Friday, September 28, 2012

Fly Over States

You may be wondering why my calendar was mysteriously blocked out for half of September, or where I've been for the last 10 days. The simple answer: everywhere.
Every couple of years, my family and I take a road trip across the country visiting all the amazing wonders of the good ole USA. We spend hours upon hours in the car, sometimes driving for over 24 without stopping (except for gas and a driver switch). People tell us we're crazy, but we love every minute. These trips allow me to capture amazing photographs that few people have the opportunity to take, and I'm so excited to share a few of them with you.
Prints and wall art of these images are available for purchase. The prices are the same as my regular portrait prints ($8 for an 8x10, $20 for an 11x14, $45 for a 16x20, etc.). You can see more of my road trip photos on the Imagination Photography Facebook page, and in the Road Trip gallery on the website.
 

Mirror Lake
Medicine Bow National Forrest, Wyoming
A grove of Aspen trees in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

Left - A herd of Buffalo in Grand Tetons National Park.
Right - Jenny Lake, Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming.
Just before sunset in Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming.
Sunset on the lake at Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming.
Left - Sulfur pool in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Right - Entrance to the Yellowstone Lodge.
Sunset at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Sunrise over Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone.
A drive through the Aspens in Yellowstone.
Baronette Peak, Yellowstone National Park
Sunset in Cooke City, Montana.
Munching on a nut at 12,000 feet.
Baretooth Highway
A mountain stream on the Baretooth Highway.
The old saloon in Cody, Wyoming.
Left - The Old Trail Town in Cody, Wyoming.
Right - A bike on a street corner in downtown Cody.
Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
The Disney family barn in Marceline, Missouri. Marceline is Walt Disney's hometown and one of my favorite dots on the map.
I believe a cross-country road trip should be on everyone's bucket list. I can't explain to you, or even show you with photos, just how beautiful America is. You must see it for yourself. We've been asked many times why we don't just fly to Yellowstone, or California, or wherever it is we're going. If we did that, we'd miss everything! Jason Aldean released a song that perfectly captures what it's like to drive across the country:
 
 "That sounds like a first class seat
On the plains of Oklahoma
With a windshield sunset in your eyes
Like a watercolor painted sky
You think Heavens doors have opened...
Take a ride across the Badlands
Feel that freedom on your face
Breathe in all that open space...
You'll understand why God made those fly over states."


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