On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions. From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
This series was created by Alain Chamot (1971-2020).
Today, after a pause for our special Election Respite series, and then our Fall Colors series, this seemed like the perfect post to carry us into Parks After Dark. We don’t have a lot of these, so if you have any park photos you would like to share, please send them in. National Parks, State Parks, local parks, all are welcome! ~WaterGirl
ljt
A few months ago, I shared photos from a whirlwind trip that my daughter and I took through 8 national parks in 8 days. Several folks asked me to share more photos from the trip, and since these were taken in November 2018, they fit for both Parks and Fall Colors.
Thank you WaterGirl and everyone who contributes to these threads. I rarely comment, but I am here for them and appreciate them every day.
The golden leaves were at their peak everywhere we went.
I think of all the parks we visited, fall was most on display in Zion.
I love the (almost tropical) color of the water.
We spent about 45 minutes in the Canyon, and I have almost 200 photos. So hard to choose, but I tried to find a couple that are a little different. This one reminds me of the ultrasound photos I have from pregnancy days.
This is looking up through the ‘roof.’ We were there in the early morning. They say the best time for photos is actually midday, when the sun is shining straight down, but I can’t imagine anything more spectacular than what we saw.
Sunset at the South Rim.
NOTE TO WATERGIRL: I know the limit is 8, and I didn’t want to include this one as part of the post, but I had to share with someone to see if you see what I see. Even the tiny hand.
Wag
Beautiful slot photos! The deep shadow and contrast in the first photo is amazing. The area around Page is really cool. Thanks for sharing.
Currants
Thank you! LOVE these photos, all places that have been on my list for too long. One day soon….
Benw
Dude this shit is extraordinary. Thank you
Torrey
Thank you for these photos! They are incredible.
And yes on the last one–first thing I noticed about it.
Doc Sardonic
As soon as I looked at the photo I saw it.
SiubhanDuinne
Just stunning, especially Zion and Antelope!
(Yes, I also saw the image in the last photo, wee hands and all.)
Mary G
These are spectacular, please send some more of the 200 you have. And yes, it’s a faithful depiction.
JanieM
They’re all great, so it’s hard to choose, but I particularly love #5 — blue water with yellow and green — my favorite color combination.
#6 and #7 are otherworldly — it’s hard to believe they’re real. And I agree with you that the morning light worked pretty darn well. :-)
The Grand Canyon shot gives me a terrible attack of nostalgia. I spent two weeks hiking there in 1972 and a few days in 1984. Between ’72 and ’84 the permitting system got much stricter and places were much more in demand. The ’84 trip was on short notice, so we had to take what we could get. What we got was a campsite that let us sleep in the arms of Zarathustra — i.e. below Zoroaster Temple. What wonderful memories that picture evokes!
WaterGirl
Not to worry, ljt, it’s all good. Lovely photos, and yes, that last photo. :: shudder ::
susanna
Incredible pictures and I, too, would love to be entertained by more of your collection.
CaseyL
He was warned not to look back as he left the White House…
ljt, your photos are amazing. I have GOT to get to Antelope Canyon; every picture I’ve ever seen is a stunner.
eclare
That last photo, wow. What a wonderful trip and gorgeous photos!
eclare
@CaseyL: Hehehe….
Madeleine
These are uplifting, and I’d be happy to see more.
Dan B
I’ve been to many parks in Utah, and the North Rim of Grand Canyon. That and Zion were favorites. At Zion I decided to explore a little road on the west side that went up into the top of the bluffs. The views back into the heart of the park were unique and there was no one else there. I hear the Zion is overrun with visitors but there are always places to get away that are memorable or awesome.
My story is friends of my parents came to Seattle on their way to the Canadian Rockies. They were going to drive from Vancouver up the Frasier River canyon. I persuaded them to take the North Cascades Highway. They planned to return vis the Frasier. Instead they came back through North Cascades which they declared the favorite part of their entire trip. North Cascades is the least visited National Park in the lower 48.
BTW your photos are wonderful!
There go two miscreants
Great pictures! The ones from Antelope especially.
A bunch of my relatives and I were in Zion and Grand Canyon just a few weeks earlier than you! It sure seems like longer ago than two years.
Dupe1970
Our National Park system is so amazing. I love Bryce and Arches. Now I want to go back there.
Steve from Mendocino
Nice set of photos, Thanks.