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Just got back home to Australia and will try and catch up with a few posts. After leaving Las Vegas, after Valley of Fire, we had a very big days drive of over 450 miles to get to the newest National Park in the USA....Pinnacles National Park in California. Previously a "National Monument", Pinnacles was upgraded on January 10th this year to full National Park status. And this made it our 50th USA National Park - only 9 more to go. We spent the night in the car at the campground and I was up nice and early to catch the sun rising across the peaks. Once again we were into pretty warm weather, up to about 88 degrees, quite a contrast to the 7 degrees from Bryce less than a week ago. On our last day we also managed to fit it the drive from Monterey down through Big Sur along the coast before flying out of LA for the long trip home. Another fantastic trip with many, many images to work through.
I want to say thanks for all the comments my posts received over the last 3 weeks....we always seemed short of time and so I didn't get a chance to respond to all my posts, but I do apprecaite the time people take to make comments.
And I also wanted to mention how nice it was to catch up with a fellow FMer, Bob Ross (uintaangler) and his wife in Zion where we had a great time over dinner discussing all things photographic.
cheers Andrew

Mar 17, 2013 at 01:34 AM

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Congrats on the 50th Andrew! That's quite a milestone and your images of the parks are always well done and enjoyable to view, including this one of the new national park -- I'll have to make it here one day. Looking forward to your other images from your trip.

Mar 17, 2013 at 01:54 AM

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Wonderful shot! Still haven't been to this one even though it's only a couple hours away. Which parks do you have left on your list?

Mar 17, 2013 at 02:54 AM

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Very nice Andrew, congrats on #50! What are you going to do once you've done them all?

Mike

Mar 17, 2013 at 06:29 AM

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Nice shot, and congrats on 50 NP's. Most Americans never come close to seeing so many. I've been traveling for years and may not have that many (I need to count up some day). Glad you got to meet up with a fellow forum member. I've met people all over the country from various forums, and it adds a lot to the journey.

Mar 17, 2013 at 10:07 AM

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Andrew,
Very nicely done! i like the light on the left side as it is just gracing the hill and illuminating the trees. Fantastic work.

Mar 17, 2013 at 10:27 AM

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Very lovely shot you have Andrew. The trees are really enjoying the afternoon sun! I admire your passion to cover all US Parks! Which ones are left now? I am a frequent visitor to your blog. Looking forward more shots from this trip. -Kee

Mar 17, 2013 at 10:43 AM

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#50 looks good!

Mar 17, 2013 at 04:25 PM

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Thanks for the comments, its been quite a journey so far...its a long way from Australia! We have now covered all the Parks in the lower 48, as well as US Virgin Islands. All that remains is the park on American Samoa (actually quite close for us, halfway to Hawaii) and then the big challenge will be the 8 parks in Alaska! Should be quite a ride!
cheers Andrew

Mar 17, 2013 at 04:29 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Pinnacles National Park - our 50th!

Very nice Andrew. You forced me to go look at your entire site of national park images. Fantastic set! You should be proud of those!

Mar 17, 2013 at 05:22 PM

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Nice shot with great light - congrats

Mar 18, 2013 at 08:48 AM


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