As if it weren’t bad enough having people lined up to take pictures of their favorite pictures in museums, now it appears that hordes of visitors are lining up with selfie-sticks to take pictures of themselves in front of their favorite pictures. That’s apparently the view behind several NYC museums banning the hold-your-phone-beyond-arms’-length devices…and several others are considering it, according to travel-industry news site Skift. MORE
Desert View Watchtower, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
It won’t interfere with what I do. Selfie sticks are the tools of amateurs!