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 …
2018/2019 Western Trip
Beverly and I spent a week in Arizona and California where we visited Joshua Tree National Park, Salton Sea (CA) area, Palm Springs, CA area, Sedona, AZ, and Phoenix, AZ. Read More …
New River Gorge Bridge
The New River Gorge Bridge is a steel arch bridge that carries US Rt. 19 over the New River Gorge, near Fayetteville, West Virginia. Completed in 1977, it is currently the third highest bridge in the USA. With an arch 1,700 feet long, it originally was the world’s longest single-span arch bridge; it is now the world’s fourth longest single-span arch bridge. Read More …
New River Gorge from Grandview Main Overlook
This is a panorama of the Main Overlook at Grandview in the New River Gorge National River. Read More …