Then there's also this in Montana: The Miracle of America Museum (http://miracleofamericamuseum.org/). An amazing museum that has a big of *everything* Americana, including UFOs (maybe not uniquely Americana). I'm not sure what these were used for (movies, likely), but there are a few of them there, some different shapes than this. It felt like an appropriate Fun Photo Pre-Halloween Friday!
Montana is huge. And it's beautiful. Scenes like this are everywhere in Montana. Giant prairies bordered by mountains. Lots of lakes, roaming bison, and great towns. If you haven't already, I suggest you take a road trip through Montana.
Here's one from our 2012 trip that included Zion National Park in Utah. I loved everything about Zion (except that it isn't pet-friendly, but most of the national parks are the same in this regard). Great scenery, great hiking, and the camping is supposedly great as well. We stayed just outside of the park at an RV/campground.
Last summer, Darcy and I decided to explore parts of the Tahoe area that one or both of us had never visited. I went skiing at Sierra at Tahoe when I was younger, but Darcy had never been there, so we took a walk around there. We've been talking about our plans (hopes?) for skiing this winter, so I pulled this photo out to post on Fun Photo Friday. Let's hope there's some snow to celebrate there soon!
I love Bryce Canyon. The limestone appears to change colors throughout the day. This shot was taken at the Amphitheater just after sunset, when the dark orange and pink colors work their way throughout the canyon.
Here's another shot of the beautiful view you can see when traveling by rail in Alaska. This was sunrise along the Turnagain Arm, shortly after leaving Anchorage on our way to Seward.
A while back I asked if posting flowers was ok, and I got some positive feedback, so here's one for Fun Photo Friday. I shot this at the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon, in 2014 when Darcy and I visited for our 15th wedding anniversary. I did the selective coloring using SilverFX.
While on our vacation a couple weeks ago, Darcy and I took a drive from Ferndale, heading south along Mattole Road to the coast at Cape Mendocino. It was a very slow-going road, but absolutely beautiful. This shot was take just south of the western-most point of the continental United States.
This one is from about 10 years ago, when we went to New York to celebrate my 40th birthday with our good friends the Fienes, Adlers, and George Thomas. I can't recall exactly where we were located when I took this, but I know I didn't have a tripod with me at the time, unfortunately, because it would be much better if it was sharp. At any rate, I really like the way the lights on the building matched the colors of the sunset.
Tenaya Lake us a beautiful place to spend an hour or two while visiting Yosemite National Park. We stopped by before and after taking a long hike, and Bailey decided to cool off in the water for a bit.
We got to see some spectacularly beautiful sunsets during our short stay in Pismo Beach a couple weeks ago. On our last night, we went up to Margo Dodd Beach, and spent the early evening being entertained by a whale (more on that at some point in the future) while we waited for the sun to set. From the photo, you can see that even the bird's enjoy watching the sun go down beyond the horizon.
Here's one for Fun Photo Friday of Bailey checking out the scene at Washburn Point in Yosemite National Park. That's Half Dome in the background.
