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June
Lake & Eastern Sierra
Nevada & Great Basin Utah & Dinosaur National
Monument
Colorado
& Dinosaur National Monument
Colorado & Rocky Mountain
National Park
Missouri
& Indiana
Ohio &
Michigan Missouri Again
Heading Home
Maps |
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June Lake
& Eastern Sierra |
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A
different view of Half Dome |
Cloud's
Rest |
Tenaya
Lake |
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Mikie
& Teri in the gondola at Mammoth Lakes |
Yeah, that's what's holding
us up |
The
Minarets |
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Triumphant
atop an 11,000 foot peak |
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View
from Seven Lake Vista |
Dick
with the Minarets as backdrop |
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With the Minarets in the
background,
Teri celebrates her 50th birthday |
Biking
is a popular activity at Mammoth Lakes |
Our
A-frame at Reverse Creek Lodge |
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Teri in
our kitchen |
Mikie
and Max, just kicking back |
The view
from our cabin |
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Cliffs
above the June Lake Loop road |
Rugged
juniper by the road |
One
of many volcanic craters in the Mono Lake area |
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Panum
Crater |
Obsidian
boulder in the crater |
Water
spout on Mono Lake |
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The
dramatic top of the plug |
More obsidian |
A stormy
morning |
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Hot
Creek |
It
probably should say SURVIVORS will be cited |
The
cool part of Hot Creek |
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Boulder
at Obsidian Dome |
Teri
considers whether she can make off with that nice specimen |
Obsidian
comes in various colors |
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The path
to the top of the dome |
Pumice
makes average humans capable of amazing feats |
On top
of Obsidian Dome |
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Different colored volcanic
rocks at Obsidian Dome |
All the places you can go
from Mammoth Lakes |
Squirrel in the meadow near
Devil's Postpile |
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The
Devils Postpile |
Broken
posts in front of the formation |
Max and Mikie on the fallen
posts |
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On the
southern end of the area |
Another look at the
southern end |
Meadow
and Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River |
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Polygon
shapes of the posts are clearly seen on top of the pile |
Max,
Mikie and Teri on the top |
Dick
and Teri in front of our giant Jeffrey Pine |
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A last
look at the Sierra along State Highway 120 |
Lupines by Highway 120 |
Heading into Benton and
Benton Hot Springs |
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Eastern
Sierra from State Highway 120 |
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Panoramic
view of the Minarets |
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Nevada
& Great Basin National Park |
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The Snake Valley below
Great Basin National Park |
Juniper, piņon
and mountain mahogany |
Wheeler
Peak in Great Basin National Park |
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The
right way to get high |
Aspens at the highest
point on the road |
Mountains north of the park |
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Meadow below Mather
Overlook |
Snake Valley from the upper
part of the park |
A bit of whimsy along the
road into the park |
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Cliff
Rose |
Inside
Lehman Cave |
Another scene in the cave |
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More
cave views |
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One of
many old log structures around Baker, NV |
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The
palatial Whispering Elms Hotel in Baker |
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Figures
at the ranching exhibit |
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Limber
pine cones at back, and Engleman spruce in front |
This
dead bristlecone stands like a sentinel at the edge of the grove |
Tool
used to take borings to determine age of trees |
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Base of
an ancient bristlecone |
Comparison
of bristlecone needles... |
...and
the looser, lighter limber pine needles |
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Only the
branch on the left is still living on this patriarch |
This
young bristlecone, four inches in diameter and 12 feet tall,
could be anywhere from 200 to 1,000 years old |
A close
look at those bristly cones |
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An
especially fine example of nature's sculpture work |
Dick
next to the Guardian tree |
Lots
of information about bristlecone pines |
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Yes,
this is the trail to the grove |
A little
smoother section of the trail |
Wheeler
Peak from the grove |
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Dick at the Great Basin
sign |
Looking
east from Baker, NV |
Corral and ranch buildings
at the edge of Baker |
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Inviting
flower, spiny foliage marks this as a prickly poppy |
