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i've been in some fairly remote U.S. places (Which to me means, i see very few, if any people, no cell phone service, you get hurt or come unprepared, you very well might die), 10 mile hikes in, inside Glacier National Park. I've been all through Death Valley, including some 30-40 mile rocky dirt roads, then 10 mile hikes, then camping. I once got my car stuck in the mud deep into Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument in Utah. took me about 12 minutes to get out. driving west on the 80 through Wyoming during a snowstorm is pretty remote (great experience driving through fairly heavy snow, enough that signs were covered in snow. sleeping in a rest stop, and waking up at 7 or 8am to sunny skies, and NO EVIDENCE OF SNOW ANYWHERE). Vancouver Island, though only a few miles from downtown Vancouver, in Canada, is very remote as well. The pictures I took made it look like a perfect Jurassic Park area. I was there for some 10 hours, never saw anybody. When I went to Puerto rico, Rojo Cabo was kinda remote-ish. Lost cell phone service, and only saw one couple, though there are houses and a small town as you get to the lighthouse that overlooks the caribbean. El Yunque National Forest has that remote feeling to it, at least once you hike past the other people, which is usually 2 miles or so. Driving north in Virginia to Thomas Jefferson's House, that entire drive, and especially once you get near, feels remote, but beautiful. i love balance, so i love the major city, but i also love backcountry. i've been to a lot of places where i don't see a human face for a day. and then i drive back to a city with 4 million. ************************************************************
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