
Feeling a bit stressed out these days? (The Beagle Channel Argentina).

Who isn’t? (Banff National Park Canada),

Let’s escape (Coastal Norway),

to peaceful places (Vancouver Island Canada),

and forget our worries (Zermatt Switzerland),

for awhile (Huahine French Polynesia).

I will do another peaceful images post after this (Yellowstone National Park),

because we all benefit from balancing negativity with peace and beauty (Grand Teton National Park).
Cheers to you and remember the beauty~
And boy, do we need this!! Thanks.
You are very welcome and we certainly do deserve some peace and beauty. Stay safe and well Laura დ
The “Matterhorn” made me sigh a bit. What a deadly beauty. Great pictures -as always! Happy Holidays my friend.
Yes. She can be a savage beauty. Happy Holidays to you and stay safe and well დ
Indeed. A climbers dream or nightmare. 🙂
Yes, and avalanche threats in the winter დ
Not if you just have an ice cream with it in the background!
Not sure I understand/
Especially in the summer დ
Stunning photos, Cindy. I will bring the images with me into my dreams 🙂
Wonderful! It is immensely helpful for our psyches დ
Love traveling on your magic carpet, Cindy!! Hugs!
We have the best times together Rebecca! დ დ
B e a u t i f u l ! ! ! !
Grazie mille დ
Let your wonderful landscapes from around the world remind us of what we are fighting for.
Amen & thank you დ
A delight of photos with the variety of landscapes to continue daydreaming. Nature offers us incredible places that you have wonderfully captured
Good weekend
Manuel Angel
Thank you Manuel. Much appreciated. My grandparents last name was Angell დ
Then I make you remember it. I am very lucky
Beautiful, I’ll like to escape to French Polynesia about now!
hugs, Linda
Let’s beam over now!!! დ
Thanks for that trip around the world. If I have a favourite, it would be the Coastal Norway. ♥
These landscapes came as a delightful surprise this morning: it is good to know there is a wider world waiting to be explored!
I am so happy you enjoyed Anne and thankfully there is so much beauty left for us to explore დ
Thanks for taking me all around d the world with your beautiful photos! Much needed!
It was a joy to travel with you & thank you my friend დ
Where on Vancouver Island is that picture taken? What a beautiful collection of photos!
Thank you my friend. Here is the link to the post about the marina: https://cindyknoke.com/author/cindyknoke/page/26/ It was a trailhead to a hike through the ferns to the beach. I will confer with my husband when he returns from hiking as he may well remember the name of the trail.
I can’t get it from the link, but I’m guessing it might have been near Victoria.
Further north, somewhere between Port McNeil and Port Hardy. We always start in wonderful Victoria and drive until the road stops. We stayed on this trip just south of Port McNeil, but we did go west from there too….Sorry wish I could do better.
That’s great, Cindy. I know that area. Great fly fishing. Thanks a lot.
These photos are stunning! I love as married in Banff, so it is a special place, apart from its beauty.
What a perfect place to marry. Banff is so beautiful. Cheers to you my friend & thank you დ
An elegant eight-pack of ecstatic escapes.
Now that is an awesomely astounding alliteration! Thank you & cheers დ
What a wonderful idea. Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you for traveling with me virtually my friend & cheers to you დ
Awesome pictures! Thanks. Nice to see pictures from two of my home areas. I lived near Banff National Park, Alberta and Vancouver Island, BC. Have great weekend.
Thank you very much Darlene. You are so lucky to have lived in such beautiful places. Cheers to you my friend დ
I was indeed lucky to live near both places. Cheers back! Have a great week ahead.
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A wonderfully uplifting virtual trip on a very grey and rainy Saturday. Thank you.
So happy you traveled along with me Margaret & cheers to you my friend დ
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liebe Cindy, das sind wieder tolle Bilder, vielen Dank, viele herzliche Grüße von mir zu dir, Klaus
Du bist sehr nett. Danke mein Freund und bleib sicher und gesund დ
Wow ! ☺ So picturesque.
Thanks my friend and stay safe დ
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Cheers to you & thank you დ
beautiful landscapes 🙂
Grazie mille დ
Wonderful pictures!! Thanks, Cindy.
