The “Grand Photo Tour” was a great trip and it certainly produced some memorable images. In the course of our travels, Howie and I visited four U.S. National Parks, a National Monument and a Navajo Tribal Park, all in four days. I’ve shared a number of my photos from the trip in the last eight…
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Hot Wonders of Yellowstone
The last day of photography on our voyage home was spent in Yellowstone National Park, focused in large part on its geothermal hot spots. The central area of the park is located in a volcanic caldera and is still thermally active. The manifestation of this activity is hot water and steam coming to the surface…
American Bison
Last stop on our photo road trip was Yellowstone National Park in the State of Wyoming. We were hoping to see and photograph some wildlife in addition to the great scenery. We failed to find any bears and wolves but the bison were plentiful and we soon had our quota of bison pictures. Following are…
Canyonlands NP
The other venue we visited while in Moab, Utah was the Canyonlands National Park. Canyonlands is located within a geologic region called the Colorado Plateau. It is a great section of continental crust that has endured millions of years of rock building and erosion. The park is divided into 3 principal sections, Island in the…
Delicate Arch
We traveled on from Monument Valley to Moab UT, home to two National Parks, Canyonlands NP and Arches NP. I have visited Arches before and I have a good collection of photos from there. I have never had the opportunity, however to photograph its best known arch, Delicate Arch. So this time I made it…