On our return from the Grand Canyon, we stopped for the night at Sedona. We got an early start the next day and spent the morning taking in the sights and photographing as much as we could. Sedona is a beautiful, small town located in the northern part of Arizona. It is one of the…
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Grand Canyon 2014
This is my third post featuring the Grand Canyon. We visit it often because it’s only 3-1/2 hours away and of course, our visitors do wish to see it. It is one of the great natural wonders of the world and no one should miss the opportunity to see it at least once. On this…
A Parting Shot
Or perhaps I should say, a parting image or photograph. We’ve left to go south and so last Thursday, I took the last opportunity to get some winter scenes in the Rockies. I was fortunate to have a stunningly clear day, crisp and a little cold but perfect for photography. Today, I’m including a single…
Scenes from the Vermilion Lakes
What a great weekend! I managed to get out again to do some photography for the second successive day. Our warm spell continues and it is difficult to forgo the opportunities. We got off to a slow start as the day began quite overcast with snow flurries. It was windy and the forecast was not…
Working on the Railroad
Many iconic scenes from the Canadian Rockies feature the railroad. Building of the transcontinental railroad was a seminal event in Canadian history and its construction through the Rockies one of the great engineering feats of its time. Its builders, Donald Smith, Cornelius Van Horne, Lord Mount Stephen and many others are historical figures and its…