Downtown
Baker NV |
Foot
tall ant hill in Baker |
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Rock
layers along US 6 in Nevada |
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13,000
foot Wheeler Peak area of Great Basin National Park |
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Utah &
Dinosaur National Monument |
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Notch Peak from US 6 just
east of the Nevada border |
Small plants in the mud
flats |
Along US
6 in western Utah |
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Rock formations along US 6 |
In Price Canyon on US 6 |
Bee
posing on a thistle blossom |
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US
191 between Price Canyon on US 6 and US 40 |
Along US
191 |
Irrigated
land in the valley along US 191 |
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Old
cabin on US 191 |
Prairie Dog on US 191 |
Turtle
Rock, Cub Creek Drive in Dinosaur National Monument |
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Another
turtle rock? |
Cliffs above the Green
River |
Another
rounded sandstone cliff |
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The
Green River near Chew Ranch |
Sculpted
sandstone |
Split
Mountain from near the end of the road
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A
closer look at Split Mountain |
Canyon
off the Green River |
Petroglyphs
by Jackson Pollack? |
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Fremont
petroglyphs near Cub Creek
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Cub
Creek |
Josie Bassett
Morris' cabin |
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Box
canyon where Josie corralled her cows
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View
from the upper end of the canyon
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Upper end of the canyon |
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Multicolored
rock near Split Mountain Area |
Campground
on the Green River below Split Mountain |
The
river above the camping area |
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Flowers along the
road |
Proof
that I was there |
The
Monument is part of a huge area where dinosaurs once roamed |
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The
Quarry Exhibit Hall |
Camarasaurus
femur, about
five feet long |
Actual
apatosaurus skull fossil |
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Bones in
the quarry |
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A ubiquitous
sign all over the west |
At the
entrance to Sound of Silence Trail |
Evidence
of heavy runoff |
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Colors
both vibrant and subtle |
Endlessly
fascinating formations mark the Sound of Silence Trail |
Unique
markings |
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The work
of time, water and wind |
More
sandstone sculpture |
Multicolor
layers |
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Fremont
culture cell tower? |
Looking
back toward the road on the Sound of Silence Trail |
One of a
dozen pigmy rabbits who posed for pictures |
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You
have to hike early to enjoy shade in the wash |
Hiking
poles were welcome at this spot on the trail |
Without
the trees, it would be a moonscape
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A look
back in time |
A rare
shady spot on the trail |
Just
like the back window of an SUV
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Another
Fremont figure along Cub Creek road |
The
masterpiece, it probably took months to etch this lizard |
The
flute player is a common figure in southwest native culture |
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Bighorn sheep petroglyph |
The lizard is visible above
the trail to the petroglyphs |
View from the petroglyph
trail |
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Big
smoke cloud north of Vernal |
Dozens
of these planters lined the main street of Vernal, Utah |
Mammoth
tusks under restoration |
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Bentonite
in the Utah Museum |
A an
explanation of Bentonite |
A nice
display of projectile points |
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Scientists
now think pteranodon may have had fur |
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Mammoth
model at the museum |
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Apatosaurus
skeleton in the museum |
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T-Rex and
triceratops models outside the museum |
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Cliffs along
the Green River |
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Entrance
to the Sound of Silence Trail |
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Panorama
of Turtle Rock area |
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Colorado
& Dinosaur National Monument |
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A gully
full of tumbleweeds |
Street
sign in the town of Dinosaur, CO |
Plug Hat
Butte |
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Sagebrush
and sandstone outcroppings |
View
from trail above the butte |
Nature's
fantastic sculpture work,
using a Utah juniper |
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Mulleins line up at the
edge of the road by Canyon Overlook |
The
antelope play |
Another
striking juniper |
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Flowers
of Dinosaur National Monument |
