Looking at things is very different from seeing them
An easy day at the beach…..
… watching surfers – young and old, they all seem to enjoy themselves!
Plus some other more or less permanent guests at the beach:
Scarface and her companion were back at the Riparian Preserve this week. The pair spent much of the morning chasing and playfully nipping at each other across the nearly dry settling ponds. Despite all the activity,…
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At the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, water is carefully managed through a series of settling ponds - an engineered landscape that has become a refuge for wildlife over the years. Some ponds sit nearly…
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Every year around this time, I start watching the ground a little more closely - and right on cue, they return. The “aliens” of the desert are back. Digger bees, often from the genus Anthophora, are…
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At this time of year, a few miles from our home, several great horned owls are raising their young. It’s incredible to see how quickly these tiny, downy chicks grow - in what feels like…
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Monsoon season in southern Arizona starts mid-June and lasts until the end of September. This is when the humidity can raise drastically and one gets to feel how it must be to live in Florida.…
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Odometer: 55,675Time: 07:00We are starting off on HWY 84 towards North Powder. There we take Scenic Byway 73 to Elkhorn Summit, a ski- and winter vacation resort up on over 7,000 feet. It is still…
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Odometer: 52,237Time: about 10:00The weather is still lousy, but we want to move on and do something. So, we take Scenic Route 143 from Panguitch to Cedar City. It leads up and up, higher and higher into…
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No risk, no fun….Odometer: 50,652Time: 07:15Checked out of the Travelodge and drive away from the cloudy sky over Page towards Big Water. We try Smoky Mountain road again and today get through the riverbed and…
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