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In June of 2010, I participated in a photography workshop called the Golden Trout Workshop. The workshop was in the Golden Trout Wilderness in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. After weighing several options for attending, I decided to drive.
I decided to take four days to drive from central Illinois to the Owens Valley, so I had time to stop along the way to visit several national park service units. I stopped at Colorado National Monument, Arches National Park, Great Basin National Park, and Manzanar National Historic Site.
After a wonderful week in the Sierras, I drove home a different route and visited Death Valley National Park, the Bonneville Salt Flats, Dinosaur National Monument, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Scott's Bluff National Monument, Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Carhenge, Wind Cave National Park, Jewel Cave National Monument, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Mount Rushmore National Monument, Badlands National Park, Minuteman Missile National Monument, and Pipestone National Monument.
My trip covered 20 days and I drove 5200 miles through 11 states. |
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 Storm Clouds in Kansas
 My first glimpse of the Front Range in Colorado
 Driving through the Colorado mountains near Vail pass
 Devil's Kitchen, Colorado National Monument
 Colorado National Monument
 Colorado National Monument
 Colorado National Monument
 Colorado National Monument
 Colorado National Monument
 Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument
 Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument
 Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument
 Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument
 Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument
 Monument Canyon, Colorado National Monument
 On the road to Utah
 Self-portrait at Double Arch, Arches National Park
 Double Arch, Arches National Park
 Double Arch, Arches National Park
 Double Arch, Arches National Park
 Double Arch, Arches National Park
 Double Arch, Arches National Park
 Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park
 Three Gossips, Arches National Park
 View from US-191
 Whirlwind in Western Utah
 Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park
 The Moon over the trees, Great Basin National Park
 Snow field, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Bristlecone Pine, Great Basin National Park
 Snow delimiter, US-6, Nevada
 Black volcanic outcropping, US-6, Nevada
 Manzanar National Historic site, California
 Monument, Manzanar National Historic site, California
 Mount Langley, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Tree root, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Mount Langley and boulder field, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Cirque Peak and boulder field, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Mount langley and boulders, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Muir Lake, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Cirque Peak over Muir Lake, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Cirque Peak over Muir Lake, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Skunkweed, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 A gate to somewhere, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Creek Cascade, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Creek cascade, Golden Trout Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Cottonwood Lake #5, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Foxtail Pine, John Muir Wilderness, California
 New Army Trail Pass, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Ice on Cottonwood Lake #5, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Unnamed lake, John Muir Wilderness, California
 Mesquite Flats, Death Valley National Park, California
 Salt Flat detail, Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park
 Death Valley from Dante's View, Death Valley National Park, California
 Salt flat detail, Death Valley National Park, California
 Horned Toad, Death Valley National Park, California
 Rhyolite ghost town, Nevada
 Rhyolite ghost town, Nevada
 Joshua Tree, Nevada
 The long road in Nevada
 My car sitting on the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah
 Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
 Steinaker Lake, Utah
 Aspens, Utah
 Northeastern Utah
 Bridge at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
 Bridge at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area
 Southern Wyoming
 Southern Wyoming
 Lincoln Highway Memorial, Wyoming
 Scott's Bluff National Monument, Nebraska
 Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Nebraska
 Chimney Rock National Historic Site, Nebraska
 Car Henge, Nebraska
 Buffalo herd, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
 Buffalo, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota
 Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota
 Crazy Horse Memorial, South Dakota
 Mount Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota

Badlands National Park, South Dakota
 Dirt road, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
 Badlands National Park, South Dakota
 Badlands National Park, South Dakota
 Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
 Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
 Pipestone National Monument, Minnesota
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