A Yucca plant grows tall in the arid environment at White Sands National Park.

Monument Valley is a beautiful and mysterious place. Definitely hire a local Navajo guide to get the full history and symbolism here.

This is my favorite quiet place... it's hidden in Northern Arizona and is the perfect place for cold water and pure silence.

The road between Moab and Monument Valley - not always as straight as this but it is so serene.

Zion National Park is one of the world's most beautiful - talk is that soon they will have to limit the number of visitors via a lottery.

Antelope Canyon near Page, AZ is the perfect illustration of the centuries old war between stone and water.

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