Americana Footographs
On the gorgeous North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Don and Andi Oettinger snapped this beautiful footograph.
Alan Shoemaker shows how his foot is even bigger than an elephant at Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles.
At the Great Sable Lighthouse on Lake Michigan, Karen Anton and daughter Brittany pause for this footograph.
Tim and Karen Antons take a break from their 2011 motorcycle trip to grab this footograph at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming.
Nothing is more American than our US Marine Corps! Here, Tanthalis Elrod (just right of the sergeant with the red stripe) is amonth the July graduates at The Depot in San Diego, California. Thanks to Demaris Swint for the Americana Footo!
This is the foot of Angie Grams contemplating the intriguing "Sunburst" scultpure in front of the Milwaukee Art Museum.
We don't have a lot of details on this beautiful footograph from Josh Nagelberg. Best guess is someplace in the Appalachians. Very nice!
This footograph is from the 2010 National Scout Jamboree at Ft. A. P. Hill in Virginia. There were 45,000 Scouts and Leaders there from July 27 - August 4. That means roughly 90,000 feet were there! This one belongs to Dave Smith.
At Millenium Park in Chicago, Angie Grams and her left foot pose for this footograph in front of the Anish Kapoor sculpture.
The State of Michigan , in order to cut down substantially on maintenance costs, has decided to replace the two steel and concrete towers of the Mackinac Bridge with a pair of size 14 penny loafers, as seen in this picture. Money previously devoted to paint will now be spent on shoe wax and an occasional resoleing . Thanks to Jim Ollson of Cheboygan, Michigan for the great footograph - and sense of humor!
At the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas - JoAnn Finn found the perfect place for a footograph that truly represents Americana!
Alan Shoemaker pauses while hiking near Lake Meade, Nevada to snap this footograph.
The day before his wedding, Jason Smith took his family on a tour of the autumn leaves in New England. This footograph was taken from a rickety old observation tower someplace in Northwest Massachusetts. He told the bride-to-be his family had kidnapped him and they were taking him to Canada. Just a bad little joke.
While on the family journey through New England, Tim Smith showed of his snazzy shoe in this autumn footograph.
At Soldier Field in Chicago, the crowd was gathering for the U2 concert when Kim Smith snapped this great footograph showing the amazing stage set-up for the show. The highest point of the stage was as high as the highest point in the stadium!
They say it's one of the best places in the world to view a sunset. This footo goes a long way toward proving that statement true! That's Adam Herrera, Teri Castillo, Thomas Herrera and Samantha Herrera enjoying the evening near Hermit's Rest (an oold structure built in 1914 at the end of Hermit Road) in Grand Canyon Village.
These feet are 10,188 feet above sea level and had just hiked two miles to Powell Point in Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park. Going to be time for re-treads on those shoes pretty soon! Great footo of Thomas Herrera, Adam Herrera, Teri Castillo and Samantha Herrera..
At the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Mather Point provides a beautiful backdrop for this footograph. Fet shown are those of Samantha Herrera, Teri Castillo, Adam Herrera, and Thomas Herrera..
Sonya Ritchie and her feet enjoy the 10th floor view of San Diego Bay with the USS Midway in the background.
I'll bet Sonya Ritchie got some funny looks when she posed for this footograph at the Gateway To The West - the St. Louis Arch!
Celebrating the end of Mother's Day 2009, Tim Smith takes in the beautiful sunset at the Oasis Restaurant in Austin, Texas.
It was just before 2am and Disney's Magic Kingdom was about to close when Nora Smith got this classic late-night footograph of Cinderella's Castle. She don't need no stinkin' magic slipper to be a princess!
On May 10, 1869, Promontory Point is where the Union Pacific's No. 119 touched cowcatchers wtih Central Pacific's Jupitor to complete the transcontinental railroad. A few years later, Dave Smith set foot on the very same point to grab this footograph for us.
Jason Smith went to the official Center of the World for this outstanding footograph. Felicity, California claims to be the center of the blue marble. Hard to argue with them!
The face of Sawyer Glacier in Alaska stretches more than a third of a mile and calves icebergs big and small. Here, Pam Shuler sneaks a footograph of some of America's most majestic scenery.
Just outside of Juneau, Alaska is Mendenhall Glacier. Pam Shuler put on warm sneakers for this beautiful footograph!
