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Exploring America's Scenic Treasures
Arches National Park
This plateau in eastern Utah has massive sandstone cliffs, fragile rock formations and scores of graceful arches.This path is a geologic storybook for all to read.This story line is exposed in the marvelous shapes and brilliant colors that are found all along the main park road and even more so on the trails.
Bryce Canyon National Park
Glowing, majestic, whimsical, eerie and other-worldly are some of the words the narrator uses to describe Bryce Canyon.This wonderland is in the desert of Utah.The walls of the canyon dwarf not only the hiker, but the one-hundred-foot Douglas fir trees in the canyon as well.The wildlife and trees are beautiful, but the rock formations of the canyon will cast a spell on you.
Olympic National Park
In the extreme northwest of the state of Washington, this single preserve contains three totally different wilderness experiences: the Pacific shoreline, thick forests and mountains.Crystal clear streams litter the forest and trails of the park.If the mountains are the crown of the park, Mount Olympus is the crown jewel.Great s |
