Travel

Travel photos (anything outside of home area of Tampa, St Petersburg)

Kings Canyon Pano, Kings Canyon National Park, California
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Kings Canyon National Park

During our trip to California we visited several national parks including the adjoining Sequoia National Park and Kings Canyon National Park. Sequoia National Park was on the list of my must see places on our trip and we definitely enjoyed seeing the massive trees. Kings Canyon however I had barely […]

Upper Yosemite Falls from the Valley Floor, Yosemite National Park, California
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Yosemite Falls

Yosemite National Park has been closed for the past 2-3 weeks due to fire. It is finally reopening. I feel bad for all of the families who planned their vacations months or more in advance as I always do. We visited Yosemite National Park last year and did not have […]

Buffalo and Longhorns at Devils Tower, Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming
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Devil’s Tower National Monument

On our recent family vacation to South Dakota/Minnesota, we made a side trip into Wyoming to see Devil’s Tower National Monument. Devil’s Tower is a really unique looking mountain that was used in the filming of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. “Devils Tower (also Bear Lodge Butte[6]) is a […]

Colorful Dead Lake Sunset, Dead Lake, Minnesota
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Dead Lake Sunset

For our family vacation this year, we spent a week exploring South Dakota including Custer State Park, Badlands National Park, Mount Rushmore and Devils Tower Wyoming, and then spent a week relaxing at my parent’s cabin in Minnesota. Their cabin is on Dead Lake which is in the northwestern part […]

Last Badlands Moonrise Shot, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
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Badlands National Park Moonrise

Definitely one of the best photography nights of our family trip was when I was able to photograph the full moon rising in Badlands National Park. After photographing the large family of bighorn sheep we drove to an overlook and setup to capture the sunset. The place we setup also […]

Jumping Young Bighorn Sheep, Badlands National Park, South Dakota
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Badlands Bighorn Sheep

One of the best photography experiences I have ever had happened recently in Badlands National Park in South Dakota. We spent the day exploring Badlands National Park and then had dinner and went to our cabin. I decided to head back to the park for sunset and my oldest daughter […]

Spectacled Owl Pair, Pacuare Lodge, Costa Rica
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More Birds from Costa Rica

I haven’t posted anything in the last two weeks as we were on vacation in South Dakota and Minnesota. We spent some time in Custer State Park, Mount Rushmore, and Badlands National Park and I will have pictures coming soon. In the meantime, here are a few more of the […]

Elephant Seal Fight, San Simeon, California
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Elephant Seal Rookery

One of the best wildlife viewing places we visited during our trip to California last year was the elephant seal rookery. This is on the Pacific Coast Highway just up the road from the Hearst Castle outside of San Simeon. We visited in June and there were a good number […]

Umbrellas at Castaway Cay, Bahamas
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Disney Cruise

Last year over Thanksgiving break we went on our second Disney Cruise on the Disney Dream. The kids really enjoyed it and I managed to grab a few decent shots of things other than my family. The shots today are mostly from Disney’s private island, Castaway Cay with the exception […]

The Lone Cypress BW, 17 Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, California
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Pebble Beach, California

During our California trip last summer we took the Pebble Beach 17 mile drive drive just South of Monterrey. Overall, the drive was a bit disappointing as a lot of it was through neighborhoods with limited scenic viewpoints. The Lone Cypress is the emblem for the Pebble Beach golf tournament […]