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National Park Photo Feature of the Week: Red Around The World/Great Basin

On By nationalparkswithtIn Nevada10 Comments
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About this photo»

  • Place: Great Basin National Park, Baker, Nevada
  • Date: June 2018
  • Photo Credit: Megan (Red Around The World)
  • Why it’s one of my favorites: No matter how many times I go through my pictures from Great Basin, this is always my favorite picture from there.  It’s not the most interesting picture ever, but I love the lighting, the creek, everything.  Great Basin also happens to be one of my favorite national parks so far, so that doesn’t hurt.

Meet Megan from Red Around The World»

I’m Megan, a Wisconsin native, Utah transplant who actually just moved to Arizona. Way back in 2015 I went on my first ever Great American Southwest Road Trip with one of my best friends and got my first taste of the national parks. We only stopped at a few on that road trip, but I was hooked. Fast forward to December of 2015, just before leaving for 2.5 months in Asia starting in January, and I decided “hey, maybe I could work in the parks when I come back!” So, I furiously applied for jobs in the weeks leading up to my departure and by the time I left I knew I was moving to Utah come April.

From April to the present, I’ve worked at Lake Powell in the summers (north lake and now south) and a snowmobile lodge in Wyoming, while spending the other winters exploring Florida and the southeast. I drive between Wisconsin, Utah, and Florida multiple times a year, which gives me a lot of time to see all the parks between each of those places, which I always try to make time for on the way. While I can’t pick just one favorite, some of my favorites are Great Basin, Capitol Reef and Grand Teton (especially in the winter). Two I can’t wait to visit are Dry Tortugas and North Cascades, but I can’t wait to visit all of them. —Written by Megan Johnson

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