Stacey Bryant and Steve Myers perch atop a large rock up on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park outside Estes Park, CO . The two decided to rest their feet and appreciate the sunset over the Rockies after hiking all day.
The very first Killer Bee spotted in the United States was found in Hidalgo, Texas. While the government has done a nice job playing down the danger of the Africanized Honey Bee (official name), this footograph was smuggled out of Hidalgo to show the world the danger of the giant bee! Tim Smith risked life and limb (or at least foot and toes) to get this Feetinfamousplaces exclusive footograph of the dangerous beast.
Giant windmills are becoming a bigger part of the American landscape every day! This footograph was taken at the ribbon cutting of the Gulf Wind Farm in Sarita, Texas. The feet belong to Jerry Durham and Serena Rosenkrantz of the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen who attended the ribbon cutting at the invitation of Babcock & Brown - the company responsible for building the windfarm. These giant windmills have built in bird-detection radar which will stop the blades from turning when a flock of birds approaches. With 118 windmills, this farm will produce enough energy to power 80,000 per year. Wow!
Karen Vega, wearing socks given to her by her mother Kathleen Carrizal-Frye for Halloween, got her feet way too close to the Italian Herbed Turkey being prepared by her brother Kyle Frye. Karen survived the close call with the turkey (and it's chef) and grabbed this footograph of a piece of Americana for us.
It's world famous! The tree growing out of the courthouse tower in Greensburg, Indiana is a landmark in this Southeastern Indiana town. My dad always said the tree got its water from the springs in the tower clock. Pat Smith got lots of funny looks when she took this footograph on the town square in Greensburg. By the way, you can read Pat's columns in the Greensburg Daily News. She has even written about this website.
Standing 5 feet 9 inches, Alan Shoemaker and his foot are dwarfed by the 1450 foot Sears Tower in Chicago. The Sears Tower is the tallest building in North America and the third tallest building in the world - and now it is even more famous because it's featured on www.feetinfamousplaces.com!
In front of Chicago's fabulous Field Museum, Alan Shoemaker grabs a quick footograph.
Alan Shoemaker gets his shoe in front of Cloud Gate at Millennium Park in Chicago. Cloud Gate is a creation of British artist Anish Kapoor and it is his first work installed in the United States. It weighs 110 tons.
Dave and Kim Smith Smith ride up the fabulous curved escalator at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. If you ride this escalator which makes a complet 180 curve long enough, your luck might just begin to turn.
At the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Will Ripley and Polo Sandoval took several great footographs for us while covering the convention for KRGV NEWSCHANNEL 5 in Weslaco, Texas.
I'm not sure if this is Will, Polo or both - nonetheless, it's a nice footograph from the 2008 DNC in Denver.
Pam Schuler creates music by stepping on one of nine chimes-tiles at a hidden interactive art piece in Battery Park in Lower Manhattan - New York City.
At the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Pam Schuler says this exhibit "screamed" footograph as people passing by were separated from their own feet - making it impossible to get a shot of your own foot.
While it's not our first footograph from the Appalachian Trail, this is certainly an extra-special one. This is Brandon Smith's foot at Clingman's Dome, the highest point on the Appalachian Trail.
We can't quite tell if Jason Smith is the soldier or the little dog, but we do know he had a chance to walk the world's largest Monopoly board in San Jose, California. As you can see by the following footos, Jason may have started on "Go," but during his trek around the board, he had to go "directly to jail...do not pass go...do not collect $200." Fortunately, he eventually got out of jail but then landed on Boardwalk where the hotel owner promptly bankrupted him. He never got back to "Go." Great footos!
With its 433 inch mirror, the Hobby Eberly Telescope at the McDonald Observatory is one of the largest in the world. This footograph was taken by Tim Smith during a behind the scenes tour of the huge Hobby-Eberly. Just to the right of Tim's foot you can make out the actual mirrors which are pointing upward for a view of the sky.
At the entrance to the Frank N. Bash visitors center at the McDonald Observatory near Ft. Davis, Texas, you'll find large stones of the same diameter as the three large telescopes there. Here, Tim Smith gets a footograph near the stone representing the 82" Otto Struve Telescope. The larger circle is the 82 incher! McDonald is also home to the 107" Harlan J. Smith Telescope and the 11 Meter Hobby-Eberly Telescope.
At one of America's most interesting landmarks, Carhenge near Alliance, Nebraska, Pam Schuler snapped this footograph while on her domestic summer vacation.
Here's our first footograph at the DAM. The DAM what?? The Denver Art Museum! Pam Schuler of Mesa, Arizona snapped this footo while visiting her home area of Nebraska and Colorado.
In New York's Central Park, the band members from the Judson High School Rocket Band circle the "Peace Ring" for this footograph. These feet all belong to the "bus 3" musicians who were in town for their performance at Carnegie Hall.
From Liberty Island in New York Harbor, Veronica and Christopher Debruhl take this great footograph of the New York City Skyline. Of course, the Statue of Liberty (formally known as The Lady of Exiles) is the lone "resident" of Liberty Island.
Built in 1930 and 1931, the Empire State Building in New York City was once the tallest building in the world with 102 floors. Today, the building towers over Felipe "Christopher" DeBruhl's foot as he and family tour the Big Apple.
In front of the famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, Veronica DeBruhl snaps this great footograph.
Hiking through Canyonlands National Park in Utah, Laura Kottlowski of Boulder, Colorado gives her foot a rest long enough to take this great footograph. It's a long walk for a "cherry wheat" from out there!
That's downtown Atlanta, Georgia in the background of this footograph taken from high atop Stone Mountain by Jenn Gunter.
Looking down from the street above, Sarai Valdez and her foot see folks strolling along the famed San Antonio Riverwalk.
While walking the streets of San Antonio, Sarai Valdez snapped this beautiful footograph of the San Antonio River meandering beneath the city. It's the famous Riverwalk.
Yep, that's an upside down car in this footograph. Or, maybe the foot's upside down. Hmmm. Either way - this great footograph was taken in the Hard Rock Cafe in San Antonio, Texas by Sarai Valdez. Very nice!
Travelling all the way from Weslaco, Texas, Cassie Alaniz grabbed this footograph from the balcony of her room at the landmark Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas.
This footograph could have gone in the TV/Movie Feet category, but the Griffith Park Observatory is such a part of Americana we had to put it here. This is Jason Smith's foot with the newly remodeled observatory . You may recognize the place from such famous movies as " Rebel Without a Cause ," " The Rocketeer " and " The Terminator ."
At the Griffith Park Observatory, Jason Smith is standing atop a sidewalk model demonstrating the distance
from the sun to all the planets. As you can see, the distance from his left foot on the Sun to his right foot on planet Mercury is
approximately 43.4 Million Miles.
Heather Straight strips down to her stocking feet to grab this great footo in front of the "world famous" giant peach water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina. The tower, built in 1981 is a monument to the fact that South Carolina produces more peaches than neighboring Georgia. I'll bet you didn't know that!
Frank Strait also wanted to get his foot in the door with a footograph from Gaffney, South Carolina which he says is about 25 miles Northeast of Spartanburg and 50 Miles Southwest of Charlotte right next to I-85. You can't miss it and it's worth the stop!
Big Bend Ranch State Park, in the Trans Pecos, Big Bend region of Texas , is the largest state park in Texas at around 300,000 acres. It is a geologic wonderland, featuring the remnants of ancient mountains composed of sedimentary rocks up to 530 million years old, to volcanic mountains around 30 millions years old. This footo features lava at the feet of Richard Hagan (who is less than a million years old), tuff based rocks in the mid range, and volcanic mountains in the background.
Life requires, and looks for water, in the desert. It is found here in small springs, with desert mountains in the background. Who needs a water stick when you have Richard Hagan's foot?
More springs in the desert. Not quite enough water here to qualify Richard Hagan's footograph as "wet feet."
Water brings people and their feet. Here is a hole in the rock for grinding grain, convenient to the springs at Big Bend Ranch State Park.
In the West Texas mountains, this footograph is taken at a Grain grinding well, with tuffaceous hills and volcanic mountains. Thanks to Richard Hagan for all the great mountain climbing footos!
There are many ancient Indian grain grinding wells in Big Bend Ranch State Park in West Texas. Footographer Richard Hagan wonders out loud how many years - or generations - it took people to grind out all of the wells.
Numerous grinding wells in rock under overhanging ledge. This was also a cooking site, as evidenced by black soot on overhanging rock.
Looking from California across Lake Tahoe into Nevada, Alan Shoemaker pauses from his hike to grab this beautiful footograph for us.