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A dramatic view of the
canyons of Dinosaur National Monument |
Looking
down into Echo Park |
Echo
Park, where the Yampa meets the Green; formation just left of center
is Steamboat Rock |
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The
river and the canyon it carved |
Talk
about a remote road! |
The
Green below the confluence of the two rivers |
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Close
up in Echo Park |
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A
twisted river |
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Echo
Park panorama |
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The
Yampa in a quieter mood |
Entrance sign to the
Colorado section of the monument |
Flower in the northern
section of Dinosaur Monument |
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The
gates to the Gates |
The Green River above the
Gates |
Red cliffs above the Green
River, viewed from Colorado 318 |
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From the
trail approaching the Gates |
Another
view from the trail |
This
peaceful section belies the rapids that lie ahead |
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Following
in the path of Powell |
The
Gates of Lodore |
At the end of the trail |
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Rock
formation by the trail |
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The
Lizard of Lodore |
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The
Green River enters the Gates of Lodore |
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Cliffs
in the Canyon Pintado Historic District south of Rangely, CO |
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Rock formations on Colorado
64
northwest of Rangely |
Rock
paintings in Four Mile Draw |
Old line
shack in the canyon |
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A gate
to keep cows out and let
water and debris through |
A
view across Four Mile Draw |
Eroded
cliff in the draw |
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One of
the most popular characters of the southwest |
Kokopeli
and another figure |
A
closer look |
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A lance
painted on the rock |
Formation
near Kokopelli |
The
White Bird site |
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Swallows
nests in the cliffs |
A
rock strewn canyon |
Cliff
along Canyon Pintado road |
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A field of grass |
Grasses
and scrub brush |
Cottontail rabbit |
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Oil
pump near Rangely Museum |
Downtown
Rangely, CO |
White
River near Rangely |
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Hay
bales along the White River on
CO 64 east of Rangely |
Abandoned
ranch along CO 64 |
The
ranch house |
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Colorado
& Rocky Mountain National Park |
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Snow fence on CO 13 |
The
Yampa again, by CO 13 |
Yampa
Valley along US 40 |
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Yampa Valley
Panorama |
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Another
abandoned homestead |
US 40
enters the Colorado River canyon
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My
first view of the Colorado river IN Colorado |
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Colorado
corral |
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Storm
over Kremmling, CO |
Granby
Lake at the edge of
Rocky Mountain National Park |
Entering
the park |
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Lake
Granby and the Rocky Mountains |
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The
Colorado in the Kawuneeche Valley
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The Kawuneeche Valley |
This thistle keeps its
heads down where the leaves offer maximum protection |
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Kawuneeche
Valley |
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Moose feeing in the
Kawuneeche Valley
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Adams Falls |
Looking down from the
top of the falls |
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Rocky
Mountains in the national park |
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Storm
in the Rockies |
A
unique flower |
Dandelion
near the Colorado |
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Grand
Lake, just outside the
park |
The Rockies above Granby
Lake |
The
view from my balcony in Granby |
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Something
for everyone in downtown Granby |
Homesteader's
cabin in Kawuneeche Valley |
The
Colorado River has its start a few miles up this valley |
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A short walk from here are
buildings that were part of a dude ranch started about 1920 |
The
Colorado near Holzwarth Dude Ranch |
Old
corral at the ranch site |
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This
ice house kept 125
100-pound blocks of ice frozen through the summer |
This
was John Holzwarth's taxidermy shop |
The
original house |
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Another
moose |
Mountain
flowers |
The
view from Fairview Curve |
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Looking
back at the Kawuneeche
Valley from Fairview |
Columbine
blossom |
Small lake by the
Continental Divide |
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Surely
we can get higher than this!
