I traveled to Colorado in the middle of November 2020. This brought for late fall colors, snow, and a little bit of warmth mixed in. While in Colorado I got to experience the Rocky Mountains from the small section that is open during this season. Then I got to experience Moab and its two national parks, Arches and Canyonlands. To which then I circled down and ended up in Northern New Mexico to then head back to Southern Colorado in Great Sand Dunes National Park.

For sleeping I slept inside a rented Chevrolet Impala, it had seats that could fold down and I could sleep in the back seat/trunk. Using the impala as my mobile home for a few days I traveled 27 hours in 3 days.

This trip was pretty simple logistically and flexibility. The possibilities I had to make it different locations and switch things up the day before is rare and was a nice change of pace compared to past trips I have done.

Enjoy the images and I hope you’ll be back to read my next blog post!

Snow flooding through the pine trees in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Ice bubbles rising to the surface of a small frozen lake. The bubbles are filled with methane. Also a super cool design in the ice that surrounds the methane bubbles.

Snow blow shifting through the mountain’s trees. The layers of snow, to trees, back to snow was a fun detail that led to some more rounded mountain peaks.

The Milky Way over a redock landscape with some light pollution on the horizon from Moab, Utah. I met another photographer here, it was fun to see what each other captured while avoiding a cliff edge.

A crazy shark fin shaped rock in the southwest. Taken during sunset I had quite the adventure of getting to this location. But it was definitely worth the hassle and lived up to the hype.

An aerial shot of a rocky spine leading towards the shark fin rock with the sunset light fading from the horizon and the Utah mountains showing in the background. It’s always worth bringing the drone to locations I can fly, the other perspective is awesome.

A bull elk bracing the snow blow coming from a mountain pass to the right. I was laying in the grass while covering my face so I could focus on getting this photos.

Stacked layers of a landscape in Canyonlands National Park, Utah. The red rock was phenomenal and looked nice in this golden hour light.

The sand dunes in Colorado were a surprise. I got there at night and slept overnight alone at a campground. Then made my way onto the dunes for sunrise, and the mountains being so close was definitely a cool perspective.

Grass growing in one of the valleys of the sand dunes being struck by golden hour light. The shadows elongating out the back caught my eye and completed this simple scene.

A lone tree standing on the cliff edge enjoying the long canyon with the sun shining through it. Had to grab this scene as the sun was shining perfectly. Made for great light.

Thank you for reading. I have so many photos to catch up sharing about. I am going to try to use this blog more in the future. Let me know if there is anything else you’d like to see more of.

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My Cross Country road trip was full of experience and amazing adventures. There are so many destinations I was able to set foot on and see for the first time and hopefully not the last. My favorite location is always Yosemite National Park or San Francisco, but I've been to both before. After this trip I think Joshua Tree was one of my favorite National Parks; the peacefulness just stuck out to me and the temperature was a perfect 100 (in May). Things I saw went from a huge slug, to a black bear. Or these amazing tree landscapes and then to see the red rock mountains of the South West. The uniqueness of the United States is impeccable with the different ecosystems and stories each place told. Here are some of my favorite images from this journey!