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Another Year

It’s been a year since I started this blog on the way back from a trip to Vermont to see the fall foliage colors. I should put up a few shots of this year’s trip:

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Pinnacles National Monument

The Pinnacles formed as a volcano in southern California. Over millions of years, tectonic plate action along the San Andreas fault has moved it a few hundred miles north to its present location. Some of the last breeding pairs of … Continue reading

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Vermont Sharp Cheddar

This blog started on the way back from my Oct’12 trip to Vermont for the fall foliage season. In the spring, it’s skiing and visiting family for birthdays. We visited the Cabot cheese factory, in the town of Cabot and … Continue reading

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Rain and Snow

It almost never rains here in the summer. When it does rain in the winter, we usually get a lot of it all at once. Everything that grows needs the water, so that’s good, but heavy rain also can cause … Continue reading

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A Couple of Sunsets

The colors and dark silhouettes in one taken near home in California’s Santa Cruz Mountains: remind me of this old favorite, which I took a couple of years ago near Gila Bend in Arizona:

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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

This was an interesting day trip in southern California last October. Mount San Jacinto State Park is a wooded wilderness on a mountain top 10,000 feet above the desert. It’s 20 degrees cooler in the summer and like Big Bear … Continue reading

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Front Sight

I recently attended my first course at the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute about an hour west of Las Vegas. There was a short reference at the welcome talk to the sad situation in Connecticut the week before, but since … Continue reading

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Bryce Canyon

Bryce Canyon deserves a post of its own. I reserved a full day, and that was barely enough to scratch the surface of this amazing landscape. The main geological feature is the “Hoodoo”, the name they give the sandstone spires. … Continue reading

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Cool Geology in Utah

Too much traveling and not enough writing… In early December, I did a whirl-wind tour of four national parks in Utah. Of course, one couldĀ  spend a lot more time exploring each of these, and I may come back to … Continue reading

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Capitol Reef National Park I

I only had time to cover the Scenic Drive and Capitol Gorge Wash in the upper part of the park on Monday. It was getting dark on my way out. I plan to go back to see the famous “Waterpocket … Continue reading

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