I could post pictures of dahlias for the next month and never be tired of it. However, I’m pretty sure there will be something else to comment about and more pictures to post. For today, though, just feast your eyes on this wonderful fiery dahlia. Click for full size.
We went to the Botanic Garden today to specifically see and take pictures of the Dahlias, which are in abundance during August. This wonderful example is only one of many flowers and varieties currently showing. Click for the 1024×768 view.
Most years we travel in Arizona, we stay at the Cameron Trading Post. It’s a complex on the Navajo Reservation near the east entrance to Grand Canyon. Rooms are reasonable and they have a great gift shop, restaurant and a very nice garden. This is the panoramic view from the room we stayed in overlooking the little Colorado River gorge. Later this night, we saw an amazing light show, courtesy of the electrical storms north of us. Click for full-sized panorama.
One of our stops during the recent vacation was Dead Horse Ranch State Park near Cottonwood, AZ. We stopped to have lunch and enjoy the beautiful lagoons and scenery. This image shows one of the several lagoons and ponds in the park. There was also a river flowing through the park. After having lunch, we visited Tuzigoot, just down the road.
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Canyonlands National Park is in Southern Utah, west of US Hwy. 191. The confluence of the Green River and the Colorado River is about in the center of this vast, scenic land. Canyonlands has two entrances, one north and one south – it is impossible to drive in one entrance and go out the other because of a two-thousand foot cliff and wide rivers in the middle. On the day we went to this park (both entrances) and Arches National Park. Bob found it hard to believe that I nearly filled up my 4 gigabyte camera memory module – over 1000 images! What can I say – it was all so interesting and beautiful. We watched a feature-length slide show in our room that night. This picture is of a formation referred to as “needles.” Click on the image for full-sized.
This is one of many panoramic images I took on our vacation last week. This is at Bryce Canyon from Sunrise Point. Just look at the colors and weird hoodoo formations. Amazing.
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