I recently passed St. Louis, The gateway to the west. I decided to post some of my favorite pictures from my time in the west spent away from the coast. The landscapes and diversity are amazing. I got the same feeling being on a dirt road in the middle of the desert as I did being 80 miles off shore.
Probably the only cool part of Idaho. Except for the alpaca gas station.
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The following arches and moon rise were taken at Arches national park. It was such a different experience to photograph in the desert, Especially at sun set. The shadows made it challenging but so rewarding when you got them to work in your favor.
These photos were taken in Canyon lands national park. As you can see, its very aptly named.
Took the subaru on the white rim trail. It descends into one of the canyons. This road was just over the width of my car at times with a straight drop off into the canyon below on one side! But the subaru got to stretch out its rally legs on more than one occasion this trip.
Bedunky springs, out in the middle of ranchland. This is just outside canyon lands. I decided to take a random dirt road into the desert for about 9 miles.
Rocky mountains National Park. The crazy thing about the Rockies is that they can seem so unassuming. You just have to remember you are already at the 8-9000 foot level traveling through this section of Colorado.
I was hiking through a section of marshland when i spotted two moose! I have to admit i was a bit nervous at first, Moose are not known to be the nicest animals when provoked. So i tried not to provoke them. I guess I succeeded.
At the peak of the 12920 foot mountain i hiked up(i was at the 8000 foot mark at the trailhead). It was still a really fun scramble. I watched a thunder head appear then disappear in a matter of 10 or so minutes. The weather is Amazing at these altitudes.
