| Most of us look forward to our vacations, time | | | | Havasu Canyon, Lake Powell, and Sunset Crater |
| away from work and our everyday lives. That | | | | Volcano. Colorado's great vistas include the Great |
| precious vacation time takes forever to get here | | | | Sand Dunes, Florissant Fossil Beds, and Rocky |
| and seems to be over in an instant. We all want | | | | Mountain National Park. Nevada has a lot to offer |
| to hold on to those wonderful feelings and | | | | as well, including Lake Meade, Death Valley, and |
| memories as long as we can, and one of the best | | | | the Great Basin. |
| ways to capture memories and impressions is | | | | The Midwest has lots of interesting things to see, |
| through photography. With the economy the way | | | | too. The Great Salt Lake, Mt. Rushmore, the |
| it is, many people are opting to spend their | | | | Badlands, Rainbow Bridge National Monument, |
| vacation time somewhere close to home, which | | | | Bryce Canyon, Glacier National Park, Little Bighorn, |
| often means driving instead of flying. Which is not | | | | Yellowstone National Park just to name a few. In |
| a bad thing as traveling by automobile we tend to | | | | the Pacific Northwest there's Mt. Rainier, Crater |
| see a lot of interesting things along the way to | | | | Lake, and the breathtaking shoreline of the Pacific. |
| and from our destinations. I was reminded of that | | | | Although all of these states have a lot to offer, |
| when I recently perused some of the great | | | | the sites of California are numerous and grand. |
| landscape photography posted on the net. Taking | | | | Just around San Francisco alone, you can spend a |
| in the magical imagery of Richard Daniel DuBose, | | | | week seeing the great sites of Muir Woods, Point |
| one of my favorite photographers, made me | | | | Reyes, the Golden Gate Bridge, Fort Point, and |
| want to hop in my car and go on a trip. | | | | the Presidio, as well as the beautiful rocky coast |
| From Alaska to Florida, every state has its own | | | | of the ocean. The rest of the state of California |
| beautiful attractions. No matter where you are, | | | | has much to see as well. Some of the most |
| you might find that you're only a few hours drive | | | | breathtaking views in all the land can be found at |
| from some of our nation's most spectacular sites. | | | | Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park, Mojave |
| The East Coast has the Atlantic Ocean, the | | | | Desert, and Joshua Tree National Park. |
| Appalachian Mountains, the Catskills, a wide variety | | | | The beautiful parks, shorelines, and monuments of |
| of national monuments and buildings, the Great | | | | our great land are some of the most |
| Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge | | | | photographed locations in the United States. From |
| Parkway, Natchez Trace, the Rio Grande, and a | | | | macro to wildlife to landscape photography, |
| wealth of historic national landmarks too | | | | everyone can get involved capturing images they'll |
| numerous to mention. | | | | remember for a lifetime. Our vacations are meant |
| If you drive through New Mexico, Arizona, | | | | to be time to recover from our day-to-day lives |
| Colorado, and Nevada, some of the must-see | | | | of rush hour traffic, suits, email, and time clocks. |
| locations are the Aztec Ruins, Capulin Volcano, | | | | The memories we keep from our vacations are |
| Petroglyph, the Gila Cliff Dwellings, Carlsbad | | | | where we often retreat to when our everyday |
| Caverns, and the Salinas Pueblo Missions in New | | | | lives seem unbearable. Photography helps us to |
| Mexico. Arizona's outstanding places include the | | | | focus and create a touchable reality of the |
| Grand Canyon, Sedona, Montezuma Castle, | | | | memories we make while on life's journey. |