While at the National Weather Association's annual convention in Reno, Nevada, meteorologist Alan Shoemaker managed to sneak away from the meetings just long enough to grab this footograph of the Reno skyline. Alan says "rumors that there are casinos in those big buildings are greatly exaggerated...I only saw meeting rooms."
At the Northernmost point of the Mississippi River, Dave Smith keeps his foot dry for this footograph. This spot is about 2 miles East of Bemidji, Minnesota.
While travelling through Colorado, Stacey Bryant and her feet get a little R&R along the Cache Le Poudre river. The river's name means"Hiding Place of Powder." According to legend, French fur trappers in the 1820's were caught by a tremendous snowstorm. To lighten their load, they buried large amounts of gunpowder ( poudre ) in a hiding place ( cache ) along the banks of the river.
But forget the french lessons. The wild west way to pronounce Cache la Poudre is "cash luh pew-der." The "cash" part is appropriate: the river corridor is rich in paddling, hiking, and scenic driving opportunities.
The Cache La Poudre River begins high in the peaks of Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park along the Continental Divide. Flowing north and east through Roosevelt National Forest , it tumbles down the slopes of the Front Range and meanders through the city of Fort Collins. From its headwaters to the confluence with the South Platte River east of Greeley, the Cache La Poudre drops 7,000 feet. It's Colorado's first National Wild and Scenic River . Highway 14 , which follows much of the river, is a scenic byway between the towns of Fort Collins and Walden.
Hiking up sand dunes at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Stacey Bryant and David Patino grab this picturesque footo. Great Sand Dunes is a 30 square mile dunefield. Stacey and David hiked up to High Dune, a 1.5 mile hike up a 650 foot elevation gain. At the top, a raging sandstorm was blowing, throwing sand in their faces, ears, eyes etc. Thank goodness their feet survived to enjoy the beautiful 360 degree view!
Stacey Bryant and David Patino hang on to their zapatos (shoes) at Zapata Falls. Zapata Falls flows into a narrow chasm south of Great Sand Dunes National Park near Alamosa, Colorado. To view the falls, it is necessary to hike about 1/2 mile - cross the creek - then scramble up the rocks and stream - into a cavern . . . where the 30 foot high falls cascade onto a ledge. "The rocks can be quite slippery" says Stacey. All for a footograph. Cool!
Crystal Kief-Ramirez took time out from a busy day at Walt Disney's Epcot Center to snap this footograph of her daughter Taylor Ann.
It was hot, it was dusty, it was the desert. It was BurningMan 2007 and that's Pam Shuler's foot on the manhole.
At the big 4th of July parade in Bemidji, Minnesota (home of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox), Dave Smith manages to get this footograph as the "Portable Paul and Babe" pass by.
Where else would a Zamboni Machine be part of the 4th of July Parade but dowtown Bemidji, Minnesota?? Since we don't have a website for Toes in Famous Places - we'll go ahead and share this toe-ograph here...submitted by Dave Smith.
This footograph is at the world famous YO Ranch near Mountain Home, Texas where Stacey, Davis and Preston Bryant pause while heading to the pool for a cool dip on a hot summer day.
Along the South Llano River in Texas, the Junction Dam is the last take-out point for canoes and kayaks. Those are Stacey Bryant's feet in this very nice footograph.
Stacey Bryant sneaks in a footograph while taking a relaxing cruise on San Antonio's Riverwalk recently.
Delia Ramirez gets ready to begin her hike through Bear Creek Canyon in the San Juan mountains of Telluride, Colorado. Delia says she thought she was going to fall, but her feet (shown in this footograph) got her through six miles!
Website founders Nora and Tim Smith dropped in to visit our Footograph Of The Month sponsor Coastal Winds in Port Isabel, Texas in early August. If you are on the South Texas Coast, be sure to stop by the cool little store on the Lighthouse Square in Port Isabel to find some awesome gifts.
This footograph was taken by Dan Kottlowski at Pomontory Point Utah in front of the opening to the Golden Spike National Historic Park. This is the location where the Golden Spike was driven into the tie to link trains coming from east of the Rockies to trains coming from the western U.S.. This is where the Union Pacific No. 119 and the Central Pacific's Jupiter touched cowcatchers back on May 10, 1869.
Dan Kottlowski took this footograph on an escarpment just north of and overlooking the northern shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
This footograph was taken at the eastern entrance to the Grand Teton National Park in western Wyoming. The Tetons are in the background.
This footograph of the Tetons was taken overlooking Jackson Hole by Dan Kottlowski.
