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…
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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…
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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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June 4, 2021 Day 2 We stayed at a KOA on the Snake River at Almota. It was quite a steep drive on Route 194 in and out of the Snake River Canyon. This morning I continued north on Almota Road toward Diamond and Endicott. First up is a nice red barn with a windmill…
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June 3, 4 We left Phoenix on May 31 for the trip north to the Palouse. The first photo stop was Twin Falls, ID. “Twin Falls is a city in southern Idaho. It’s known as a gateway to Snake River Canyon, which lies just to the north. At the canyon’s eastern end, Shoshone Falls cascades…
October 20, 23, 27: This is the last foliage report from our October trip. We continued to have cloudy rainy weather, but decided since our trip was about over to try one more place. Mendon Ponds, a county park, southeast of Rochester, NY had brilliant leaf color, which was helped by the light rain that…
October 16 and 18. The first set of photos is from the ride down and back on Route 19 from Brockport to Belfast, NY. I am always partial to barns in my photos especially if they are painted red. This is probably because I grew up on a farm near Brockport, NY. I came across…
October 15 The Erie Canal was built across New York state from the Hudson River at Albany to Lake Erie at Buffalo (1817-1825). It opened up the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and was the second longest canal (363 miles) in the world at that time. Many locks were built to raise the canal…
October 9-14, 2020 The first set of photos were taken near the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge and traveling on Rt 77 toward Lockport, NY. The following photos were taken during a ride with our niece Donna on some backroads near Glenwood and Springerville, NY. The above three photos are from the property of Donna and…
October 1, 2020 On October 1 – Oct. 27 we left Phoenix, AZ on a 5900 mile round trip to Western New York to visit relatives and photograph the fall foliage. We traveled in a Mercedes Sprinter Roadtrek Van to safely travel in a self contained unit. We did not have to interact with people…
This will be the last posting on our trip to the Sierra Nevada in October 2019. This will feature four other places that did not have any fall color but are significant photo opportunities. I will give a brief preview of each of the four sites. The first is the Devil’s Postpile National Monument. We…
