Week of November 13th, 2017

*Monument Valley, AZ * Forrest Gump Point, UT * Page, AZ * Horseshoe Bend, AZ * Kanab, AZ * Peek-a-boo Canyon, AZ * Flagstaff, AZ * Sedona, AZ * Tucson, AZ * High: LV: Our first night in Flagstaff when we went to the Gopher Hole. We saved money by eating in and then were able…

Week of November 6th, 2017

*San Diego, CA * Las Vegas, NV * Grand Canyon, AZ * Monument Valley, AZ * High: LV: Photographing the sunrise in Monument Valley. Monument Valley has been at the top of my bucket list of places to visit for years. Hoping to shoot the sunset, we arrived late in the day to a cloudy sky with…

Week of October 30th, 2017

* Los Angeles, California * Laguna Beach, CA * Newport Beach, CA * San Diego, CA * High LV: Last week, one of my oldest friends got married. We went to school together all the way through our undergrad years, graduating in 2011 from USD. It was wonderful being back in SD celebrating with both he and…

Week of October 16th, 2017

* Zion National Park, Utah * Las Vegas, NV * Seven Magic Mountains, NV * Los Angeles, CA * High: LV: Enjoying Vegas with Willa and walking the Strip. We’re kindof big Vegas people so it was definitely a treat- staying in a hotel and all (plus the room only being $49). WV: Zion was amazing but…

Week of October 9th, 2017

*Idaho Falls, ID * Pocatello, ID * Salt Lake City, UT * Capitol Reef National Park, UT * Bryce Canyon National Park, UT * Zion National Park, UT * High: LV: Watching the sunset at Bryce Canyon. The colors were something we’d been chasing for a while and we kept missing out. We had just had…

Week of October 1st, 2017

*New York, New York * Billings, MT * Paradise Valley, MT * Mill Creek Rd, MT * Pray, MT * Chico Hot Springs * Boiling River, Yellowstone * Mammoth Hot Springs, MT * Yellowstone National Park * West Yellowstone, MT * Idaho Falls, ID * High: LV: Getting off the plane and seeing Willa in the…

Week of September 25th, 2017

* Rapid City, SD * Custer State Park, SD * Pactola Reservoir, SD * Deadwood, SD * Devil’s Tower, WY * Bighorn National Forest, WY * Circle Park Trailhead, Bighorn * High: LV: This is a tie – Running around Devil’s Tower with Willa taking photos at sunset.  I liked that we arrived, took a dirt…

Week of September 18th, 2017

* Omaha, NE * Nebraska National Forest- Halsey * Wind Cave National Park, SD * Custer State Park South Dakota * Mount Rushmore, SD * Badlands National Park, SD * Rapid City, SD * High: LV: Seeing Emily, my sister. Getting to experience what her life is like as a med school student and watching her…

Week of September 11th, 2017

* Carbondale, CO * Independence Pass, Aspen * Devil’s Punchbowl, Independence Pass * Independence Pass Ghost Town * Continental Divide, Independence Pass * Paint Mines Interpretive Park, CO * Kansas City, MO * High LV: We were a little nervous to drive Independence Pass because of what we read about online. After starting the drive we…

Week of September 4th, 2017

* Breckenridge, CO * Vail, CO * Denver, CO * Upper Mohawk Lake near Breckenridge * Lake Dillon, CO * Breckenridge Ski Resort * Aspen, CO * Carbondale, CO * Crystal Mill, Carbondale * Maroon Bells, Aspen * Penny Hot Springs, Carbondale High LV: The last hike we took in Breck was great- we just wandered…