This footograph was taken by Dan Kottlowski overlooking Utah's Olympic Park Ski Jumps that were used in the 2002 Olympics .
Following WeatherQuest 2007 at the Children's Museum of Brownsville (Texas), event Organizer Alex Garcia and his wife Eva, Co-organizer Tim Smith and his daughter Taylor, Keynote Speaker Bob Smerbeck of AccuWeather.com, and Storm Chaser Jim Bishop and his girlfriend MaryLeigh Sanders, took a quick trip to the boardwalk at South Padre Island, Texas just to take this footograph.
During Jason Smith's great West Coast Tour, he climbed to the top of the Seattle Space Needle (a la Spiderman) to get this footograph of the beautiful Pacific Northwest city's skyline. Jason's foot was often mistaken for that of Dr. McDreamy of Seattle Grace Hospital (Grey's Anatomy).
From the upper deck at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark, Tim Smith snaps a quick footograph of the suspension bridge across the Ohio River. The bridge was designed by the same guy who designed the Brooklyn Bridge!
This footoraph is from Cathedral Grove in the beautiful Muir Woods, one of the most awe-inspiring redwood groves in the world. The group of German tourists thought Jason Smith was pretty awe-inspiring as he layed in the mud to take this footo!
This one of the swimming pools at Hearst Castle, the former 300- square-mile estate of Publishing Magnate William Randolph Hearst. The pool was said to contain 15,000 cubic feet of water. Jason Smith says he could only spare one foot for the footograph.
Here's Martha Burrows' foot at a VALLEJO show (band from Austin, TX ) playing in Harlingen, TX . at Philosopher Dave's bar, it was a unique acoustic show...like watching our favorite band in our living room...seating was limited only 60 tickets were sold @ $50 a pop and it sold out. Until we add a musical feet section, Americana Feet seems to be the place for this musical footograph submitted by Alex Burrows.
It was the coldest Easter Sunday in memory. Nora and Taylor Smith lift their double-socked feet in front of the distant skyline of Austin, Texas.
On the strip in Las Vegas, Alan Shoemaker raises his foot for this footograph. While he may have lost his shirt on his trip, it looks like he managed to hang on to his shoes (at least one of them).
While visiting the Luray Caverns in western VA , Pam Shuler took the opportunity to use what the guide described as a perfect picture frame for this footo. The Caverns are gorgeous. If you have the chance to see them, you won't regret taking the time .
At the national sculpture museum in Washington DC , in the scuplture garden outside the Hirschorn Museum includes a piece by Cesar - here we have Cesar's Thumb and Pam Schuler's foot. Can you imagine buying the gloves for that guy??
Doing "better than they deserve"are Jason & Michelle Straub who took this footograph at Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover LIVE! event in San Antonio, Texas , March 10th. Mr. Ramsey is only happy if those nice shoes were paid for with cash - no credit cards!
After riding Superman, Tony Hawk, Poltergeist and yes, even the Ferris Wheel, Taylor Smith and Trey Hebert take a break in front of the big tower at Six Flags Fiesta Texas for a footograph. Yes, they even rode the ride on the tower! Can you say Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh????
Known as the Sparkling City By The Sea, Corpus Christi, Texas boasts a beautiful bayfront. Alex Garcia wondered out onto one of the T-Heads along the bayfront to snap this footograph. Alex was in town making plans for the upcoming Oceanarium event to be held at the Texas State Aquarium in June.
Lubbock, Texas is proud of native son Buddy Holly. So much so the downtown plaza bears the legendary rocker's name. Jenny Rae Lozano and Nora Smith give the official "foot salute" to Mr. Holly during a recent visit to the dusty West Texas city.
Puting their feet next to many famous feet on the Walk of Fame in Lubbock, Texas are Jenny Rae Lozano and Nora Smith. Lubbock and the entire West Texas area has a rich history of contributions to the world of music - in particular - Rock and Roll. Buddy Holly is perhaps the most famous of the Lubbock natives.
At less than 1 acre, the Port Isabel Lighthouse is the smallest state park in Texas. It is located at the Southern Tip of Texas at the landward end of the Queen Isabella Causeway - which leads to South Padre Island. Across the street from the lighthouse, you'll find Coastal Winds - the proud sponsor of our Footograph of the Month. Taylor Smith laid down on the grassy knoll leading up to the lighthouse for this beautiful footograph.
