Arches and Canyonlands National Parks – February 2011 Posted by: dave c at 23:05, March 4 2011. This was a very COLD trip, spending a week hiking and photographing in two of Utah’s most spectacular National Parks. On the plus side, there was no competion for campsites! Days were long, up before sunrise to photograph, […]
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, February 11 2011. This was a visit to nearby Guffey. The wolf sanctuary was started by Mark Johnson and is, as he says on his website, “A non-profit organization committed to the caring for and survival of wolves in as natural an environment as possible. We provide sanctuary and
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, January 31 2011. Itinerary: Chaco Canyon, Bosque del Apache and Bisti Badlands (with side trip to San Lorenzo Canyon) I’ve been wanting to photograph Chaco Canyon in winter, so when a vigorous winter storm was forecast to hit New Mexico, Ginni and I headed down there. Indeed, we found
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, January 8 2011. On this trip, Ginni and I were able to combine visits to several of our favorite destinations – Joshua Tree, Death Valley, the Ancient Bristlecone Forest on White Mountain, and Yosemite. A bonus was a very brief visit to Mono Lake and its amazing tufa formations.
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Posted by: dave c at 00:13, October 8 2010. Ginni and I spent a week at the City, enjoying perfect weather, good climbing and good company. Dan and Jean were there for a couple of days and we enjoyed climbing with them. This wasn’t a photography trip. I only had the camera out for a
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, September 3 2010. During our visit to Tybee Island I took the opportunity to photograph the remarkable diversity of wildlife in the area. For a slideshow, click on the image below.
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Posted by: dave c at 19:43, June 12 2010. Ginni and I made a quick trip to “The City” to spend a few days rock climbing. As it turned out, however, the highlight of the visit was the chance to see a Redtail Hawk nest, complete with four youngsters. I spent several hours each evening
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, June 11 2010. Charlie, Ginni and I made yet another pilgrimage to climb more remote and obscure peaks in Death Valley National Park. As always, the climbs were interesting, often long and involving complex route-finding. There are no trails on these peaks so a typical day consisted of driving
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, May 11 2010. This outing started with a couple of days rock climbing in Paradox Valley. I reported on that part of the trip in TrailMix (Denver Post) and also posted some photos on this site on my TrailMix blog. To see the Denver Post article, go to http://www.denverpost.com/trailmix/ci_14985440
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Posted by: dave c at 00:00, April 22 2010. With a short time window, this 5 day trip to Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip was hectic but very worthwhile. Heading west on I-70, I was just in time to catch sunset on the Fisher towers, framed by the snow-covered La Sal mountains. After spending
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