In God’s Country

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IMG_3961Canon EOS 6D (24mm, f/10, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

A little walk in Joshua Tree NP. Hidden Valley trail. Beautiful and the best of all: There are no other people on the trail. That’s the great thing if you walk a couple of minutes away from the parking lots: You are alone.

Traveling through the California I have seen tourist on beautiful spots who did not even leave the car. They stood there on the parking lot, looked through the windscreen for a couple of minutes and drove away. Some even left the engine running. Sightseeing US style.

IMG_3971Canon EOS 6D (24mm, f/16, 1/30 sec, ISO125)
 IMG_3976Canon EOS 6D (24mm, f/14, 1/40 sec, ISO100)
 IMG_3989Canon EOS 6D (24mm, f/8, 1/320 sec, ISO100)

I think I know why so people go “parking lot sightseeing”. We do it also a lot when in the USA or Canada.

  • because it’s possible
  • because it saves precious time ( tourists from Europe )
  • because they are used to it ( Americans )

But it does’t take a lot of effort to see beautiful things. Just a couple of steps away from the road you can enter a different world. We also did not walk around for hours mainly because 1. it was very hot 2. to save precious time!

But the Hidden Valley trail is a short and easy walk. Just don’t forget to put on your Cowboy hat and bring a bottle of water.

VSCO film 4 again. This time it’s Fuji Velvia.

IMG_3991Canon EOS 6D (24mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO100)