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  • Monument Valley, Arizona

    Monument Valley, Arizona

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    Monument Valley, Arizona, a Navajo Nation Monument Valley Park residing in the northeastern corner of the state. When photographer friends and I were there in the fall of 2015, the temperatures were near 100°, dropping a few degrees at night. A waning full moon peeked around the monoliths. This part of Arizona and Utah had been the…

  • Death Valley – Day 1

    Death Valley – Day 1

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    If you’ve followed my recent posts, you know that this is my third trip to Death Valley in just over a month and the second trip was snow, so it hardly counts since  we didn’t actually cross the two mountain ranges to get into the valley. The park is close enough that visits in late fall, winter…

  • Rodeos – they start ’em young!

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    During the last month, I’ve had the pleasure of attending two rodeos – both of which involved young people. One was the California High School Rodeo Championships in Bishop and the other was Fish Lake Valley Rodeo in Nevada. The two rodeos were decidedly different. Fish Lake Valley is a sparsely populated desert valley on…

  • Petroglyphs

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    It took a while to find the petroglyphs on the Volcanic Tablełands. In an earlier post last fall: Volcanic Tablełands, Take Two, I talked about the petroglyphs that are on the tablelands and posted photos. You can drive miles and miles over washboard dirt roads and see only sagebrush, rabbit brush, rocks, lizards, mountains, an…

  • Abundant Wildflowers

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    Much to my surprise in this dry desert of California, there are a great many beautiful wildflowers. In the hot valley, not so much, but in the higher elevations they are quite amazing. I’ve been spending a few minutes here and there identifying, but not finding everything, so not all the photos are labeled. I…

  • Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada

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    After driving my RV north from Temecula to Bishop in April, I traveled to Washington State (see Skagit Valley Tulip Festival posted May 7); after returning via Reno, went south to Las Vegas for another adventure. Leaving Harvey the RV behind, I took Tracker to Las Vegas to meet some photography friends in order to…