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I've not built a Favorites page for a couple of years, so this will be a culmination of several U.S. trips that have been taken since. On the east coast, the pics include Cape Cod down to Key West, and in the western U.S., meandering the back roads from New Mexico to Washington state. Others were taken in my home state of Texas and many in Arizona. Enjoy and thanks for viewing them! Oh, yes! And then there were the August solar eclipse shots taken in Kansas!
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As I've said repeatedly throughout my Web site, the saguaro skeletons take on a characteristic of their own as they stand, decayed and lifeless. Yet, there is a quality of "picturesque-ness" that even some of the live and healthy ones can't outdo.
The Boulders, a residential community in Cave Creek, Arizona
Natural amphitheater, Echo Amphitheater, Tierra Amarilla, New Mexico
Spearhead Mesa from Artist's Point, Monument Valley, Utah
A replica of England's Stonehenge is this Veterans Memorial located in Washington state across the Columbia River from Biggs, Oregon.
Sandstone cliffs overlooking Horseshoe Bend and the Colorado River, Page, Arizona
On Highway 93 south of Hoover Dam, Nevada
Rainbow Bridge, Page, Arizona
El Santuario de Chimayo, or the Chimayo Chapel. Chimayo, New Mexico
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills Unit, eastern Oregon
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico
Lower Cathedral Wash Trail, near Lees Ferry, Arizona
On the High Road between Taos and Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Bradshaw Mountains, Arizona
From Artist's Point, Monument Valley, Utah
The Boulders, Cave Creek, Arizona
Sheep Creek Overlook, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Utah
Highway 89 south of Page, Arizona
Aquinnah Cliffs, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
I. B. Perrine Bridge over the Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls, Idaho
Along Highway 20 in Malheur County, eastern Oregon
Along the Turquoise Trail, Cerrillos Hills, New Mexico
Bridge over the Wenatchee River, Washington
Bruneau Dunes State Park, Hammett, idaho
Blue Mesa Reservoir, Curecanti National Recreation Area, Colorado
The sun sets over the Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico
Walker Lake, Nevada
Summer storm clouds, Taos, New Mexico
Sunset, Galveston County, Texas
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills Unit, eastern Oregon
The Knead and Feed Bakery and Cafe, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, Washington
In the semi-ghost town of Shaniko, Oregon
On Washington state's Highway 20
On the back roads of Kansas, near the Missouri border
The Bavarian-themed town of Leavenworth, Washington
The Kansas City skyline, taken from behind the World War I Memorial. In the middle ground is K.C.'s Union Station
An abandoned and dilapidating cannery, Semiahmoo, Washington
Overlooking the Columbia River from the Washington side, on the grounds of the World War I Memorial, Stonehenge
Yellow Brittlebush and purple Lupine line the roads of the White Tank Mountains, Arizona
The grounds outside Pearrygin State Park, Washington
Brittlebush and saguaros at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
The prominent peaks of Sisters, Oregon, east of the Cascade Mountain Range
The hillsides surrounding Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Super bloom on the hills surrounding Lake Pleasant, Arizona
A farmer's road that parallels Highway 26 in Oregon
Along Washington's Highway 20, heading east.
In the Flint Hills and Tallgrass Prairie of Kansas, off Interstate 35. The Bazaar Cattle Pens are also located there.
Ocotillo, also called Flaming Arrow, blooms in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
Highland Lighthouse, N. Truro, Cape Cod, Mass
High desert reeds, Taos, New Mexico
A small collection of animals such as this Alpaca draw in customers to a gas station on Utah's I-84.
Turner Falls, near Davis, Oklahoma
The grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Lower Yellowstone Falls, Yellowstone National Park
Fun with a water fountain, Kansas City, Missouri
Koosah Falls on the McKenzie River, Washington
Located along Colorado's Silver Thread Scenic Byway (Highway 149) is the North Clear Creek Falls, within the Rio Grande National Forest.
Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho
Near Washington Pass in Washington
Lower Antelope Slot Canyon, Page, Arizona
Hiking trail to Rainbow Bridge, Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border
A desert wren builds a nest in a Saguaro cavity, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.
Above and Right: Typical adobe architecture, Taos, New Mexico
The Blumenshein home and museum, Taos, New Mexico
This was the scene at Pearrygin State Park outside Winthrop, Washington during a period of rampant wildfires to the west and north.
The sun filters down into Upper Antelope slot canyon at noon in the Upper Antelope slot canyon, Page, Arizona.
Islamorada, Florida, in the Keys, at sunset over the Gulf of Mexico
Along Highway 64 at the Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico
And another New Mexico sunset outside Albuquerque
Near the Sandia Peak Ski Resort, New Mexico
On a day when the smoke was particularly thick, at Pearrygin State Park, Washington
Each year Sandhill Cranes migrate to the Bosque del Apache State Park in New Mexico. They come in by the hundreds and land each evening after dinner on the lake which protects them from predators while they sleep.
Sunset at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
On the Salton Sea, near the Anza-Borrego State Park, California
Walker Lake, Nevada
Early evening just before the sun sets on the desert cacti at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
The Wenatchee River, Washington
In Edisto Beach, South Carolina
A historical landmark on Johns Island, South Carolina, what is called the Angel Oak is a southern live oak tree. It is said to be 400 to 500 years old and stands 66 feet tall. Its canopy produces shade that covers 17,000 square feet. Its longest branch is 187 feet long. Southern live oaks are known to grow outwards rather than upwards. This rare one grows in both directions.
Numerous types of shore birds such as this egret can be found everywhere in Edisto Beach, South Carolina.
