Well, sometimes life serves you lemons, which was the case earlier this year when I lost my job after 28 years with the same company and my mother passed away in the same week! "What a week I'm having!" I've been trying to make lemonade, however, moving back East to be with my father and taking advantage of more free time while I try to stretch my severance pay. I've always wanted to take a road trip for longer than 9 days (a business week and two weekends) but employment made that difficult. However, I recently spent over 8 weeks on the road taking pictures, journeying from NY to North Dakota, Montana, and Washington focusing on Wildflowers. After a few weeks in Arizona (where I visited family and completed my employment), I then got back out on the road visiting California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Wyoming photographing National Parks and wildlife. I drove back to NY, downloaded images for 2 days, then hit the road again, chasing Fall colors across NY, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I will be loading images to galleries as I edit, with this gallery representing 5 glorious days I spent in Mount Rainier National Park in August. The wildflowers were exquisite, as were the macro photography opportunities and wildlife. Enjoy!