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Category: National Parks

What Not to do at the Great Sand Dunes

Great Sand Dunes National Park is a park that features massive sand dunes at the base of a mountain range in Colorado. It is kind of a remote park in Colorado and the closest town that offers much of anything is Alamosa, which is more than 30 miles away. There is a lodge at the… Read More What Not to do at the Great Sand Dunes

May 8, 2022May 7, 2022 Jason Frels31 Comments

Shooting a Panorama of the Great Sand Dunes

My daughter and I have been on a road trip north from Texas to Montana. One of the stops on our way was the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado. When the need for our road trip arose, I took the opportunity to cross this national park off of my list of parks as… Read More Shooting a Panorama of the Great Sand Dunes

May 2, 2022May 1, 2022 Jason Frels27 Comments

Mission San Jose

At the midpoint of the string of 5 historic missions in San Antonio is Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo. In 1720, the governor of Coahuila and Texas, the Marques de San Miguel de Aguayo authorized and funded the mission and a Franciscan Father named Antonio Margil de Jesus founded it near the… Read More Mission San Jose

January 25, 2022January 24, 2022 Jason Frels41 Comments

Mission San Juan Capistrano

The second mission that I visited on my day-trip to San Antonio Missions National Historical Park was Mission San Juan. This mission is across the river and not far from Mission Espada which I wrote about last week. The mission was originally founded in 1716 by Franciscans as Mission San Jose de los Nazonis near… Read More Mission San Juan Capistrano

January 14, 2022January 13, 2022 Jason Frels15 Comments

Big Bend – The Window

I heard about a photo workshop taking place around Big Bend National Park through Precision Camera in Austin and I knew I had to find a way to attend as Big Bend is one of my favorite places and the most beautiful part of Texas. There would be an instructor to take the group to… Read More Big Bend – The Window

October 27, 2020October 26, 2020 Jason Frels23 Comments

The Milky Way Over Big Bend

Silhouette of Tree Against the Milky Way

Big Bend National Park is almost entirely a dark sky site with almost no light pollution. For this reason, I chose to get out to the park on a clear moonless night before summer ended. I have been to other sights with very little light pollution, like Lost Maples State Natural Area, but none as… Read More The Milky Way Over Big Bend

September 8, 2019September 7, 2019 Jason Frels14 Comments

The Balanced Rock

Balanced Rock at Big Bend National Park

My primary purpose for going out to Big Bend National Park was to shoot the night sky as the park is a very dark sky site. But, I got there well before sunset and had time to hike around during the golden hour. I saw on the map a road up to a hiking trail… Read More The Balanced Rock

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Jason Frels10 Comments

Big Bend Mountains in the Haze

Big Bend Mountains Layered in the Morning Haze

It was mid-morning and I was out site seeing near the river in the southwest part of Big Bend National Park when I noticed that with the morning haze, the mountain appeared as layers in the distance. I had to try to shoot a photograph or two of this so I headed for an overlook… Read More Big Bend Mountains in the Haze

September 2, 2019 Jason Frels17 Comments

Animals in Yellowstone

I just got back from taking my daughter to Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. We were there for several days and I have a lot of photos to go through. We did have a lot of fun looking for the large animals and I am posting some of those pictures today. One… Read More Animals in Yellowstone

July 12, 2019July 11, 2019 Jason Frels7 Comments

Big Bend Hot Spring

Abandoned Hot Spring resort at Big Bend National Park

I could have easily spent several more days in Big Bend National Park exploring other trails, but I gave myself three nights camping. On my last morning, I went to check out the hot spring trail. There is a hot spring along the Rio Grande and at one time there was a resort in what… Read More Big Bend Hot Spring

December 26, 2018 Jason Frels3 Comments

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