In hopes of seeing more that the United States landscape has to offer, photographer Grant Mallory and his fiancé Maria Jacob hit the road with a camera and an LED hula-hoop in tow.

The resulting photographs are an exercise in teamwork, pairing Jacob's interest in hooping with Mallory's interest in original landscape photography. In each photo, Jacob swings her lit-up hoop against the backdrop of the country's largest national parks, from Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah to Redwoods National Park in California.

Olympic National Park, Washington

Mallory tells Mashable via email that Jacob plans to teach English in Asia next year. Their plan for the trip "was fueled by us having the flexibility in our lives and knowing that we needed to see more of our own country before we traveled abroad," he said. "It took quite a bit of planning, but we kind of figured it was now or never."

The shooting process was challenging at times as Mallory and Jacob struggled to scout locations, pick the perfect lighting and avoid accidentally flinging their hoop into the depths of a canyon.

"Sometimes it would be raining on us, be freezing cold, we’d be swarmed with mosquitoes, or we didn’t find what we expected to find in terms of the background," Mallory said.

But he and Jacob kept up with the project in hopes that the end result would be well worth the frustration.

"We simply had to trust that this series was going to be worth it — for whatever reason, we felt determined to make it as great as we could," he said.

Grant Mallory Photography

More photos of the couple's adventures are available on Facebook and Instagram.

[H/T: MyModernMet]