Foto Friday Fun 357: every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 12 readers including several signs, quite a bit of Grand Canyon, some South African wildlife, and my old dog.

Jim and Diana chose #221.  As a newbie Park Ranger at Grand Canyon I hiked with staff rim-to-rim, north to south over three days, during my first season in 2008.  Plus a few times after that.  I tend to take photos of signs, this being an important one that tends to get ignored by a lot of visitors.  My favorite line when asked about hiking to the river, “Down is optional, up is mandatory.”  Look for a link for the first day of that hike in the last comment below.

TreDeuce chose #9797.  I love the contrast of golden fall Aspen and the evergreens.  This shot from a favorite camp at Marble View on the Kaibab National Forest.

Jo chose #7203, this backwards date of March 27th is her “first day of lockdown in South Africa and two of my granddaughters’ birthdays.”  Wonder if the wildlife notice the lack of people?  This Mountain zebra was seen in Karoo National Park, South Africa during my 2014 visit.

Che chose #2004.  The Colorado River, 3000 feet down, from the remote Toroweap overlook on the north side of Grand Canyon National Park.

Diane and Nigel chose #2703.  When they visited Grand Canyon we stopped at the Walhalla overlook but I don’t remember the cloud inversion from that trip.

Jeff chose #72, “the minimum distance in inches for social distancing.”  I’d say my brother and I were much closer than that when this was taken in September 1956.

Sherry chose #7865.  Another sign, marking the Arizona Trail which runs for 800 miles north to south across the state, and that includes crossing Grand Canyon.  I have only done a few miles of the trail not including the canyon.

Yogi chose #8765.  Springbucks are an antelope that travel in herds and were quite frequently seen in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa.

Rita chose #3248.  Remarkable rock along the Palm Canyon trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in California.

Sue chose #101, for the number of times she tried to watch the video on my sidebar.  I hope she was finally successful and that nobody else has a problem (please let me know).  If you did watch it, this is not the dog in the video.  This is my dearly departed Carson playing in Cave Creek during the summer of 2007 when I worked at Oregon Caves and camphosted just down the road.

Jodee and Bill chose #628.  A view of Grand Canyon looking south from Point Imperial overlook on the North Rim.

Sallie and Bill chose #175, the freeway they recently traveled for many days between Florida and Oregon.  No freeway gets you to Phantom Ranch at the bottom of Grand Canyon.  You arrive by mule, boat, or like I did the first time in 2008 by foot.

My choice this week:  you may remember seeing my truckcamper at Belly Acres in the last post with a fence behind it.  This junkyard and impound lot is behind that fence.  So what is that cool old car?

Thank you for playing along with Foto Friday Fun which allows me to share these photographs and memories.  For more of the story just follow the links.  Please join in next week by leaving a number between 0001 and 9999 in your comment below.

Do you have a favorite this week?

Update:  I am currently safely boondocked near Congress Arizona while getting the annual truck maintenance taken care of.  Will continue the journey north next week.