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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 12 readers including South African wildlife, sunsets, and trees.

Cathy chose #4818.  The glory hole, a large furnace used to keep glass hot while shaping.  Being I learned to blow glass in the 80s I was always fascinated watching Ramson Lomatewama, Hopi artist, at the North Rim Grand Canyon Heritage Days.

Diane and Nigel chose #3004.  This Yaris replaced my Citi Golf rental after an accident in South Africa.

Sue chose #7721, “birthday of a good friend coming up.”  This shot of elephants was taken during my birthday month of March in 2014 at Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Jo and random dot org chose #6373.  A tree she is probably familiar with, this ancient Yellowwood was seen at Wild Spirit Backpackers in Nature’s Valley, South Africa in February 2014.

Jeff chose #2012, “the year we saw the full Ring of Fire from Bryce Canyon.”  And I saw it from the North Rim Grand Canyon.  This shot of Tuweep at sunset looking upstream of the Colorado River was taken on the North Rim as well.

Alan chose #5660.  An eight shot panorama of sunset from the Rockhouse Trail boondock (which I understand is not longer available) in Anza Borrego desert State Park, California on 2-23-15.

Sallie and Bill chose #5121.  A pair of hyena pups seen in Kruger National Park during my 2014 visit.

Susie chose #6789.  The reward at the end of the Waterfall Trail in Tsitsikamma National Park South Africa about a week after the above shot.

Jennifer chose #6998.  Sunset at Cape Royal overlook was always a favorite place on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.  (My favorite this week.)

Rita chose #4129.  Nothing like a big kitty washing her feet.  Kruger National Park South Africa 2-15-14.

Doris chose #9101.  Amazing sandstone swirls of rock in the Coyote Buttes North in Arizona on the way to the Wave in Utah.

Sherry chose #7121.  My RV window view in Kanab, Utah during January 2016.

My choice from from the end of last month along SR14 on the return drive from shopping in Cedar City.  Pretty, but I’m sure you know how much I don’t like the cold.  I haven’t taken any photos this month, so nothing new to share.

I may have solved some of the phone/laptop connection problem.  But I was sitting in town so won’t know until I get home.  If the problems persist I may stop posting as it’s just too much hassle to go away from home to find signal.  Truly, all winter in the remote southern Arizona desert with almost no problems getting online.  But once in Bryce, no go.  Along with other issues, I’m not sure it’s worth being here.

Thank you for playing along with Foto Friday Fun for almost eight years.  It’s been a fun ride sharing my photographs and memories.

Do you have a favorite this week?

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including lots of Grand Canyon, a bit from South Africa, and some other rocky shots.

Jo chose #1007.  After stopping for cookies at Jacob Lake I drove past the road closed signs and on to the North Rim Grand Canyon for my second season.  Very special to be in the park before it opened.

Sherry chose #9203.  Rather a challenge finding Quaking Aspen near the rim of Grand Canyon and they are so marvelous wearing their Autumn gold.

Diane and Nigel chose #2304.  These hoodoos were seen from Tuweep overlook along the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.

Cathy chose #0003.  The beginning of the partial annular eclipse I was fortunate enough to watch, safely, from the North Rim Grand Canyon in 2012.

Alan, and random dot org, chose #2507.  Beyond Sky Island to the east and across the Grand Canyon lies part of the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.

Sallie and Bill chose #413.  Two days after opening the North Rim for 2008, and my first season as a Ranger at Grand Canyon, found me on top of Angels Window looking southeast past the Vishnu Temple with the Colorado River far below.

Jennifer chose #0424.  Up, up, and away, on a misty morning at Pilanesberg Game Reserve.  A different, and extremely expensive, way to safari in South Africa.  That’s why this shot is from the ground.

Doris chose #5147.  Mom and her calf Waterbucks seen on safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa in 2014.

Jodee and Bill chose #1652.  An unidentified butterfly along the Sterkspruit Falls trail in the Drakensburg Mountains of South African during my first visit in 2010.

Rita chose #0193.  If you ever rent a cabin on the North Rim Grand Canyon try for this rim side view from your porch.  Think almost a year in advance for reservations.

Lisa chose #34.  As a Ranger at Mesa Verde National Park in 2005 I spent time roving in Spruce Tree House located a short walk below the park’s museum.

My choice this week is not from Bryce Canyon, though it may have looked similar a few days ago.  Instead this is the western edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau near Cedar Breaks National Monument seen on my drive back to Bryce from Cedar City to shop.

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After two hours trying to load this post last night I gave up.  After four hours this morning with same problem I came to town just outside the park to get propane and a signal.  If this persists, you may not hear from me.

This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including Grand Canyon, dramatic skies, and yesterday’s snowy view at Bryce Canyon.

Jennifer chose #4444.  Heart Arch is not the only interesting formation in Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California.

Doris chose #2218, “my service number at the local Honda dealer to have a roof rack installed.”  Hope she loads that rack and makes it to the North Rim Grand Canyon for a sunset.

Rita chose #2993.  A southern view across Grand Canyon from Parissawampitts Point along the Rainbow Rim trail located on the Kaibab National Forest.

Jo chose #1844, “the time here in SA on this Friday night.”  This sign from the time I hiked with Jo’s son in the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa (SA).

Cathy chose #5860.  This late light forest view from my RV window when working on the North Rim Grand Canyon National Park.

Sherry chose #4567.  A late afternoon with low clouds seen from the Cape Royal overlook on the North Rim Grand Canyon.

Diane and Nigel chose #1604.  You’ll have to look closely for the half-moon among these branches.

Lisa chose #7725.  Sometimes elephants struggle to get out of a waterhole, though this one wasn’t in trouble.  At Addo Elephant National Park South Africa.

Jodee and Bill chose #923.  A look back at where I’d been walking on the Coral Pink Sand Dunes.

Alan and Random dot org chose #2846.  Fork in the road as I walked to Clark Dry Lake bed in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park California.

Jeff chose #1982, “(19.82) the exchange rate as we crossed into Mexico yesterday.”  That’s a crazy good deal for Americans but not for Mexico.  And this view south doesn’t reach that far.  From Cape Royal again.

My view yesterday from Piracy Point at the Farview overlook during a snow storm at Bryce Canyon National Park.

Thank you for playing along with Foto Friday Fun which allows me to share these photographs and memories.  For more of the story just follow the links.  Please join in next week by leaving a number between 0001 and 9999 in your comment.

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