Searching for Solitude Rocky Mountain National Park: A Peaceful Path to Connecting with Nature

by Pattie Logan, Cheryl Opperman (Photographer)

Overview

The dramatic scenery and magnificent wildlife in Rocky Mountain National Park have made it a popular destination for travelers -- too popular at certain times and places. Nothing shatters the tranquility like a traffic jam on Trail Ridge Road, elbow-to-elbow overlooks, and hiking with the masses. This book offers both practical and philosophical ideas on how to have a more profound and peaceful visit. It also includes dramatic photography that is the result of avoiding crowds and finding unique perspectives. This e-book will inspire you to make the most of your precious time in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016280431
Publisher:	Wild Mare Productions
Publication date:	01/24/2013
Series:	Searching for Solitude , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Pattie Logan is passionate about discovering places that inspire magical, emotional, and spiritual connections to nature. She grew up primarily in Arizona and Colorado, meandering through desert washes and hiking up mountainsides, falling in love with the natural world.

Pattie is an Emmy Award–winning TV producer and writer whose work features interesting humans, inspiring landscapes, and animals, especially horses. She has written films that are shown in the visitor centers of Rocky Mountain National Park and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

She focused on environmental issues and solutions as a reporter for CNN and TBS. Two of her favorite projects are documentaries she wrote and produced for KUSA-TV in Denver. Promises in the Mist is about the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. The Colorado: Lifeblood of the West looks at how the Colorado River supports life in the Southwest.

Pattie has an M.A in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, where she studied the complex relationship between people and nature.
Visit PattieLogan.com to learn about her current projects.

Cheryl Opperman is a nationally acclaimed nature photographer who has traveled to every continent in the world capturing spectacular images of nature, wildlife, and indigenous cultures.

Her aesthetic compositions, artistic use of light, and exquisite detail have been honored with several prestigious awards from Earth Day Network, Nature’s Best Photography, the International Photography Awards, and the National Wildlife Federation. She was also recognized as a leading female nature photographer by Outdoor Photographer Magazine in 2010.

Cheryl is widely published, with photographs appearing in print, on the web, on TV, and in solo and group exhibits. Some of her clients and credits include the American Humane Association, Overseas Adventure Travel, The Denver Post, the National Geographic Society, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

Cheryl uses the power of photography to inspire interest in the environment and other cultures. She has been a speaker in schools and camera clubs, as well as for the National Park Service and the North American Nature Photography Association.

In 1992, Cheryl earned a B.A. in Industrial/Scientific Photography from Brooks Institute of Photography, graduating with honors.

To order fine art prints of her work, visit CherylOpperman.com.