You are very welcome Isabel & cheers to you დ
Thank you! Those are wonderful photos of fabulous places.
You are most welcome Sheree. So happy you enjoyed. Happy Holidays დ
Happy holidays to you too Cindy
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Now I want to go on a picnic, eat potato salad and homemade ice cream, play softball and go paddle boating! 🙂
Thanks for sharing, my friend. Stay safe!
After, reading your wish list, I suddenly want to do all these things too! Positivity is contagious. Cheers to you დ
You too, Cindy! 🙂
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Thank you Cindy, I feel refreshed and invigorated! Sending you lots of festive hugs xxx
I am so glad you do Liz & you are most welcome my friend. Wishing you Happy & Safe Holidays დ
Thank you for starting my day with your gorgeous images. I’m ready to plan a trip to all of them!
Wonderful & you are most welcome. Planning trips is excellent for your mental health დ
Lovely shots.
Thank you dear friend. Stay safe & well დ
Fantastic escapes, soiled for choice. When I am retired, and it is ok to travel, they are all on my list to visit! Thank you for such wonderful pictures! Have a lovely 3rd Advent!
Happy Advent to you dear friend. I so look forward to traveling virtually with you when you retire. We live in a small and beautiful world დ
Beautiful! I could feel a wave of peaceful energy go through me! Thanks for sharing and happy holidays to you!
Your comment makes me happy I posted. Thank you & stay safe and well my friend დ
I am so glad! You as well!
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Pictures of landscapes we might want to escape to taken by Cindy Knokes.
Thank you for escaping with me Patricia. You make the experience better დ
Amazing landscape, so beautiful! Wow!!
Thank you and very happy you enjoyed დ
Thanks for providing one more way to relieve the stress. We all must cope with it. And find the best way that helps. I think coping is very individual. One size doesn’t fit all. Maybe we only need a good cry or something to laugh about. Or maybe 365 differt ways each year.
However we cope we must be careful not to add to the stress of others.
Your blog has always gives us a sense of well being. Takes us to places we may never visit….but feel we really have been there.
Hopefully we will get over the current stressful time soon.
(See I’m coping by writing …. 😉 )
You are indeed coping by writing & thinking productively, and it is encouraging to read. Thank you my friend. Stay safe & well დ
Thank you Cindy! “Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Man…” Blessings dear friend
Thank you kind friend & peace and blessings to you დ
Zermatt looks fabulous. I wonder if it’s empty at the moment? Thanks for the comfort, Cindy 🤗💕
You are very welcome Jo. I do wonder what Zermatt might look like now. Switzerland is struggling with covid and heightened restrictions are in place. დ
Wunderbar sind deine Farben, Orte und Landschaften aus aller Welt, liebe Freundin. Ja, in Zermatt war ich 1963 beim Skifahren. Dir einen schönen 3. Advent. Ernst
Danke und Happy Advent, mein lieber Freund. Bleiben Sie sicher und gesund in der schönen Schweiz დ
Thank you for the virtual tour to some of the greatest escapist regions of the world, Cindy! I happen to live in one that provides shelter from stress and still is Covit free.
You are most welcome and I am happy for you Peter დ
Mesmerisingly beautiful! X
Smiling…Thank you so much & cheers to you დ
Blessed. Much love. 🙏
I’ve visited and lived in many of those places. So beautiful. Just one small correction, Banff National Park is actually in Alberta (where I live), and the photo is of Vermillion Lakes, Banff.
Oh, yes. Thank you for the correction. I was wondering about this as I was falling asleep…. I will make the change. Thank you for the name of the lake as well which I didn’t know. Alberta is gorgeous. Happy Holidays & thank you! დ
I actually live about 20 mins from those lakes. It’s a beautiful area. Have a relaxing weekend 💕
The perfect prescription…thank you Doctor Cindy! 😇
You are most welcome Liza. Regular exposure to peace and beauty are just what the doctor ordered! Stay safe and well my friend დ
You and yours as well! ☮️❤️😇
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Thank you Cindy for sharing these beautiful landscapes… I’m breathing them in! <3
You can smell the pristine mountain air! I miss it. Sigh… Happy Holidays Eliza დ
thanks for the beauty, Cindy!
