ORO GRANDE,
CALIFORNIA
honorable mention
They call the metal
pipes decorated with
colorful bottles at this
Route 66 roadside
attraction “trees.”
Elmer, the mastermind
who created them, lives
on this “tree farm,” but
we couldn’t find him
when we stopped by.
—LEE D’ANNA
West Des Moines, IowaCAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARK, UTAH
honorable mention While my husband was deployed in Iraq, I took a road
trip with my cat and dog to see my family in Colorado. This photo reminds
me of how beautiful and special that experience was.
—CHELSEA OPERCHAL Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota