https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/ Photo stories from Ocean Coldiron: the lower 48 state high points, national parks, wildlife, and life on the road in an RV with Laura. en-us https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mecum-auction/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mecum-auction/ I walked the floor at a Mecum auction in November 2026, and this copper-orange Ford Bronco is the photo I led with. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/red-rock-climber/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/red-rock-climber/ I watched a climber working up a tan sandstone wall at Red Rock Canyon in November 2026. I was up on the slabs across from it, with people and gear down in... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/red-rock-calico/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/red-rock-calico/ I spent the afternoon scrambling in the Calico Hills at Red Rock Canyon in November 2026. The late afternoon sun was lighting up the white and red... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/artists-palette/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/artists-palette/ Artist's Palette in Death Valley, right around sunset in October 2026. With the light fading, the pinks and greens went soft and chalky instead of bright... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-with-laura/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-with-laura/ Alec and Laura made it to the Mount Whitney summit sign in October 2026. I wasn't in this photo. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-switchbacks/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-switchbacks/ This is a snowy stretch of the Mount Whitney trail from October 2026, taken a few hours after Alec and Laura topped out. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mojave-morning/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mojave-morning/ Sunrise in the Mojave Desert in October 2026. Our truck and travel trailer sat in open desert with mountains in the distance. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/pinnacles/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/pinnacles/ Laura was on the boardwalk stairs at Pinnacles National Park in October 2026. It was in the mid 60s, the sky was clear, and there was only a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/alcatraz/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/alcatraz/ Alcatraz from the San Francisco waterfront in September 2026. I zoomed in all the way and you can still make out the lighthouse, the cellhouse up top, and... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/shoshone-national-forest/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/shoshone-national-forest/ Laura was walking a trail through burned forest in Shoshone National Forest, Wyoming, in July 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/theodore-roosevelt/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/theodore-roosevelt/ I stopped at the visitor center at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in July 2026. The whiteboard is a small snapshot of the day, not far from White Butte... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/white-butte/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/white-butte/ Laura and I arrived at White Butte just before sunset in July 2026, and at first we weren't even sure which bump was the one we wanted. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sylvan-lake/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sylvan-lake/ Laura sat on a granite boulder at Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park, South Dakota, in July 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-elk-trail/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-elk-trail/ Laura paused on the trail up Black Elk Peak in July 2026, with granite spires in the background. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-elk-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-elk-peak/ Laura and I were up at the stone tower on Black Elk Peak in July 2026. It is the highest point in South Dakota, and the view off the tower is a wide look at... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/homestead-overlook/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/homestead-overlook/ Homestead Overlook in Badlands National Park, July 2026. The layered ridges and the long grassland behind them stretched out for miles from the edge of the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sioux-city-sunset/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sioux-city-sunset/ Laura and I caught this sunset in Sioux City, Iowa, in July 2026, during a Fourth of July celebration. A small U.S. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hawkeye-point/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hawkeye-point/ Hawkeye Point is the high point of Iowa, and I was there in July 2026. The state high point sits on a low rise in farm country, marked by the sign at the top. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/voyageurs-paddle/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/voyageurs-paddle/ Laura headed out from a wooden dock on a standup paddleboard in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota, in June 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/eagle-mountain/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/eagle-mountain/ This is a trail selfie on the way to Eagle Mountain, Minnesota's state high point, in June 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/boundary-waters/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/boundary-waters/ A quiet lake in the Boundary Waters from the day I hiked Eagle Mountain, Minnesota's high point, in June 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/potato-river-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/potato-river-falls/ Laura and I, and one of the cats, were on the steps at Potato River Falls, Wisconsin, in June 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bayfield-sandstone-cliffs/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bayfield-sandstone-cliffs/ I stood at the edge of the red sandstone cliffs in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, in June 2026, looking out over Lake Superior. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-arvon/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-arvon/ Laura and I at the Mount Arvon summit sign in June 2026. It is the high point of Michigan, and it was number 44 on my lower 48 list, a walk through the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/timms-hill/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/timms-hill/ Timm's Hill is the high point of Wisconsin, and I reached it in May 2026. It was number 43 on my list, marked by the county park sign at the top. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/charles-mound/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/charles-mound/ Laura and I at Charles Mound, the high point of Illinois, in May 2026. It was a warm, cloudy day, in the mid 70s, with a breeze around 10 miles an hour. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/city-museum/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/city-museum/ I got Laura to squeeze in for a selfie under this giant riveted red tower next to the Ferris wheel at City Museum in St. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/taum-sauk/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/taum-sauk/ Taum Sauk Mountain is the high point of Missouri, 1,772 feet up, and I was there in May 2026. It was a cool, cloudy evening, around 60, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/britton-hill/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/britton-hill/ I stood at the granite marker at Lakewood Park, Florida's high point, in February 2026. The stone reads Lakewood Park, Florida's Highest Point, Elevation... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/biscayne/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/biscayne/ Laura and I stopped at the Biscayne National Park sign in February 2026, right next to a teal fishing net and a stack of orange and white buoys. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/everglades-long-pine-key/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/everglades-long-pine-key/ I stood at the edge of a pine-lined pond in the Long Pine Key area of Everglades National Park, in January 2026. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/south-carolina-camp-project/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/south-carolina-camp-project/ In December 2025 Laura and I were work camping at Standing Pines RV Park in South Carolina, and in our free time the picnic table outside the trailer turned... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sandhills-refuge/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sandhills-refuge/ I stopped for the Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge sign in November 2025. Pine needles were everywhere, pinecones scattered all over the ground... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/ebright-azimuth/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/ebright-azimuth/ I stood at the blue historical marker at Ebright Azimuth, the high point of Delaware, in October 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-greylock/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-greylock/ Laura and I were in the tower on Mount Greylock, the high point of Massachusetts, in September 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/polar-caves/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/polar-caves/ Looking out from the top of Polar Caves Park in Rumney, New Hampshire, in September 2025. The wooden stairs wind down through the boulders, and a blue ridge... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cadillac-mountain/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cadillac-mountain/ Sunrise on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia in August 2025, with low clouds sitting under a pink and orange sky. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bass-harbor-head-light/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bass-harbor-head-light/ I visited Bass Harbor Head Light in Acadia National Park, Maine, in August 2025. The white keeper's house with the red roof sits at the edge of the water... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/golden-road/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/golden-road/ I pulled the raft up at the bank of a calm, wide river off the Golden Road in Maine, in August 2025, about a week after Katahdin. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-washington/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-washington/ Laura and I were on Mount Washington, the high point of New Hampshire, in August 2025. Evening on the summit, around 48, with a completely clear sky and... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-mansfield/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-mansfield/ Laura and I were on the summit of Mount Mansfield, the highest point in Vermont, in August 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-marcy/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-marcy/ Laura and I stood on the summit of Mount Marcy, the highest point in New York, in August 2025. It was a clear, mild afternoon, around 70, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin-view/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin-view/ A view from Mount Katahdin in August 2025, from the same day I reached the summit sign. It was in the upper 50s, cloudy, and a little breezy. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin-trail/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin-trail/ Laura and I were on the approach trail to Mount Katahdin, early in the day, in August 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin-snack/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin-snack/ A trail-mix stop on Mount Katahdin in August 2025, later that same morning. It was in the upper 50s by then, under a cloudy sky, with a little more breeze... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/katahdin/ Mount Katahdin is the high point of Maine, and I stood at the summit sign in August 2025. It was my 33rd state high point. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/letchworth-middle-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/letchworth-middle-falls/ Middle Falls at Letchworth State Park in July 2025, pouring over the ledge on a bright, sunny afternoon, around 72, with wildflowers right at the edge of... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/letchworth/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/letchworth/ Laura and I at Letchworth State Park in New York, in July 2025, with the railroad bridge over the gorge. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/niagara-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/niagara-falls/ Laura and I at Niagara Falls in July 2025. It was a warm, mostly cloudy afternoon, around 81, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/brandywine-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/brandywine-falls/ Laura and I at Brandywine Falls in Cuyahoga Valley, near Boston Heights, Ohio, in July 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/indiana-dunes/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/indiana-dunes/ Laura and I on a sandy dunes trail at Indiana Dunes in July 2025. It was a hot afternoon, around 89, mostly clear, with a bit of a breeze off the lake country. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/indiana-dunes-sign/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/indiana-dunes-sign/ A group photo at the Indiana Dunes National Park sign in July 2025, with Laura, my brother, his partner, and their kids. