Sunday, August 21, 2016

[Elizabeth] Handstands Across America!

[Elizabeth] I grew up doing circus arts, and I'm happiest (and most coordinated) with my feet off the ground. I'm primarily an aerialist, but handstands are a part of the trade. In 2006, on a trip to the Galapagos Islands and Ecuador, I got to see the equator (a touristy place with a giant red line painted on the ground), and the "Handstands across the World" idea was born. It started first with boundaries of some sort - the equator, the US-Canada border, four corners (one handed!). Then it started to grow - I visited the K/Pg boundary as part of my research work, and took my first Geological-boundary picture - right hand dinosaurs, left hand no dinosaurs! And I've been doing handstands in cool places ever since. Here's a compilation of handstands from this epic road trip. (It took so long because I had to rescue some pictures from my phone before Christina joined me and started taking good ones). Enjoy!



Joshua Tree National Park


Grand Canyon National Park


Mesa Verde National Park (Balcony House)

Valley of Fire, Nevada
Zion National Park, Utah
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Utah 12
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Utah
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah
Golden Spike National Historical Site, Utah
Spiral Jetty, Utah
Missile Testing Facility, Utah
Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho
Teton Pass
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Glacier National Park, Montana
K-T Boundary, Montana
Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota
Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Mississippi River, Minnesota
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
Lake Erie, Ohio