With a beautiful cirrus-filled sky as a backdrop to the Port Isabel Lighthouse, Taylor Smith, Maya Robinson, Tim Smith and Nora Smith pause for this footograph on a recent trip to the Texas coast. While climbing to the top of the lighthouse is generally an option, this visit came too late in the day and the lighthouse was closed.
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On sunny South Padre Island, Texas, Tim Smith, Nora Smith, Maya Robinson and Taylor Smith pose for this footograph in front of one of the "must-stop" locations - Blackbeard's Restaurant. This dining establishment was nothing more than a tiny beach house in 1980 - but now is one of the best known restaurants in Texas. If you visit Blackbeard's, tell them you heard about it on FeetinFamousPlaces.com!
Stacey Bryant is there as Old Faithful blows! It's a great footograph from Yellowstone National Park
In this footograph, Stacey Bryant, Alison Bryant, Kim Gifford wait for Old Faithful to erupt. It blows about every 92 minutes give or take 10.
At the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, Stacey Bryant lets go of her ski boots long enough for this Americana Footograph. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort is made up of two mountains: Apres Vous Mountain has over 2100 vertical feet of groomers and glades, "AV" is known as our intermediate mountain and is home to the halfpipe and terrain park. Rendezvous Mountain is where you will find the terrain that Jackson Hole is famous for: chutes, bowls, couloirs and glades make up most of the terrain. The 8-Passenger Bridger Gondola™ offers quick access to a great deal of the mountain from its summit, just below the headwall .
This footograph was taken at South Padre Island, Texas. Minverva Coronado says "one day my friend Amy and I got out of work and as crazy as she is ...she asked you want to do something crazy and i replied, what ? she said let's go to the island and take pictures of our feet ..so this is how we ended up taking this picture .... two tired girls one day after work..." MAP
Emily Lemming, of Richmond, Indiana, snapped this footograph at Grand Canyon during a recent western Vacation. Emily's daughter and son-in-law are regular contributors to Feetinfamousplaces.com, but this is her first submission. According to son-in-law Brandon, Ms. Lemming saw some of his footographs and thought he might appreciate this footo. We all appreciate this addition to the website! MAP
We weren't sure in which category we should place this footograph. It's taken by Taylor Smith at WeatherFest - the exciting, fun-filled day at the American Meteorological Society's annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas. More than 2500 people were treated to weather exhibits, demonstrations, and presentations. MAP
This footograph is from the Hooch Lake Gas Station in Akeley, Minnesota . And yes, that is a shell casing from a bullet. (From Hunters, not Robbers...we can only hope). Footographer Jason "Don't Call Me Will" Smith stars in "The Wild Wild North." MAP
While visiting the Texas Hill Country, Betty Lou Crowell-Gonzalez stops by the community of River's Edge to grab a quick footograph. MAP
At Arches National Park in Moab, Utah,, Stacey Bryant shows the incredible beauty of one of natures most amazing creations. Arches National Park contains the world's largest concentration of natural stone arches. This National Park is a red, arid desert, punctuated with oddly eroded sandstone forms such as fins, pinnacles, spires, balanced rocks, and arches. The 73,000-acre region has over 2,000 of these "miracles of nature." MAP
Stacey Bryant took a bunch of footos while visiting the great American west. One stop was at the Grand Canyon National Park. We've selected the best footographs to share with you. This amazing view is from the famous North Rim. MAP
Another footo on the scenic north rim of the Grand Canyon from footographer Stacey Bryant. The Grand Canyon is more than a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It is more than an awe-inspiring view. It is more than a pleasuring ground for those who explore the roads, hike the trails, or float the currents of the turbulent Colorado River. It is a natural site for breathtaking footographs! MAP
At Capitol Reef National Park, Stacey Bryant pauses for one more breathtaking view and another great footograph from her great western vacation. The Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile long wrinkle in the earth's crust known as a monocline, extends from nearby Thousand Lakes Mountain to the Colorado River (now Lake Powell). Capitol Reef National Park was established to protect this grand and colorful geologic feature, as well as the unique natural and cultural history found in the area. MAP
At the great World's Championship Shrimp Cookoff in Port Isabel, Texas - Amber Bates joins footographers Valerie Bates and Tim Smith for this footo in the old Wal-Mart parking lot where dozens of entrants cooked up their very best shrimp for thousands of cookoff-goers. Tim was a judge for the event and reports each of the 16 "professional" entries was outstanding, but it'll be a while before he wants to see shrimp again. Cap'n Roy's restaurant was the first-place entrant in the Professional category. Wal-Mart and Texas State Technical College did well in the non-restaurant division. MAP
