Famous Locations That Are Overrated (Page 3): Why are there always so many people at the most popular places?? :sm09: Mike...

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Why are there always so many people at the most popular places??

Mike

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

rmalarz wrote:

Perhaps they are wondering "Who is John Gault". That is until they realize it's a different John Galt.

That aside, I do realize the validity of your comment. I've had the same thing. Set up a 4x5 to take a photo and have some cretin stop dead center in the scene and ask, while pointing at the scene, if that is what I'm taking a photo of.
--Bob

Haha, I didn't want to make the Ayn Rand reference too obvious

zug55 Loc: Naivasha, Kenya, and Austin, Texas

In the age of instagrammability, everyone needs to have the same iconic image, and a selfie version of it if possible. I stopped going to places that suffer from overtourism if I can help it. I find that going to less touristy places enhances the pleasure of travel, and my photography.

National Park

The key to many National Parks is to be up and about at the crack of dawn before the hordes begin to stir. If you wait until after breakfast hour you will likely be disappointed.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

National Park wrote:

The key to many National Parks is to be up and about at the crack of dawn before the hordes begin to stir. If you wait until after breakfast hour you will likely be disappointed.

I live an hour and a half from two entrances to Mt Rainier National Park. I usually only visited in July or August, but would make sure to arrive by 7:00 a.m. and be on the way out by 10. The lines coming into the park already at 10 a.m. were plenty of incentive.

Sometimes I never saw the mountain for the fog

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DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

d2b2 wrote:

...huge penalties for throwing money and other things into the pool around the fountain, or getting into the water, even minimally...

Actually, I believe that it is legal to throw money into the pools. It is not legal to take money out or throw other things in or jump into the pool etc. The money is harvested and used for charitable purposes. A "tip jar" placed near the pool would probably not yield as much as people throwing money in.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

I spend an entire week in Acadia National Park and never ran out of things to photograph. I hope to get there again soon because there is still much of the park I did not get to see.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Linda From Maine wrote:

I live an hour and a half from two entrances to Mt Rainier National Park. I usually only visited in July or August, but would make sure to arrive by 7:00 a.m. and be on the way out by 10. The lines coming into the park already at 10 a.m. were plenty of incentive.

I did the same thing surf fishing at Canaveral National Seashore.
Got there at sun up and left around noon when the crowds started.
Acadia is the same way, get there early!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Longshadow wrote:

I did the same thing surf fishing at Canaveral National Seashore.
Got there at sun up and left around noon when the crowds started.
Acadia is the same way, get there early!

The light is so much better for photographs in early hours! I just edited my previous comments to include a photo of fog - that was often the price I paid for getting to Mt Rainier "too early"

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Linda From Maine wrote:

I live an hour and a half from two entrances to Mt Rainier National Park. I usually only visited in July or August, but would make sure to arrive by 7:00 a.m. and be on the way out by 10. The lines coming into the park already at 10 a.m. were plenty of incentive.

Sometimes I never saw the mountain for the fog

Love the "atmosphere".

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Getting there early is key to beating the crowds, no matter the venue... As long as they open the gates early enough. Hiking to the more photogenic areas is a problem for some though...

russelray Loc: La Mesa CA

CHG_CANON wrote:

I would live at the San Diego Zoo, if I lived in the area and wasn't at the ocean ...

I have been going to the San Diego Zoo every week since I became a member in 1998. That membership also allows me to go weekly to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Zoo is 100 acres while Safari Park is 1,800 acres. Both the Zoo and the Safari Park also are internationally recognized botanical gardens, so slow down and enjoy both the fauna and flora. I'm part of the volunteer force that takes care of the Old World Garden (cactus & succulents) at the Safari Park.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

russelray wrote:

I have been going to the San Diego Zoo every week since I became a member in 1998. That membership also allows me to go weekly to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Zoo is 100 acres while Safari Park is 1,800 acres. Both the Zoo and the Safari Park also are internationally recognized botanical gardens, so slow down and enjoy both the fauna and flora. I'm part of the volunteer force that takes care of the Old World Garden (cactus & succulents) at the Safari Park.

Haven't been to their zoo but have gone to their botanical gardens. I have yet to be disappointed with any botanical gardens...

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

russelray wrote:

... I'm part of the volunteer force that takes care of the Old World Garden (cactus & succulents) at the Safari Park.

Very rewarding, I'm sure! I volunteered at the National Zoo's Invertebrate Exhibit in the late 1980's. I often wondered how many tourists never made it past the sleeping pandas. Huge orb weaving spiders, leaf cutter ants, chambered nautilus, anemones...no contest

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Linda From Maine wrote:

The light is so much better for photographs in early hours! I just edited my previous comments to include a photo of fog - that was often the price I paid for getting to Mt Rainier "too early"