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Flowers Providing Local Color

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June 29, 2019 · 8:22 pm

After taking thousands of photos and traveling throughout the United States, these twenty-five photos resonated with me the most from 2018-2019. Some capture beauty, while others remind me of stories from my journey. For example, I stumbled on to the little town of Ferndale in California. After enjoying a peach scone and a coffee at the local cafe, I found a map to the black sand beaches of California’s “lost coast”. The long slow drive over the coastal mountains brought me to a wide open view of the ocean – and cows. They surprised me. I surprised them. The photo captures our mutual interest. The beaches of black rock were stunning. At the conclusion of the drive, I ended up in a Redwood Forest of Humboldt State Park. I took hundreds of pictures – but I ended up cutting the best of the tree photos. Ironic I think.

Smoky Mountains

Antelope Canyon

Lost Coast of California

Crystal Bridges Museum

Loneliest Hwy – US 50

Lake Champlain

Glacier Bay Alaska

Boston Harbor

The Marshes of Alaska

A Lonely Snail

In the Biltmore Gardens

The Dry Tortugas

The Dismal Pool – NH

P-Town

Anniversary Day OKC

Kenai Fjords’ Exiting Glacier

A Tennessee Snail

Monterey Beauty

Cooking School

After Midnight in Alaska

Denali Highway

The Beaver Dam

Middle Prong in Tremont

Dancing Jellies

Birds of Bodega Bay

The Final Frontier – Alaska

I managed to make it to Alaska to visit my 50th state in the U.S. during my 50th year. The near 24 hours of daylight and the perfect weather hovering around 75 degrees provided the perfect escape from the intense heat and humidity of the Midwest. I am told that I am lucky to have spent a full day basking in the majesty of Denali’s peak. The drive up hwy 3 from Anchorage to Denali is sublime. The crushed rock of hwy 8 (the Denali hwy) provides even greater beauty, and the drive through Wrangell-St. Elias to McCarthy wraps up the perfect trifecta. As of right now, I have been to 41 out of the 60 U.S. National Parks. I think Glacier Bay ranks in the top 3. The Bay, woods, ponds, wildlife, lodge, cabins, trails, sunsets, and exhibits create a world you won’t want to leave.