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…
Photography / Photos / Route 66 / Travel
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…
Photography / Photos / Route 66 / Travel / Western New York
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…
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…
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…
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