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The Grand Canyon

This past Tuesday, Barbara, Ellie, and I travelled north to the Grand Canyon. Even though Barbara and I have been here before, numerous times, we never seem to get tired of it. In fact, I have spent close to 50 days in the Grand Canyon and have studied it a lot. On this trip, weContinue reading “The Grand Canyon”

Great Blue Heron

In 1976, when I was a senior in high school, I took a wildlife management course. At that time, the Great Blue Heron was on the endangered species list. But today, they’re doing well. In fact, just about every place Barbara and I travel to, I see at least one of these magnificent creatures. ThisContinue reading “Great Blue Heron”

Lake Conroe

Well the rain finally stopped. For the past two days we have had to stay inside because Mother Nature was unhappy and she was dumping a lot of water on us. This morning, I grabbed my camera and Ellie and I took a walk down to the lake. We found a Great Blue Heron, anContinue reading “Lake Conroe”

Mount Lemmon

A few weeks ago, Barbara, Ellie and I wanted to escape the heat of Tucson, so we took a drive, northeast of town, up the Catalina Highway to the highest point in the Santa Catalina Mountains, Mount Lemmon at an elevation of 9,171 feet mean sea level (MSL). Due to the elevation change from theContinue reading “Mount Lemmon”

Red Rock State Park

A few weeks ago, Barbara, Ellie, and I traveled to Red Rock State Park near Sedona, Arizona. We enjoyed the view of the red rocks that surround the park, Owl Creek, that flows through the park, and some wildlife, deer. A few days later, we drove through Owl Creek Canyon where Owl Creek originates. AContinue reading “Red Rock State Park”

Bullards Bar

Late last year, while we were still in California, we visited some friends that we have not seen in a while. While we were visiting Ember and Neal, they told us about Bullards Bar in Sutter County, California. Neal works part time at the reservoir, mostly during the spring, summer, and fall. Bullards Bar isContinue reading “Bullards Bar”

Lake Minden Sunset

Last evening, there were some white, wispy cirrus clouds floating overhead, so just before the sunset, I hiked down to the lake to see if I could capture the clouds and colors of the evening sunset. I used two cameras, with different settings to see how they would turn out. I set the first cameraContinue reading “Lake Minden Sunset”

Lake of the Springs

Over the past few months Barbara and I have been having repairs made to our trailer as well as myself making additional repairs that the manufacturer didn’t do or happened later. It has been a frustrating and difficult time for us and due to this I have not been able to do any hiking andContinue reading “Lake of the Springs”

Indiana Dunes National Park

Last week, Barbara, Ellie and I traveled west to visit the Indiana Dunes National Park. This is a pretty park that is, surprisingly, surrounded by several steel mills. On this day the temperature hovered around 91 degrees with 80% humidity so we didn’t stay around for long. In fact, the last thing we did wasContinue reading “Indiana Dunes National Park”

Trillium Lake Trail

The day after we took the Mt. Hood Scenic Drive, I returned to Trillium Lake to hike the Trillium Lake Trail. Trillium Lake is one of my favorite places in the state of Oregon. I tried to hike this trail a couple of years ago, but at that time the trail was closed, a thirdContinue reading “Trillium Lake Trail”