This footograph is from the Jolla Cactus Gardens in Josuha Tree National Park in California. According to footographer Jason Smith, "those cactus have so many needles on them that they almost look soft. Huggable. Like Teddy Bears. You just want to hug them" says Jason. He adds "But don't. One time my buddy Bill backed his tire into one, and the spikes were STILL stuck in it when he pulled over in Massachusetts! Along with Jason's foot, this footograph includes the famous foot of Steve Scaia - the star of STEVE SAVES LA. MAP
Washington DCs Union Station continues to be a gathering spot for folks in the Nation's Capital. The ornate ceilings, walls, and archways make a magnificent setting for the old train station. Much of the station has been converted into a shopping and dining experience. It makes for an interesting mix of travelers carrying their luggage headed for a cross country train trip, shoppers looking for bargains at one of the shops, and teenagers hanging out at the mall like they do in every city. That's Tim Smith's tired foot in the footograph. MAP
While wondering through the streets of Washington DC on a quiet Saturday afternoon, footographer Tim Smith happened across the International Spy Museum. Inside the museum's store, you can buy all kinds of cool spy stuff...including a t-shirt which proclaims "I was never here." MAP
In front of the office of Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR), Tim Smith poses for this footograph in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC on the evening of September 13th. After attending a reception for Mark Trail award winners, Tim and friends had significant difficulty finding an open door to get out of the building. Two stairways, three elevators, two footographs and several long hallways later, the group finally found someone with the answers. The cleaning crew. MAP
Rebecca Dasch and Ben Brunner take time out from their night on the town in Washington, DC to pose for this footograph in Indiana Plaza on 7th Street NW near Chinatown. Rebecca is the one with the heels. MAP
Built for the World's Fair in the 1960s, the Hemisfair Tower of the Americas stands more than 700 feet above downtown San Antonio, Texas. The tower has been recently renovated and now features an observation deck, restaurant and coffee shop on the top, a snack bar, gift shop and 4-D theatre on the bottom. That's Taylor Smith in the footograph. MAP
For only four dollars, who can resist a trip to the top of the Tower of the Americas. This footograph featuring the feet of Tim and Taylor Smith, is taken from the tower looking toward the Northwest showing much of downtown San Antonio. MAP
Here's a unique footograph taken by Jason Smith at the Out and About Treesort in Oregon. The resort is completely made up of treehouses. This footo is from the walkway to one of the way-above-ground rooms. MAP
The award winner for "Northernmost Footograph" goes to David Wright for this footo taken where the Dalton Highway crosses the Yukon River during Dave's journey to the Arctic Circle. No "Wet Feet" here . . . betcha that's some cold water!
In the Rocky Mountains, Dan Kottlowski shows off his hiking boot in this footograph. The footo was taken by Dan's daughter - facing due West.
In the Davis Mountains of West Texas - 7 miles NNW of Alpine, Richard Hagan takes this footograph looking toward the South. The mountains are composed of magma that up-welled in fissures surrounding a volcano caldera located some 4 miles South (extinct - we hope). Flowers are for attracting hummingbirds. Ten or more different species are often seen in a season in the area. MAP
Taken from the same location as the last footo, this time looking toward the West...the mountain left of center in the background is Crenshaw Mountain, just under 6000 feet. The extruded magma on the mountain background right is called "Palisades" because it reminded some geologist of the Palisades formation in New YOur State. These are common formations in the Davis Mountains. Geologists the world over are attracted to the Trans-Pecos (acorss or west of the Pecos River) region of Texas, which includes Alpine, for the wealth of geological formations, including the world's largest exposed fossil reef. MAP
Richard Hagan took this footograph looking toward the Southeast from his perch 7 miles North-Northwest of Alpine Texas. The valley in front of the mounain is called Sunny Glen. The footo was taken from an elevation of 4920 feet. MAP
In the Hill Country of Texas, Valerie Bates stretches the definition of footograph a bit by actually removing her boot to place it on the fence at Boot Hill. As she says, it logically follows that her foot is "near the scene." Works for me!
Professional Footographer Valerie Bates also managed to find the official entrance to Boot Hill. It's a footo worth posting!
