My favorites… (post 1)

I’ve been asked where my favorite spots were on the trip, and that’s very difficult to answer. Everything – and I really do meanĀ everything – was just awesome to see. I thought there would be more hiccups on the trip, and that really never happened (thankfully!). To close out these posts, I’m going to post my favorite images from the spots I visited – and trust me, this was really hard to do – but the process of going through all of the photos (almost 6,000 of them) has been a blast because it’s really allowed me to relive everything.

I’m not sure exactly how many posts this is going to take, because I’m limited on post length, but I’ll post them in order of the trip over the course of a couple blog entries.

Nashville, Tennessee:

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Memphis, Tennessee:

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New Orleans, Louisiana:

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My nephews (Gavin & Gage – Bay City, Texas):

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Pecos, Texas:

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Austin, Texas:

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Albuquerque, New Mexico:

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Tent Rocks National Monument:

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Santa Fe, New Mexico (Sopapilla at Tomasita’s):

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Monument Valley, Utah:

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Mexican Hat Rock, Utah:

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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona:

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Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona:

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Trying to capture the sun…

Contrary to what the average person with his smartphone thinks, capturing a great sunset or sunrise isn’t the easiest thing to do (if you don’t believe that, try to enlarge and print one of those pics you’ve taken with your phone that looks good on social media!) By no means am I a great landscape photographer, and I could have used the polarizer that I left at home to help out, but you gotta give it a shot with what you’ve got. These were some of my favorites from the trip (and yes, some are repeats from earlier posts…)

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