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Wandering the American Southwest on foot.
For #WaterWednesday here's the Escalante River and Stevens Arch, with my hiking partner helpfully providing a sense of scale.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For #WaterWednesday here's the Escalante River and Stevens Arch, with my hiking partner helpfully providing a sense of scale.
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#backpacking
#landscapes
#hiking
#backpacking
#landscapes
For #RockinTuesday here's some tilted, faulted, eroded, and generally messed-up* sandstone along the edge of the East Kaibab Monocline near Kanab, UT.
*"Generally messed-up" is a perfectly good geological term.😉
*"Generally messed-up" is a perfectly good geological term.😉
December 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For #RockinTuesday here's some tilted, faulted, eroded, and generally messed-up* sandstone along the edge of the East Kaibab Monocline near Kanab, UT.
*"Generally messed-up" is a perfectly good geological term.😉
*"Generally messed-up" is a perfectly good geological term.😉
This little Pinyon pine cone seems apropos for #BlueSkyMonday and the beginning of meteorological winter. I hope December brings you all kinds of good things!
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#Utah
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December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This little Pinyon pine cone seems apropos for #BlueSkyMonday and the beginning of meteorological winter. I hope December brings you all kinds of good things!
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#Utah
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#Utah
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The Chinle Formation is unmistakable. In other areas - near Capitol Reef, for example - it contains quantities of petrified wood. I've seen entire petrified logs in that region. I hope you have a peaceful Sunday!
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#Stunday
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#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#Stunday
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November 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Chinle Formation is unmistakable. In other areas - near Capitol Reef, for example - it contains quantities of petrified wood. I've seen entire petrified logs in that region. I hope you have a peaceful Sunday!
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#Stunday
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#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#Stunday
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Yes, it's two days after Thanksgiving, but let me present what IMO should be named "Turkey Rock." I hope you all have a good weekend!
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#landscapes
#utah
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#utah
November 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yes, it's two days after Thanksgiving, but let me present what IMO should be named "Turkey Rock." I hope you all have a good weekend!
#hiking
#landscapes
#utah
#hiking
#landscapes
#utah
For #YellowThu here's a wild canyon that's yellow, orange, and white. I hope your Thanksgiving is warm and peaceful!
#ColorADay
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#ColorADay
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November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For #YellowThu here's a wild canyon that's yellow, orange, and white. I hope your Thanksgiving is warm and peaceful!
#ColorADay
#landscapes
#hiking
#ColorADay
#landscapes
#hiking
For #RockinTuesday
It's not my fault, Part 637. Yesterday as I was scrambling to the top of a mesa, I had to pause to get a shot of this series of little faults. I hope you all have a good day!
#hiking
#landscapes
It's not my fault, Part 637. Yesterday as I was scrambling to the top of a mesa, I had to pause to get a shot of this series of little faults. I hope you all have a good day!
#hiking
#landscapes
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For #RockinTuesday
It's not my fault, Part 637. Yesterday as I was scrambling to the top of a mesa, I had to pause to get a shot of this series of little faults. I hope you all have a good day!
#hiking
#landscapes
It's not my fault, Part 637. Yesterday as I was scrambling to the top of a mesa, I had to pause to get a shot of this series of little faults. I hope you all have a good day!
#hiking
#landscapes
It's #BlueSkyMonday and the beginning of Thanksgiving week. I'm deeply thankful to live in a place surrounded by public lands. This belongs to you and me.🩷
#ShotsInSlots
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#ShotsInSlots
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November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It's #BlueSkyMonday and the beginning of Thanksgiving week. I'm deeply thankful to live in a place surrounded by public lands. This belongs to you and me.🩷
#ShotsInSlots
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#ShotsInSlots
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#landscapes
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When presented with the opportunity to wade through cold, muddy water of indeterminate depth, I declined.😆
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When presented with the opportunity to wade through cold, muddy water of indeterminate depth, I declined.😆
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My favorite bird for #BWFri
Maybe I've mentioned this, but my fondest wish is to be reincarnated as a raven. I hope Friday treats you all well!
