The Wendy Anne, an 85-ton, 71-foot Army tugboat launched in 1950, entering Round Lake Channel from Lake Michigan after passing the Charlevoix South Pier Lighthouse . Today, the Wendy Anne delivers freight and dry goods to St. James Harbor on Beaver Island, 20 miles offshore. (Charlevoix, Michigan)
“The High One.” Deenaalee, in the language of the native Alaskan Koyukon. At 20,308′ above sea level, a look at the highest point in North America as seen from the Savage Alpine Trail, nearly 60 miles distant. (Denali National Park, Alaska)
Sandpipers scurry along as the waves roll in on the white, sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. (Longboat Key, Florida)
The rugged landscape comes into view as the morning sun emerges over Point Imperial – Grand Canyon National Park. (North Rim, Arizona)
Gibraltar Rock State Natural Area with Lake Wisconsin in the background – just one stop along the 1,000 mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail. (Lodi, Wisconsin)
Marquette Park and Lake Shore Drive on Mackinac Island with Lake Huron in the background . Note: Whether it’s spelled Mackinac, as in Island or Bridge, or Mackinaw, as in City, it’s pronounced the same way, with an “aw” at the end. (Mackinac Island, Michigan)
Home to the largest concentration of hoodoos on Earth, this geological wonderland is here today, gone tomorrow (at least in the geologic timeline of the universe). Rim Trail – Bryce Canyon National Park. (Bryce Canyon City, Utah)
A cluster of Monarda fistulosa, or wild bergamot, located at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center and is a staple of most Wisconsin prairie restorations. (Monona, Wisconsin)
Smooth stone beach and the crystal clear waters of Green Bay from Peninsula State Park . Established in 1909, Peninsula’s 3,776 acres has eight miles of shoreline in Door County, and is Wisconsin’s third largest state park. (Fish Creek, Wisconsin)
A lone sailboat makes its way through Resurrection Bay toward the open waters of the North Pacific Ocean, dwarfed by the costal mountains of Alaska. (Seward, Alaska)