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This weeks Foto Friday Fun includes seven images chosen by readers who pick a number out of my photo archives.

 Arija chose #98, the year her mother was born and added, “not last century but the one before.”  Yet Mount Saint Helens is centuries older than that.  I worked as a Ranger there during the early 1990s and felt honored to watch new growth return every day to the blast zone.

Firefly has also done his choice of the #4500 zip-line in Tsitsikamma, maybe because he doesn’t live too far away.  Here we see the guide Marius zipping fast on his approach to the platform.  This ranks high on my adventure list and I look forward to doing it again.

Sherry choose #5261 a street number in reverse.  She wrote, “This is like playing the lottery except you can’t lose!!”  The lose on this image, I don’t know what kind of bird this is seen at Birds of Eden in Plattenberg Bay, South Africa. Maybe some kind of quail?

Jo’s choice of #13, the day she was born and her father’s favorite number.  I’m not superstitious but do know to be extremely careful about gathering mushrooms.  This cluster of Oyster mushrooms had a few less after the photo because they are choice edibles.  I learned a lot more about mushrooms as a volunteer at Oregon Caves National Monument.

Erin went with #2009, the model year of the motorhome currently being lived in full-time.  I lived in a 5th-wheel with this gorgeous sunrise view of the La Platas in Colorado in 2005 when I worked as a Park Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park.

Last week Janie’s choice showed some of my old art work with world maps in it and she wrote, “it’s obvious that you wanted to see the world, and now you’re having the opportunity!”  Her chosen #4270 this week takes us Port Elizabeth, South Africa where Firefly (see above) guided me through the Art 67 Project where this memorial to Nelson Mandella is displayed in “The Voting Line” which represents people from all walks of life.

Diane is sticking to her porsche models with #928.  I’m not sure what model this is, or how she keeps getting car images.  This beauty has been parked for a long time up on the Weaver Mountains which is in my backyard.

I hope you’re all enjoying Foto Friday Fun and gives me an opportunity to share more of my 100s of 1000s of photos.  If you’d like to play along, please leave a number between 1 and 7200 in a comment and maybe you can see your chosen image next week.  Which one is your favorite from this week?

Remember to check out the Geogypsytraveler Facebook page for more photos as I label all the images from South Africa I post every 100th shot.

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 10 photos chosen by readers.  Hope you’ll pick out your favorite and join in the fun next week.

Susie of Arabia really liked last weeks zebra photo and this week chose #2378, a phone number from her past.  I dialed in on this pair of Pale Chanting Goshawks at Camdeboo National Park near Graaff-Reinet during my recent travels to South Africa.

Diane likes Porsches so chose #911.  Sorry no Porsches, instead you get a 1939 Royals Royce Phantom that I saw parked at the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.  Hope that will do.

Jo’s choice of #3999 this week takes us to the Hogsback Arboretum in South Africa.  I’ll bet she stood in front of this California Redwood only days after I did.

After liking the red rocks last week it seems appropriate that Barb’s choice includes the red rock of another canyon.  Number 10 was taken from the Walhalla overlook on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.  A special treat with a bit of rainbow thrown in.

Because I’m a little dyslexic, this week’s selection of #67 for Arija shows more of my old art work from 1988.  I’ve always wanted to paint with watercolors yet always make mud when mixing paint.  This one at least turned out pink.  And how fitting the flowers are for this gardening lady.

Guess I have Sherry fooled into thinking I’m a “fabulous photo artist.”  Really I take so many photos I just get lucky sometimes.  Although I have plenty of fall color images from the Kaibab Plateau her choice of #1980 is rather dull.  Check out Sherry’s site for the lush colors of Florida State Parks.

Elaine likes the “fabulous stories” I share.  Her random #1001 of Red Butte was taken on the fly as I left the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.  Side mirrors work great when the sun gets in your eyes.

Janie chose #61 because that’s how hold she’ll be this year.  Although that’s not old, this seems to be the week for my old art.  Before digital photography I captured the likeness of places I lived sometimes drawing from my favorite sitting place.  In this case the apartment living room long ago in 1988 when I was still married and we lived in Bakersfield, California for nine months.  Exactly how long the school term was for my step-son.  Notice the maps on the wall?  Even then I dreamed of travel but my ex-husband wanted to cruise the world in a sailboat and I’m really more of a terrestrial person.

Lu-Gerda lives in South Africa and I wonder if she’s been to Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State, #2021, where the cliffs turn golden at sunset.

Lynda chose #1307 as the condo number where she’s currently staying.  I hope she doesn’t find any Hippos in San Carlos, Mexico.  If you do, please send them home to Kruger National Park where they belong in South Africa.

I hope you’re all enjoying Foto Friday Fun because it gives me an opportunity to share more of my 100s of 1000s of photos.  If you’d like to play along, please leave a number between 1 and 6000 in a comment and maybe you can see your chosen image next week.  Which one is your favorite?

If you want to see more of the photos from my recent trip to South Africa check out Geogypsy’s Facebook page here.