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Category: Foto Friday Fun

16 September 2022

Foto Friday Fun 485: every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including South Africa, Kaibab National Forest, and a little of my art.

Eye of the needle Drakensberg hike KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaJo chose #1926 in memory of the birth year of the late Queen Elizabeth.  Many in her home country of South Africa have ties to the United Kingdom, and the world mourns.  This shot, taken while hiking in South Africa, of the Eye of the Needle in the Drakensberg Mountains, where Jo’s son guided me.

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Rita chose #1302.  Video taken during my first visit in 2010, South African elephants in Kruger National Park.

Hwy 67 S Kaibab NF AZGypsy chose #817, “the date gravitational waves were detected of two neutron stars colliding.”  Thank goodness there was no colliding on this drive through the Kaibab National Forest on the North Rim Grand Canyon’s opening day 2009.

Music light show at Boardwalk Port Elizabeth SAJodee and Bill chose #4434.  Sorry for the lousy quality, but it’s a handheld shot of the musical light show on the Boardwalk in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Grand Staircase Escalante Hwy 89 N Kaibab NF AZDiane and Nigel chose #909.  They saw this view of the Grand Staircase along SR89A north on their way to Bryce Canyon from the Grand Canyon.

Kelp pile on beach Coquille Point NWR Bandon ORCathy chose #0610.  A pile of kelp on the beach at Coquille Point National Wildlife Refuge Bandon, Oregon during my 2014 visit with Berta.

Penguin habitat SAMREC Port Elizabeth SAAlan and random dot org chose #4376.  I toured this penguin habitat at a marine rehabilitation facility while visiting Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 2013.

Lions Kruger NP Mpumalanga South AfricaSherry chose #1020.  Saw this pride on the first day of my first visit to Kruger National Park, South Africa in 2010.

Ink Eagle portrait Shoreline WA 1988Sallie and Bill got #49 for the number of words in their comment.  An ink drawing from my days of community college in Shoreline, Washington, 1988.

Valley view Drakensberg hike KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaLiberal Warrior chose #2035, “the year California and Washington State ban the sales of new ICE* vehicles.” *Internal combusion engines.  Countries like South Africa without refineries should be happy about loosing ICE vehicles, though it may take longer than 13 years for them.  So this is a South African view from hiking the Drakensberg Mts., same trip as above but the return hike.

Last light shines on standing dead trees from 2006 Warm fire Kaibab NF AZJennifer chose #6573.  Taken in 2014, eight years after the Warm Fire on the Kaibab National Forest adjacent to the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.

Class of 1972 at 40th reunion Bolingbrook Country Club IL

Bob's fake newspaper article 1972 Mustangs stampeedHere’s the attendees at my 40th class reunion and something a classmate wrote.  I’m currently in Illinois for the 50th.

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09 September 2022

Foto Friday Fun 484: every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by nine readers including South Africa, Grand Canyon, and Pacific Northwest salmon.

Giraffe Pilanesberg Game Reserve South AfricaCathy chose #0281.  A male giraffe in Pilanesberg Game Reserve, South Africa.

Indian Paintbrush AZ trail North Rim Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaJo chose #2013.  Brilliant red Paintbrush growing along the Arizona Trail on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

Sunset over Widforss Plateau from BAP trail North Rim Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaDiane and Nigel chose #209, a panorama.  Rangers get paid in sunsets, especially when roving on the Bright Angel Point trail before an evening program at the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.

Adam & Eve, oldest couple on Cango Ostrich Farm, & 2 babies R328 Oudtshoorn Little Karoo Western Cape South AfricaRita chose #4101.  Adam and Eve, the oldest couple at Cango Ostrich Farm, South Africa.  Adam is laying down while Eve watches the two chicks.  This is where I rode an ostrich, and it’s not easy.

Museum pottery Mesa Verde NP COGypsy chose #117.  Museum display when I worked at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado the summer of 2005.

Tunnel along Bright Angel trail Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaSallie and Bill chose #246.  This tunnel means almost to the top of Grand Canyon’s South Rim on the Bright Angel trail.  My first rim to rim in 2008.

Guest room door_paintings & courtyard at TeTeMuka B&B Lodge Kokstad KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaJodee and Bill chose #3011.  A lovely courtyard at TeTeMuka B&B where I stayed in Kokstad, South Africa.