You are very welcome & Happy Holidays დ
I needed this. Thank you for sharing these beautiful scenes.
Thank you more for appreciating them Eugenia & cheers my friend დ
My pleasure!
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Thank you so much, Cindy! Very lovely photos 🎄 🎅 🎁 And very welcome during this stressful time. Actually, I am not stressed. But prepare to spend Christmas with my loved ones ❤️
You are most welcome. I am glad you are not stressed and are looking forward to the holidays. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season დ
Thank you very much, Cindy! 5 days ago I did not stress, but now I feel a bit busy. Sorry I do not always notice to read these comments. 😌 ❤️
No worries my friend. Stay safe დ
You too, Cindy, Take care ✨ ✨ ✨
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For a moment I thought you had returned to the south of Chili! This is beautiful too! 🙂
Have a nice weekend, Cindy.
I wish! We actually were supposed to be very far south in January, back to Antarctica. Now I will travel there virtually. Thanks for stopping by & stay safe and well დ
We do live in a beautiful world. Hard to even imagine that Heaven will be evn more so.
Yes. It is hard to imagine, but worth thinking about დ
Thank you for the beautiful images Cindy. Perfect peaceful start to my day!
I am glad. You deserve peaceful days Brad. Stay safe my friend დ
Hugs and gratitude!
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Wonderful little escape, Cindy, thank you!
You are welcome Pam and I am happy to travel virtually with you დ
These are gorgeous! Yes, it takes me away for a few moments 🙂
Thank you my friend. Every peaceful moment helps დ
Thanks, Cindy, for these uplifting pictures. Let’s hope it won’t be too long before we can travel again.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Pit
You are very welcome Pit & stay safe and well my friend დ
I *so* needed all that blue sky and color in my day today! It’s gray and winter-y here right now. Thank you, Cindy!
You are most welcome Teresa. We all need blue skies and smooth sailing these days my friend. დ
Gorgeous, Cindy! Thank you for sharing. 😊
Thank you more for your thoughtful appreciation დ
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So beautiful and peaceful. Thank you.
Hugs to you and Happy Holidays Gigi დ
Love your wonderful and enchanting pictures.
Stay safe!
I am so glad you do and thank you! Be well my friend დ
Although I do love the mountains, Cindy, I’m think that French Polynesia would be my choice about now.
Leslie xoxo
Yes, the lesser visited islands are particularly enticing დ
I will keep that in mind…
You have been to so many spectacular, peaceful, and beautiful places, Cindy! Thank you for sharing them with us! 😍
Thank you for traveling along with me! You make the experience richer დ
Thank you, Cindy. So much needed!
You are most welcome Amy & Happy Holidays my friend დ
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Ahhhhh… breathing a sigh of relief. 🙂 Toss up here whether I would prefer to be at Glacier or in Polynesia, Cindy. Given the time of year, I’m leaning toward something tropical…. –Curt
I’m with you… beautiful! ❤️
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Merci beaucoup mon ami დ
Such beautiful landscape, Cindy! I would not mind escaping to any of them, or to all of them.
Very pleased you enjoyed and thank you my friend დ
What beautiful places to visit virtually! Thank you for such peaceful, scenes!
So happy you traveled along with me virtually Kathy & stay safe and well my friend დ
You’ve been places. 🙂
I try! დ
Such beautiful scenes. We all definitely need something to balance out all the negativity and concerns these days. Maybe I should put together my cutest kitten pictures for a different kind of escape!!
Please, please do, and whatever you do, make sure I don’t miss it somehow. Love to you and the kitties დ დ
Just posted, and linked back to you as well. Love to you and all yours as well!
I just saw it and commented. Catastically charming! They are heartbreakers, each and every one! Thank you my lovely friend for you kindness and compassion. I am lucky to know you დ დ
And I am luck to know you as well. Happy holidays, and here’s hoping you can resume travel in 2021 and I get lots more cute kittens to foster.
And maybe, I’ll adopt one….. If Herbert consents დ
Absolutely beautiful!
Ahh, thank you very much დ
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(((HUG))) thank you!
Back 2UX2 დ
These are all peaceful, and very beautiful!
It’s been almost 40 years since I have seen Banf.
