Photography, Fun, and Adventure in the U.S.
We ventured into our 42nd national park with no previous knowledge about what makes it special… and left with a great appreciation of the beauty and heritage of Congaree National Park, located about 20 miles southeast of Columbia, South Carolina. We wondered how many people were aware of this 26,276-acre
Grand Junction, also known as River City, is located at the confluence of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers, in northwestern Colorado, in an area known as the Western Slope. (While the area is indeed pretty grand, the name actually comes from when the Upper Colorado River was Named the Grand
We left Cortez and headed north to Montrose, with a focus on our 36th national park: Black Canyon of the Gunnison. The south entrance to the park, which is the only one that remains open in the winter, is located about 15 miles east of Montrose. (The park closes most
What a year we have had — traveling thousands of miles while visiting 12 of the 48 contiguous United States in the western region of the country! In 2018, we spent about a month exploring, biking, and hiking in Arizona, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota,
One of the most beautiful parks in the United States, and certainly in Arizona, is not even a park, but a national monument. The Chiricahua National Monument southeast of Willcox, at an elevation of 5,400 feet (rising to 7,310 on Sugarloaf Mountain) offers a collection of rock pinnacles (from the