#ColorADay
Maybe I've mentioned this, but my fondest wish is to be reincarnated as a raven. I hope Friday treats you all well!
#ColorADay
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My favorite bird for #BWFri
Maybe I've mentioned this, but my fondest wish is to be reincarnated as a raven. I hope Friday treats you all well!
#ColorADay
Maybe I've mentioned this, but my fondest wish is to be reincarnated as a raven. I hope Friday treats you all well!
#ColorADay
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For #WaterWednesday a full waterpocket before all the rain and snow in northern Arizona this week. I'll have to go back up there soon - there'll be hundreds of pools.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For #WaterWednesday a full waterpocket before all the rain and snow in northern Arizona this week. I'll have to go back up there soon - there'll be hundreds of pools.
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#landscapes
#hiking
#landscapes
I saw this beautiful point while exploring in the Vermilion Cliffs yesterday. It shown brightly against the orange sand and pebbles. Kind of made my day.
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
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#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
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November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I saw this beautiful point while exploring in the Vermilion Cliffs yesterday. It shown brightly against the orange sand and pebbles. Kind of made my day.
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
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#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
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For #BWFri ...this is actually a fairly small sandstone spire, but with a little cropping it looks like it belongs somewhere in Patagonia. I hope you all survived the week in good spirits!
#ColorADay
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#ColorADay
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November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For #BWFri ...this is actually a fairly small sandstone spire, but with a little cropping it looks like it belongs somewhere in Patagonia. I hope you all survived the week in good spirits!
#ColorADay
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#ColorADay
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They're called the Vermilion Cliffs for good reason. I hope you all have a great day!
#ColorADay
#RedWed
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#ColorADay
#RedWed
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November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
They're called the Vermilion Cliffs for good reason. I hope you all have a great day!
#ColorADay
#RedWed
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#ColorADay
#RedWed
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For #RockinTuesday may I present some Moqui marbles - or in this case, Moqui ping pong balls. They're iron concretions that form in sandstone and the Navaho Sandstone is famous for them. I hope you all have a good Tuesday!
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For #RockinTuesday may I present some Moqui marbles - or in this case, Moqui ping pong balls. They're iron concretions that form in sandstone and the Navaho Sandstone is famous for them. I hope you all have a good Tuesday!
It's #BlueSkyMonday - a good day for House Democrats to check if they found their Senate colleagues' missing spines. In any case, I hope the week treat you well. Here's the waning gibbous moon peeking through golden cottonwood leaves.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It's #BlueSkyMonday - a good day for House Democrats to check if they found their Senate colleagues' missing spines. In any case, I hope the week treat you well. Here's the waning gibbous moon peeking through golden cottonwood leaves.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For #RockinTuesday - a favorite spot in the Vermilion Cliffs, northern Arizona. The landscape doing a red, white, and blue thing.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For #RockinTuesday - a favorite spot in the Vermilion Cliffs, northern Arizona. The landscape doing a red, white, and blue thing.
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#hiking
Here we are at #BlueSkyMonday - again! Sometimes it can feel like you're shouldering a huge boulder, but things will get better, for sure.
#ColorADay
#PinkMon
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#ColorADay
#PinkMon
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November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Here we are at #BlueSkyMonday - again! Sometimes it can feel like you're shouldering a huge boulder, but things will get better, for sure.
#ColorADay
#PinkMon
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#landscapes
#ColorADay
#PinkMon
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#landscapes
Walking up through The Cockscomb just west of the Paria River in southern Utah. These rocks were steeply tilted by the formation of the East Kaibab Monocline, so you're walking back through time as you hike upwards.
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
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#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
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November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Walking up through The Cockscomb just west of the Paria River in southern Utah. These rocks were steeply tilted by the formation of the East Kaibab Monocline, so you're walking back through time as you hike upwards.
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#hiking
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#hiking
One simply doesn't walk past a group of asters without taking a photo. iNaturalist tells me that this is a tansyaster (Dieteria sp.) I hope you all have a good weekend!
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November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One simply doesn't walk past a group of asters without taking a photo. iNaturalist tells me that this is a tansyaster (Dieteria sp.) I hope you all have a good weekend!
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#hiking
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