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Capitol Reef National Park – Chimney Rock

Humans do like giving names to things; their children, themselves, cars, cameras, where they live and in the case of the park here – rock formations.  Not only is there the looming chimney rock itself but there is also a … Continue reading

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Desert Beauty – High Eleven

I don’t know what type of cactus this is but if you know please let me know.  This cactus was one of many in the private garden of an RV park in Congress, Arizona.  It shared space with Methuselah the … Continue reading

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Hiking in Usery Mountain Regional Park

You take the low road….  

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The Saguaro

Saguaro are magnificent cactus and – in my opinion anyway – no two are exactly alike.  Some are just straight up and down without arms (known as spears) while others grow side arms.  They have an incredibly long life span … Continue reading

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Feeling prickly on Monday?

This group in the Usery Mountain Regional Park in Mesa, Arizona is prickly 24/7/365   😉  

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Happy Trails to You

After a bit of which way should we go now – they went that away!

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Superstition Mountain Museum

Arizona never fails to amaze me in all of the years I’ve been visiting the state; ever since I was six years old.  And it always has something new to share with me.  This time we ended up in Mesa, … Continue reading

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WPC – Afloat

As soon as I saw what the challenge was I knew immediately what I was going to post.  The view from a free floating hot air balloon is both exhilarating and frightening…but I’d happily do it again! In this photo … Continue reading

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Desert Bee-utiful – Wordless Wednesday

F14 – 1/80 – ISO 100 – 100mm – Canon 5D M3  

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Color Coordinated Cactus

As usual, when I see something I want to photograph I kind of forget about where I am and if I’m supposed to be where I’m photographing.  I’d only been told once to get out of a place where I … Continue reading

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