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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including multiple Colorado River views from Toroweap, a couple shots from South Africa’s Tsitsikamma National Park, several panoramas.

Diane and Nigel chose #1903 a multi-shot panorama.  During my first visit to South Africa in 2010 I took an overnight hike into the Drakensburg Mountains guided by Jo’s son.

Cathy chose #2171.  Looking downstream on the Colorado River and Lava Falls rapid from the iconic Toroweap along the north rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

Jo chose #1528, “a guest reservation number.”  Harvey Meadows on the North Rim Grand Canyon can be seen on the drive to the Widforss trailhead.

Sue chose #1971.  Another view from Toroweap 3000 feet above the Colorado River looking upstream.

Lisa chose #2003, “for the official start of spring break.”  Not sure Toroweap is a spring break destination but that’s OK, don’t tell anybody.  This panorama from the same trip as above looks straight down on the river.

Yogi and random dot org chose #6354.  Barely enough light for this sunset Ocean over the Indian Ocean from Tsitsikamma National Park in South Africa during my third visit in 2014.

Doris chose #734.  An early monsoon storm at the end of June in 2009 driving north on SR89 from Flagstaff through the Painted Desert and looking at Echo Cliffs.

Sherry chose #6128.  Back to Tsitsikamma National Park on the Suspension Bridge trail crossing over the mouth of the Storms River.

Jodee and Bill chose #1717.  My first visit to Bryce in October 2010 when I hiked Wall Street.

Rita chose #0329.  At the end of the Toadstools trail in Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.  Doesn’t the water spillway look like a heart?

Sallie and Bill get #0093, (93 words in their last comment).  She is so good photographing flowers, unlike this crooked shot.  The Desert Gold flowers enjoyed enough moisture for a Superbloom at Death Valley National Park in February 2016.

My choice of a stormy looking day that gave a dozen drops of rain taken at my last camp looking at the Kofa Mountains.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 11 readers including flowers, Grand Canyon, South Africa, and two different Palm Canyons.

Jim and Diana chose #544, “the time of Sunday’s Starlink 21 launch.”  I suspect he means 5:44am, a time I would rather be snuggled into this pile of pillows covered in woven silk, a display at African Silks.

Diane and Nigel chose #1203.  Maybe they know what this flower is seen in Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Jo chose #6110.  A popular number for some reason that took me to a year ago, 3-28-20, for the oldest in file.  Globe Mallow grew along the dry wash by my camp near Ajo, Arizona.

Lisa chose #6307.  Back to South Africa in 2014 watching sunset over the Indian Ocean at Tsitsikamma National Park.

Cathy chose #0629.  A fun shot of me and Grand Canyon reflected in a window framed mirror at the Desert View Watchtower on the South Rim.

Sherry chose #330.  Driving south on SR67 to the North Rim Grand Canyon through the meadows in the Kaibab National Forest.

Yogi chose #2284.  He likes some kinds of signs but not all.  Vermilion Cliffs National Monument straddles Arizona and Utah, where this shot was taken.  Also, a special request for the retired gas man, pipeline sign taken a couple days ago.

Rita chose #3807, a two-shot panorama.  While on safari in Kruger National Park I frequently saw sunset, and maybe some wildlife, at Sunset Dam not far from our South African camp.

Sallie and Bill chose #315.  Yup, I frequently hike in a skirt.  And here I am at Ribbon Falls deep in the Grand Canyon during an October rim-to-rim hike with friends in 2009.

Doris chose #317.  The rest of Ribbon Falls that I was looking up at in the previous shot.

Jeff chose #3141, “in tribute of Pi Day.”  He may recognize this view looking down Palm Canyon.  And he might eat pie in a little town between the park and home.

My choice should give you a clue where my current camp is.

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This week’s Foto Friday Fun features images chosen by 13 readers including, no surprise Southwest rock features, some camouflaged wildlife, and me as an early Ranger.

Yogi chose #6494.  Not only is the Paul Sauer bridge an icon in South Africa, it crosses the deep and narrow Storms River gorge near Tsitsikamma National Park.

Diane and Nigel chose #503.  She is an amazing photographer of small life, like flowers, birds, and lizards.  Sadly I am not.  Look closely for the well camouflaged Short Horned Lizard not more than 3” long.  Unless they’re moving often go unnoticed.  Saw this creature along the two-track North Rim Lookout Tower trail at Grand Canyon’s northern border.

Sue chose #3421, “for the date of my first COVID shot.”  She’s been ‘horsing around’ [SIC] for a while to get an appointment.  This was my RV window view first season at Bryce Canyon through the forest to the trail-ride’s horse corral.

Jo chose #2000, the time she posted her comment.  This is a view of the Drakensburg Mountains, in her backyard, from the time I backpacked into them guided by her son John.

Jodee and Bill chose #2233.  When I hesitantly moved into a RV park along the railroad tracks I never thought I’d get so many awesome photos of them, especially sunset shots.

Cathy chose #0914.  Looking quiet and cold at the Grand Canyon Lodge on the North Rim before the opening of summer season taken 4-27-14.

Doris chose #9851.  A view of the amphitheater at Cedar Breaks National Monument from Chessmen Ridge overlook.  I was there for the wildflower festival, equally glorious.  BTW, it’s the same rock/hoodoos as Bryce Canyon.

Rita chose #9999, a popular choice over the years.  This distant view of desert, mesas, and snow covered mountains was taken 2-19-19 northwest of Lake Pleasant Regional Park along Cow Creek Road.  Joann and I took a day trip that day and loved it so much went back to camp for my birthday the end of March.

Jim and Diana chose #2158, “the time for Tuesday’s Starlink launch.”  Could this sandstone rock formation at White Pocket look like the cone of a rocket?

Sherry chose #8823.  She is a much better bird photographer than I, though she gets more practice.  Usually birds are too quick and flighty for me.  Got lucky with this well camouflaged Spotted Eagle Owl in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Sallie and Bill chose #79.  My first season as a Ranger, the summer of 1992, at Mt St Helens National Volcanic Monument.  Here giving a volcano talk at Windy Ridge overlook at the end of Forest Road 99 in the blast zone.

Lisa chose #7777.  This is Navajo Bridge crossing the Colorado River.  I am standing on the upriver now walking bridge.  Look closely in the girders for Condor’s #01 and 30.  A great place to stop along SR87 in Marble Canyon, Arizona.

Jeff chose #4599 for what he just paid for diesel fuel in California.  Yikes!  I paid $3.19/gal in Quartzsite, Arizona today.  His price is comparable to the fuel I bought per liter in South African in 2014, when I traveled to Kruger National Park where I saw this giraffe.

From my last camp just before sunset.

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