Gale and Judy took us on a month-long RV trip across the southern part of the United States in the summer of 2010. We went from Stanton to Dallas, to San Diego, up to L.A., over to Vegas, on across Southern Utah and Northern Arizona, through Denver and Kansas City, and ended the trip in St. Louis.

This year, the plan is to start in St. Louis, and Kansas City, then go north through Iowa and Minnesota, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Across the Badlands, through Montana and into Yellowstone National Park. Then back up through Idaho and Washington State to Seattle. Then down the coast of Oregon, through the Redwoods of Northern California, to San Fransisco. Over to Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we’ll end the trip once again in St. Louis.

*From a photographers point of view, I would love to spend several days shooting each spot that we visit. But in reality, I’m just a tourist on this trip. So I do the best I can with the light that is in front of me.

July 3rd: Lower Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho
Ale-8s Across America

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho

July 3rd: Upper Mesa Falls, Idaho
Cameron and a moose. Cameron is the one on the bottom.

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho
Rows and rows of potatoes!

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho
Cameron and a potato field

July 3rd: Near Ashton, Idaho

July 3rd: Ashton, Idaho

July 3rd: Ashton, Idaho
We had lunch at this 50-year-old drive in

July 3rd: Big Springs on the Henry Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

July 3rd: Big Springs on the Henry Fork of the Snake River in Idaho

July 3rd: The Montana and Idaho state line

July 3rd: The Montana and Idaho state line

July 4th: Dropping over the mountains in the Grand Tetons.

July 4th: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
The Elk Shed Antler Arch in the middle of the city

July 4th: The Grand Teton Mountains
We got a kick out of the fact that the Tetons were named by French Explorers in the early 1800s because the peaks reminded them of big breasts.

July 4th: Jackson Lake, in the Grand Teton National Park

July 4th: Jackson Lake, in the Grand Teton National Park

July 4th: Yellowstone National Park

July 4th: Yellowstone National Park

July 4th: Yellowstone National Park

July 4th: West Yellowstone RV Park