Arches National Park in Utah – I drove around and stopped at a few choice places to grab some photos. You can’t walk in here without a permit (and I didn’t have one). So you can think of that trail as the forbidden path, unless you have a golden ticket. On the same trip, I visited a bunch of the arches, but the most treacherous was Sand Dune Arch; the wind was howling in a tight canyon full of sand, and it was blowing it every which way. I was the only tourist brave enough to battle the constant sandblasting and see the arch. I didn’t bring my camera…

Camera: Canon 5D Mark III: http://amzn.to/2tDnnCW

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