Foto Friday Fun 399: every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by eight readers including Grand Canyon, dino tracks, sparkly me, and my old store front in Tonasket, Washington.

Rita chose #3981.  While out on self-drive safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa eyes are constantly sweeping back and forth across the land.  Suddenly, around a corner, a wildlife encounter can happen at any time.  Then it’s time to sit, wait and enjoy as they will eventually go into the bush looking for food.

Diane and Nigel chose #1501.  A rather grainy sunset with an old P&S from Cape Royal overlook on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park taken 9-14-09.  I often worked at that location and would change out of uniform at the end of day and stay to photograph sunset.

Doris chose #439.  I’ve collected (mostly vintage) sequin clothes for years yet rarely wear them.  Berta took this shot on Halloween 2008 in a parking lot in Prescott, Arizona.  I wore almost the same with more layers for the colder temperature on Halloween 2020 at a Bryce Canyon gathering (with distancing).

Sallie and Bill chose #240 for the time.  This shot of Cliff Spring at the end of a short trail was the first time I hiked it my first season at the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park in 2008.

Cathy chose #281.  While exploring the surrounding area from Grand Canyon in 2008 I visited Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona.  This trace fossil was created by a dinosaur walking on wet sand, like us walking on the beach.  But this was dunes and later sand filled the track then over time the dunes lithified into sandstone.  There’s a great dino visitor center not far west from there in Big Water, Utah along SR89.

Yogi chose #6281.  Monsoon at Grand Canyon from Cape Royal overlook south east when fog shrouded Vishnu Temple.  Taken 8-13-14.

Sherry chose #64.  This throwback scanned print from 1984 evokes so many memories.  Parked outside, the van my ex and two step-kids moved to Tonasket, Washington in 1981 taken from inside my second store front for “Gail’s Crafts and Collectibles”.  I had bought the local yarn shop and then learned to knit and crochet adding to my craft of stained glass.  I also learned to paint windows.  This display for a count the leprechaun contest around St Patrick’s Day.

Jeff chose #2014, “the year we hiked Zion’s Narrows.”  This sunset shot over the Vallecito Mountains taken 12-24-14 at another one of his favorite public lands, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.  While boondocking here I learned the meaning of Christmas is to be kind and giving.

I recently returned to the Plomosa Mountains north of Quartzsite, AZ.

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