April 1 and 2, 2023 These photos are from the last two days. The first set of photos is from the Muleshoe Bend Recreation area where there were vast fields of solid blue bonnets. Many people were trampling the flowers to sit among them for photos (this is a “no-no”), but at least other people…
Photography / Photos / Texas / Travel
March 29, 30 2023 This is the continuation story of the quest for wild flower photos in Texas on the west side of Brenham and then near Johnson City on the west side of Austin. This area has Wesley, Industry, Fayetteville. Round Top, and Burton. I also stumbled across the largest antique set of markets…
Photography / Photos / Texas / Travel
March 26-April 2, 2023 Since I had been to California numerous times for the spring flowers, I thought that I would try the super bloom Texas Blue Bonnets both east and west sides of Austin, which were about a week earlier than usual. Prior to the trip, I had done extensive research to find the…
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July 22-23 The photos will show better in the blog and on a computer. Please use the blue link to go to the blog. We made a trip to the Grand Canyon during the monsoon season in conjunction with a Phoenix Camera Club field trip. We were expecting some thunderstorm activity but you never know…
May 9-19 The photos will show better if you go to the blog using the blue link in the email. The last days of the trip were spent in Moab and Monument Valley. Since we had been to both places multiple times previously, I picked a couple places to visit that would not be too…
September 2022 Images will look better full computer screen if you go to the blog. Our annual trip across the US from Phoenix to Western New York yielded several malfunctions in the van. The first proved to be a hole in the hose to dump the sewage in Springfield, MO, which resulted massive leaks when…
May 9-19 The photos will show better if you go to the blog using the blue link in the email. This part of the trip starts in Vernal, Utah which is close to Flaming Gorge on the Green River. The river has been dammed to form the Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The famous expedition of John…
May 9-19 The photos will show better if you go to the blog using the blue link in the email. This trip followed quite a few of the scenic byways along the Colorado border on the way north and then again in Utah on the trip back south. The first day we traveled from Phoenix…
March 17-18 This is a continuation of the San Diego seashore trip. We are leaving our Campland RV Resort to go to La Jolla beach (pronounced La Hoya). We went north up the beach with the first stop at Neptune Beach, which provide some nice views and a short walk to the rocks below with…
March 13-19 We made a trip to the San Diego seashore (still a bit cool) and also hoped to find a few early flowers. We had one of the best RV Parks, at Campland on Mission Bay, which is just a little north of San Diego downtown. Our 22 foot Mercedes Van was a bit…
The photos which follow were taken in the last several months. The first set of photos were taken in early December and are sandhill cranes that over winter in southern Arizona mostly in the White Water Draw area. This year about 35,000-40,000 cranes are present in several areas. They like shallow ponds where they roost…
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