Never one to stand where others, so, I found a higher vantage point. Normally, I would have been at the cliff-edge, but it had been raining, and I figured it was prudent to save that for another day. My vantage point, however, worked, as it …
Canyon de Chelly & Navajoland 2013 Day 00
We have many treasures in the U.S. with rock art and ancient ruins that speak to some of our early civilizations. We are in Canyon de Chelly (pronounced Shay) National Monument, a set of canyons that is second in size in the U.S. only to the Grand Canyon. Home to the Ancient Ones, as the Navajo call the Anasazi, for about 1,000 years beginning in 300 C.E. (current era), there are hundreds of sites containing ruins, some …
Blue Skies, Who Needs’em Reprise 03
Back to night skies, as I pen this well after dark, we were in Bryce National Park, and I saw the potential in this scene. If you could have witnessed the position I was in to make the shot, you would not have thought it possible. For me, it was well worth the contortions.