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nrg-finish-arch/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nrg-finish-arch/ Just after finishing the New River Gorge Trail Festival in June 2025, standing in front of the Wolf Creek finish arch with my medal on. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nrg-festival/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nrg-festival/ Laura and I at a New River Gorge trail festival in June 2025, in front of a bear mural. This was later the same day I finished my first 50k. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/pennsylvania-campground/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/pennsylvania-campground/ Our Grand Design Imagine and the white truck were set up on a grassy site in the trees at a wooded campground in Pennsylvania, in June 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/first-50k/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/first-50k/ I ran my first 50k in June 2025, at the New River Gorge Trail Festival, and this is me just after finishing, standing in front of the Wolf Creek finish arch... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/backbone-mountain/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/backbone-mountain/ I stood at the Backbone Mountain sign, the high point of Maryland, in June 2025. It had been a wet day, with more than half an inch of rain, and at the sign... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-davis/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-davis/ Mount Davis is Pennsylvania's state high point, and I was there in June 2025. It was a damp afternoon, around 68, under a full cloud deck, with drizzle... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nrg-bridge/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nrg-bridge/ A selfie with the New River Gorge Bridge behind me in West Virginia, in June 2025. It was a warm afternoon, around 78, under a partly cloudy sky, with a... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/elizabethton-log/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/elizabethton-log/ A river log in Elizabethton, Tennessee, in June 2025. I took this in the evening, when it was still around 70, with a clear sky and a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/big-stone-gap/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/big-stone-gap/ Our white Ram and the Grand Design Imagine were set up on a concrete pad on a big green lawn at a Harvest Hosts stop in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, in May 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/blue-ridge/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/blue-ridge/ Laura and I made it to Mount Rogers, the highest point in Virginia, in May 2025. Tall spruce and fir trees were all around us in the Blue Ridge. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/smokies-overhang/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/smokies-overhang/ Laura and I ducked under a rock overhang in the Smokies on our Kuwohi day, in May 2025. Kuwohi is the high point of Tennessee. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/smokies-overlook/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/smokies-overlook/ A spring view from a Smokies overlook in May 2025, from the same day we went to Kuwohi. It had been a wet day, but by mid afternoon the rain had eased, it... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-mountain/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-mountain/ Laura walking a foggy summit road on Black Mountain, the high point of Kentucky, in May 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-bears-blue-ridge/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-bears-blue-ridge/ Black bears in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in May 2025. I don't have a note of exactly which trail this was, or how the day sat, so I'll keep this one to what... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cheaha/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cheaha/ Laura and I, in helmets, on a rock overlook in April 2025, on the day we went to Cheaha, the high point of Alabama. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/brasstown-bald/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/brasstown-bald/ A selfie at the lot on Brasstown Bald, the high point of Georgia, in April 2025. It was in the mid 60s, a little breezy, with a mostly open sky and just a... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hot-springs-tower/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hot-springs-tower/ Hot Springs Mountain Tower, Arkansas, in April 2025. It was a warm, clear afternoon, around 78, with a bit of a breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-magazine/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-magazine/ Laura and I at the Signal Hill sign on Mount Magazine, the high point of Arkansas, in April 2025. The sign reads 2,753 feet. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nacogdoches-azaleas/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nacogdoches-azaleas/ Laura in front of a wall of magenta azaleas in Nacogdoches, Texas, at the end of March 2025. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/slot-canyon/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/slot-canyon/ I took this in a narrow slot canyon in February 2025. The walls pinch in tight, sculpted in red and tan rock, and a thin strip of orange light shows at the top. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/the-wave/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/the-wave/ Swirled pink, red, and white sandstone at The Wave, in February 2025. I took this close in, so the frame is almost all those curved bands of rock. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sedona/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sedona/ Laura sitting in a red rock alcove in Sedona, Arizona, in February 2025. It was a clear, mild afternoon, around 60, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/arizona-desert-sunset/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/arizona-desert-sunset/ Sunset over the Arizona desert at the end of January 2025. The sky lit up orange, pink, and gold over the ridges, the scrub and cracked ground in front went... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/midway-museum/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/midway-museum/ Laura and I on the flight deck of the USS Midway in San Diego, in December 2024. The flight deck was cool. