Yosemite December 202327 photos
It may be just about time to concede that summer has come to an end. A collection of Montana photos from Paradise Valley, Glacier National Park, and the Beartooths.
While I love to travel by rail in Europe, my last experience until this weekend on a train in the United States happened when I was five or six years old when my entire elementary school got to ride the Amtrak from Shelby to Cut Bank, Montana and back for a field trip. That trip was a big deal. The local newspaper covered it, and I believe a photo of my sister even...
I have always wanted to visit Joshua Tree and Route 66 and finally got the opportunity on a trip last March. The park has grown in popularity over the years, but still provides some opportunities for excellent scenery and starry skies. I saw less of Route 66 than I hoped, as the road was closed at Roy, and seems to have been for some time, information that somehow...
I probably need to give Sedona another chance. While the area, with its trademark red cliffs, blue skies, and hiking trails was beautiful (and the drive down to Flagstaff via some backroads presented some ideas for future stops), my brief visit to Sedona in March was not one of the highlights of my Southwest trip. The traffic in the city was dreadful and the air of...
Despite having a plan to see the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Sedona, and more during the course of my spring break trip, I was most excited to see Monument Valley. Unfortunately, while I had great weather the first afternoon I arrived, there was very little sunlight for my sunrise tour into the backcountry. Despite the photos not turning out the way I hoped, the tour...
After I left Antelope Canyon, I posted on Instagram that it might have been one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and a week removed from the trip, that thought still holds. The tours of the canyon take you about 100 feet underground into a canyon carved over millions of years by periodic flooding through the area. Be sure to watch when the guide shows...