A rainy and moody trek down slippery rocks, through lonesome wilderness. I was somewhat worried, a bit more sodden and annoyed, but mostly excited.

This spellbinding view of clouds swirling through the Great Smoky Mountains greeted us at Clingmans Dome.

The Beartooth Highway is said to be "the most beautiful drive in America."

A rainy day yields a lush vista while hiking the Grinnell Glacier Trail in the Many Glacier section of Glacier National Park.

The fog that blocked our views traveling up to Mount Mitchell became, once we had ascended high enough, clouds adding to the majesty of the landscape.

Hikers at the Blue Ridge Parkway can feast their eyes on layers of mountains receding into the distance, as with this view from Waterrock Knob Trail.