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…
California / Photography / Photos / Travel
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…
Arizona / Photography / Photos / Travel
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…
Arizona / Fall Foliage / Photography / Photos / Travel
Oct. 9-11 The photos will look better if you go to the blog by clicking on the blue title. This is my 100th Post! Finally this morning we woke up to blue skies which should make for a nice day as we head to Bryce Canyon National Park via Route 12. About half way to…
Fall Foliage / Photography / Photos / Travel
October 7 and 8. The photos will look better if you go to the blog by clicking on the blue title. The first photos of Cedar Breaks National Monument are a continuation of October 7 day on Route 14 and then Route 148 to see several viewpoints of Cedar Breaks. This is a lesser known…
October 6-7 The photos will look better if you go to the blog by clicking on the blue title. We took this trip to see the fall colors in southern Utah and eventually at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. The first day we traveled along Route 89 north of Flagstaff and got a…
September 7-13, 2021 The photos will look best if you go to the blog rather than view them in an email, as they get cropped. On September 7 we started on the trip for home with a first day stop in Pennsylvania along I-79. The main stop of the day was at McConnell’s Mill state…
August 15-September 13, 2021 The photos will look much better in the blog rather from your email. We embarked on another 30 day cross country trip across Mid-America encompassing 15 states and 5600 miles in our Mercedes Sprinter RoadTrek RV van. The photos in two parts are the highlights of the most photogenic places. We…
June 10, 11 This will be the last post in this series as we are now heading for home, but with a few important stops yet to go. We had lunch in a small town of Connell, WA and there were several buildings that had interesting murals. I thought this one was one of the…
June 6-8 The last day that we spent in the Palouse was near Oakesdale where I met Cousin Jean. We found a few places along country gravel roads with no traffic which was perfect for unhindered photography for both of us. We found two old farm houses which was a change from all barns so…
June 5, 2021 Day 6 and 55th Anniversary. Today started early at 7:30 and ended at 10 PM after Day 5 and 6 for a combined 400 miles total driving. So this shows the size of the area of the Palouse. We were on the very east side of Washington state and also in Idaho…
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