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’s trip started in St. Louis, and Kansas City. From there we went 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 Yosemite, Reno and Lake Tahoe, to Salt Lake City, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, across Nebraska, back to Kansas City, and we ended the trip once again at a Cardinals game in St. Louis.

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

Of the two trips, the desert southwest in Arizona and Utah is my favorite part of the United States. Especially the area in and around Page, Arizona. The coast of Oregon is definitely my second favorite. It’s not your typical ocean. The water is cold, the wind is strong, the rocks are big, and the sand dunes are as large as buildings.