This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including many shots from Septembers, several views of Zion National Park, Native arts, and nature’s art.
Jennifer chose #222. This shot was taken from Big Bend overlook, one of many shuttle stops, in the Virgin River Canyon at Zion National Park, Utah taken 9-20-08.
Yogi (with his “fancy new laptop!”) and Random dot org chose #3608. I was not in danger of being driven over by this Willy’s Jeep as it’s a metal sculpture by Ricardo Breceda seen in Borrego Springs, California (along with many other cool sculptures) in January 2015.
Jeff chose #253, where he lives “San Diego is 2.53 inches below its normal rainfall so far this year.” Symbols painted inside the Desert View Watch Tower by Hopi artist Fred Kabotie in 1932 imitate the petroglyphs and pictographs left behind by his ancestors, the Ancestral Puebloans, farmers in an arid desert.
Sue chose #1963, “the year I graduated from High School.” So she get the 1963 school photo of 9-year old me. I don’t remember that little girl.
Diane and Nigel chose #801. Rock toadstools, don’t eat these, along a short trail in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah taken 9-9-09.
Doris chose #1360, one of two in a panorama taken 9-13-09. Look closely for the rainbow left of Mt Hayden seen from Point Imperial North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.
Rita chose #5183. For ten summers working at Grand Canyon I saw Derek Suwaima-Davis hoop dance at the North Rim’s annual Heritage Days.
Jodee and Bill chose #8521. Imagine the amount of time taken to chip these petroglyphs seen in Valley of Fire State Park. Not sure I’d have the patience.
Cathy chose #224. Taken walking up the Virgin River in Zion National Park, Utah 9-2-09. Cold water and hot air in a magnificent canyon made a great combination.
Sherry chose #175. The drive east on Hwy 9 into Zion National Park, Utah 9-20-08.
Sallie and Bill chose #100, “which feels like the percentage of humidity here tonight…” Her choice is one of four in a panorama of another location in her state of Oregon where the humidity is 100% and drippy all year. The room is named Petrified Gardens in Oregon Caves National Monument from when I worked there in 2007. Click this link to take my cave tour.
My choice is the Plomosa Road BLM camp rock collection on my bumper that I leave behind.
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Do you have a favorite this week?
So many beautiful photos to choose from! I’d have to say the picture of Mt. Hayden is my favorite week. Stay safe!
Thanks. Hard to beat the Grand Canyon.
Hiking the Virgin River canyon in the winter snow is a spectacle not to be forgotten and a photographer’s dream shooting adventure. Chest high waders and long underwear or insulated overalls recommended. Leave a plan and a hike completion estimate with someone. There is no cell service,
Considering that 70% of Oregon is arid, “humidity is 100% and drippy all year” belies reality, but a comment like that helps keep migration down so I don’t counter it when someone finds out I’m from Oregon and they ask me about the rain, I just say “it rains some so everything stays green and we have webbed feet and never use an umbrella or wear shorts”.
Is there a name for the ghost rock in pic number _ 1360
No way I’d hike the Virgin in winter even though that’s the only season I’d visit Zion these days. Glad I went long ago. The formation in the canyon is called Mt Hayden.
You have so many amazing photos. The vistas justs draw the heart!
Thanks. I like to document what I see.
M y favorite is the panoramic of Mt Hayden, I like the colors and mood. #439 for next week please
Thanks. Of course, my favorite time of the year at Grand Canyon is monsoon for the dramatic skies.
Wonderful set of photos but we are really intrigued by the rock toadstools, erosion makes some magical shapes. Also love the Desert View Watch Tower painting, amazing. Of course the 9 year old is also a favourite. It took us a while to track down the rainbow but yes we see it.
1501 for next week please. Have a good weekend and stay safe, Diane and Nigel
Thanks. Erosion is cool! #1501 for next week.
Lots of interesting subjects. School pictures are fun! It would be hard to get a pic of the Narrows with so few people nowadays! Next week 281.
I am so glad I visited Zion years ago when it wasn’t so crowded. #281 for next week.
Hi Gaelyn, The Rock Toadstools are interesting and I love your rock collection.as well as those dramatic skies. My favourite for this week are the Petroglyphs of the Valley of State Park. Would like No 3981 for next week please. Enjoy your week end and stay safe.
I thought you’d like the petroglyphs. #3981 for next week.
Thanks for the Oregon Caves memories .., couldn’t get your tour link to work tho, might be me, not you as I’m on my iPad . I will try again from the PC later. … Those petroglyphs are amazing! I’m so Glad you got online. 240 next time? No reason, it’s the time. I’m not very creative with numbers.
When it comes to the blog, I’m not sure what and why things do or don’t work. #240 for next week.
I am going to have to get to Borrego Springs one of these day and check out the sculptures and other things there.
So much to see. Retirement is a good time to travel west, well after…
Well you sure do still look like your 9 year old self. Love the Watch Tower Ceiling and the Hoop Dancer whom I was lucky enough to see. Amazing!! Great pictures of the Canyon and of the petroglyphs but where are they?
Valley of State Park?? Valley of the Gods?? If so, another place I haven’t been. I wasn’t lucky enough to walk the Virgin River, they wouldn’t let us, it was too high. Don’t suppose that’s been the case these last few years. I’ll try #64 for next week.
Sorry, the petroglyphs were at Valley of Fire SP in Nevada. Lots of great hiking there. It’s not unusual to have high water in the Virgin River during any spring runoff or monsoon. #64 for this week.
The detail in the petroglyphs is amazing. The Virgin River however is my fav. For next week I’d like 2014, the year we hiked Zion’s Narrows, where the Virgin River is the trail.
Hope the Narrows weren’t too crowded for your experience. #2014 for this week.