I stopped to shoot several state capitols in my summer's travels.  Here's Iowa.
 
 

Hill country in western Iowa.
 
 

No flag shortage in Denver.
 
 

The Colorado capitol building in Denver, plus fountains and an assortment of daily periodicals.
 
 

Denver was a great place to stretch my legs - here's one of the pedestrian corridors.
 
 

A nice courtyard along a pedestrian mall.
 
 

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
 
 

Lookout Mountain has views over Denver, where the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains.
 
 

Another view from Lookout Mountain.
 
 

Whitewater rafting (rafters at right).
 
 

Slanted strata along the freeway.
 
 

The snow at Vail was melting under the summer sun.
 
 

Forested mountains in Colorado.
 
 

Some No Name town in Colorado.
 
 

Fossilized bones at Dinosaur National Monument (Colorado and Utah).
 
 

Rock towering above a parking area at Dinosaur.
 
 

Banded strata decorate a ridge in Dinosaur.
 
 

Native American petroglyphs (rock drawings) in Dinosaur.
 
 

Driving on through Utah.
 
 

Dark clouds over tall peaks in Utah.
 
 

There wasn't much to see in Salt Lake City.  Here's where the basketball team (Jazz) plays.
 
 

An odd palace-like building on the Great Salt Lake.
 
 

The Bonneville salt flats.
 
 

Dry mountains in western Utah or eastern Nevada.
 
 

The California capital building in Sacramento.
 
 

Highway medians in Sacramento had bright red flowers.