The wanderlust seed was planted when I was a child…
I was 10 years old when my parents, big sister and the family dog took a summer-long American road trip. Loaded into a station wagon with our large dog, a mutt named Lucky, my dad towed a small trailer and the family around the United States in an epic life-changing adventure.
When the photographs from my simple point and shoot camera (that I repeatedly banged against rocks as I scrambled to follow my dad to the mouth of an ice cave) showed that I had captured a fabulous scene that the rest of the family’s cameras didn’t capture,
well, let’s just say that since then…
As a writer and photographer, my work has been published nationally and internationally in books, magazines, newspapers, brochures and calendars. I’ve created images for local non-profits and major international corporations. It was my privilege to be one of three photographers to photograph then U.S. Vice President Al Gore receiving an award.
There is also a temporary closure to all public entry and public use activities for the Towers of Uncertainty area and for climbing in the Patagonia Pile due to a pair of nesting Red-tailed Hawks. The closure is effective until the nest is abandoned.
More details: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/news/temporary-closure-of-towers-of-uncer...
There is a temporary closure for climbing in the Slatanic Area of Rattlesnake Canyon due to the presence of a pair of nesting Golden eagles. The closure is effective until the nest has been abandoned.
Hiking routes through the canyon remain open.
More details: https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/news/temporary-closure-of-slatanic-area-o...
National Park Service Alert: Shafer Trail in Canyonlands National Park to Close for Construction July 18 through July 28
For details https://www.nps.gov/cany/learn/news/news070717.htm
Joshua Tree National Park