Pleated Inkcap Mushrooms
Each morning we have nice stands of Pleated Inkcap Mushrooms (Parasola plicatilis) due to warm and damp days nights in some flower beds. Read More …
Little Colorado River Gorge
The Little Colorado River only flows during spring and after heavy summer rains; for the rest of the time the River and its gorge are dry. Read More …
Wisteria Footbridge
Last month, Beverly and I attended a community supper/musical performance. One of the people at our table told us about a nearby footbridge which was covered with a wisteria vine and flowers. She showed us several pictures she had taken. The next evening we returned to that area to find and photograph the wisteria. Beverly Read More …
Keys View – Joshua Tree National Park
Keys View is an overlook in Joshua Tree National Park located on the crest of the Little San Bernardino Mountains which provides panoramic views of the Coachella Valley below. Read More …
Graupel at Turkey Spur Overlook
Note: This post is one of a series about our visit to New River Gorge and Bridge in late October 2018. Unfortunately, there was not a lot of color in the trees then. For details of the New River National River and links to other posts, please see New River Gorge and Bridge (Overview). Turkey Read More …
Hoover Dam
Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s to control floods, provide irrigation water and produce hydroelectric power to the nearby states and Mexico. Read More …
Joshua Tree Geology
The rocks and hills that form the landscape of Joshua Tree has long fascinated visitors to this desert. How did the rocks take on such fantastic shapes? What forces sculpted them? Read More …
Joshua Trees
The Joshua Tree (a member of the lily family) is native to the arid southwestern United States, where it is confined mostly to the Mojave Desert. Read More …
Courthouse Butte Panorama 2
This post is one of a series about our trip to Arizona and California spanning this past New Year’s holiday. For an overview of our trip and links to other posts, please see 2018/2019 Western Trip. After leaving the Red Rock Visitor Center and Ranger Station, we continued north on Rt. 179 toward Sedona. Just Read More …
Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock Panorama 2
Our first opportunity to photograph Sedona’s red rock formations came at the Red Rock Visitor Center and Ranger Station south of the Village of Oak Creek.These rock formations are about 2.9 miles away. Read More …