This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 14 readers and includes several examples of my love for rocks, flower induced memories, and my favorite hotpants.

TreDeuce chose #1923, “the year my father was born.”  This shot over Grand Canyon was at the birth of a new day during August monsoon season from the Grand Lodge.

Diane and Nigel chose #1412.  I know they are familiar with South African Baboons. This drive-by shot in Kruger National Park was through the truck window as they sometimes jump onto/into vehicles.

George chose #520.  If you’re ever in or near Flagstaff I recommend a drive north on SR89 to visit Wupatki National Monument.

Lisa chose #21.  Oh, but I was only 16.  Standing between my Aunt and Uncle during the summer of 1971 just before they put me on my first airplane flight from LA to Sacramento.  I was trying to look old enough to be offered a cocktail.  Didn’t happen.  And when the plane touched down in San Francisco I thought we were going into the Bay.  Also didn’t happen.

Sue chose #1214.  I am always happy to see the lilacs bud in Yarnell.  As a kid in Illinois I used to sit under the backyard hedge of lilacs and just breath deep.

Sherry and David chose #1220.  And yet another plant that’s nice in Yarnell, I just step outside to pick fresh thyme.

Gayle chose #1986.  With morning views like this from camp I’d hike in the Drakensburg Mountains in South Africa again and again.  Yet now I’d need a sherpa to carry the backpack.

Pam and John chose #2141.  I ♥ nature’s sculptures.  The sandstone Esplande rock layer reveals some interesting erosional shapes at Toroweap along the rim of Grand Canyon.

Yogi chose #1158.  Returning to the North Rim from Flagstaff on SR89 and approaching where the Colorado River caved through Vermilion Cliffs to the left and Echo Cliffs to the right.

Rita chose #3289.  Although I’m not overly fond of spiders I love webs.  Such amazing construction I could watch them for hours.  Some of the Garden Orb webs seen in Addo Elephant National Park were over 10 feet across.  And sometimes a lot of them together spanned 30 feet in South Africa.

Jennifer chose #164.  Another love affair with rock.  I met the 1.8 billion year-old Vishnu Schist at the bottom of Grand Canyon during my first rim to rim hike across the big ditch in Spring of 2008.

Jodee and Bill chose #121.  I create and collect jewelry.  This hand-strung choker of 4-strand freshwater pearl accented with Swarovski crystals with a vintage rhinestone and sterling silver box clasp is still for sale for $45 if your interested.

Jeff chose #419, “the date Google has announced to shutter its Google+ offering.”  I rarely use it.  But I had to hit the camera shutter six times for this panoramic view of Grand Canyon and the San Francisco Peaks beyond from Angels Window overlook on the North Rim Grand Canyon.

Sallie and Bill chose #5120, “because I would like to have another picture of the Heritage Days…”  And they did, one snap after the shot from last week of Derek Suwaima-Davis hoop dancing.

My choice of Monday morning’s visitor seen outside the door about 60 feet away, Mr. Coyote found the semi-frozen water bowl.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by seven readers featuring various canyons.  In addition are a few older photos that never see the light of day.  Prior to 2014 while labeling photos I assigned numbers starting with 01 each month so there are a lot of moldy oldies.

Jim and Diana chose #206, one of two in a panorama from my first rim to rim hike across Grand Canyon in 2008.  At that time the knees were good so down hill from the North Rim to the bottom was pretty easy.  However, coming back up on the Bright Angel Trail I thought this set of switchbacks on the Devils Corkscrew was going to kill me.  And, although never easy, it did get easier every time hiked.

Diane and Nigel chose #712.  First visit to South Africa in 2010 included stops along the way to Kruger National Park.  One of my favorites was Bourkes Luck Potholes in the Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve.

#12 from May 1988 of my husband and stepson sailing our Tanzer on Lake Union in Seattle, Washington.

Sherry and David chose #5119.  I smile when Native American Heritage Days activities come up for them because they actually attended one year.  I hope they got to see International Champion Hoop dancer Derek Suwaima-Davis.

From the summer of 1970, #1 is carp swarming next to a boat dock and feeding on french fries at The Clown, a floating boat-in, on Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri while on family vacation.

Jodee and Bill chose #5590.  Could be almost anywhere in the world except for driving on the left side of the road on the way to Port Edward, South Africa.

I began my Ranger career summer of 1992 at Mt St Helens and during training hiked into the volcanoes crater.  #90 are hummocks,  huge multi-story apartment building size pieces that slid off the mountain during the 1980 eruption.

Rita chose #6666, a well used number bringing us to March 2017.  Sure glad Jeff recommended Fossil Falls where I’ve now camped a couple times along SR395 in California.  This ancient lava flow has no fossils or falls but is an interesting place to wander around.

#66 goes back to June 1989, this Harris Hawk was one of many birds of prey I fed as an animal keeper at the California Living Museum (CALM) in Bakersfield, California.

Jennifer chose #1098.  The mouth of Natural Bridge Canyon where I went on a Ranger led hike in Death Valley National Park during my first visit there in 2009.

#98 is the edge of the blast zone from my 1992 summer at Mt St Helens.  Notice all the growth 12 years after the eruption.

Jeff chose #518 for “the day Mt St Helens blew,” and left behind some of the above views.  But not this view of fall colors at the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park in 2008.

Back to The Clown with #18 during summer of 1970 and that would be my Dad’s boat tied to the dock.  We ate a lot of hamburgers here over vacation and they were good but I always wondered if we were there so frequently because the waitresses wore bikinis.

My choice from last Saturday night.

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