Day 3 of our photography tour began with the 75 mile (120 km) trip from Zion NP to Bryce Canyon National Park. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is…
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Zion NP
The first full day of last week’s photo tour was spent at Zion National Park. Zion is a southwest Utah nature preserve distinguished by Zion Canyon’s steep red cliffs. The park was established in 1919 and today, almost 100 years later it welcomes over 4 million visitors annually. It’s readily accessible from major population centres of…
2017 Spring Photo Tour
Each year, I try to make at least one photographic expedition to one of my favourite areas, the red rock country of northern Arizona and southern Utah. This past week, I was accompanied by two good friends, Barry Stewart and Bill McAdam on a four-day trek that included five specific destinations: Lee’s Ferry, Zion National…
White Sands National Monument
This week, Rolande and I made a short road trip to southern New Mexico. Our primary destination was the White Sands National Monument, near the City of Alamagordo. A National Monument in the United States is a protected area that is similar to a National Park, but can be created from any land owned or controlled by the federal government by proclamation of the President of the…
Hotel Mar Adentro
Today’s post features a hotel located in San Jose Del Cabo, Baja California, Mexico. In the course of a recent trip to this area, our hosts Gail and Paul Murphy, took us to visit what they term “the White House”, a collection of white blocks constituting a very uniquely designed hotel complex. This photograph was…