Paris. 🐩

Not for November but, the coast of Maine.

"Paris."

I was going to suggest Texas too ;)

But more around the stunning Big Bend Nat'l park and heading to points west. Maybe going along the border (visualize that new wall before it's there...., ugh), including White Sands, NM (beautiful) and winding up in Tuscon or Santa Fe for great food and some pampering.

Not so much that this area is my "magic place" (that would probably be up in the Rockies in CO or wandering the West Village in NYC). But in November, while much of the US is just cold, cold, cold, you'd get to see beautiful places in pleasant conditions that at other times of year would broil you.

I thought the skyline of Philadelphia was very nice. Also a street in Beaufort SC with pretty trees and lovely old homes.

But magical moments remain in Paris and Venice.

This. And the weather is roughly the same in November as it is in July, sort of. Plus it's a short distance to The City.

The courthouse in Paris, Illinois is sort of impressive. (At least in photos--I haven't been there.)

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On the other hand, as Gertrude Stein said, "America is my country, and Paris is my home town."

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Barbrn, I can't believe you haven't been to Hawaii. Put it on that ever expanding travel list immediately! It really is magical.

Canyonlands, Escalante et al in south/south-eastern Utah.
I am done. The Coyote Oldman.

I meant Paris, France, Mr Ligma. It is my magical place. There is no magical place for me in the US.

Gertrude Stein was from Oakland, CA. She said of Oakland on returning home, "There is no there, there."

Paris is there.

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Clifton, funny you mention Big Bend Natl Park. Yesterday a FB page, Traces of Texas, posted this.
https://www.facebook.com/TracesofTexas/

By request, my Texas Quote of the Day is a reprint of one of my favorite quotes. Here, a Mexican vaquero (cowboy) describes how to get to Big Bend from Fort Davis:

"You go south from Fort Davis
Until you come to the place
Where rainbows wait for rain.
And the river is kept in a stone box
And water runs uphill.
And the mountains float in the air.
Except at night, when they run away to play
With other mountains."

---- as told to Frank Tolbert, legendary Dallas newspaperman. In fewer than 100 words, I think this cowboy caught the elusive essence of Big Bend better than folks who've spent their whole lives writing about the area.

Moved to the United States forum

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Sorry your post was moved. It doesn't really belong on the US forum since it's more about wishes & dreams not about planning a trip.

>>Sorry your post was moved. It doesn't really belong on the US forum since it's more about wishes & dreams not about planning a trip.<<

OP clearly says >>I am helping a plan a trip for about a week in November. << and >>Trying to come with options<<

Isn't that exactly what the destination forums are for?

The central coast of California, where I currently live, and the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho though I'm not sure either are ideal in November. It's the start of our rainy season here but there's no truly bad time.