This week’s Foto Friday Fun includes 12 images chosen by readers picking a number out of my photo archives. I hope you’ll enjoy the many National Park and wildlife images for this week.
Jo chose “6332, our landline telephone number when we lived on the diamond mines of Namibia.” The sun sparkles like diamonds on these waves at Storms River Mouth Tsitsikamma National Park. I sat for hours entranced by these gems and took many 100s of photos.
Arija picked “1898, the year my wonderfully resilient mother was born. She was the epitome of mother earth.” I’m guessing your Mother would have appreciated the resourcefulness of this Raven finding a convenient meal of bugs from the wheel well of my truck parked at Grand Canyon.
Diane keeps choosing Porsche model numbers, 914 this week. But not even a Porsche would slip through this crack in the rock. Wire Pass slot canyon isn’t for driving through anyway. In fact sometimes I had to turn sideways between the towering sandstone cliffs to squeeze through.
Keeping with Sherry’s love for all things nature her choice of #66 crossed my trail while working at Mesa Verde National Park. This harmless Gopher snake had to be at least three feet long. It startled me and although I’m not keen on snakes I just had to take it’s photo.
Barb chose #567 for three more of her grandkid’s ages. They are young but not as small as this Rufus Hummingbird spotted out my back window last year at the canyon. Almost time to put the feeders out again.
Elaine seems ready for spring in Alaska but chose “the temperature as my number for next week: 28.” The temperature was more like 28C (82F) back in 2005 when I visited friends in San Felipe, Baja Mexico. The guys held up that rock for me to walk under. Wasn’t that chivalrous of them. 
Susie’s favorite photo last week, like many others, was sunset over the Indian Ocean because it’s “moody.” This fog along Highway 67 in the Kaibab National Forest looks rather moody as well. Susie’s choice of #310 “for March 10th – the birthday of both of my grand-daughters, but 20 years apart!”
Melissa commented, “I’m thinking of 5689 in honor of my son’s birthday. May 6, 1989.” I’m thinking there’s no correlation to this red-winged starling that repeatedly snagged some placed corn on the porch rail. Marta at Guinea Fowl Lodge in Knysna South Africa said it came every day and there’s a nest nearby.
Sallie says she’s “a sucker for sunsets” and chose #208 which just happens to be a sunset over the Widforss Plateau at Grand Canyon National Park. Did you know that Ranger’s get paid in sunsets?
Jonker is still choosing high numbers that “will bring up beautiful SA pics” and no wonder because he lives in South Africa. His choice of #7158 features a Dark Chanting Goshawk at Camdeboo National Park. Think it’s looking for a meal?
Chris chose #1982 for no particular reason and mentioned the memories that go with photos. So right. From here I remember thinking, did we really walk this far up the side of a mountain? Yet Echo Ravine trail provided amazing views at Golden Gate Highlands National Park and later we walked to the waterfall you can see just left of center. Good memories all.
Erin chose #2994, “the number of the home we sold before beginning our fulltime life on the road.” At Addo Elephant National Park I saw numerous warthogs along the road. Seems I hear a lot of people say they’re ugly, but I think the youngsters are especially fine looking with that dashing mustache.
Thank you for playing along. I hope you’re all enjoying Foto Friday Fun because it gives me an opportunity to share some of my 100s of 1000s of photos. If you’d like to leave a number between 1 and 9000 in a comment maybe you can see your chosen image next week. Which one is your favorite from this week?
Remember to check out the Geogypsytraveler Facebook page for more photos as I label all the images from South Africa I post every 100th shot.
Thank you again Gaelyn for your great post. I loved the resourceful crow. A bit like me, a grazing and browsing animal that finds it’s food where it can. The light on the waves sing to me but my heart was firmly captured by Wire Pass gorge.
The wind-sculptured canyon is much like one finds in our arid lands as well, just so evocative of time. If I may, I would like to pick my sister’s birthday, 5534, she was one of those rare people walking this earth who not only helped everyone around her, but also thought well of all she met.
I liked to see the Raven being resourceful and wish the photo had been better quality but it was taken through a window. I’d love to see the canyons in Australia. Got you down for 5534.
