Desert Canterbury Bell wildflowers, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
I found these next to some nice rocks today in Hellhole Canyon. A few clouds provided some perfect defused light.
Green!
Cactus from today in Anza-Borrego State Park, California.
After spending many months in a black and white world – winter in Alaska – seeing anything green just look amazing!
Speaking of green, many area of Anza-Borrego are really green right now – and they received another half an inch of rain here just yesterday! Even before yesterday’s rain, this was reported in the Borrego Sun;
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Ranger Steve Bier reported the area is “certainly looking good” for a spring wildflower crop, he said predicting it could arrive as early as late February. Some plants in Borrego Palm Canyon, he said are just “waiting to go”.
I must admit, we are here a bit early, I saw very few flowers today – but you can tell there should be some great areas showing in the next few weeks!
New Computer – Falcon Northwest
I had always heard that best way to bring attention to a blog is to write something controversial. Little did I know, my decisions to replace my digital darkroom with a PC instead of a Mac might be controversial, but 24 comments and a bunch of links later, it was by far my most active posting. There actually was a lot of valuable feedback in that post from many people and I really appreciate it.
So now that I have used my new Falcon Northwest digital darkroom for a few weeks, I thought I better provide an update to that threaed. And since I’m sitting on a plane – what a perfect time to write!Read More
Good Bye Alaska Winter
Looking into the Chugach National Forest near Seward, Alaska.
We are hitting the road today with mixed feelings. I must admit, it is kinda tough to leave Alaska this winter because it has been such a beautiful one. I don’t know how many feet of snow we have received, but it is many, and now the days are getting longer, it is really nice here right now!
But, it is really nice in the desert right now as well. It sounds like it is going to be a good year for desert wildflowers, and we are going to enjoy the warm weather!
We break our travel up over two days, and then have a couple of days visiting family and getting everything together, so we should be arriving in Anza-Borrego State Park south of Palm Springs, California by Friday. Many people have asked, and yes I will definitely be providing plenty of desert wildflower updates, including the locations of the best blooms here on the blog.
We plan to spend a month in the Borrego area – the lower Sonoran Desert blooms first, and then we will move to Arizona to a place outside of Phoenix for another month – hopefully hitting that bloom at the perfect time as well.
Hidden Falls, Grand Teton National Park
Hidden Falls, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
This photo is also part of the Nature Valley ad campaign for Los Angeles and Orange County, California – this image will be appearing on bus shelters in the area over the next couple of months.
You might remember this images from last summer, it was from the Hidden Falls Trail in the Grand Tetons.
Northwestern Fjord, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Kayakers in Northwestern Fjord, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
As you head into Kenai Fjords from Seward, Aialik Bay is the first fjord you come to. But they next bay over, Northwestern Fjord, is even more spectacular in many ways. Northwestern has more glaciers, and almost no vegetation, it is a very harsh, raw environment.
This is Northwestern Glacier from a few years ago. A few years before this, there wasn’t any rock showing between the legs of the glacier, it was all solid ice. Now that the rock wall is exposed, this south facing glacier is really melting fast.
Kenai Fjords National Park Boat Tours
A tour boat in front of Holegate Glacier, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska.
Well, back to Kenai Fjords. The easiest way to experience this amazing park is on a boat tour. Which tour is one question I am frequently asked, and since I have a lot of opinions on the subject, I thought I would write about them here today.Read More
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