Jdub --- Thank you for trying something different, aside from the animal-focused designs. Could you try a similar logo, but with a picture of a river or some actual backroads with pine trees. Try to keep darker colors on the logo so that we can keep it elegant. Finally, don't narrow down on the circle model, if you don't bound the logo, it may show a little better...
Jdub, its better but it does not look as elegant as we need it to be. Try different colors and consider looking at some of the logos we reccommended. Darker sunsets could be an option, as well as rivers and/or lakes..