That narrow canyon is beautiful, love it. My friend is getting his 910 Porsche read for a race next month so that looks like it will have to be my new number if you care to use it. Love this series. Have a good weekend, Diane
The slot canyons are other worldly. Will try again for a car with #910. Good luck to your racing friend.
I love Fun Fridays on your blog! While I do love the misty road and trees of my pic for this week (it really reminds of the area in Washington I stay in when I’m in the states), my favorite is the Wire Pass rock formation shot – it looks like landscape here in Saudi Arabia that I visited recently and will be posting about soon. My pic for next Friday is 2007 – the year I moved to Saudi Arabia.
Yes the fog is rather like WA. I look forward to seeing your rock formations in Saudi. You are down for 2007. Has it been that long?
Oh wow, Gaelyn, I loved seeing Echo Ravine in my part of South Africa as seen through your eyes! It was also good to see Mart and Pete’s resident starling/s on the rail overlooking the Knysna Heads! The Dark Chanting Goshawk could be watching a Honey Badger on the ground below. They’re often found together (although the Badger is very elusive) The latter would be digging for a small animal and if it manages to escape the badger, and run away from its hole, the Goshawk swoops down and cadges the meal! Please could I number 9000 as I love the number nine and anything divisible by nine! Have a great weekend. Jo xxx
I’m glad you’re enjoying the SA photos. Never did see a honey badger in the wild, darn. You’re down for 9000
I would like to pick the number 11 for next week. That’s the number of National Wildlife Refuges I have volunteered at since I went fulltime. 😉
Thank you for volunteering at NWR, a wonderful place to see nature. Got you down for #11.
Love them all especially the interesting snake. What a polite guy to hold up the rock for you. LOL!!
Figured you’d like the snake.
All your photos are great. Some of them could be special places in many areas around the world.
Landscapes are similar all over the world.
Love that header! And every photo on this post. I love watching snakes – the way they move especially with their whole body. And I’m not afraid of running into them while out in the desert hiking. BUT……..I still don’t want to meet one like that. In one way they still give me the creeps. Fascinating little characters, though.
I don’t mind watching snakes from a safe distance. As a kid I was terrified.
I love the picture of the Narrows, and of course your Grand Canyon shots are all great.
Thanks Janie. You’ve had some great experiences in slot canyons too.
Such fascinating pictures and what a variety. Mesa Verde is a favorite park of mine. Seeing a snake there would be very meaningful to me. I agree the warthog is looking very dashing as are those young men holding up that big rock for you. Had to laugh at that. The slot canyon is mesmerizing. That is going right on my list. I think I’ll try 1010 next week. My childhood phone number.
Many slot canyons out this way for when you make it here. Down for 1010
I really enjoy your Friday posts. Some very good shots here, and the misty one does indeed look like somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.
I’m hoping for sun this month for your visit.
The slot canyon is my favorite!
The Golden Gate landscape picture is absolutely beautiful. Such a stunning part of South Africa, but which part isn’t? For this week, although I’ll be in Durban at Tourism Indaba and will only see it next week, I choose… … … I don’t know. Another random number perhaps. 5651. Chose that by closing my eyes and punching numbers.
Have fun at the Tourism Indaba, wish I was going too. You are down for 5651.
Ohhh, I love my chosen picture! (I’d like to frame it.) You are paid very well ;>)! Love all the other pictures too…you are so good. (I know it helps to have been all those wonderful places, but not everybody could make the pictures that good, no matter what the subject!)
Thanks Sallie. And this wasn’t even the best Grand Canyon sunset shot.
How appropriate … I came to like the warthogs … especially the babies … when we were on a photo safari in Botswana. I’ll go with 21 this time … it’s the site number were in here at the campground.
I think the warthogs are marvelous. Hope to get to Botswana next visit. You’re down for 21. Hope it’s a nice site.
Another fun trip with all your pics. I love all the places you’ve gone to visit. 1982 was the year Micheal was born so I thought it would be fun to see what that pic would be:) And the shocking revelation of this post???!!! Arija’s mother was born in 1898!!! That is incredible. Oh the stories that must have been passed onto her!!! Hope the canyon people are being nice to you:)
I could handle sunset paychecks:) As long as mojitos were included in the benefits package:)
Isn’t it amazing what we bloggers discover about each other? Mojitos only after hours out of uniform.