December 10, 2013 Chihuly Glass returned to the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, AZ Nov. 11, 2013 to May 11, 2014. This is a world class artist and exhibit as Chihuly’s work has been exhibited in cities around the world. My first visit to the Chihuly glass was at night in December when they also…
Nov. 8-10, 2013 I am a little late in getting this posted. The Phoenix Camera Club had a field trip to Cave Creek Ranch in southeastern Arizona. We were looking for the few red maples that are in a few places in Arizona. We did see quite a few yellow cottonwoods and sycamore trees. After…
Oct. 23, 2013 It was a glorious day for a road trip on the backroads through the Bradshaw Mountains of Arizona. We started at Lake Pleasant and headed north, roughly paralleling I-17 but 30 miles further west. We drove past Castle Hot Springs and numerous foundations of old buildings connected with the mining days of…
Sept. 1-2, 2013 At 2:00 PM we met the Navajo guides and drove to a place to leave our vehicles overnight. We transferred to Suburbans outfitted with large tires and 4 wheel drive. Even though Hunts Mesa is about 20 miles straight north of the Visitor Center, we made a rather looping journey almost back…
Aug. 30-Sept. 2 We travelled to Monument Valley as a field trip with the Phoenix Camera Club. This beautiful place is on the Navajo Indian Reservation on the Arizona and Utah border. Many early western movies were shot on location here as was the recent movie, “Lone Ranger”. The first photo is the road from…
July 24, 2013 Our recent 4 wheel drive trip took us to Payson, AZ and then to Woods Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim. From there we backtracked a bit and started south towards Young, AZ. The day was beautiful with clouds caused by the monsoon season in Arizona. We did get some rain at…
Ophardt Photos 