Since several people seemed to enjoy my previous “10 Photos” post and I’m looking for coronavirus distractions like everyone else, I decided to do a sequel! Again, I had to narrow down the category to make it easier choose favorites, so all of these photos will include yours truly in the picture. “10 Photos (of me) in 10 National Parks.” Except for a few selfies, photo credit goes to mom on most of these. Here we go, in no particular order:
(1) Zion National Park (Utah, 2014). Here’s me impersonating a photographer in the Kolob Canyon section of the park. I’ve stopped taking the big camera on more recent trips. The pictures from my iPhone are just as good, or better!
(2) Yosemite National Park (California, 2006). The obvious scale of the sequoia trees make this one of my all-time favorite photos. This was taken in the Redwood Grove at Yosemite.
(3) Mount Rainier National Park (Washington, 2017). This was taken around Memorial Day weekend, and the park’s main road had just opened up for the season. The weather was springlike, warm and beautiful, but there was still a LOT of snow. I love the irony of me wearing short sleeves in a photo with this much snow!
(4) Arches National Park (Utah, 2014). If you’ve ever paid attention to the beginning of Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade, this will look familiar. The fact that its one of my favorites movies makes me love this selfie below Double Arch even nore.
(5) Acadia National Park (Maine, 2016). Lighthouses always intrigue me, and here I am perched on some rocks with Acadia’s lighthouse in the background!
(6) Great Sand Dunes National Park (Colorado, 2018). This time a Star Wars movie reference. I felt like I should be searching for droids, or on the look out for Sand People!
(7) Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah, 2014). What a view! This is me setting off on my hike down to the canyon floor. It’s a little hard to spot in this photo, but Thor’s Hammer is also featured on the right.
(8) Joshua Tree National Park (California, 2019). This is more recent, but I couldn’t leave out my bouldering in Joshua Tree!
(9) Mesa Verde National Park (Colorado, 2014). Please ignore my goofy outfit and focus instead on the awesomeness of the structures built by the cliff-dwelling Pueblo people around 900-1000 years ago!
(10) Death Valley National Park (California, 2016). This park exceeded my expectations, especially for what were able to see in just one day. Again, what a view!
Bonus: Badlands National Park (South Dakota, 2008). Because I can’t pick just 10, and this one is a good representation of looking back, which is the whole point of these top-10 posts!
