With another year of travel and photography, with the first full year living in Arizona, it is time to highlight my favorites for the year.
Living in Arizona and the west resulted in far more nature photos than in previous years, but well worth it. But of the thousands of photos taken, I have narrowed it down to 23.
Amazingly two came from the same time in Saguaro National Park East in Tucson as the sun was setting on a January day.
A trip in April to the Petrified Forest/Painted Desert gave us a chance to stay at the campy Wigwam Motel along Route 66 in Holbrook, Arizona for another sunset photo.
The final sunset photo in the series is the classic Grand Canyon shot. What isn’t shown is the 40 MPH winds that were howling in the chilly April evening.
East of Tucson is the small western movie ranch in the town of Mescal.
A bird’s nest in a cactus at the Tucson Botanical Gardens.
Monument Valley – it doesn’t get any better than here for dramatic scenery.
Western Wyoming in late May with snow still gracing the tops of the mountains.
Grand Teton National Park at dawn.
Oregon Highway 3 in the far eastern part of the state during a very rainy Memorial Day weekend.
Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.
Antelope Canyon, Arizona in Navajo Territory. It was a structured tour, but well worth it.
Palm Springs, California with a classic mid century home and an even more classic vintage Mercedes.
Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah.
Late September fall colors in Beaver Canyon Scenic Byway, Utah.
An owl at the Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City, Utah.
A receding Great Salt Lake, Utah.
Hoover Dam and another fast receding lake – Lake Mead.
Franklin Auto Museum in Tucson.
Dia De Los Muertos – Tucson.
A sculpture in a courtyard at the Tucson Museum of Art.
To finish off the year with one from back east – Millennium Park in Chicago the day after Christmas.
Here is looking forward to an even better 2023.
RDZ Photography 
Thanks for sharing the great photos and have a wonderful new year!
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Thank you!
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These are great photos. I especially liked Grand Teton at Dawn. I’ve taken a photo like this myself and I have a friend who took a photo like this. However, yours is the best by far. I makes me want to got back there and try again.
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Thank you for the kind comments. Ironically we were there that early because on a previous trip to the area we missed Grand Prismatic in Yellowstone and we wanted to get there before the crowds, leaving Jackson just before daylight. Turns out that the trip through Grand Teton was the highlight of the day.
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