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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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