The first time I was in Banff, I was 14. It stays with you დ
Thank you for the escape to faroff lands. I needed it. Lately, when I think of escape, I think of Nova Scotia. Have you been there?
So funny you should ask. My paternal family settled there from the Uk. Yes I have been there. დ
What a coincidence! My maternal family settled there from the UK. My grandmother emmigrated to the US in 1924.
Maybe our ancestors were next door neighbors…..
Maybe! My ancestors settled in Economy Point in Colchester County.
I meant neighbors in the old country….. We’ll never know დ
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Beautiful photos, dear Cindy! What a way to give us hope! Thank you!
Your kind comment gives me hope. Stay safe and well my friend დ
Thanks so much! Same to you, dear friend!
Ah, to see the world again. I spent Christmas in Zermatt four years ago with my niece and her now husband. It was wonderful. The Matterhorn is a delight in any light. Thanks for the memories. Happy holidays, Cindy, and the best for the coming year.
Visa versa 2UX2 Marie & stay safe and well my friend დ
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I have already nominated you for the Travel Challenge – this set are all excellent examples 🙂
I was just over at your blog. Thank you sincerely for your thoughtful nomination Derrick. I am touched you thought of me. I love your uplifting and always enjoyable posts my friend. Happy Holidays to you and your family and I look forward to sharing 2021 with you დ
Me, too, Cindy.
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People like you are what makes blogging rock! დ დ
Lots of these places are on my bucket list, Cindy. Beautiful photos.
Thanks much my friend. I hope you see them all and more! დ
Gorgeous! If I didn’t live where I do, I might be envious… 😉 xx
All I could want is here. 💜
I am happy for you Lea დ
What gorgeous spots, Cindy! I’m drawn to the beauty and peace they depict, and I’m looking forward to seeing part two!
Awwww, thanks much Debbie. Happy Holidays my friend დ
Lovely. Thank you!
Merry Christmas to you and your family Peter დ
beautiful!
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Grazie mille Graham დ
Hombre, no hay de qué!
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Thank you, Cindy! These are very special places!
Hugs to you Resa დ
Thanks for these fabulous photos, Cindy!
You are most welcome Ann & cheers to you my friend დ
Now that certainly did the trick! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful landscape photos. 💛🙏💛
Hugs to you Val & thank you დ
Just thinking about seeing these places does my heart good.
You make me happy I posted them დ
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Thanks for the beauty, Cindy – brought back beautiful memories of Banff and Vancouver Island on trip with my parents visiting me from Texas when I lived in Seattle. And of course, Yellowstone. A childhood trip and then several times as an adult. Amazing.
These places tap into lifelong memories for me too Sheila. Very special დ
So beautiful Cindy. You sure lucked out with Beagle Channel – we went out in rough weather that evolved into a raging storm by the time we got back to Ushuaia where it had been snowing! Didn’t see none of them beautiful mountains 🙁
Alison
Oh dear! We were supposed to return for a third time in January, but that is of course cancelled. On our second trip the mountains were obscured by clouds for our boat trip up the channel. Our kids came with us so it disappointing, but the sun did show up before we left. It is a stunning place, even in the clouds დ
Beautiful photos 🌺🌍🌻
Thanks much Nidhi & cheers დ
A fabulous tour of beauty spots to escape to, Cindy! Thanks for including Norway in this awesome company! 🙂 <3
Norway is beauty personified დ
You’re so gorgeous, Cindy! <3
Visa versa 2UX2 დ დ
Thank you for that gorgeous escape. I feel better already. ♥.
Awww, thank you Niki. I’m glad დ
Thanks Cindy..brings me back to the reality of travel
Yes. It seems forever since I have traveled…… დ
Wonderful images. Lovely memories of places I have visited… and hope for the future I will be able to visit some of the locations I haven’t yet seen in person! Best wishes to you!
Thank you very much and here’s wishing you visit all the places you dream to see. Happy Holidays დ
I only see one unifying them here: tempting. Beautiful, Cindy!
Thank you Mitch. Wishing you and your family all the blessings of The Christmas Season დ
You too, Cindy.
