Welcome to the Park Avenue Photo Friday diary and open thread. Each Friday, people are encouraged to join us in sharing their pictures of the national parks, state parks and other major parks and to vote on which park will be the subject of our next Things to Know Before You Come column of travel advice and tips on visiting the parks.
If you haven't had the chance yet, check out our two other weekly diaries from this week. Each Tuesday at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT we release our Things to Know Before You Come column looking at hints and tips for visiting a park you choose each week in this open thread (see poll below). This past week's column was on Olympic National Park in Washington State. Help choose next week's column by voting below. Each week's runner-up will return to the poll the following week. On Thursdays at 11:30am ET/8:30am PT we have our weekly user contributed park feature. This week's feature was On the trail of John Muir: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. I'll be contributing next week's feature on Dry Tortugas National Park in Florida.
And without further ado, a few images to get this Friday started...
Last week my theme was National Historical Parks I've been to. This week, I've chosen some abstracts from Yellowstone National Park. The thermal features make for excellent abstract subjects.
Coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs?
A ribbon in time
Golden Reflection
Grand Prismatic Color
Endless Ridges