The final entries are in for the 2012 Pioneer on the Road Travel Photo Contest, with the highest number of submissions ever received during the contests duration. Almost 200 eager travellers took The Pioneer with them on their vacation in 2012, sending us snaps from across the globe.

Lindsay Wiekenkamp, Pamela Hart, Kim and Shirley Frocklage and Helen Metcalfe at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada

Bentley Godlien lounges by the poolside at Legoland Resort in Carlsbad, California.

Catrina Trozzo and her sister visit Cuba.

Andy Stuart-Hill rounds Cape Horn in Chile, the southernmost tip of South America.

Quintynn, Wyatt, Taylor, Kendyl, Trystan and Pamela Hart outside Orleans Arena, Las Vegas.

Janice Marshall and Diane Harder take in the scenic view at Urquhart Castle, Scotland.

Bernice Spiry, Angela Rad Minn, Darla Rad Spiry, Jeanine Clowers, Jim Detta and Tom Spiry (left to right, back row to front row) at the Golden Nugget Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ken and Bonnie McMillan of Columbia Ridge attend the opening night of Shania Twains Still the One show at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

The Trask family, along with Maureen Croft-Steen, and past valley teacher Dave Beaudin with wife Melanie and their children Brooke and Beaudy at Clearwater Beach, Tampa Bay, Florida.