Adventuring: A Travelblogue with Photos

Saturday, September 13, 2008

As the soil erodes away, the trees are left dancing...

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Friday, September 12, 2008

more odds and ends...

Bryce Canyon: Navajo Trail Steps My daughter, some years ago, asked me for photos of stairs and steps that she wanted to frame to put in her stairwell. I thought that was a great notion, so I have been making step-shots ever since. Throughout the Canyon, there are these little one-tree gardens that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

A few artsy shots

skeleton of a small tree in Bryce Canyon a natural bonsai in Bryce Morning light glowing through white sandstone in the San Rafael Swell San Rafael Swell--Juniper on the edge Grand Tetons: Autumn in the air Wilderness Layered Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 8, 2008

For the travelers-in-heart

This link will take you to a web-cam on the Colorado River: http://www.cnha.org/webcam.cfm I check in with it from time to time, just to see what I'm missing. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 7, 2008

Yellowstone chip-chip-chipmunk!

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Rainbows in the mist

At the foot of the nearly-400 steps into the Canyon, the view of the Lower Falls is spectacular--especially if you're there at the right time of day, the right angle... The rainbows shift, ebbing and flowing in intensity and range as the mists billowing off the falls surge and retreat. It was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Wolf or Coyote?

Saw this critter in Yellowstone... about 100 yards from the road, seemed to be intent on a small-game hunt. Next time I'm going for the camera with the 18x optical zoom--this is only 10x optical, plus whatever faux (digital) zoom I could get out of it. so--Is this a member of one of Yellowstone's... Sign in to see full entry.

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Trip-tychs

The plan is to mount these together as tryptychs... What do you think? Sign in to see full entry.

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Trails for TAPS: Down into the Canyon

There is a trail that parallells the rim of the Canyon of the Yellowstone. I went as far as the junction with Uncle Tom's Trail. Uncle Tom was one of the first to give tours of the Canyon, taking doughty tourists down (and later up again) a series of almost 600 steps, and rope ladders, to get a... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 5, 2008

The Canyon of the Yellowstone

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