The Palouse: The Palouse is an area in eastern Washington state that I had been wanting to see for years and it did not disappoint. The beautiful rolling hills covered in fields of wheat and canola and a few other crops were breathtaking. Shown are crops of wheat and canola taken from Steptoe Butte State Park in June when the crops were bright green and yellow. The green is mostly wheat fields and the yellow fields are canola. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Multnomah Falls: We drove and camped on the Washington and Oregon sides of the Columbia River. While in Oregon we visited several of the many waterfalls in the area. Shown is the most well-known of the falls, Multnomah Falls. This iconic waterfall is well known because of its size as well as the footbridge that crosses over the falls near midpoint. This portion of Oregon is a rainforest and the lush green foliage during June and July is gorgeous. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos
As we near the end of another year, I like to look through the photos taken during this year’s travels and share a few favorites. Reviewing the trips of the year bring back many travel memories and good times and always rekindles my need to get back in the RV and find more adventures.
We made a couple of trips to Texas to visit family but we always try to find different routes and sites to see as we drive across the Lone Star State. In March and April we toured Arizona, southern Nevada, and southern Utah before finding our way home to Denver. June and July led us to Montana, Washington, and Oregon before crossing through northern Utah on or way back to Colorado.
Included in this Post From the Road are some of the highlights from these trips taken in 2022.
Editor’s note: Longtime Los Alamos photographer Gary Warren and his wife Marilyn are traveling around the country, and he shares his photographs, which appear in the “Posts from the Road” series published in the Sunday edition of the Los Alamos Daily Post.
Wizard Island: Wizard Island is not far from the western shores of Crater Lake. This magnificent lake is in the National Park that bears its name. The lake is fed totally by snowmelt as there are no rivers that feed the lake. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the U.S. at 1,943 feet. The depth and crystal clear water create a deep blue lake as seen from visitors as they tour and hike around the lake. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Room With a View: We camped for a couple of days at the Wedge Overlook, which lies with the San Rafael Swell area in Utah. The canyons created by the swell millions of years ago make for some stunning scenery. This photo was taken standing by our RV looking across a bend in the canyon at another campsite as thunder clouds build in the distance. The Wedge Overlook is part of the Bureau of Land Management, BLM, and camping there was still free as of 2022. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Mission San Jose: We toured the Missions of San Antonio in January 2022. Shown is Mission San Jose, which is one of five missions in San Antonio, Texas. Each of the 18th century missions played an integral part in early Texas history. Each of the missions were constructed by hand with local rocks and wood and each were located near the San Antonio River for water. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Watson Lake: Watson Lake and the Granite Dells are just four miles from downtown Prescott, Ariz. The dells are made up of huge granite boulders more than a billion years old. The granite dells spill over into Watson Lake creating a beautiful and scenic lake. Today the lake is used for recreational purposes such as kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarders, row boats and fishing. The huge boulders of the dells create many coves for boaters, There also are miles of hiking around the lake, which is a city park in Prescott. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Seven Magic Mountains: Seven Magic Mountains is an art exhibit in the Mojave Desert that consists of seven towers of huge boulders. Each boulder is painted in a vibrant neon color. The exhibit is off I-15 a few miles south of Las Vegas, Nev. and was scheduled to be removed in 2021 but was extended indefinitely because of popularity. More than 1,000 people a day visit this free public art exhibit. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
