Category: Foto Friday Fun

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including multiple views of the geologic Grand Staircase, not so iconic views at Grand Canyon, other parks of course, and a bit more.

Jim and Diana chose #102.  Before the fire Yarnell’s claim to fame included the SR89 hill drive and The Shrine of St Joseph of the mountains where this statue of “Jesus resurrected from ashes” is seen.

Jo chose #4120.  The Johnson Canyon Road can be impassible after heavy rains.  This view north surrounded by white sandstone cliffs leads into Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.  In the distance the Pink Cliffs of Bryce Canyon National Park.

Cathy chose #0809.  February of 2016 proved to be a Superbloom in Death Valley.  The brilliant Desert Gold flowers lit up the often dull brown landscape like here along Artists Drive with the Panamint Range in the distance.

Yogi chose #914.  Another perspective of the Grand Staircase looking across sage flats to the Vermilion Cliffs while driving SR89 back in 2009.

Diane and Nigel chose #1707.  A view they saw when visiting the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.  This shot taken in 2013 from Point Imperial has Saddle Mountain framing the Vermilion Cliffs in the distance and possible rain on House Rock Valley below.

Jeff chose #54, “the number of blocks in the Jenga stack I’m making.”  Probably more wood sticks on the foreground hillside, not so easy to stack, in the blast zone around Mt St Helens.  This shot south from Smith overlook all the way to Mt Hood in the hazy distance taken during my summer 1992 season as a Ranger.

Doris chose #5985, one of five in a panoramic sunset over the Salton Sea State Recreation Area from my Corvina Beach California camp during February 2015.

Rita chose #9649.  Have to pay close attention to washes crossing the House Rock Valley Road past the Cockscomb in the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument.  Yet another southwest road that can be impassible after heavy rain.

Jennifer chose #9996.  As much as she likes to walk in the woods I think the Ken Patrick trail would call to her.  Just have to get to the North Rim Grand Canyon for this walk.

Sallie and Bill chose #63.  As RVers who have changed rigs over time they might appreciate my previous 5th-wheel.  This living room shot was taken in Summit, Colorado during the summer of 2005 when I worked as a Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park.

Sherry chose #7456.  I’m wishing her cooler temperatures with this Autumn Aspen seen on the North Kaibab National Forest.

My choice, from the rim looking down on the Queen’s Garden Trail, a tiny piece low left, with Queen Victoria standing above.  Do you see her?

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including cool rock formations, South African wildlife, and a very old car.

Yogi chose #828.  At Bryce we call rocks similar to this hoodoos, but they’re toadstools in the Grand Staircase.

Jim and Diana chose #109.  Used to drive this forest road across Clearwater Valley, and partially through the blast zone, as a shortcut from Windy Ridge when a Ranger at Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument during 1992.

Jo chose #7250.  A scene she may recognize.  In South Africa the clouds pouring over mountains is referred to as a table cloth.  This view of that phenomenon was seen heading south on the N12 to Oudtshoorn.

Yogi’s second choice this week is #821.  The view southeast across Trancept Canyon to temples and beyond was taken from the Widforss Trail on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.

Rita chose #7983.  The crescent moon and Venus was seen in Yarnell, 3-21-15.

Jeff chose #1919, “the year the first passenger train arrived in San Diego over the impossible Railroad.”  So even though the image number is 850 this 1919 form of transportation came up.  Saw this Ford Model T in the Galpin Ford showroom in Prescott.

Cathy chose #1104.  Still quite a bit of snow along SR67 to the North Rim Grand Canyon when I drove in 4-30-10.

Diane and Nigel chose #1007.  Animals they’ve seen in southern Africa and I saw in Kruger National Park.

Doris chose #8357.  Saw these South African Shelducks at Mountain Zebra National Park during my 2014 visit.

Sallie and Bill chose #712, “our oldest son’s birthday.”  Flowers always make a nice gift but I don’t know what kind these are.  Berta grew flowers around her house and could name them all.  I’m guessing Sallie may know too.

Sherry chose #7152.  Artistically carved sandstone by the power of water seen in Upper Buckskin Gulch during a crazy warm July hike in Utah.

My choices:  While searching for the above #109 this 1094 from 9-20-10 caught my eye taken in Bryce Canyon.  And you’ve probably seen this version of #7152 from 9-6-14 that always makes me smile.  How can we go wrong with a double rainbow over Roaring Springs Canyon seen from the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 10 readers including several panoramas, wildflowers, and wildlife in South Africa.

Diane and Nigel chose #307.  Shot these red Paintbrush on the North Rim Grand Canyon in 2008.  Wouldn’t be surprised if these grew where they live in France.

Pat chose #123, “the number of days until the US elections.”  Get out and vote.  Don’t be like this set of two panoramas taken in the Ghost Room at Oregon Caves National Monument.

Cathy chose #5308.  The view west from a favorite campsite and Grand Canyon overlook, Crazy Jug Point on the Kaibab National Forest, Arizona from 7-9-15.

Yogi chose #8771, “which is the nine’s complement of my last week’s number.”  That makes less sense to me than the rock formations along this nameless side canyon near Whitehouse Road in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Sallie and Bill chose #427.  This panorama was taken my first season as a Ranger on the North Rim Grand Canyon only days after opening 5-18-08 from the top of Angels Window.

Jo chose #2800, one of four in a panorama.  Likely she’s crossed Swartberg Pass in her home country of South Africa.  Just one of several mountain passes I drove during my 2013 visit.

Doris chose #8223.  Most likely mother and child, though with elephants the adult could be an Aunt, seen in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa during my 2014 visit.

Rita chose #5555.  You might have to look closely for patches of red maples on Oza Butte as seen from the North Rim Grand Canyon during September 2016.

Jeff chose #1776 for Independence Day.  Can we call this unidentified flower blue with a red stem and white center?  Seen while hiking in the Drakensburg mountains in South Africa 3-15-10.

Sherry chose #8712.  In USA parks we often deal with rodents like squirrels and chipmunks in camp.  In the South African Kgalagadi camp it was Yellow Mongoose playing nearby.

My choice from Independence Day shooting the full moon over the hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park.

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