The sun and mountains begin to emerge late in the afternoon following a day of rain at this overlook of St. Mary Lake near the east end of the Going-to-the-Sun Road – Glacier National Park. (St. Mary, Montana)
A little different take on the typical National Park hiking trail… to enjoy the Everglades, you often use elevated walkways to access the beauty, which also protects the important flow of fresh water and all the life it supports. Anhinga Trail – Everglades National Park. (Homestead, Florida)
A tradition since 1898, the oldest sailboat race in the United States arrives at Mackinac Island each mid-July. Racers celebrate after having just completed the 333 mile journey from Chicago. For the nearly 300 boats in the competition, the old Irish blessing seems appropriate, “May favorable winds be at your back”. (Mackinac Island, Michigan)
The Baptism River makes its way through Minnesota’s north woods on it’s way to Lake Superior. High Falls Trail – Tettegouche State Park. (Silver Bay, Minnesota)
We have one of those odd “family rules”… no talk of ski season until after the month of July. Well, you know what day it is! Fresh snow on the Over-‘n’-Underwood trail, with a famous Colorado bluebird sky – Winter Park Resort. (Winter Park, Colorado)
I don’t know about you, but I needed a reminder of what a summer sky should look like… Lake Wisconsin, with the Baraboo Bluffs in the distance. (Lodi, Wisconsin)
A half-mile wide and rising several hundred feet above the water, the massive Holgate Glacier as it reaches the ocean – Kenai Fjords National Park. (Seward, Alaska)
Wisconsin farmland and the family farm – an irreplaceable natural and national resource. (Lodi, Wisconsin)
The last glimpse of the setting sun is reflected in this canyon view from Bright Angle Point – Grand Canyon National Park (North Rim, Arizona)
Guiding mariners through Lake Michigan’s Manitou Passage, the current South Manitou Island lighthouse was built in 1871 – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. (Empire, Michigan)