Journey of 2014 Photo Page
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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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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 | 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 | |||
| 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 |
Cub Creek | Josie Bassett Morris' cabin | |
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Box canyon where Josie corralled her cows |
View from the upper end of the canyon |
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 | 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 | |||
| 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 | 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 | 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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bales along the White River on |
Abandoned ranch along CO 64 | The ranch house | |
| 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 |
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 |
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 |
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! |
Still not the highest point on the road |
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 |
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 | |||
| 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 |
Robert in Civil War days | Robert and Sarah in later days | |
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| Dick Estel and June Ganshorn | Lots of choices | ||
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| June Ganshorn house and farm, Etna Green, Indiana | |||
| 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 |
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
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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 | |
| 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 | |||
| 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 |
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 | |
| 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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