Category: Foto Friday Fun

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 10 readers including panoramas, slot canyons, South Africa, and more.

Jim and Diana chose #123, a panorama from 8-31-07.  While working as a Park Guide at Oregon Caves I lived/hosted the Siskiyou National Forest primitive Cave Creek campground, 18 sites and never half full.  This view of my “yard” from Cave Creek.

Jo chose #2606, a nice entry drive to the Old Mill Lodge where I stayed a night during my second visit to South Africa.  The first visit in 2010 I rode an ostrich in the Outdshoorn area and there was way more to see and do.

Cathy chose #3817.  The end of the road at Jumpup Point felt like a “Thelma and Louise” moment.  But instead of driving off the edge into the Grand Canyon, I set up my tent between those two trees, the only shade around.

Rita chose #4297, one of three in a panorama.  The bar at Gelbek restaurant in West Coast National Park in Langebaan, South Africa felt like a transport back in time.  Instead of ordering a drink I continued to explore this coastal park full of birds and other wildlife.

Yogi chose #1229, another panorama taken 9-10-09.  That’s me on Navajo Bridge above the Colorado River.  I stopped here after exploring Antelope Slot Canyon in Page, Arizona.  (See the pics below to tease him into a Southwest trip now that he’s retired, and after travel is safe once again.)

Jeff chose #629, “the date our kitchen countertops arrive.”  I hope they are put in by now.  5-14-09 was the date of my first hike in a slot canyon, Buckskin Gulch trail winds between walls of water-shaped sandstone.

Diane and Nigel also chose #2606.  A favorite time for shooting, sunset to the far right with Earth Shadows from temples in Grand Canyon from the North Rim.  Rangers get paid in sunsets.

Doris chose #9142, one of six in a panorama of Augrabies Falls, South Africa.

Pat chose #1632, “the 23-hour clock time now here.”  Hope this shot reminds her of the time we experienced this Colorado River view from Walhalla overlook on the North Rim Grand Canyon.

Sherry chose #113, “the number of days I have now been stuck in one place…”  Imagine being stuck in a cliff dwelling that long because you couldn’t climb a ladder to leave.  The Mesa Verde National Park museum displays tools made by the Ancestral Puebloans who lived there in the past.  Under the current circumstances, one might learn a new survival skill.

While searching for your choices I came across some shots taken in Antelope Slot Canyon from my 9-10-09 tour that looked good enough to process and share.  Mother Nature is the best artist and the force of water a powerful medium.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 13 readers including the North Kaibab, foggy Grand Canyon, golden Aspen, and waterfalls.

Jo chose #2402.  Snake Gulch in the Kanab Creek Wilderness and Kaibab National Forest thankfully was spared from the nearby Mangum fire.  The entire area has many Native petroglyphs and pictographs.

Diane and Nigel chose #1906.  Seen from the North Rim Grand Canyon, Rangers get paid in sunsets.

Pat chose #1040.  Havasu Falls on the Havasupai Indian Reservation in Arizona 4-20-10 after a long hike down into the canyon.

Cathy chose #7911.  Just a touch of fall color on the Aspen along East Rim on the Kaibab National Forest 9-20-14.  Thankfully south of the Mangum fire.

Sue chose #6180.  A rather foggy view from Cape Royal overlook on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park 8-13-14.

Jennifer chose #9193.  Golden fall Aspen along the Ken Patrick trail on the North Rim Grand Canyon 10-11-14.

Jodee and Bill chose #525.  The remains of a pueblo at Wupatki National Monument in Arizona 4-16-09.

Jeff chose #2011, “the year we visited Antelope Canyon.”  It was the previous year for my first visit to South Africa and I hiked in the Drakensburg.  Look closely on the rocks for the Baboons that watched on.

Rita chose #1398.  Monsoon season is a likely time to see fog in Grand Canyon.  Taken from the North Rim Lodge 8-18-10.

Doris chose #422.  Not far south from last weeks excursion on the Cottonwood Road, the Cockscomb continues along House Rock Valley Road where I camped before hiking Buckskin Gulch Slot Canyon the first time 5-13-09.

Jim and Diana chose #130.  While leading tours in Oregon Caves National Monument these stairs offered an optional side trip into Paradise Lost.

Sallie and Bill chose #620.  Berlyn Falls was one of many places seen in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve in South Africa during my first trip in 2010.

Yogi chose #1007.  A long view west to the Panamint Range from Eureka Mine in Death Valley National Park, California 10-30-09.

My choice, a phone shot from roving at Bryce Point, looking across the valley to Table Cliffs.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 10 readers including water, light, and another dinosaur in Utah, Arizona, Oregon, and South Africa.

Jim and Diana chose #137. An inviting looking lodge seen while rafting along the Rogue River with fellow Park Rangers when I worked at Oregon Caves the summer of 2007.

Diane and Nigel chose #1206.  When they visited Grand Canyon we probably stopped at Vista Encantada overlook on our return drive from Cape Royal, at the end of the road.  This northeast view from the North Rim includes Mt Hayden and Saddle Mountain under a stormy monsoon sky in 2009.

Yogi chose #1014, a three shot panorama.  It’s all about the light so I took the noonish photography tour in 2009 (no longer available) at Antelope Slot Canyon with a Navajo guide.  Sadly it is currently closed to protect the Navajo people from outsider COVID19.  I sure would like to return with a better camera and understanding how to shoot under these conditions.

Jennifer chose #9032.  Sunset from the Lodge on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park taken 10-7-14.  Rangers get paid in sunsets.

Jodee and Bill chose #456.  Lower New Navajo Falls, a lesser shared waterfall seen along Havasu Creek after hiking down into Havasu Canyon on the Havasupai Indian Reservation (also currently closed).  I hiked in with a fellow Ranger for three nights in spring of 2010 just before returning to work at the North Rim Grand Canyon.

Sallie and Bill chose #620.  I love rocks and there are three rock stores in Orderville, Utah near the turn off to Zion from SR89.  The coolest one IMHO, has a dinosaur out front of a “RT66 style” building.

Rita chose #3356, one of two in a panorama.  Two out of three of the warm water soaking pools at Warmwaterberg Spa in South Africa.  These shots from my first visit in March, 2013 and then returned the next year and had a private Roman bath.

Doris chose #127, “my customer number to enter the local food store.”  There could easily be 127 Asters in this shot—you go ahead and count—taken in 2005 when working at Mesa Verde for the summer.

Sherry chose #7819.  Saw this Black-backed Jackal rather near to the rig while on safari in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Jeff chose #0720, “for the day early Solstice this year…”  This shot was taken three months after Solstice in 2017.  Roosevelt Point overlook on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park provides a view of the canyon and on almost 80 miles to Navajo Mountain in the far distance.

My choice from my phone, looking north from Bryce Point about five miles across Bryce Canyon’s main amphitheater full of trees and hoodoos.

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