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/yucca-valley-chair/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/yucca-valley-chair/ I caught Laura taking a break in this giant blue Adirondack chair in Yucca Valley in December 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/desert-sunrise/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/desert-sunrise/ One of the best skies I've seen from the RV, in December 2024, out in the desert. You can see the solar panel on our roof catching all that orange, with the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/yosemite-tunnel-view/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/yosemite-tunnel-view/ Laura and I stopped at Tunnel View in Yosemite National Park in November 2024, late in the afternoon. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sequoia/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sequoia/ Laura, a friend, and I at the trunk of a giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevada, in November 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/death-valley/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/death-valley/ Laura and I at a Death Valley National Park sign in October 2024, next to a thermometer reading 101 degrees. It was a clear day with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/boundary-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/boundary-peak/ Laura and I reached the summit of Boundary Peak, the highest point in Nevada, in October 2024. It was a clear afternoon, around 43, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nevada-arch/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/nevada-arch/ Laura and I by a rock spire in Nevada, in October 2024. I don't have a more specific name for this formation, so I'll leave it at that. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/kings-peak-signs/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/kings-peak-signs/ Laura and I held up little wooden signs on the rocky top of Kings Peak in Ashley National Forest, Utah, in September 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/kings-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/kings-peak/ Laura and I at the Kings Peak summit sign in September 2024. It is the high point of Utah, and it was a multi-day trip: hike in, camp, summit, and hike out. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-sunset/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-sunset/ Laura and I at a stone-wall overlook above a bend of the Snake River, with the Teton Range at sunset, in September 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/snake-river-overlook/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/snake-river-overlook/ The view from Snake River Overlook in September 2024, looking toward the Teton Range. It was around 48 at sunset, with a mostly clear sky and only a light... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-red-fox/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-red-fox/ A red fox was walking the edge of a paved road in Grand Teton National Park, in September 2024. I took this from the truck window. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bears-near-jackson/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bears-near-jackson/ Two bears were in the tall grass near Jackson, Wyoming, in September 2024. After the first one, a second bear popped up. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/uinta-lake/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/uinta-lake/ Laura and I grabbed this selfie in September 2024 above a turquoise alpine lake in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-bison/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-bison/ A bison herd at sunset in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, in September 2024. I had my back to the camera at the fence. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/granite-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/granite-peak/ Laura and I at the summit of Granite Peak, the high point of Montana, in September 2024. It was a clear, cold morning, around 40, with only a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/granite-hike-out/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/granite-hike-out/ Hiking out from Granite Peak, Montana, in September 2024, tired and very happy. It was my third attempt at this mountain and the first one that reached the top. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/granite-benchmark/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/granite-benchmark/ The USGS benchmark on top of Granite Peak, Montana's high point, in September 2024. The granite up there had this pinkish color in the morning sun, and the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/montana-fall/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/montana-fall/ Laura and I on a fall hike in Montana in September 2024, around the time of the Granite Peak trip, the day before the summit. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/yellowstone-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/yellowstone-falls/ Laura and I at a cascade in Yellowstone National Park in September 2024. It was a cool afternoon, around 50, mostly clear, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/castle-geyser/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/castle-geyser/ Laura and I at Castle Geyser in Yellowstone National Park in September 2024. It was a cool, mostly clear afternoon, around 51, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/jenny-lake/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/jenny-lake/ Cloudy light on the Tetons from the Jenny Lake area, in September 2024. Evening, around 59, under a full gray ceiling, after a little rain earlier in the day. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hidden-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hidden-falls/ Laura and I at Hidden Falls in September 2024. Evening, around 58, under a full gray ceiling, after a little rain earlier in the day. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cascade-canyon/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cascade-canyon/ Evening in Cascade Canyon above Jenny Lake, in September 2024. A low gray ceiling had moved in, the granite walls rose straight up on both sides, and there... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-range/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/teton-range/ The Tetons from a pullout in September 2024, late morning, with some haze in the air. Even washed out like this, the way the peaks rise straight up out of... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/craters-of-the-moon/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/craters-of-the-moon/ Craters of the Moon, the same afternoon as Borah Peak, in August 2024. It was a hot one down here, around 86, under a full cloud deck, with a stronger... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/borah-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/borah-peak/ On the summit of Borah Peak, the high point of Idaho, in August 2024. I talked to the camera from the top. