Petroglyph Photography – "…“Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?”
Petroglyph Photography. A petroglyph near the Rio Grande inside the proposed Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation area. New Mexico.
Lynn Canyon Park Vancouver BC : Photo Essay
Right in Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada is a gem of a place. Lynn Canyon Park. This isn’t my usual self-punishing 30-mile, 4000-foot up hike over rock and ice. This isn’t some grand adventure. Instead, Lynn Canyon is the perfect stroll through…
Medano Creek: Great Sand Dunes National Park
I'm stuck in a summer mode. I'm not a winter person. I'm more like a bear. I hibernate or leave in the winter. So here is a warm, wet summer thunderstorm at the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado, USA.
Hawk Moth on Chamisa – My Shot of the Day
Hawk Moth - From Wikipedia: Sphingidae is a family of moths (Lepidoptera), commonly known as hawk moths, sphinx moths and hornworms, that includes about 1,450 species. It is best represented in the tropics but there are species in every region…
My Shot of the Day – Vancouver Weather. Burrand Inslet, British Columbia
This shot was taken from the top of Dam Mountain (4,500ft), British Colombia, Canada on Friday, December 3, 2010. Some damn lovely Vancouver weather .
Columbine Hondo Wilderness Area New Mexico
As regular readers and viewers may have noticed, one of my favorite places in the world is right here in my back yard. That would be the Columbine Hondo Wilderness Study Area. Over the years, I've hiked almost every inch…
My Shot of the Day – Blanca Massif, San Luis Valley, Colorado
Blanca Massif in the giant and unusual San Luis Valley of Colorado. "...an extensive alpine valley in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico covering approximately 8,000 square miles (21,000 km2) and sitting at an average elevation of 7,664…
My Shot of the Day – Another Monsoon Sunrise, New Mexico
Another Sunrise Pictures from Around the World in Eighty Years. August 2010. Taos, New Mexico ##
My Shot of the Day – Cabezon Peak Wilderness Study Area, New Mexico, USA
You can't miss it. Cabezon Peak is the largest of over fifty volcanic plugs in the Rio Puerco Valley of north-central New Mexico between the villages of San Ysidro and Cuba. Cabezon Peak is also the main - but not…
My Shot of the Day – Whitman Vega, Valle Vidal Carson National Forest, New Mexico, USA
Whitman Vega is a gigantic savanah grassland at the heart of northern New Mexico's Valle Vidal. A lush mountain basin located deep in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Valle was donated to the American People in 1982, the Valle Vidal…
My Shot of the Day – Monsoon Sunrise
In August, tropical moisture is pulled up from the Gulf of California region into the Southwestern USA. For about a month, we get the most amazing afternoon thunderstorms followed by the most beautiful sunrises in the world. The air is…