On a hike between two waterfalls on the McKenzie Pass, eastern Oregon
Even a seemingly dead tree can be picturesque. Taken in the Anza-Borrego State Park, California
In a cemetery on the Turquoise Trail Scenic Byway, New Mexico's State Highway 14 between Albuquerque and Santa Fe
A great blue heron spreads its wings on the shore of the Salton Sea, in California's Imperial Valley.
Bed head to the tenth degree? This red heron was stirring up fish in the waters of Sanibel Island, Florida when I spotted him.
A saguaro skeleton found in the White Tank Mountains, Arizona
Burrowing owls seen near the main road in Naples, Florida
Ducklings on a stroll, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Viewing the solar eclipse, Troy, Kansas
Above and Right: Pelicans, Edisto Beach, South Carolina
Offat's Bayou, Galveston, Texas
Nevada countryside
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, southern Colorado
Smith Rock, near Madras, Oregon
Above and Right: Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho
Great blue heron flies from nesting ground on Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Solar eclipse, Troy, Kansas
Bird of Paradise, Galveston County, Texas
Sunset over the Atlantic, Cape Cod National Seashore
Cactus in bloom, Arizona
A Florida Fighting Conch shell emerges from the sand, Sanibel Island
The Red Heron has a unique way of fishing. He flits about the water like a very bad dancer, or as one who has totally lost his mind, making abrupt turns, hops and jumps. By doing so, however, he's stirring the waters so that the fish come to the surface. Dinner time on Sanibel Island, Florida.
Roseate Spoonbill, Galveston, Texas
Roseate Spoonbills can be found throughout the coastal south. This one, in the Florida Everglades.
A Piping Plover on the sands of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts
Snowy egret, Edisto Beach, South Carolina
The bright colors of Florida's Giant Orange Grasshopper (also known as the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper) are a warning to predators that it contains toxins. It's a slow-moving grasshopper and they don't fly or jump. Though not harmful to humans, they are considered pesky and a nuisance to citrus, vegetable and landscaping plants in the southeast. Their length is 2 1/2 to 3 inches long.
I watched this hungry and determined turtle in Florida's Everglades make several attempts in biting off the bloom of the lily pad. Finally, with success, the turtle was happy, and the pretty yellow bloom was history.
The upper Deschutes River as it comes off Steelhead Falls, Terrebonne, Oregon
The Bazaar Cattle Pens in the Flint Hills and Tall Grass Prairie of Kansas
Valles Caldera National Preserve in the Jemez Mountains, northern New Mexico
Cliff jumping in the upper Deschutes River, Terrebonne, Oregon
The Boulders, a residential community outside Cave Creek, Arizona
Entering the Waterhole Slot Canyon, Page, Arizona
Beach pebbles on Door County's east coast, Wisconsin
Gourds at a Farmer's Market, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Crooked River carves its way through Smith Rock State Park.
North Cascades National Park, along Washington's Highway 20, also called the North Cascades Highway, features rocky cliffs, boulders and gorges such as this.
Lake Powell straddles the Arizona - Utah border.
The Rio Grande Gorge, New Mexico
Walker Lake, Nevada
Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Rich in solidified rock flow, the Lava Flow Campground is predominant along Oregon's Cascade Lakes Highway, south of Bend
Arizona's Bradshaw Mountains, located north of Phoenix
Along a hike near Arizona's Lake Pleasant
A spring when all the flowers made a super bloom near Arizona's Lake Pleasant Regional Park
Above and Below: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Along the Interstate 10 near Quartzite, Arizona
Lake Pleasant Regional Park during a spring super bloom, Arizona
Traveling Nevada's Highway 93
A year of a super bloom in the White Tank Mountains of Arizona
A smoke sky above Pearrygin State Park in Washington
This photo was taken on Lake Powell on a boat tour to Rainbow Bridge.
A New Mexico sunset over Highway 64 near the Rio Grande Gorge and Bridge
Lower Antelope Slot Canyon, Page, Arizona
Above and Below,Left: The open countryside of Oregon's Highway 97
The lighthouse aids in safe entry into the Hyannis Port Harbor on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Outside Sisters, Oregon
Along the Honeymoon Cove Trail, Lake Pleasant, Arizona
State Highway 20 cuts across the Washington Pass, Washington
Lake Pleasant, the largest lake in the West Valley and Phoenix area.
The Wenatchee River, Chelan County, Washington
Taken on a bluff above the Columbia River, on the Washington side looking across to Oregon
The mighty Columbia River divides Washington State and Oregon. This photo was taken from an overlook in Biggs, Oregon
Taken along Highway 97 south of Biggs, Oregon
A view of Vista Point and the Bradshaw Mountains in the distance on a particularly clear day at Pleasant Harbor RV Resort, Peoria, Arizona
Mount Jefferson, taken from a KOA campground south of Madras, Oregon
Lake Chelan, Washington
Sombrero Beach, Marathon, Florida, the Keys
The Columbia River bridge connects Washington and Oregon outside the town of Biggs, Oregon.
Herring Cove Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore
Above and Below: On Highway 95, 60 miles north of Tonopah, Nevada
the high desert outside Santa Fe, New Mexico
A closer shots of the mountain range that runs along Nevada's Highway 95 outside
Taken from a boat tour on Lake Pleasant, Arizona
Mount Washington, taken from the McKenzie Pass summit, Washington State
Overlooking a residential community in the area of the Boulders, Cave Creek, Arizona
Overlooking the Green River at Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, on the Utah-Wyoming border
Herons use this remote island on Lake Pleasant, Arizona, as their nesting grounds.
A herd of sheep think nothing of hogging the road in New Mexico's Bisti Badlands...
In the Grand Teton National Park, it's expected to see the bison hold up traffic.
...and in Wyoming, the cattle runs do the same thing.
But outside Troy, Kansas, only a solar eclipse would bring this much traffic to a halt.
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