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/grinnell-glacier-trail/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/grinnell-glacier-trail/ Fireweed was blooming along the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park, in August 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/montana-dusk/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/montana-dusk/ Our travel trailer at dusk in Montana, in August 2024. It was around 48, with a mostly clear evening sky and only a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/glacier-shore/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/glacier-shore/ The sky over this lake was doing something wild right as the sun dropped behind the ridge. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/glacier-forest/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/glacier-forest/ I walked through this stretch of forest in Glacier National Park in August 2024, with that dark peak sitting under the clouds the whole time. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/seattle-sunset/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/seattle-sunset/ Sunset over Puget Sound near Seattle in July 2024, with the sun sliding down behind the trees and mountains lined up across the water. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/pacific-northwest-elk/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/pacific-northwest-elk/ An elk in the ferns of a Pacific Northwest rainforest, in July 2024. I don't have a more exact place or day pinned down, so I'll keep this to what is in the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/olympic-fern/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/olympic-fern/ A fern trail in Olympic National Park, in July 2024. It was a clear, mild afternoon, around 74, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/olympic-deer/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/olympic-deer/ A deer crossing the trail in Olympic National Park, Washington, in July 2024. It was a clear, warm midday, around 77, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/tree-of-life/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/tree-of-life/ The Tree of Life at Kalaloch, on the Olympic National Park coast in Washington, in July 2024. It was beautiful. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/rainier-snowfield/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/rainier-snowfield/ A snowfield on Mount Rainier, the high point of Washington, in June 2024, from the same early morning as the summit. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-rainier/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-rainier/ The summit of Mount Rainier, the high point of Washington, in June 2024. It was early, around 18 degrees, almost no wind, and we were up in a solid layer of... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-hood/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-hood/ Laura and I at the summit of Mount Hood, the high point of Oregon, in June 2024. It was an early, clear, cold morning, around 18, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/tamanawas-falls/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/tamanawas-falls/ On the rocky trail to Tamanawas Falls in Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, in June 2024. Laura was the hiker with me that day. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/rainier-glacier/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/rainier-glacier/ Laura and I, in helmets, on a glacier on Mount Rainier in June 2024, the day before the summit. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hood-timberline/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/hood-timberline/ Mount Hood from the Timberline Lodge area in June 2024, a few days before the summit day, with ice axes in the frame. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bull-moose/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bull-moose/ A bull moose just outside of Granite Peak, Montana, in June 2024. He walked right onto the road, stared us down, and headed back into the brush. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/crater-lake/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/crater-lake/ Laura and I up on the rim of Crater Lake in June 2024. There was still a thick bank of snow along the rim even in early summer, and the water was that deep... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-shasta-summit/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-shasta-summit/ Laura and I were at the summit of Mount Shasta, California, in June 2024. It was a cold, cloudy early morning, around 26, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/rv-mount-shasta/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/rv-mount-shasta/ Our travel trailer in the forest near Mount Shasta, in May 2024. It was a clear evening, around 64, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/tahoe-skiing/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/tahoe-skiing/ Laura and I on a spring ski day above Incline Village, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, in May 2024. It was a clear, mild late morning, around 60, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/desert-bighorn/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/desert-bighorn/ A herd of desert bighorn sheep moved along the ledges in May 2024. I don't have a solid place name for this one, so I'll keep it to what is in the frame. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bison-antelope-island/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bison-antelope-island/ One morning in May 2024 I was on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake, and this bison was just bedded down in the dry grass. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/west-bountiful/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/west-bountiful/ Here is Laura in May 2024 on a dry, open stretch of ground near West Bountiful, Utah, with a wide valley and mountains stretching out behind her. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/solitude-base/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/solitude-base/ Late April 2024 at the base of Solitude. Gray sky, a rack full of skis outside the lodge, and still plenty of snow on the upper slopes even that late in the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/colorado-snow/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/colorado-snow/ Laura and I on a snowy day in Colorado, in April 2024. I don't have the exact ski area pinned down, so I'll leave the place at Colorado. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/colorado-ski/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/colorado-ski/ April 2024 on skis in Colorado, with Laura behind me and fresh snow all around. Goggles on, big grins. