I have been very blessed in so many ways in my life. One of these great blessings is that I have been afforded the opportunity to travel to many parts of the world and discover the beauty of these places, people, and cultures. Ours is a truly remarkable planet. In addition to the incredible and often indescribable beauty of God's handiwork in nature are the human endeavors to create beauty in this world also. Below are a few of the pictures I have taken in my travels over the years that have really amazed me in their beauty, uniqueness, or humor. I hope you find some of these pictures as beautiful or as fascinating as I did.
St. Peter's square, Vatican City at night
Multnomah Falls, Oregon
The Treasury at Petra, Jordan.
The Octopus Tree, Cape Meares, Oregon Coast
The rugged beauty of the Oregon coast line
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, Lincoln City, Oregon
The Grand Prismatic Spring, Yellowstone National Park
Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho
Arch at City of Rocks National Monument, Idaho
Windmill on the grounds of Kastellet (The Citadel), a military star-shaped fort built in the 1660's in Copenhagen, Denmark. The fort is still an active military base today.
Nordhavn Street, Copenhagen, Denmark
Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, Scotland
Death Valley National Park, California
Elephant Rock, Iceland
Zion National Park, Utah
Silver Falls State Park, Oregon
Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho
Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
The lesser known "Monastery" at Petra, Jordan
Pharaonic tomb in Valley of the Kings, Egypt
Inside Ramses II's temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
Step pyramid at Saqqara, Egypt
The great pyramid of Cheops and the Sphinx at Giza, Egypt
The pyramids of Giza, Egypt
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Radio telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico. This has since had a catastrophic collapse of the 900 ton instrument platform in December of 2020 that destroyed the dish.
The Pitons, Saint Lucia
The Trevi Fountain at dusk, Rome, Italy. My wife and I would walk here each evening to sit and eat gelato in front of this beautiful fountain during the few days we were in Rome.
A fresco at the entrance of a wealthy merchant's home in the ruins of Pompeii Italy. Evidently he had a very large... ego.
The Parthenon, Athens, Greece
Santorini, Greece as seen from a restaurant at which my wife and I ate lunch.
View of the port at Valletta, Malta
Taormina, Sicily
Michelangelo's Pieta in the Basilica of St. Peter, Vatican City.
Unfortunately some idiot tried to destroy the priceless work with a sledgehammer years ago so it is now behind plexiglass to protect it. (hence the glare on the camera picture)
Statue of Saint Peter on the Vatican roofline
North rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona
Massive glacier in icy fjord, Alaska
On an air boat tour of the bayou in Franklin, Louisiana, and yes we did see gators.
An afternoon swim to cool off from the oppressive heat in a cenote near Tulum, Mexico
The Mayan pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico
Devil's Tower National Monument, Wyoming.
Mount Rushmore National Monument, South Dakota
Looking at the ocean from Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico
Wild Goose Island at St. Mary's Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah (One of my favorite national parks!)
Yosemite National Park, California
View of the Grand Tetons from the altar window in the Chapel of the Transfiguration at Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming
Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park, Oregon
Massive Alaskan glacier
Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
The Windows, Arches National Park, Utah
Crossing underneath the Golden Gate Bridge at sunrise, San Francisco, California
