Lens Artists Photo Challenge #342 – Going Wild

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Let’s take a walk on the wild side with Egidio’s challenge “Going Wild”. I love being in wilderness areas and photographing the landscapes, wildlife, wildflowers, and birds I see there. For this challenge I chose images from my three favorite wilderness areas.

Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia

The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is closer to my home than any of my other favorite wilderness areas. We have been there many times and always enjoy the wildlife and birds we see there. The butterflies on wild thistle in the header image was taken in the Okefenokee.

Young alligator in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
Great Egret in the Okefenokee Swamp

Everglades National Park, Florida

We have visited Everglades National Park in Florida many times through the years. There are several entrances to the park with Flamingo being the most remote area. The Everglades is a bird lovers dream with many varieties all throughout the park. No matter where you go in the Everglades you are likely to see alligators.

Egrets and Spoonbills gathering in a pond near the Flamingo Campground in Everglades National Park
This alligator ignores the human invaders of his territory at Shark Valley in Everglades National Park

Denali National Park, Alaska

Denali National Park is the most remote wilderness area I have ever visited. I loved the feeling of being miles away from civilization while we were there. The scenery is breathtaking and the wildlife abundant. Most of the wildlife we saw was too far away for a good photo even with my telephoto lens.

Polychrome Overlook, Denali National Park, Alaska
Moose in the Denali Wilderness

Celebrating 12 Years of Wandering Dawgs

I started the Wandering Dawgs blog in March, 2013 as a way to document our 4 month RV journey from Georgia to Alaska and back. In the beginning, the only people who read my posts were friends and family. Today, I have blogging friends from all around the world! I recently celebrated the 12th anniversary of Wandering Dawgs! Many thanks to everyone who reads my posts and leaves me comments.

Many thanks to Egidio for this challenge Lens-Artists #341 – It’s a Wild Life

37 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #342 – Going Wild”

  2. I enjoyed your WILD side images Beth. My favorite is the young alligator walking across the human inhabited path. I also started blogging when we went on our cross country trip in 2013. It was my way of journaling the journey.

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      1. I’ve been blogging since 2012 and recently deleted a lot of old posts. I won’t tell you the number because you be aghast, but I don’t have the travel history you do, and a lot were just simple Wordless Wednesday posts. I did, however, have an unbelievable trip down memory lane over the three weeks it took me to do it. I smiled, I teared up, it was something.

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        1. Judy, I can imagine how hard that was to delete those posts! When I first started the blog I thought I would quit blogging after we got home from Alaska. I was amazed when total strangers started liking my posts and commenting. I think you were one of the first ones that commented on most of my posts. We’ve been “blogging friends” for years!

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  7. Beth, you picked three gorgeous locations to feature. The wildlife you shared is beautiful. I share your feelings about Denali. It’s an unforgettable place to see and experience.

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    1. Ritva, thank you so much. I enjoy wildlife and nature photography so it was really hard to choose which ones to include. I’m glad you liked the ones I picked and glad I gave you some ideas of what to post.

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