On day three, just Barbara and I traveled to Norris Geyser Basin, Mammoth Hot Springs, Tower Falls, around Mt. Washburn to Gibbon Falls. On this day we finally saw some wildlife. I have been to Yellowstone National Park more than ten times and this is the fewest animals I have ever seen. However, this isContinue reading “Yellowstone National Park (Day 3)”
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Yellowstone National Park (Day 1)
Recently, Barbara, Ellie, and I got the pleasure of exploring Yellowstone National Park (YNP). There’s no way you can see this park in one day, so we did our exploring over a period of three days, and that is how I’m going to break it down here. The first day, the three of us exploredContinue reading “Yellowstone National Park (Day 1)”
Cedar Breaks National Monument
This past Monday, Barbara, Ellie, and I traveled east across the Hurricane Fault to the Cedar Breaks National Monument. The Hurricane Fault is normal, strike-slip fault that separates the Basin and Range Geomorphic Provenance, to the west, from the Colorado Plateau, to the east. Cedar Breaks sits at the top of the Grand Staircase andContinue reading “Cedar Breaks National Monument”
Kolob Canyon
Last week, Barbara, Ellie, and I took a short drive to Kolob Canyon. Kolob Canyon is part of Zion National Park, but is a 45-minute drive north of the south entrance to Zion, but is well worth the detour. The Kolob Canyon Scenic Drive is only five miles long, but the beauty of the redContinue reading “Kolob Canyon”
Scenic 12 Byway
Last week, Barbara, Ellie, myself, and our good friend Whitney traveled through central Utah on the Scenic 12 Byway. Our adventure began in Red Canyon near the intersection of highways 89 and 12, just a few miles west of the entrance to Bryce Canyon National Park. At this location we began our adventure at theContinue reading “Scenic 12 Byway”
Cathedral Gorge State Park
This past Thursday, Barbara, Ellie, and I along with our good friends Kathy and Shane Flanagan traveled west to the state of Nevada to explore Cathedral Gorge State Park and the surrounding area. Like the rest of Nevada, the area around Cathedral Gorge is home to a lot of mines, some active and others abandoned.Continue reading “Cathedral Gorge State Park”
Sedona Rocks
On Wednesday, Barbara and I dropped Ellie off at the groomer to get a bath, brush, nails trimmed, and teeth brushed. While Ellie was getting cleaned up, we checked out the rock formations surrounding Sedona. If you have ever been to Sedona Arizona you know about the beautiful rock formations that surround the town. TheseContinue reading “Sedona Rocks”
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”
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”