Travel Photo Thursday: In The National Parks

Ken Burn’s 2009 documentary film, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, says its all: These are great places that have been preserved for enjoyment by present and future generations of travelers.
I’m fortunate enough to live within a half-hour drive of two units of the national park system: Point Reyes National Seashore and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. And I can visit Death Valley, Lassen, Sequoia, Kings Canyon, Redwood, and Yosemite without leaving my adopted home state, California.
The scenic wonder of U.S. National Parks makes them great places to photograph. And each park has at least one natural feature that serves as its iconic image. Here are three such images I shot in Western U.S. parks.