Foto Friday Fun 377: every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including South African wildlife, red rock, and dinosaurs.

Diane and Nigel chose #1408.  I’m sure they’ve seen all the animals in this necklace.  But for my first visit to Kruger National Park in South Africa they were all exotically new to me.  So much that I bought this beautiful sterling silver necklace in 2010.  Sadly it was in a bag that was stolen along with my laptop during my 2014 visit.

Cathy chose #2718.  Mountain Zebras seen at their namesake national park in South Africa during my 2013 visit.

Sherry chose #8213.  Young elephants at play are rather comical.  These seen at Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa during my 2014 visit.

Rita chose #7938.  The golden Aspen leaves of Autumn contrast nicely with the ever greens on the North Kaibab National Forest.  Only a three hour drive from Bryce, I hope to get up there this fall for a color show.

Jim and Diana chose #74.  During a 2005 trip to Florida I traveled with an old high school friend in his motorhome to St Augustine and visited the Castillo de San Marcos.

Doris chose #8035.  I may not see many sunrises but did occasionally work an early shift at the North Rim Grand Canyon to catch early light on the prominent temples seen from the lodge’s verandah.  San Francisco Peaks shine a little on the horizon.

Sallie and Bill chose #80 for her 80th birthday this week.  Ranger Gaelyn wishes her a happy birthday from 2006 when I worked at Oregon Caves, not all that far from their summer home.

Jeff chose #2001, “the last time extreme heat led to blackouts in San Diego.”  In 2008 it was floods and washouts that changed the configuration of waterfalls in Havasu Canyon, like this Lower New Navajo Falls.  Damage was still visible only two years later during a hike on the Havasupai Reservation.

Jo chose #1240.  The hoodoo formations seen here at Cedar Breaks National Monument are the same formations as Bryce only about 30 miles away as the Raven flies.

Yogi and random dot org chose #7085.  This time a Burchell’s Zebra and seen at Karoo National Park in South Africa 2014.  Note the noticeable differences between the two Zebra species.

Jodee and Bill chose #938.  Part of a mural depicting the Grand Staircase Escalante environment 90 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed a tropical landscape.  A nice display of dino fossils can be seen at the small yet awesome visitor center in Big Water, Utah.

Going through photos for Arizona Highways and Foto Friday Fun this week I am reminded how much I like to spend time with an environment, get to know it’s subtleties and qualities of light.  The Kaibab is still calling my name but travel in the heat with Sierra in the camper doesn’t feel quite right yet.  Hopefully come the change of colors when Autumn turns the Aspen gold like Rita’s choice above.  I dream of camping once again at Marble View, where the light plays like magic across the land.

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