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Still
not the highest point on the road
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Just
about as high as it gets without going off road |
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View
from the road below the visitor center |
Snow
and mountains near visitor center
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A
glacial cirque, looking out the back of the visitor center |
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The
dark cliffs are lava |
Above
the tree line, tiny flowers are king |
More
alpine blooms |
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Flowers
of the tundra |
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Rocks
are another major crop in these parts |
The
path leads out to a vista point above a river canyon |
Mountains
and tundra |
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Shades of blue dominate |
More
rugged peaks |
Nothing but rock and ice |
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The
road to the sky |
The
view of a "park" on the eastern side |
Another
park |
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Down
in the "low" country around 7,000 feet |
Big
Thompson River |
In
the river canyon |
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High
peaks and tundra |
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Kansas,
Missouri, Indiana |
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Cedar Bluffs along US 83 in Kansas |
Geographic center of US
marker in Kansas |
James Stanley McGee |
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These flowers were
everywhere in the
Midwestern states |
Entering Etna Green Indiana |
Soy beans from front of
June Ganshorn's house |
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Sign at historic Robert
Watkins Farm
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Robert in Civil War days |
Robert and Sarah in later
days |
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Dick Estel and June
Ganshorn |
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Lots of choices |
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June Ganshorn house and farm, Etna Green, Indiana |
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Ohio &
Michigan |
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Cousin Martha and her
mulleins |
Daughter Heidi, Martha,
twins Vanessa & Natasha, friend Morgan |
In Oak Openings Preserve
(trees broken off by a tornado) |
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Another view in Oak
Openings |
Twin fawns in the preserve |
Blossoms in the preserve |
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A dramatic flower in
Martha's garden
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A unique red-leaf plant |
Frogs enjoy a quiet pond in
the garden
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Here, it IS easy being
green |
Martha's back yard |
A lupine blooms in Ohio |
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Barn north of Delta, Ohio |
Sunset on the farm |
The
Snyders: Kate, Annnette & Dom,
Mark, Rob & Luke, Jacob |
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Luke & Dominic sample
the berry crop |
Jacob and rabbit |
The kids on the stage coach
climbing bars |
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Luke ready to hop on pop |
Fisherman Mark |
In a non-traditional
approach,
Jacob chops wood after it's on the fire |
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Ron Dzierzawski getting
the boat ready |
The view from
Wampler's Lake, Michigan |
Blue Heron patrolling the
lake |
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Chrysanthemums in Vaughn
greenhouse |
Automatic watering |
Poinsettias |
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Downtown Ai |
Where K.K. & Tillie
Watkins lived in 1920 |
K.K. & Tillie headstone |
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Missouri
Again |
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Gateway Arch in St. Louis |
The wind turned this
garbage can inside out |
James & Paz Hall, Dick,
Gayle & Jim Hall
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Jim, Gayle & Amos |
James, Paz & Otis |
Aaron Hall & daughter
Casey |
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Woods back of Jim's place |
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Heading Home |
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The
real west |
Cheapest
gas on the trip |
Green
fields |
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Sunflowers in Oklahoma |
Lots of signs for the
Flying C Ranch in New Mexico |
Do you see the face? |
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Colorful New Mexico |
More sandstone cliffs |
At the edge of Santa Rosa,
NM |
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A three layer
"cake" of sandstone |
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High desert and mountains
in Arizona
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More Arizona |
Arizona desert country |
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An
eroded hillside |
Clouds
stacked up in Arizona |
Kramer Junction in
California's Mojave Desert |
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The north side of Boron... |
...and the south side |
Part of Edwards Air Force
Base,
above the town of Boron |
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A more than adequate number
of creosote bushes |
Borax mine and processing
plant |
Mountains south of
Tehachapi |
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The way to town |
Keene's claim to fame |
Keene's
other claim to fame |
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Still another Keene
landmark |
Back in the San Joaquin
Valley- a giant fruit stand |
The last highway on my trip |
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Only a block to go |
My street - a welcome sight
after 40 days of traveling |
Home at last! |
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Two engines at
the front and two at the rear move this train up the Tehachapi grade |
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Gas in Missouri... |
...and in Oklahoma... |
...and back in California |
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Maps |
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Eastbound: June Lake
& Great Basin National Park |
Dinosaur National Monument |
Areas visited in eastern
Dinosaur National Monument |
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Rocky Mountain National
Park |
Overnight Stops |
Visiting Jim
in Missouri and June in Indiana |
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Travel from Indiana to
Maumee OH |
Areas
visited from Maumee |
Westbound:
Overnight stops; Hall family in Missouri |
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Overnight stops |
Last night
and arrival home |
Overview of
approximate route |
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Signs
along the road |
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To
read the text for the Journey of 2014, click here. |
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