Some of our Favorite Pictures of some of our Favorite / Special Places
Yes, most are in National Parks . Yes, some places have multiple pictures. Most notably is Olympic National Park , one of our favorites…so many visits, so many special places…of the “outdoors/scenic” variety. Pictures Grouped (to jump ahead):
Olympic National Park
Where we took our first camping trip and have taken multiple guests visiting the Northwest.
Lake Crescent from Fairholme (September 2012) Ruby Beach (July 2015) Blacktail Deer at Hurricane Ridge-Olympics NP (May 2019) Lake Crescent from Lake Crescent Lodge (May 2019) Kalaloch Beach-Tree of Life (May 2019) Lake Quinault (February 2021) Ruby Beach (July 2021) Kalaloch Beach (February 2022)
A few other “Special” (to us) National Parks
Gateway Arch-our FIRST National Park (September 2000) Crater Lake-the most BEAUTIFUL National Park (August 2019) Crater Lake-the most BEAUTIFUL National Park (August 2019) Mount Rainier-Seen Often, Visited Seldom (September 2019) Mount Rainier-Seen Often, Visited Seldom (September 2019)
And more National Parks
Big Bend-Chisos Mountain Sunset Big Cypress-Egret & Alligator living in harmony Big Cypress-Swamp Channel Islands-Super Pod of Dolphins Dinosaur-Steamboat Rock on the Green River at Echo Park Dinosaur-View of the Green River for lunch at Rainbow Park Death Valley-Artist Drive Dry Tortugas-View from inside Fort Jerfferson Glacier-Lake Sherburne Grand Canyon Tetons-Jenny Lake John Day Fossil Beds Joshua Tree Lassen Volcanic-Chaos Crags & Lassen Peak Lake Chelan-view of North Cascades Organ Pipe Cactus Pinnacles Redwoods Rocky Mountains-Sprague Lake Rocky Mountains-Cow Moose Saguaro-Cactus Drive White Sands Yellowstone-Bison Roadblock, leaving West Entrance Yosemite Valley, Christmas 2012
State Parks & More
Baxter State Park, Maine – Katahdin View from Sentinel Peak Cape Perpetua – Best View on the Oregon Coast Custer State Park, South Dakota – Sylvan Lake Lake Tahoe Sunset-from Nevada Mount Shasta-just driving to California Mount Washington – View over Presidential Range & Cog Railway Superstition Mountains – near Apache Junction, Arizona – Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon-Wreck of the Peter Iredale Mark at Trinity Ground Zero Monument Very Large Array