October 27,28 On the way to Canyon De Chelly in northern Arizona, we stopped first in Winslow, AZ. The first stop was on old route 66 to a restaurant made famous by a song by the Eagles, “Taking it Easy” with a line “Well, I’m a standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a…
Death Valley Flowers – February 16, 2016 See more Death Valley flower photos at Ophardtphotos.com This year in Death Valley, California they are having what is known as a Super Bloom. Three inches of rain in October, as a result of El Nino, have really brought out very many flowers for the first time since 2005. We…
April 27,28, 2015 The Phoenix Camera Club sponsored a field trip to Page, AZ to photograph Antelope Canyon at both night and day. However, we had, rare for April, clouds and rain so that part of the trip was canceled due to uncertain cloud cover and the expense of the Navajo guides. We found other locations nearby…
July 9-11 We visited friends in Erie, CO near Boulder and they served as out guides to Nederland, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Eldorado State Park. The road to Nederland, an old mining camp town, runs up a canyon with many views of a fast flowing stream alongside. We had lunch at the German restaurant.…
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming is one of the most dramatic and colorful features in Yellowstone and is located in the Midway Geyser Basin. Check out the Wikipedia link below for some aerial shots. This is the largest hot spring in the U.S. and third largest in the world. Every color of…
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