Foto Friday Fun 264

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 13 readers including a couple of South African flowers and three shots of mini-me.

Rita chose #638.  In 2011 I joined an All Employee River Trip on the Colorado River from Phantom Ranch to Diamond Creek.  It is easy to see how the power of erosion shapes the canyon walls towering 1000s of feet above the river.  Do you see a giant boulder caught in a drainage?

Susie of Arabia and I have known each other a long time, and met in 2011, but not since 1955 when this shot was taken.  After several years of persistence, the blog comment form let her comment.  [Wish I could solve the problem permanently.]  I’m guessing, in her excitement, she forgot to leave a number so gave her #34 for the number of words in her comment.  Thanks for hanging in there. 

Sue (63 words) gets another shot of me, this time at two with my Mom in Chicago, Illinois.  Always fun for me to see where the really low numbers go.

Gumo chose #65, “as I will be finally on Medicare soon.”  Me too, next year.  Let me know when you figure it out.  Another of me from 1956 and certainly not thinking about Medicare. 

Debi chose #2014, “It was a particularly good year!”  For me also and I think because of traveling for both of us.  And though we haven’t traveled together, yet, we have several mutual friends.  One in particular much in our thoughts lives in Flagstaff, Arizona where this shot was taken in 2010 at Elden Pueblo.  Someday, my friend, our paths will cross in real time.

Pam and John chose #8325.  They may recognize this view, almost in their new back yard, along the White Domes Trail in Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada.

Diane and Nigel chose #1904.  She might know what these pretty pink flowers are seen hiking in the Drakensburg Mountains in South Africa during my first visit in 2010.

Patti and Abi chose #710.  A not so great road shot from 2009 of the Painted Desert along SR89, Arizona.

Sherry and David chose #2750, for the “sustained winds today of 27 mph with gusts of over 50.”  I’m really not keen on sustained high wind so good thing I also don’t want am not able to run up to 68-75 mph like a cheetah.  No wonder the few times I saw them on safari in South Africa (here at Mountain Zebra National Park) the photos are blurry.

Sallie and Bill chose #6418.  They are nature lovers, spending time with birds and flowers.  They also travel so may know one of the many varieties of Protea I saw in South Africa.  This Forest White Sugarbush (Protea) with closed flower buds caused Joan and I to pull off the road along Grootriver Pass in Nature’s Valley.

Donna chose #997.  These handsome teenagers were still hanging out with their mother and siblings for my first lion sighting in Kruger National Park, South Africa.  Towards the end of the day a pride often gathers on the sun-warmed pavement for the night.

Yogi and random dot org chose #5573.  He likes to vacation on the beach with family so might consider the Indian Ocean in South Africa.  This morning view was within walking distance of my camp at Scottburgh Caravan Park.

Jeff chose #865, “the number of days NASA had to delay the Mars InSight launch…now scheduled for a May 5th launch from Vendenberg.”  Well this not a satellite view, which I highly recommend seeing from space,  of the Colorado River carving through rock and headed to Grand Canyon.  This view from an overlook near Page Arizona in 2009.

My choice this week, a sunset over the Weaver Mountains from a nearby empty lot in Yarnell.

Thank you for playing along with Foto Friday Fun which allows me to share these photographs and memories.  Please join in next week by leaving a number between 1 and 9999 in your comment below.

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