Augrabies Falls NP SASherry chose #9422.  How very appropriate for this waterfall lover.  Augrabies Falls National Park, South Africa.

snowy cemetery sunset RV view Kanab UTBarb chose #6600, the price of her new AC unit.  Ouch, but in Florida you just HAVE to have AC.  And you don’t see snow, like this RV window view at sunset over the cemetery in Kanab, Utah.

Sternwheeler on Columbia R & Mt Hood Underwood WA Sept 1996

Fish ladder Spring Creek fish hatchery Underwood WA Sept 1996

Salmon in Little White Salmon River WA Sept 1996

Little White Salmon River WA Sept 1996

Sunset over the Columbia R & Mt Hood Underwood WA Sept 1996My choices from September 1996 when I worked for US Fish & Wildlife.  My government house looked across the Columbia River to Mt Hood in the far distance and sat just above Spring Creek National Fish Hatchery (NFH).  My office was along the Little White Salmon River and NFH.

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02 September 2022

Foto Friday Fun 483: every picture tells a story

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 10 readers including a lot of Grand Canyon, a bit of South African wildlife, and Cadillac camping in the UP of Michigan.

Galah Cockatoo TeTeMuka B&B Lodge Kokstad KwaZulu-Natal South AfricaGypsy chose #3019 for a past visit to native ruins in Florence and Coolidge, Arizona.  No ruins on this visit to TeTeMuka B&B in South Africa, but lots of birds.  Not sure this is really a Galah Cockatoo as they are pink and gray.  No matter, this was such a fun place to stay.

View S from Cape Royal Walhalla Plateau North Rim Grand Canyon National Park Arizona

View SSE from Cape Royal Walhalla Plateau North Rim Grand Canyon National Park Arizona PanoJodee and Bill chose #1441, one of eight in a panorama.  From my favorite North Rim viewpoint, Cape Royal provides a panoramic view of Grand Canyon.  Plus to the right of this view, my favorite place for sunset.

Sunset North Rim Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaDiane and Nigel chose #2608, and saw this North Rim view for sunset during their visit to Grand Canyon.

Fall aspen & canyon view Ken Patrick trail North Rim Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaSallie and Bill chose #9222.  Another North Rim view this time looking east from the Ken Patrick trail during fall.

Sunset over canyon from Lodge North Rim Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaAlan chose #2206.  Back to the North Rim’s Grand Lodge end of May, 2015.  Rangers get paid in sunsets.

View S Crazy Jug Pt Kaibab NF AZCathy chose #5247.  Yet another Grand Canyon view looking South from Crazy Jug Point on the Kaibab National Forest.  I’m guessing she’s been here more than once.  A favorite to watch monsoon skies.

Zebra Mt Zebra NP South AfricaSherry chose #8288.  Called Mountain Zebra National Park, there’s way more there than zebras.

Rocky view Augrabies Falls NP South AfricaRita chose #9210.  Just another pile of rocks you think, but this is at Augrabies Falls National Park where I spent my 60th birthday in South Africa.  I long to return.  Maybe for my 70th?

Sunset Lake Mead Callville campground Lake Mead National Recreation Area NevadaJeff chose #2525, “the bus number in the movie Speed and now I have this ear worm ‘In the year 2525, if man s till alive…’”  I’ve not seen the movie but know the song.  Wonder what the diminishing Lake Mead will look like then.  The entire landscape to what is seen of the lake was underwater at one time.  This shot from the Callville campground in February 2016.

Collared lioness by road Addo Elephant NP South AfricaBarb chose #7925.  This collared lioness was not shot with my trail cam.  She was a recent release in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, so being monitored.

The Bessemer House old mining ore office rented 2nd floor UP MI

 

Oldest keystone bridge in USA Bessemer MI

Danny & Jim at Pigeon Lake camp UP MI

Overflow UP MI 09-1974

Loaded canoe on Mom's Cadilac Bessemer MI

My choices from September 1974 when my boyfriend and I plus another couple vacationed in the UP Michigan.  We packed for every possible activity, camping and staying in a historic Ore Mining Office conversion in Bessemer, home to the oldest keystone bridge in the USA.  Transportation for four and gear was Mom’s Cadillac.  We loaded the canoe so heavy ended up using the climbing gear to lift the boat and drive the car underneath.  Good times!

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