I have discovered that being a landscape photographer involves a lot of travel. To that end, I felt it might be interesting and perhaps useful to keep a log of my travels since I became more interested in photography.
Although I have traveled to other places in the past (notably Tahiti and Europe), I will start this log in 2005. It was at that time that I started to think and schedule in terms of photography when I would make travel plans. This is also the time that I began using a tripod whenever possible (nearly all the time).
Now when I plan on going somewhere, I always find myself asking the same questions: "Where will I be for sunrise and sunset?" "Is this a good sunrise or sunset location?" and so on. . . . When I realized this, that's when I discovered that I was a landscape photographer at heart.
2009
---- January ----
-Death Valley, CA: Zabriskie Point, Dante's View, Furnace Creek, Badwater, Scotty's Castle, La Playa (the Racetrack)
---- March ----
-Little Black Mountain, AZ
-San Luis Obispo, CA
-Zion, UT: Great White Throne, Coals Pits Wash, Upper & Lower Emerald Pools
---- April ----
-Coyote Buttes South, AZ: White Pocket
-Zion, UT: the Subway (Left Fork of North Creek)
---- June ----
-Madison River Valley, MT
-Yellowstone National Park, WY: Old Faithful Area, Fairy Falls, Wraith Falls, Undine Falls, Rustic Falls, Artemnesia Geyser Trail, Grand Prismatic Spring
- Wade Lake, MT
--- July ----
-Lake Powell, UT
-Grand Canyon NP, AZ: North Rim, Bright Angel Point, Cape Royal, Roosevelt Trail, Point Sublime
--- September----
-La Verkin Waterfall, UT
---October---
-Big Sur, CA: Highway 1, Millcreek Canyon
-Garrapata SP, CA
-Point Lobos SP, CA
-Esalen Institute, CA
2008
---- January ----
-Zion, UT: Riverwalk
-Salt Lake City, UT
-British Virgin Islands: Tortola, Jost Van Dyke, Anegada, Virgin Gorda & Cooper Islands
---- March ----
-San Luis Obispo, CA
-Avila Beach, CA
-Shell Cliffs and Beach, CA
---- April ----
-Zion, UT: East Zion and Many Pools Hike
-Fort Pierce, AZ
---- May ----
-Zion, UT: Towers of the Virgin, Pine Creek Waterfall
---- June ----
-San Antonio, TX
-Grand Staircase Escalante NM, UT: Yellow Rock, Wahweap Hoodoos
-Coyote Buttes South, AZ: Paw Hole
---- July ----
-Madison River Valley, MT
-Union City Ghost Town, MT
-Yellowstone National Park, WY: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Virginia Cascades, Upper Falls, Otter Creek, Norris Geyser Basin, Grand Prismatic Spring
-Wade Lake, MT
---- September ----
-Cedar Break National Monument, UT
-Cedar Mountain, UT
---- October ----
-Zion National Park, UT: Narrows Hike
-Canyonlands National Park, UT: White Rim Trail, Islands in the Sky, Monument Basin, Candlestick
---- December ----
-Grand Staircase Escalante NM, UT: Toadstool Hoodoo & Rimrock Hoodoos
2007
---- January ----
-Salt Lake City, UT
---- March ----
-San Luis Obispo, CA
-Morro Bay, CA
-Squire Canyon
-Montana de Oro State Park, CA
---- April ----
-Zion National Park, UT: Clear Creek, Kolob Terrace, Kolob Arch & Hurricane Creek Hike
-Grafton Ghost Town, UT
-Grand Canyon National Park, AZ: Toroweep
---- May ----
-Zion National Park, UT: Northgate Peaks
---- June ----
-Madison River Valley, MT
-Yellowstone National Park, WY: Old Faithful, Black Sand Basin, Firehole Canyon drive, Firehole Lake Drive
---- July ----
-Lake Powell, AZ and UT: Padre Bay, Navajo Canyon
----August----
-Old Iron Town State Park, UT
-New Harmony, UT
---- September ----
-Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, UT: Wahweap Hoodoos
-Las Vegas, NV
-Beaver Dam Mountains, UT
-Oak Grove, UT
-Zion National Park, UT: The Subway (Left Fork of North Creek) Hike
---- October ----
-Bisti Badlands, NM: Stone Wings, the Eggs, Moon Area
-Chaco Canyon Pueblo Ruins, NM: Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ketl
-Shiprock, NM
-White Rock Overlook, NM
-Santa Fe, NM
-High Road to Taos, NM: Santuario de Chimayo, Las Trampas, Talpa, San Francisco de Asis, & Rio Grande Gorge
-Jemez River Valley, NM
-Guadalupe River Gorge, NM
-Badelier National Monument, NM: Frijoles Canyon Ruins
-Spence Hot Spring, NM
-Church Rock, AZ
----November----
-Las Vegas, NV: Air America
---- December ----
-Snow Canyon State Park, UT: Johnson Canyon Hike
2006
---- January ----
-Koke’e State Park, Kauai, HI: Nu’alolo Cliffs Trail to Awa-‘awapuhi Hike
-Na Pali Coast, Kauai, HI: Kalalau Trail to Hanakapi’ai Falls
-Polihale State Park, Kauai, HI
-Waimea Canyon, Kauai, HI
-Wailua Falls, Kauai, HI
---- April ----
-Zion National Park, UT: Spry Canyon Hike
---- May ----
-San Diego, CA
---- June ----
-Madison River Valley, MT
-Yellowstone National Park, WY: Midway Geyser Basin, Firehole Canyon drive
-Salt Lake City, UT
---- July ----
-Las Vegas, NV
----August----
-Zion National Park, UT: Canyon Overlook & Narrows Hike
-Antelope Canyon, AZ
---- October ----
-Snow Canyon State Park, UT
- Death Valley National Park, CA: Badwater Basin, Devils Golf Course, Devils Cornfield, Stovepipe Wells Sand Dunes, La Playa (the Racetrack), Ubehebe Crater
-Yosemite National Park, CA: Cathedral Beach, John Muir and Mist Trails, Sentinel Bridge, Tunnel View, Valley View, Fern Falls, Glacier Point, Washburn Point, Tuolumne Meadows; Olmstead Point, Wawona Grove
----November----
- Coyote Buttes North, AZ (the Wave)
- Antelope Canyon, AZ
- Horseshoe Bend, AZ
---- December ----
- Coyote Buttes North, AZ (the Wave again)
2005
---- March ----
- San Francisco, CA
---- June ----
-Madison River Valley, MT
- Virginia City, MT
-Yellowstone National Park, WY: Old Faithful
---- August ----
- San Luis Obispo, CA
- Big Sur, CA
- Julia Pfeifer State Park, CA: McWay Falls
-Point Lighthouse, CA
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