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):
- Other “Special” National Parks (The Arch, Crater Lake, Mount Rainier, 7 Alaska Parks!)
- And more National Parks … SO Many
- State Parks & More
Olympic National Park
Where we took our first camping trip and have taken multiple guests visiting the Northwest.
A few other “Special” (to us) National Parks
Our 1st, the Most Beautiful, the “seen-often-visited-seldom”, and…
Alaska National Parks!
Gateway Arch-our FIRST National Park (September 2000) 
Crater Lake NP-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) 
Katmai NP-Bear at Brooks Falls, from the Riffles Platform (July 2025) 
Katmai-SO MANY Salmon at Brooks Falls (July 2025) 
Katmai-Close up of bear eating salmon skin at the lower Brooks River Platform (July 2025) 
Katmai-View across Lake Brooks 
Lake Clark NP-Waterfall to which we hiked (July 2025) 
Wrangell-St. Elias NP-View of Kennecott Glacier from Kennecott (July 2025) 
Wrangell-St. Elias-Kennecott Mines National Historic District from the Air (July 2025) 
Gates of the Arctic NP-Flying into Anaktuvuk Pass (July 2025) 
Denali NP-Hike around Horseshoe Lake (July 2025) 
Kenai Fjords NP-Northwestern Glacier, where we stayed awhile watching it calve (July 2025) 
Kenai Fjords-Our first ever seen Orca!!! (July 2025) 
Kenai Fjords-Habor Seals on Glacial Ice near Northwestern Glacier (July 2025) 
Glacier Bay NP-John Hopkins Glacier (July 2025)
And more National Parks (alphabetically)
Apostle Islands NL-Raspberry Island Lighthouse and Fog Horn House & Boat House (September 2024) 
Big Bend NP-Chisos Mountain Sunset (January 2015) 
Big Bend NP-Rio Grande Canoe Trip (March 2025) 
Big Cypress NPres-Egret & Alligator living in harmony (January 2024) 
Big Cypress NPres-Swamp (January 2024) 
Cape Hatteras NS-at Cape Point, where the Labrador Current & Gulf Stream meet (October 2023) 
Channel Islands NP-Super Pod of Dolphins (January 2020) 
Chiricahua NM-View of “Standing up Rocks”, from Lower Rhyolite Trail (February 2023) 
Dinosaur NM-Steamboat Rock on the Green River at Echo Park (July 2022) 
Dinosaur NM-View of the Green River for lunch at Rainbow Park (July 2022) 
Death Valley NP-Artist Drive (December 2012) 
Dry Tortugas NP-View from inside Fort Jefferson (February 2015) 
Glacier NP-Lake Sherburne (August 2012) 
Grand Canyon NP (December 2012) 
Grand Teton NP-Jenny Lake (October 2018) 
Great Smokies NP, at the Mountain Farm Museum (March 2024) 
Isle Royale NP-View of Rock Harbor on Rock Harbor Trail (September 2024) 
John Day Fossil Beds NM (August 2019) 
Joshua Tree NP (January 2012) 
Lassen Volcanic NP-Chaos Crags & Lassen Peak (October 2019) 
Lake Chelan NRA-view of North Cascades (June 2019) 
Organ Pipe Cactus NM (February 2020) 
Pictured Rocks NL-Chapel Rock from North Country NST along the cliffs above Lake Superior (August 2024) 
Pictured Rocks NL-View from Lake Superior on Sunset Cruise (August 2024) 
Pinnacles NP (January 2020) 
Redwoods NP & SP (January 2020) 
Rocky Mountain NP-Sprague Lake (July 2022) 
Rocky Mountain NP-Cow Moose (July 2022) 
Saguaro NP-Cactus Drive (January 2015) 
Sequoia NP-General Grant (2nd largest tree in world), Sentinal (average size Sequoia), General Sherman (largest tree in the world). Note, sizes are by volume of the trunk, not height. (April 2025) 
Sleeping Bear Dunes NL-View from Empire Bluff (August 2024) 
Voyageurs NP-Bark Canoe at Rainy Lake (September 2024 
White Sands NP (January 2015) 
Yellowstone NP-Bison Roadblock, leaving West Entrance (Oct 2018) 
Yosemite NP-Yosemite Valley (Christmas 2012)
State Parks & More
Custer State Park, South Dakota – Sylvan Lake (September 2018) 
Fort Stevens State Park, Oregon-Wreck of the Peter Iredale (March 2019) 
Oswald West State Park, Oregon – Hike to Cape Falcon (April 2019) 
Lake Tahoe Sunset-from Nevada (October 2019) 
Superstition Mountains – near Apache Junction, Arizona (March 2020) 
Cape Perpetua – Best View on the Oregon Coast (April 2022) 
Mount Shasta,-just driving to California (April 2023) 
Gates of the Mountains, Montana (June 2022) 
Baxter State Park, Maine – Katahdin View from Sentinel Peak (September 2023) 
Mount Washington, New Hampshire – View over Presidential Range & Cog Railway (October 2023) 
Mark at Trinity Ground Zero Monument, New Mexico (April 2023) 
Very Large Array, New Mexico (April 2023) 
Utqiaġvik Famous Whale Bones (July 2025) 
Orca accompanying us as we cruise the Alaska Inner Passage (July 2025) 
Tracy Arm Fjord-Sawyer Glacier (July 2025)