and drive for 10 hours and only just cross into another country. It’s amazing.
You can start in your country and drive entirely through two other countries that speak a different language to end up in a fourth country speaking yet another language, all before having to stop for the night. It’s incredible.
Honestly, I think they’re both great places to vacation, but I’d rather live in Europe. Going backpacking is a once-a-year thing, and I’d rather have the once-a-day benefits of your public transportation system, and being able to pop over for a weekend in Paris. And for petite weekend walks, every country in Europe has enough parks to “get lost” for a day or two in… even the UK. The Lakes District is high on my natural wonders list to visit. Dartmoor and Exmoor both have some incredible natural scenery, and the parks around Dunster and Bath are gorgeous. And that’s just England!
But: yeah. If you’re going to throw on a backpack and live in the woods or mountains for a week, there are few better places than almost any of the national parks in the USA.