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/palo-duro-canyon/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/palo-duro-canyon/ Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, in April 2024. It was a clear, warm evening, around 77, and the wind that had been blowing hard earlier in the day had finally... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/kings-palace/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/kings-palace/ Kings Palace, deep inside Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, in March 2024. The little sign on the cave floor is in English and Spanish, and the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/guadalupe-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/guadalupe-peak/ Laura and I made it to the summit monument on Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, in March 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/white-sands/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/white-sands/ Laura and I were on the dunes at White Sands National Park, New Mexico, at sunset in February 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/saguaro-national-park/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/saguaro-national-park/ Laura and I were in Saguaro National Park, Arizona, in February 2024. It was a warm afternoon, around 79, under a cloudy sky, with almost no wind at that hour. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/painted-desert/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/painted-desert/ Laura and I at a Painted Desert overlook in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, in January 2024. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lake-havasu/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lake-havasu/ Laura and I sat at a picnic table in Lake Havasu State Park, Arizona, in January 2024. It was a mild, cloudy midday, around 64, with a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/fire-wave/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/fire-wave/ The Fire Wave in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, in December 2023. The sandstone is swirled in red, pink, and cream bands, and the sky above it was a... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/joshua-tree-entrance/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/joshua-tree-entrance/ A weathered brick entrance sign reading Entering Joshua Tree National Park, photographed in November 2023, with the National Park Service arrowhead beside it. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lava-ridge/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lava-ridge/ Two hikers walking side by side along a ridge of dark, jagged lava rock in November 2023. A pale, flat dry lakebed stretches out below them in the haze, and... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/saguaro-sunset/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/saguaro-sunset/ A saguaro cactus and a small stacked rock cairn against a glowing orange sunset in October 2023. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/agua-fria/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/agua-fria/ I pulled off at Agua Fria National Monument in Arizona, in October 2023, the day after I climbed Humphreys Peak. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/humphreys-summit-sign/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/humphreys-summit-sign/ Summit selfie at 12,633 feet on Humphreys Peak in October 2023, around 8 in the morning. Clear sky, frost on the rocks, and I had my gaiter pulled all the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/humphreys-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/humphreys-peak/ Clouds rolling over the ridges just before 8 in the morning on Humphreys Peak, October 2023. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/wheeler-summit-sign/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/wheeler-summit-sign/ At the Wheeler Peak summit sign, the high point of New Mexico, in October 2023. It was early, around 22 degrees, with a clear sky and a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/wheeler-peak/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/wheeler-peak/ Morning light on a ridge of Wheeler Peak, the high point of New Mexico, in October 2023. It was early, around 22 degrees, with a clear sky and a light breeze. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-mesa-trail/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/black-mesa-trail/ The trail along the rock wall, with the flat-topped mesa and the open plains below, on the way up Black Mesa in October 2023. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/magazine-sign-2023/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/magazine-sign-2023/ This is me at the Mount Magazine Signal Hill sign, 2,753 feet and the highest point in Arkansas, from my October 2023 trip up Magazine Mountain. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/magazine-overlook/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/magazine-overlook/ I spent time at this overlook on my October 2023 trip to Mount Magazine, Arkansas's high point at 2,753 feet. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/devils-den/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/devils-den/ A small cascade at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas, in October 2023. The water was sliding over mossy rocks into a shallow pool, and fall leaves were... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-sunflower/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-sunflower/ I stopped at the Mount Sunflower sign, the highest point in Kansas, in October 2023. It was a mild, mostly clear evening, around 72, though the wind had... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/panorama-point/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/panorama-point/ I stood at the stone marker at Panorama Point, the high point of Nebraska, in October 2023. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-elbert/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-elbert/ A view from high on Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado, in October 2023, looking out over a sea of clouds. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/leadville-aspens/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/leadville-aspens/ Aspens and a snowy ridge near Leadville, Colorado, in October 2023, on the day I climbed Mount Elbert, the high point of Colorado. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/a-trailhead-in-september/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/a-trailhead-in-september/ Setting out from a trailhead in September 2023, with my helmet and trekking poles clipped to the pack and a rocky ridge rising behind me. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/autumn-pond/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/autumn-pond/ An autumn pond with snowy peaks beyond it, in September 2023. I don't have a solid place name for this one, so I'll keep it to what is in the frame. