Who did the photography? All of the photographs are originals. The vast majority were taken by me and my wife. The rest were taken by family, friends, and kind passers-by.

What kind of camera do you use? Photos prior to July 2004 were taken with a Canon EOS Rebel G 35mm using 200 speed film. Most photos between July 2004 and July 2007 were taken with a compact Nikon Coolpix 3200 digital camera. Since 2008, most photos were taken with a Canon Digital Rebel 6.3 Megapixel digital SLR.

Can I use your photographs? Please feel free to use any images or graphics for your own PERSONAL, non-profit use. For any commercial use, mass use (ex. a booklet or a website) or other use, please contact me.

When will you add new Parks? As soon as we visit them! There are nearly 60 National Parks, and my personal goal is to visit every one (at least the ones I can drive to) before I die. We plan National Park trips as often as we can, but it will still take several years to build pages for many of the Parks.

How was this site created? The basic pages were created using Microsoft Front Page 98 with a lot of hand-HTML tweaking to get the pages just right. The older (film) photos were scanned using an HP Scanjet 5470C, photos were edited in Micrografx Picture Publisher 8 and the graphics were created using a combination of Microsoft Paint (the one that comes with your PC) and Micrografx Picture Publisher 8. Many of the interactive features including the interactive Maps and the comments/ratings postings are free scripts and services available from Google.

Is it tough to make a website? No, not really. It just takes a lot of time to build a good one. If you have something you want to share with others, you should try it! There are plenty of free hosting services out there like http://tripod.com. If you're looking for your own domain name and more control over your site, I you will need to pay a little, but the price is very reasonable. I use StartLogic for this site, and I'm very happy with the service and the price. Before starting, consider what you want to convey and develop a good structure of pages to make it easy for people to navigate. Once you're building it, take your time to make sure every link works like it's supposed to--nothing is more frustrating to a visitor than a bunch of links that don't work. If I had to start from scratch now, I would probably use the free WordPress blogging software as the basis of my site instead of HTML because it does most of the work for you and is easy to update (though it can be tougher to get the exact look you're going for).

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