picturesbyplante: the swing set at the top of the Teleferico cable car ride (13,200-foot elevation), looking down on Quito, Ecuador
picturesbyplante: a $2 lunch at Restaurant Rosita, Quito, Ecuador
picturesbyplante: the Basilica del Voto Nacional lookout tower affords a high-up view of its clock towers and the Panecillo, Quito, Ecuador
picturesbyplante: street corner vendors, Quito, Ecuador
picturesbyplante: Forks Timber Museum, Forks, Washington
picturesbyplante: Heceta Head Lighthouse, Florence, Oregon
picturesbyplante: Toketee Falls, Umpqua National Forest, Oregon
picturesbyplante: Multnomah Falls with people on the bridge, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
picturesbyplante: Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
picturesbyplante: Latourell Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
picturesbyplante: Elowah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
picturesbyplante: Wahkeena Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
picturesbyplante: North Umpqua River, Umpqua National forest, Oregon
picturesbyplante: an unnamed cove on the Natural Bridge coast, Samuel H Boardman State Scenic Corridor, Oregon
picturesbyplante: mountain goat kids along the Hidden Lake Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana
picturesbyplante: mountain goat kids along the Hidden Lake Trail, Glacier National Park, Montana
picturesbyplante: a mountain goat patrols around Hidden Lake, Glacier National Park, Montana
picturesbyplante: hikers on the Harding Ice Field Trail, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
picturesbyplante: the Harding Ice Field Trail terminus, where Exit Glacier meets the Harding Ice Field, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
picturesbyplante: hikers on the Harding Ice Field Trail, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
picturesbyplante: Kenai Mountains, near Seward, Alaska
picturesbyplante: horned puffins, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
picturesbyplante: orca dorsal fins, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
picturesbyplante: Stellar sea lions, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
picturesbyplante: the aerial tram ride at Alyeska Resort, Girdwood, Alaska
picturesbyplante: Mesa Arch at dusk, Canyon Lands National Park, Utah
picturesbyplante: Delicate Arch in winter, Arches National Park, Utah
picturesbyplante: Turret Arch in winter, Arches National Park, Utah
picturesbyplante: fall colors linger into November, Lake Saint Claire Metropark, Michigan