A Wilderness of Rock After completing our quick driving tour of Arches National Park in the early morning of April 6, 2014, we drove US 191 north for 7 miles and Utah 313 south for 25 miles to the Visitor Center for the Island in the Sky District of Canyonlands... Read more →
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April 2014
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04/22/2014
Earth Day Returns for 2014
Earth Day has come around again, and that’s a good thing. Earth Day Flag (Wikipedia) Look to Wikipedia and National Geographic for background information. Earth Day was first observed by United Nations Proclamation on March 21, 1970, and again as an environmental teach-in on April 22, 1970, founded by U.... Read more →
04/16/2014
The Four Corners: Arches National Park
On April 5, 2014 after breakfast we visited the famous Gallup Flea Market for a few treasures to take home for gifts, and then drove north for the rest of the day to Moab, Utah to see Canyonlands National Park and Arches National Park. The next morning was cool and... Read more →
04/10/2014
The Best I Ever Had: Mexican Southwest
Jerry’s Grill in Gallup NM We arrived in Gallup, New Mexico at dusk of the first full day of our 2014 Trak Trek Southwest. We had taken AmTrak from Greenville through NOLA to Tucson and had driven our rental car North through beautiful country including two Apache Reservations including the... Read more →
04/02/2014
Sunday Column: Be careful with this place… | Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
Jesse Veeder is a fourth generation member of a ranching family in the western part of North Dakota, in the middle of the Bakken oil shale formation, who has returned home to live on the ranch. She is a singer song writer, and writer. She has a big heart and... Read more →
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Desert Wildflowers in Big Bend - April 2015
- Because of extra rain and snow received in the Northern Chihuahua Desert during the winter, the desert wildflower climax this spring is said by some to be a 100 year event. These photos were taken as we entered Big Bend NP from Marathon with the Chisos Mountains in the background; then on the Cattail Falls Trail below the Window, and finally along the River Road from Lajitas to Presidio. Photos by Tom Thom (Canon G11 and iPhone 4S)
2013/02 Big Bend Ranch
- Photos taken in February 2013 while hiking and camping for a few days in Big Bend Ranch State Park near Lajitas, Texas.
