Summer Colors: The Best Of
Since getting back to Dallas a week ago, I've enjoyed a self-inflicted 9 to 5 work schedule spent solely on editing, categorizing and organizing the 8,000 or so pictures I took in the last 32 days on the road.
Looking through them all, I recalled a realization Katelyn and I came to on the way to Sedona, AZ.
Before the trip began, I hadmade this pseudo tour poster:
When I made it, I just thought the words just sounded cool (my own version of the Tiesto album title, In Search of Sunrise). But as Katelyn and I drove back to Sedona, we realized: we actually did it. We toured the entire spectrum as we traveled west... in order.
It began with the old pink school house on the way to Colorado, to rust-red rock formations at Arches, to neon orange canyons at Bryce, to hazy yellow sunrises at Canyonlands, to mantis green riparian trees along the Virgin river at Zion, to deep forest green pines at Yosemite Valley, to the crystalline blue water at Tenaya Lake, to the deep cobalt blue Pacific in San Francisco, and the purple sand at Big Sur.
We looked at each other in disbelief and laughed for a solid minute. I never thought that the "whatever poster" I made would become a fulfilled prophesy. I'm still smiling about it.
Anyway, here's the Best of Color in ROYGBIV order:
Brown ducks eating red strawberries at Cure Organic Farm in Boulder, CO
California Buckwheat in Topanga Canyon State Park, Los Angeles, CA
Red mood lighting at The Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, CA
Katelyn's red headlamp as she ran the 3 mi. loop to the bathroom through Carlsbad Caverns, NM
Orange hoodoos on the Fairyland Loop, Bryce Canyon, UT
Burnt orange bark in Yosemite that resembled the canyons in Escalante, UT
Hook'em shadow selfies on the Figure 8 Trail at Bryce Canyon, UT
Mesa Arch sunrise at Canyonlands, UT
Looking up at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, NV
A lovely thought found at Alexa's parents' home in Ft. Davis, TX
Eating muscles at The Aria Hotel buffett after a week of trail mix in Las Vegas, NV
Hazy yellow glow of Christmas lights that illuminate the help's kitchen at Cure Organic Farm, Boulder, CO
Single stemmed grounsels at Yosemite National Park, CA
Bear alerts in Yosemite National Park, CA
Letharia, the Wolf Lichen on the trail to El Capitan in Yosemite, CA
Moss growing in the mists along the Vernal Falls Trail, Yosemite, CA
Rows and rows of leafy greens at Cure Organic Farm, Boulder, CO
Spiderman on a bush, found on a walk in Petaluma, CA
Doesn't get more green than this in Los Angeles, CA
Feet dangling off the cliff atop Half Dome, Yosemite, CA
Green Guadalupe Mountains at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX
Aquamarine water of Balmorrhea Springs State Park, TX
Freezing cold glacier melt of Tenaya Lake, Yosemite, CA
The placid Pacific, as seen from atop the Santa Monica Pier farris wheel, Santa Monica, CA
Pacific waves emerging from the fog at Pfeiffer State Beach, Big Sur, CA
Cirrus clouds beneath Texas skies, somewhere in Texas
Deep blue night sky at Yosemite, CA
Same sky, same color, but at noon climbing up Half Dome in Yosemite, CA
Fake blue fake monuments on the Las Vegas Strip, NV
Free Geographer show at The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, CA
Fresh picked flowers at Cure Organic Farm, Boulder, CO
Purple fog along the PCH, Hwy 1, CA
Rose colored sunset in Venice, CA
The Pink Schoolhouse, Somewhere, NM
Tom and Dorothy's perfect home in Alpine, TX
Big brown water truck to feed the animals at Cure Organic Farm, Boulder, CO
The biggest (by volume) trees on earth, Sequoia National Park, CA
BARK. Miller Rock trail, CO
Unlikely friends in Alpine, TX
Tourists leave their mark at Yosemite National Park, CA
Looking up from inside the Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
Rainbows on The Mist Trail, Yosemite, CA
