Western U.S. Road Trip, Continued

In a continuation of yesterday's post, today I will show some photographs from Zion National Park in Utah, as well as a few other photos from the road trip "Out West" that my husband and I took with three friends in 2012.

The Zion National Park has several lovely areas and hiking trails to explore - so naturally I took a bunch of pictures. Here are some of my favorites:

Here is a photo of what much of the landscape we drove through looked like. Amazing how much "nothingness" there is Out West, and how red the dirt is. So different from south-east Michigan back home!

Toward the end of our road trip, we swung by Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota. Our timing was perfect so that we visited the great stone carving/tourist trap right on July 4th, Independence Day.

Krka National Park

In 2010, I went on a Mediterranean cruise with my husband (he was my fiance then) and his family. One of our stops was near Split, Croatia, and there was an excursion option for a short bus ride to the Krka National Park.

The park was gorgeous. Besides the waterfall it's famous for, it also had some beautiful flowers, trees, and even animals. I was always last as we walked around the paths, because I kept dawdling behind to take photos. Here are some of my favorites:

View from the bus on the way to the Krka National Park entrance

Another visitor had their golden retriever with him; the dog just couldn't help himself from cooling off in the reflective pool!

The famous Krka waterfall

Can you see the frogs? They have such great camouflage!