Somewhere in South Texas, FM (Farm to Market Road) 666 meanders through a lot of nothing. Valerie Bates says "for miles, the only vehicle we see is the postman, delivering mail on FM 666. The road has no center stripe, is quite curvy in comparison to other farm roads in the area......My friend Boo Boo rode with me....Seems an appropriate name to hit FM 666 with..."
If one drives long enough on FM 666, the road will eventually meet another desolate highway. In this case, FM 666 meets FM 665. That's the boot of Valerie Bates in this footograph.
While taking a pleasant ride along one of quiet freeways of Los Angeles, Maria slides her foot in front of the LA skyline for this footograph.
On the deck of the Queen Mary, the famous cruise-ship-turned-hotel, Jason Smith raises his foot in salute of the ship now docked in Southern California.
On board the Queen Mary, this footograph is taken in the engine room. In addition to Jason Smith's foot, you're looking at the Aft Turbine.
Pam Schuler sends us this footograph from BurningMan (fortunately, not BurningFoot!). BurningMan is an annual gathering in the Nevada desert. For each participant in this self-expressive, self-reliant event of 35,000 people, the experience is unique. Each year, Black Rock City is transformed by large art projects, interactive theme camps and a wide variety of individuals who come to participate in this "Leave No Trace" expression of human creativity.
Garrett Smith braves the thin air on the highest paved road in North America to take this footograph high atop Mt. Evans. At more than 14,000 feet, getting into this position can take all the air one has! Thank goodness for cruise control.
On US 50 leading out of Ocean City, Maryland, this road sign indicates it is a short 3073 miles to the other end of the highway. Frank Strait risks life and foot to get this footograph alongside the busy roadway. According to Frank, there may be a similar sign in Sacramento, California. That "Ocean City 3073" sign is now on our "most wanted footographs" list!
No, Martha and Thomas Jefferson did not wear flip-flops. Or maybe they did, but we don't have a picture of that. Instead, we have a footograph in front of Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. The feet (and flip-flops) are those of Brandon and Kim Smith.
On a small (very small) section of the Appalachian Trail, the feet of Brandon and Kim Smith are shown in this footograph, taken in the Shenendoah National Park in Virginia. Brandon and Kim changed from their flip-flops into their "hiking" shoes so we would all think they actually hiked the trail!
At the biggest fishing tournament in the state of Texas, The Texas International Fishing Tournament in Port Isabel, Israel Alfaro, Jr displays his "chancla" on the dock while waiting for the big catch to come in. MAP
Also at TIFT, Rick Ramirez and Tim Smith pose for this footograph following a busy day of broadcasting from the dock. You can tell by the shoes who came to work - and who came to enjoy the view. MAP
Maya Robinson poses for this footograph in front of Wyland Whaling Wall #53, painted on the South Padre Island, Texas Convention Center. Actually, the mural titled "Orcas Off The Gulf Of Mexico" takes up two full walls of the Convention Center. World-renowned artist Wyland painted the Whaling Wall in one week. After the first day of painting, a rainstorm washed much of the paint away, forcing him to start over. He still managed to complete the work in five days. MAP
On sunny South Padre Island, Texas, Tim Smith takes a break from his morning jog on the beach (ok, so it was not exactly a jog...wrong shoes!) to pose for this footograph in the early morning sun. MAP
On a slightly more crowded beach, Frank Strait and his belly pose for this footograph in Ocean City, Maryland. What a life, eh?
Bemidji, Minnesota is the home of legendary woodsman Paul Bunyan. Paul still lives in the heart of Bemidji in the form of a giant statue in the town center. Paul shares this footograph with Bemidji residents Dave and Kim Smith.
Everyone who knows the legend of Paul Bunyan also knows of Babe, his large blue ox. Here, Dave and Kim Smith pose for a footograph with Babe.
This came very close to qualifying for a "wet footograph" but firm footing was found and instead we have an Americana footograph of Dave Smith in Duluth, Minnesota where the summer temperature was a balmy 72 degrees. We hope to see a winter version of this footograph!
"West to Hawaii" were the words of Gracie Espinoza, Gloria Perez, Mary Vento, Julie Martinez and Eva Guardiola as the five sisters from Texas headed across the Pacific to celebrate the big (unspecified) birthday of one of the sisters (rumor has it the birthday girls initials are GAP and the birthday number was, well, nifty).
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