 Where God put the West: Monument Valley
By Jim Chamberlain When the famous American actor John Wayne first saw the buttes, mesas, and spires of Monument Valley, he is quoted as saying “Monument Valley is the place where God put the West.â...
Jungle Hiking
By Vicki Uthe This was a day we were REALLY looking forward to. A day to just get into the surrounding jungle and see what’s there. We were fortunate to have been in Panama during the “dry seasonâ...
Learn Who, Where, and How with the onX Apps
By Sara Goodnick Outdoor explorers, photographers, off-roaders, hikers, birders, and hunters—onX makes three apps that will tell you exactly what you need to know, from downloadable offline maps, tr...
Finding a Way – Texas Hill Country and Wildflowers Workshop 2021
By John Ellis You want to know just one of the great things about AHPS instructors? When Mother Nature hands them lemons, they make lemonade. The recent April ‘Texas Hill Country and Wildflower Work...
Chiricahua National Monument
By Jeff Insel My wife and I decided on a short 3-night getaway this week and selected Cochise county as we’d never been there and knew it would be a bit cooler weather. We wanted to explore the Chir...
A Visit to Ft Bowie National Historic Site
By Jeff Insel For over 20 years Fort Bowie and Apache Pass were central to US Army operations against the Chiricahua Apaches for control of the region. The bitter struggle, ending only with Geronimoâ€...
Shoot at the Zoo
By Jeff Insel This was another fun Arizona Highways PhotoScapes workshop, the first one I got to work in over a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I was pretty excited to get back into the groove of l...
Salt River Wild Horse Spring 2021 Update
By Sara Goodnick Finding the Wild Horses in the Warmer Months The popular Salt River Wild Horses had a very difficult time last summer due to the extreme heat and a couple of nearby large wildfires. H...
The Desert Botanical Garden & the Klip Collective
By Jeff Insel This was the most incredible collaboration yet between the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden and an art installation. The Klip Collective was started in 2003, led by video artist and proje...
The Final Shoots: Chinle – Best of the West, Day 6
By Susan Snyder This is last of a series of six blogs about the AHPS workshop, “Best of the West”. I hope you enjoyed the series. The final two shoots of your amazing Best of the West adve...