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Heavenly to escape a while through your stunning post images here … can I stay a while at Yellowstone Park? It’s just too beautiful and I need to catch my breath!😀
It must be wonderful there right now. Cold and snowy and no tourists! The fire at Old Faithful Lodge would feel wonderful დ დ
Those places look really peaceful. I wish I could be transported there without the hassle of airplanes and COVID. Thanks for sharing.
You and me both Beverly. Take good care my friend & Merry Christmas დ
Thank you, thank you for sharing such beauty. It is a feast for the eyes, and the soul.
Awww, you are so very welcome Jennie. Thank you for the light you shine in the world my friend დ
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Cindy, thank you so much for these beautiful and needed photographs!
You are so welcome Charles. Thank you so much for your thoughtful friendship. I look forward to another blogging year with you my friend in 2021! Stay safe and well დ
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wonderful images, a lovely post
Oh how I enjoyed these gorgeous landscapes and encouraging words, Cindy. Cheers and thanks to you.
Stay safe and well my friend დ
These pictures define serenity
Love and serenity to you Sande დ
How beautiful these images are! Really nice!
I am honored that you like them Ruben. Thank you & cheers! დ
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Grazie mille Francis დ
Hi Cindy, these pictures are incredible! Your shot of the Beagle Channel, in particular, looks like something out of a fantasy world.
Thank you Josh, most appreciated. The channel is a magical fantasy world, which is why we keep going back. We have been there three times and were supposed to be back in January but cancelled due to covid. Happy & Safe Holidays my friend დ
I hope you get to return to the channel soon! Happy & safe holidays to you, too 🙂
Thank you Josh. Wishing you Happy Holidays and a Happy & Healthy New Year! 🎅 ❄️ 🎁 🦌 ⛄ 👪 🎄
All of these places are different and anyway have something in common. Peaceful and relaxing!
Exactly what we need these stressful days. Stay safe & well დ
You do go to extremes around the globe, far North, far South. Fabulous of you to share.
Kind and thoughtful of you to say so Brenda. Stay safe and well my friend 🎅 ❄️ 🎁 🦌 ⛄ 👪 🎄
Thank you for sharing! I feel so much at peace. Merry Christmas Cindy!
I am so glad! Merry Christmas & Happy Healthy New Year 🎅 ❄️ 🎁 🦌 ⛄ 👪 🎄
In October Hubby and I trekked up ‘Kittatinny Mountain is a long ridge traversing across northwestern New Jersey running in a northeast-southwest axis, a continuation across the Delaware Water Gap of Pennsylvania’s Blue Mountain Ridge.” – Just really halfway straight up (or so it seemed) I did get a photo of the Delaware River… but it isn’t on the PC yet 😉
Last week we had about 8-10 inches of snow. All gone now due to all the recent rains… but it really looks so peaceful, especially before the squirrels and neighbors dogs cross the yard!
Wishing you and yours peace, health and happiness! ((Hugs)) ~Jules
You do know I love you Jules. And this comment is only part of the reason why. Of course, now, I want to do this hike with you two. I want to see and experience it all. And the snow of course…. Somehow snow seems to make everything new, pristine and clean. Happy New Year my friend. I hope we both spend 2021 together 🍾 <3
The mountain was about two and a half hours from us. Trying to visit local things (or fairly local anyway). We don’t always get snow here but this morning around 9 am it is only 27 F.
It would be a joy and pleasure if you and yours were in our area and we could be your guides 🙂 There’s things we haven’t been able to do in our local city yet either. And there is so much history there!!
Be well and stay safe! We can only hope the New Year can bring folks closer together than farther apart!! Cheers, Hugs and love!
Cheers, hugs and love back to you my friend. Stay safe and well in the new year! დდ
This is breathtaking… amazing clicks…happy Holidays Cindy…
Thanks so much! I am honored. Happy Holiday დ
Great scenes, love the colours in your pictures.
Thank you so much & I am happy you do. Cheers to you & take care დ
These are beautiful! Thank you, Cindy. Happy New Year!
The photo of that huge mountain is really amazing. What a place!
Thank you! I am happy you like it. I think you may be referring to The Matterhorn in Switzerland. It is an incredibly beautiful place. The other mountains in the post are the ethereal Andes on The Beagle Channel, also an ethereal place. დ
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Ahhh, so appreciate your kindness! Thank you and stay safe & well my friend დ