Aug. 30-Sept 1 The Phoenix Camera Club sponsored a trip to Monument Valley over Labor Day Weekend. We had three Navajo guides that took us to places in the Monument Valley where the ordinary tourist does not have access. In late afternoon we found a location with many juniper trees with interesting trunks. The before…
July 13, 2014 Crested Butte, CO is supposed to be the flower capital of the Rocky Mountains. We were only able to spend an afternoon and morning exploring and we did find many flowers. They have lots of trails for biking and hiking. We only traveled a few of the roads and found many flowers…
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.…
July 5 and 6, 2014 We left Phoenix very early in order to arrive in Santa Fe, NM in time to go to the Georgia O’Keefe Museum. The exhibition was Georgia O’Keefe and Ansel Adams: The Hawai’i Pictures. We spent the morning walking on Canyon Road to photograph some of the art galleries. Then we…
June 25, 2014 In an effort to escape the heat of Phoenix we travelled to higher elevations in the Bradshaw mountains in search of the Desoto Mine. It is northwest of Cleator off of the Crown King road. The Desoto mine was opened in 1890-1972 and produced Cu, W, Ag, Au, Pb, Zn, and Fe.…
March 25 – April 1 The bird photos were taken at Homosassa Springs, Lakeland, and Venice Florida. Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park emits millions of gallons of water at a constant 72 F. Manatees congregate here in the winter. The park has rescue wildlife native to Florida that can no longer survive on their own…
Ophardt Photos 