Facebook travel posts
Below are links to some of Mark Ziegler's Facebook posts about his road trips and hikes throughout the beautiful American West.
But first, a few disclaimers ...
1) Unlike the writing samples on portions of this online portfolio site, these Facebook posts are not intended to be poetic prose. They are often done late at night, on a smartphone, in remote areas with spotty internet reception, and with little available time. The objective is to quickly share experiences, impressions and photographs with friends. Many say the photos make them want to visit these places. Others say the posts make them realize that there is indeed life outside of a claustrophobic, deadly pandemic.
2) You'll notice that many of the posts have longer intros, with relatively few captions accompanying the photos. Why? Unfortunately, when uploading large numbers of photographs with Facebook's posting tool, the app often slows to a crawl, making it almost impossible to include long, descriptive captions with the pictures. Ziegler is usually lucky to simply get a post created and "saved" without the Facebook tool "crashing." Thus, the story of each adventure is usually told in the intro copy, with the pictures having to mostly speak for themselves.
3) FYI, all of the below links, as well as this entire portfolio site -- www.MarkZieglerCommunications.com -- are best viewed on a computer or laptop, as opposed to a smaller device.
With the above caveats, please enjoy!
* Highly recommended links
Recent Road Trips
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Vegas (May-July 2020)
Camp Verde/Montezuma Castle/Sedona
*Tuzigoot ruins/Verde River Valley/Jerome ("Wicked City")
Meteor Crater/Winslow/Painted Desert and Petrified Forest/Gallup
Chaco Culture/Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area
Southern New Mexico/Organ Mountains
Texas Hill Country and San Antonio
Waco/Baylor and College Station/Texas A&M
*Central Texas and the Panhandle
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Colorado Springs
Moab and Canyonland National Park
*The Needles of Canyonlands National Park
*Capitol Reef/Bryce Canyon national parks
*Zion National Park/The Narrows
Northern California, Oregon and Washington (Aug.-Sept. 2020)
Redding, Calif., and more Lassen Volcanic
Klamath Falls and Crater Lake National Park
*Day Two: Crater Lake National Park
Bend, Ore., and Smith Rock State Park
*Mount St. Helens National Monument
Washington's Olympic Peninsula
Washington's Pacific Coastline
Day 1, the Oregon Coast: Astoria to Cannon Beach
Day 2, the Oregon Coast: Tillamook to Newport
Day 3, the Oregon Coast: Newport to Coos Bay
Day 4, the Oregon Coast: Bandon to the California border
Northern California Coast: Crescent City and Redwoods National Park
Northern California Coast: Eureka
*Northern California Coast: “The Lost Coast”
Northern California Coast: Fort Bragg and Mendocino
Napa Valley -- at 113 degrees!
East Bay/Golden Gate/Marin/Bodega Bay/San Fran/Santa Cruz
The Tour of Nevada (Nov. 2020)
Mount Charleston and the Spring Mountains
Vegas to Great Basin National Park
Ely to Bonneville Salt Flats to Elko
Interstate 80: Elko to Winnemucca to Lovelock and beyond
Reno to Pyramid Lake to "Burning Man"
"The Loneliest Road in America"
Tonopah and the Goldwell Open Air Museum
Area 51 and Death Valley National Park
Southern Nevada: Vegas to Laughlin
Returning home through Western Arizona
The Tour of Arizona (March 2021)
Scottsdale to Sedona to Flagstaff
*Northern Arizona/Horseshoe Bend
White Mountains to Salt River Canyon to Teddy Roosevelt Lake
*Phoenix's Piestewa Peak and White Tank Mountain
Fleeting Moments from Flagstaff (Sept.-Oct. 2021)
Walnut Canyon National Monument
Various Hikes
Painted Canyon and The Ladders
Bay Area/Pinnacles National Park
Santa Monica Mountains/Set of "M*A*S*H"
*Garstin Trail/Palm Springs - 2021
Garstin Trail/Palm Springs - 2020
*Phoenix's South Mountain Preserve
Other Assorted Scenic Adventures