I will be starting a new series on the blog.
The posts will be based on a trip which my wife has just completed in the States.
In a period of 45 days, she has travelled by road from San Francisco, onward to many National Parks in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico.
The photos she brought back show great beauty. Although she is not a keen photographer, many of the images she has taken with my crappy compact camera and her iPhone were just too beautiful not to be shared.
Her trip, starting from SF and back to SF has covered 5,400 miles.
The trip included Mono Lake, Yosemite, Death Valley, Lake Powell, the Canyonlands, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Mosiac Canyon, Titus Canyon, Sante Fe, Monument Valley, the Arches , Capital Reef NP, Zion NP etc.
The trip also covered the Pacific Highway, from to LA to SF, where there were lots of beautiful scenery of the coast, the sea and the animals like elephant seals.
The only place in this trip that I have visited is SF. So, while responses from readers on the images are welcome, however, I will unlikely be able to respond to the comments.
Some of her photos contain beautiful sunsets taken in the journey. To start with, I am showing one of her sunset photos and a canyon view.
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Looking forward to read the new posts.Regards.JMS
Hi Jalal, nice to hear from you. Hope you will also like the future posts!
Wonderful! Look forward to seeing this series.
Sure, will share more!
I look forward to seeing all of the posts/photos. My husband and I have hiked many of the trails in the national parks and I am likely to see some of my favorite places that we have visited! When I was a teenager my dad took us on a cross country trip from LA,California to New York and Canada back to West Coast, to Vancouver, then SF where we boarded the Lurline for our voyage home. That was nearly 2 mo. trip of seeing America!
Wow, Liz, you have done a lot of travelling! How this series will bring back some good memories!
There are lovely. Too bad she did not get up to Washington state and Mount Rainier. Thank you for sharing.
I gathered that Washington State is beautiful, I look forward to visiting it one day!
We have a lot of green. Lots of mountains other than Rainier. The infamous Mount St. Helens is one. We also offer the Olympic Forest.
Nice to know this. personally, I prefer forest than arid areas!
We do have desert in Eastern Washington. The mountains divide the state in half. We in the west get a lot of rain, thus are green.
So within one state, you have quite a diversity!
Quite a bit. The mountains split the state in to two totally different ecosystems. One side green, the other desert. The two sets of mountains are a third biosystem.
Glad to know about all these!
Your welcome.
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It’ll be interesting to guess where the photos were taken – this canyon one looks like Bryce Canyon to me.
Looks like it, it has got colonnades on it!
Beautiful 🙂
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Gorgeous!! This so encourages me to continue learning photography, even though I only have a Canon Power Shot SX150IS!! Thank you for sharing your wife’s photos!!
Most of the cameras these days are OK, if you know how to compensate on its weakness. I think your camera is OK too!
Oh, so good to know, thank you, so much!!
iPhones also take good photos! Regards, Michael
😀 , I can barely txt on my little phone… but, as I grow more confident, I may have to try an iPhone, Thank you, Michael!
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Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos your wife took! Looking forward for more. 🙂
Sure, will show more!
Looking forward to this Michael. I’ve been to a lot of these places even though it’s been lots of years. 🙂
Hope you will find your memories here!
Two wonderful photographers in your family.
My wife has the talent but has to be encouraged to take photos!
Hi Michael,
Lovely sunset and the canyon is something else. It must have been quite the trip.
Leslie
Yes, it was wonderful!
What an interesting idea – the photos so far are great but I find the iPhone takes great shots.
Half of my wife’s photos were taken with iPhone – I still have to learn how these photos are to be downloaded!
What a wonderful route to follow! I’ve been to several places on her list but not the complete trip and am looking forward to more photos. 🙂
Sure, will share more photos of the trip!
What a great trip!
Thank you 🙂
Stunning views, Michael! It must have been a wonderful trip!
Indeed, it was a wonderful trip!
Gorgeous!
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Her road trip sounds like she went to ALL the great places! Looking forward to the series.
~Lindy
Hi Lindy, will share more images of the trip!
Stunning view of canyon. 🙂
Glad that you like it!
Hi Michael, looking forward to your series and i am sure our hearts will be tugged at her shots which i am sure she took with hers on them 🙂 i will have to pray harder to be able to see the other beautiful places your wife had been to. from her list, Bob and i have seen only one… have a blessed day you both! — April
Hi April, nice to hear from you again! Hope the upcoming photos won’t disappoint you and that you will be able to visit the other National Parks one day!
What a wonderful trip! My husband and I are retiring in 5 years and are going to live in a motorhome and tour the country. All of those places are on our list to visit. I’m looking forward to your preview!
It would be fun to tour around in a motorhome – I would love to do that too! Regards, Michael
I am looking forward to it and I am sure the pictures are beautiful. I have never been to the west coast (only to fly through to go to Hawaii) so this will be a treat for me. Blessings!
I am sure you will like the pictures, please stay tuned!
I’m joining the journey ☺️
You are welcome to join in 🙂
Oh, exciting! Can’t wait to see more of her trip. I once had a dream on my bucket list to visit every US National Park–but actually just last week found out it’s over 400! It would be very hard to fit in my lifetime, haha. Still, hopefully as many as possible!
The pictures are gorgeous! Maybe you should have your wife (if she’s up for it), do a few “guest” posts during the series?
Wow, didn’t realize that there are so many NPs. There are people who do not like to write – my wife and my- sister- in law, in fact, they take good photos but refuse to write!
Yea, neither did I. I guess it’s a good thing really considering how easily space is taken up for more houses and businesses all the time. More NPs means more protected historical places and environments :).
I guess that makes sense. Not everyone is into everything. Well, I look forward to the photos either way!
I like this system of defining areas as NPs so that future developments are not allowed to encroach onto them.
I have asked around, nobody seem to be interested to be a guest writer – even with enticement!
Wow, did you take these or your wife? Whoever, it was did a wonderful job. You depicted the American West in its austere beauty. Great job. Hugs, Barbara
hi Barbara, the pictures were taken by my wife. Glad that you like them. Regards, Michael
I’m so very excited about this new phase of your blog. Your wife has seen more of the US on the West Coast than we have, so learning from her experience will enhance our knowledge of the beauty of the area. Looking forward to reading more posts.
Hi Rusha, some people like travelling outside their own country – I guess that my wife was doing just that. For a year, I lived in London and travelled around – my colleagues used to say I see more of the UK than they have!
Very very beautiful photos. I lived in Ariona and never made to the Grand Canyon which I hope to change soon.
Yes, should make an effort to be there!
Wow!!! Looking forward to it, Michael. All my photos are from an iPhone. Someday I’d like to get a really good camera, but it’s not in budget now. 🙂
Hi, in fact the iPhone does take good pictures and very convent for sharing with others! Regards, Michael
Yes, and so light and easy to carry. For me, with a bad back, that is essential!
Yeah, I have also gone for lighter cameras!