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One of the great drives in N America: the 50+ mile, over-the-Continental Divide Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park, MT. Haystack Creek and a Red Bus (tourists).

Nothing like a Northern Rockies road trip.
December 28, 2024 at 7:50 PM
One of the most photographed lighthouses in ME: Pemaquid Point, Bristol, ME (Central Coast)
December 28, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Dissolved and crystallized potash ponds, near Dead Horse Point State Park, near Moab, UT. Minerals and algae contribute to the colors of what’s, to me, an environmental mess.

Went to DHPSP in September. Glad I missed this.

Colorado River is visible.
December 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM
King cobra v Mongoose

Who wins?

Mongoose, 80% of the time. The cobra’s venom doesn’t affect the mongoose. The only predator that the king cobra truly fears.

See comment for other creatures that eat king cobras for lunch, including other king cobras.
December 27, 2024 at 11:23 PM
The Golden Crown, a hoodoo in the Valley of Dreams, Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, NW of Albuquerque.

Bring your hiking app and good trailhead-finding skills. GPS won’t do it (depending on your destination in BDNZ).

Some of the most desolate badlands in the USA.
December 27, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Thelma and Louise Point, Dead Horse Point State Park, Moab, UT

Pic 2: nearby to TALP is Wall Street aka Potash Road in Moab with great climbing and at least a few nice arch hikes
December 27, 2024 at 7:34 PM
The 120 mile wide Flatirons, San Rafael Swell, UT
December 27, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Bighorn rams head butting each other, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, S CA
December 26, 2024 at 10:41 PM
fishing shack, low tide, Cape Porpoise, Kennebunkport, ME

Have a color version of a variant of this photo on my wall.
December 26, 2024 at 5:22 PM
White Pocket, Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, N AZ

Bring your 4x4 high clearance vehicle and deep sand driving knowledge to access the trailhead
December 26, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Tunnel View aka 4300 foot Wawona Tunnel (longest tunnel in CA), Yosemite National Park
December 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Iceland 🇮🇸
December 26, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Penguin Rock aka Spire Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, CA. A juniper tree frames it.

JTNP was crowded yesterday (Christmas).
December 26, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The coldest inhabited place on earth: Oymyakon, Eastern Siberia. Lowest recorded temperature was 98 degrees below zero F.

FeatheredFriends.com in #Seattle, maker of the best and warmest down coats in the world, has a Rock and Ice parka, “ideal for evening strolls in Oymyakon” per their website.
December 26, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Considered the premier hike in Zion National Park: The Narrows. Permit required, walls up to 1300 feet, narrowest section of Zion Canyon. Virgin River.
December 26, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Milky Way, Santa Cruz, CA
December 26, 2024 at 3:34 PM
December 24, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Merry Christmas ? from Beachy Head and Beachy Head Lighthouse, East Sussex, England. A “rock tower” lighthouse (built offshore).
December 24, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Fresh catch of the day. This photo is NOT AI or photoshopped.

Not sure of the bird type but I’ve seen eagles 🦅 do this.

Christmas Meal for a raptor.
December 24, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Santa 🧑‍🎄 and his reindeer passing by Split Rock Lighthouse, NW shoreline of Lake Superior, Two Harbors, MN

Don’t forget the milk and cookies 🍪 for Santa when he stops at your place (unless you’ve been naughty 👿 😀👍)!
December 24, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Merry Christmas ? from 1 of the world’s most desolate & rugged places: Hells Canyon, OR/ID border.

Went there in Sept while hiking in the Wallowa Mtns/Eagle Cap Wilderness, near Joseph, OR.

Equally impressive is Imnaha River Canyon, Imnaha, OR, which joins w/ HC. ✔️ Hat Point Overlook online.
December 24, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Merry Christmas from the Indigenous Peoples of the SW: Santa and his reindeer petroglyph, Nine Mile Canyon, NW of Moab, UT.

NMC is actually 40 miles long, called “the world’s longest art gallery”.
December 24, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Merry Christmas from Portland Head Lighthouse, Cape Elizabeth, ME. The most photographed lighthouse in ME and maybe the world.

Photo taken yesterday.
December 24, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Merry Christmas from Yosemite Valley Chapel, Yosemite National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA.

Photo taken yesterday.
December 24, 2024 at 4:04 PM
$11 on Amazon for the Trans-Siberian Orchestra DVD that will blow your mind. The only DVD I watch every year (at Christmas). Not Jeff Beck, not Miles Davis, not Fleetwood Mac or many others I have. This one. It’s that good.
December 24, 2024 at 6:13 AM