Petrified Forest National Park

"A strange and colorful landscape. Yellow, red, and even purple rocks and sand cover the hilly earth. Huge pieces of ancient trees twist in unusual ways."

White Sands National Park

"The distance peaks are gray and dry,
A piercing blue now fills the sky,
The dunes so white it hurts to see,
Gypsum waves spread westerly."

Sequoia National Park

"Standing in a grove of some of the world’s largest trees will leave you feeling small, and in awe."

Grand Canyon National Park

"There will never be a photograph of the Grand Canyon that can adequately describe its depth, breadth, and true beauty."

Death Valley National Park

"How can rocks and sand and silence make us afraid and yet be so wonderful?"

Capital Reef National Park

"Capitol Reef is filled with geology that takes shape, color, and dimension to a level beyond comprehension."

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

"A massive crack in the earth’s surface, with the sides parted to reveal sheer rock walls plunging nearly straight down to a thin ribbon of river far below."

Ecola State Park

"Ecola’s trails offer cliff side viewpoints of secluded coves, forested promontories and even a long abandoned lighthouse."

Olympic National Park

"While the typical image of the park is a dark, damp, and overwhelmingly beautiful temperate rain forest, the park also shelters alpine highlands, tranquil lakeshores, and a wild Pacific coastline that seems totally untouched by humans."

Glacier National Park

"Beautiful lakes derived straight from glaciers, lofty mountains steeped in lovely nemophila-blue skies and clad with forests and glaciers, mossy ferny waterfalls in their hollows, nameless and numberless, and meadowy gardens abounding in the best of everything …"

Yellowstone National Park

"Yellowstone, of all the national parks, is the wildest and most universal in its appeal... Daily new, always strange, ever full of change, it is Nature's wonder park."

Badlands National Park

"This striking South Dakota landscape boasts a maze of buttes, canyons, pinnacles and spires. Skeletons of three-toed horses and saber-toothed cats are among the many fossilized species found here."

Wind Cave National Park

"The first cave to be designated a national park, Wind Cave National Park features the world's largest concentration of rare boxwork formations along with 33,851 acres of forest and prairie."

Rocky Mountain National Park

"Within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park, more than 100 peaks rise above 11,000 feet in altitude, including Longs Peak at 14,259 feet."

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

"The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe."

Zion National Park

"Mazes of sandstone canyons, towering plateaus, magnificent waterfalls."

Grayson Highlands State Park

"Near Mount Rogers and Whitetop Mountain, Virginia's two highest mountains, Grayson Highlands offers scenic views of alpine-like peaks more than 5,000 feet high."

Big Bald Mountain / AT

"From this lofty grassy bald at 5,516 feet, one of the finest in the Southeast, you’ll have 360° views of the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee."

Scotchman's Peak

"This steep trail passes through a variety of forest types and a wonderful subalpine meadow on its way to the highest peak in the Idaho portion of the Cabinet Mountains. The jagged summit of Scotchman Peak is a jumble of rocks at 7,009 feet."

Hump Mountain / AT

"Hump Mountain is the northern pillar of the Roan Highlands, which straddle the Tennessee-North Carolina border. An expansive, grassy bald, this peak commands a spectacular 360 degree view from its summit."

Longleaf Pine: Fort Bragg, NC

"The pines wide apart; the sunny spaces between full of beautiful abounding grasses, liatris, long, wand-like solidago, saw palmettos, etc., covering the ground in garden style. Here I sauntered in delightful freedom…” - John Muir

Stone Mountain State Park

"This magnificent 600-foot granite dome is well worth the wait. Sunlight and shadows dance across a broad tapestry of stone."

Stansbury Island

"Rarely will you ever see another person at the underrated Stansbury Island, the second largest island within the Great Salt Lake in Utah"

Mau-Har Loop / AT

"This short but grueling loop mixes ridgetop traversing with waterfall-choked canyon hopping for a two-day hiking highlight reel. But contemplative views and scenic swimming holes don’t come easy. Expect almost 7,000 feet of elevation change on this rocky hike."

Grassy Ridge Bald / AT

"Many people say that this stretch of trail is the most beautiful section along the entire length of the Appalachian Trail."

Cutler Coast

"Two hours north of the heart of Acadia, the Reserve holds 12,234 acres of blueberry barrens, woodlands and peatlands leading up to oceanside cliffs. . .The +/- 30 miles between Lubec and Cutler, Maine is known as the “Bold Coast” – Alpine trees right up to 100 foot cliffs, radical tide changes and secluded smooth-rocked beaches."

Stansbury Island

"Rarely will you ever see another person at the underrated Stansbury Island, the second largest island within the Great Salt Lake in Utah."

Max Patch

"Widely considered as the prettiest spot on the entire Appalachian Trail."

Acadia National Park

"A patch of coastal Maine where the north woods tumble down to meet the wild Atlantic."

Mount Ascutney State Park

"A dark, enchanting forest that smells like Christmas because of the abundance of spruce and fir trees. Every hiking trail leads to more incredible views, and as you hike, a thousand birds will serenade you with their sweet songs."

Mount Everett State Reservation

"Made up of eastern hemlock, eastern white pine, and hardwoods like maple trees and oak trees, American beech, and birch trees. At the summit, the forest is a dwarf forest of pitch pine and bear oak that hasn’t been disturbed for centuries."

Arches National Park

"The pillars, spires, balanced rocks, fins, monoliths, and arches were (and still are) carved by wind, water, and ice into the famous features we experience today."

Mexican Hat

"A patch of coastal Maine where the north woods tumble down to meet the wild Atlantic."
​Adventures Locations

2019:
DONE: Rocky Mountain
DONE: Wind Cave
DONE: Badlands
DONE: Yellowstone
DONE: Glacier
DONE: Olympic
DONE: Redwood
​DONE: Ecola State Park
DONE: Grassy Ridge Bald

2018: 
DONE: Max Patch
DONE: Cutler Coast
DONE: Acadia National Park
DONE: Mount Ascutney State Park
Wapack National Wildlife Refuge
DONE: Mount Everett State Reservation
Rocky Branch Creek Greenway
Schenck Forest
Rough Ridge

2017:
Congeree National Park
Appalachian Trail through McAfee Knob
DONE: Arches National Park
DONE: Mexican Hat
Grand Canyon National Park (not many photos)
DONE: Stansbury Island
DONE: Zion National Park
Roosevelt Grove of Ancient Cedars
Harrison Lake and Harrison Peak
Idaho general
DONE: Scotchman's Peak
Chilco Mountain
Blossom Lake
Stevens Lake
Garden of the Gods

2016:
DONE: Grassy Ridge Bald, december
DONE: Grayson Highlands
DONE: Max Patch and surrounding area
DONE: Mau Har Loop and Appalachian Trail
Nicaragua
DONE: Stone Mountain

2015:
DONE: Hump Mountain
DONE: Grassy Ridge Bald
Profile Trail/Linville Falls
Rough Ridge
DONE: Big Bald
DONE: Hump Mountain