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/gannett-peak-day/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/gannett-peak-day/ Gaiter up, helmet on, and still plenty of rock around me. I took this selfie on my Gannett Peak day in September 2023, climbing Wyoming's high point in the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/fitzpatrick-wilderness/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/fitzpatrick-wilderness/ A trail sign and an information board at a Fitzpatrick Wilderness trailhead in Wyoming, in August 2023. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/beartooth-dawn/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/beartooth-dawn/ I was on an alpine ridge in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana at dawn in August 2023. Broken rock covers the ground, with a couple of snow patches still... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-summit/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-summit/ The view from the summit of Mount Whitney in July 2023. It is the high point of California, and it was my first state high point. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-sign/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-sign/ At the Mount Whitney summit sign, 14,505 feet, in July 2023. This was my first state high point. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-morning/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/whitney-morning/ Morning light on the way to Mount Whitney in July 2023, early, around 42, under a clear sky, with almost no wind. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sierra-lake/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/sierra-lake/ Late July 2023 on the Mount Whitney trail, the morning before my summit day. The sun was blasting over the granite and a patch of snow was still sitting... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lone-pine/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lone-pine/ The Eastern Sierra from Lone Pine, California, in July 2023, two days before I climbed Mount Whitney. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lake-pend-oreille/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/lake-pend-oreille/ I was out in our teal Lifetime kayak on Lake Pend Oreille in north Idaho, in July 2023. The water was wide and calm, with forested hills along the shore and... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/garys-shed/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/garys-shed/ I ran across this one near Lake Pend Oreille in July 2023. An old weathered shed in a grassy yard with a cardboard sign: OPEN, GARY'S BOUT REPARE, and in... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/helena-evening/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/helena-evening/ Evening light outside Helena, Montana, in June 2023. The water sat tucked down between brown hills, a dirt track ran off through the sagebrush and tall... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/north-idaho-summit/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/north-idaho-summit/ Standing on a pile of broken rock at the top of a north Idaho peak in May 2023. The ridge next door was still buried in snow with burned snags poking... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/north-idaho-ridge/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/north-idaho-ridge/ A snowy ridge in north Idaho in May 2023, from the same day I stood on that pile of broken rock. I don't have a solid name for this ridge either. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/crescent-beach/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/crescent-beach/ I stood on Crescent Beach in Washington, in March 2023, with driftwood logs scattered across the sand and beach grass growing along the edge. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/vermilion-cliffs/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/vermilion-cliffs/ Dawn below the Vermilion Cliffs in Arizona, in March 2023, with our truck and travel trailer in the frame. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/heifer-basin/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/heifer-basin/ I pulled off at the Heifer Basin scenic overlook in New Mexico back in February 2023. Snow was still hanging on along the guardrail and the old log fence... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bonnet-carre/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/bonnet-carre/ Trailhead board at the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Louisiana, in February 2023. The grass was already green and a few little yellow wildflowers were coming up... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/st-charles-wilderness-campground/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/st-charles-wilderness-campground/ I stopped at the brown St. Charles Parish Department of Parks and Recreation Wilderness Campground sign in Louisiana, in February 2023. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-rushmore/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/mount-rushmore/ Mount Rushmore in June 2017, with a big slope of broken granite spread out below the carvings. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cancun-hotel-zone/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/cancun-hotel-zone/ I took this from up high in the Cancún Hotel Zone, in October 2016, looking out over a thatched palapa roof, a pool, and palms toward a white beach and... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/wyoming-us-287/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/wyoming-us-287/ Sunrise on US-287 in Wyoming, in November 2015, shot through the windshield with the truck hood in the foreground. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/landscape-arch/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/landscape-arch/ Landscape Arch near Moab, Utah, in May 2015. I took this from the trail, with the red sandstone span against a clear blue sky. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/red-rocks-amphitheatre/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/red-rocks-amphitheatre/ I took this from the top rows at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, near Morrison, Colorado, in November 2014. https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/salt-lake-foothills/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/salt-lake-foothills/ I took this from the foothills above Salt Lake City, in September 2014. The city stretches out below, with a rail yard and a freeway in the middle of the... https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/zion-canyon/ https://oceancoldiron.com/oceansoutdoors/stories/zion-canyon/ I took this along the Virgin River in Zion Canyon, in June 2014. The water was shallow and clear, with a rocky bed, and the red cliffs rose on both sides...