or "A Princess Goes Camping"
Canyon de Chelly National Monument has been continuously inhabited for nearly 5000 years. The Monument is currently part of the Navajo Nation and is managed by the National Park Service. While there are rim roads that...
We drove about 150 miles south to Goosenecks State Park, just outside of Mexican Hat, Utah. I had seen numerous photos of the park’s dramatic San Juan River canyon, but the real view was even more...
Moving into the desert of southeast Utah was an easy, short drive from Palisade, CO, to Horsethief campground on BLM land north of Moab. Horsethief offers a rustic, scenic, and practical stop in the heart of...
Cades Cove is a scenic valley in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, spanning parts of Tennessee and North Carolina. This lush basin, surrounded by misty mountains and dense forests, offers a glimpse into the region’s...
Mesa Verde National Park was the main attraction to the area to see Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings. Everyone has heard of this amazing place. This was not our first time there. We had last visited when...
On my first outing in 2022, I find myself standing in the rain having what can only be described as a crazy good time in the mountains. (Well as crazy as nerdy landscape photographers can get...
Drove a perfect road today. Fresh two-lane asphalt for 96 miles; ND-16 north from I-94. Smooth long straightaways to let the truck run, leading into gradual sweeping S-turns that were there for no apparent reason except...
A few weeks ago, we pointed the rig East again, this time to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It is about a 500-mile drive from home to Townsend, TN where we parked the ORV for a week in the Little Arrow Outdoor Resort. I had registered us for a photography workshop concentrating on wildflowers and waterfalls with Mandy Lea Photo.
We stayed outside the Park in a commercial campground for a few expensive days because our first choice did not work out well. Our preference is to find a Forest Service campground or, better yet, a...
