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Catherine, Marty the Moose, and Jay drive across Arizona.
How did I know that last one was Arizona? Well because...
First view of the Grand from the Rim Walk of the South Rim
Wouldn't this be a great (read crazy) jigsaw puzzle. ...
It was a cloudy day and the scene kept shifting as sun...
No, Peter wasn't down in the canyon shooting up. Ann...
Looks like a Peter picture to me, with the tree branch...
Zoomed in a little
This is what Annie came west for, and she is a happy lady.
Two happy ladies ... you can tell it's a chilly day by...
This is actually an Abert squirrel ... not the Albert...
Stopped at El Tovar, one of the earliest hotels - first...
As we head East from the south rim, still in the...
Getting a little brighter as the afternoon went on.
One of the overlooks east of the main Visitor's area.
Guess we really liked that shot
A better view of the Colorado as it starts its way into...
Not the best shot, but rarely (ever) do I delete something
They must have sold out and left.
Peter and Ann in a very intricate hogan made of interwoven logs
Same place ... were used by the Navajo people as a home
View of the ceiling of the hogan. Another choice for a...
The outside of the hogan, packed with adobe
Why this? Why here? Where is the rest of the mountain range?
Need to photoshop that van out of this picture. Wish I...
Canyon de Chelly from the south rim
Spider Rock in Canyon de Chelly
The greens in the valley were so varied ... I actually...
An attempt to get some of the "White House" dwellings...
Showing the split in Canon de Chelly
Last view of the Canyon ... and we leave the Canyon...
Mom's selected Christmas present. Size approx 30' x 15'...
Hedi's choice ... by the same artist
The gallery owner's living quarters above the gallery.
Seating for a few on that couch.
.... or you can lounge on the pony hide chairs.
Another view of the living area in the loft.
One of the art pieces in the gallery ... made up of...
Off to the Musical Instrument Museum. Hedi liked this sculpture.
The most fun part of the museum ... the Experience Room....
Hedi was getting into this.
Something a little smaller for Meg. Time to start a...
Look at the speed of those hands!
Now the whole body is in play with the gongs.
Hedi about to let it rip.
Lovely tone.
Off the mark on this one. Need to hit dead center for a...
Looks like this might do it.
Time to relax with a little harp music.
Hedi's into it now.
I want to try
This is fun. Sounds good too
Very serious work.
View to the west from Crackathon area of Cochise Stronghold west.
John reading the beta (and Jay).
Climbing porkpie.
Monica belaying John on Driven by Fear (5.8).
John on lead on Driven by Fear (5.8).
Monica and Catherine at the base of Driven by Fear.
John works on the bottom of Driven By Fear (5.8) at the...
I believe this was when John was trying to start the...
John did make the alternate route look fun, though.
John trying to work over to the major crack.
More horizontal movement.
John working his way up. Check out that huge cam!
Jay hanging out at the bottom of Driven By Fear. He...
Monica top-roping Driven by Fear.
Taking a break.
Weird cone to the west of West Cochise. It sort of looks...
Rocks.
Monica on Driven By Fear.
Catherine wearing my hat.
Monica climbing Driven By Fear. It was pretty steep!
Jay bouldering around?
Monica.
Monica climbing the aligator skin on the right side of...
Monica getting higher up.
Posing for the camera.
Note the slung chicken head! Scary!
Jay getting ready to climb.
Catherine points out a lizard!
Monica, nearing the top of Driven by Fear.
Getting lowered.
Jay works his way up Driven By Fear (5.8).
By this point, Jay lead the bottom 20 ft or so, John...
Jay moves his way up the wall.
This route involved lots of hand placement in a deep, wide crack.
Jay seems to stair-step his way up.
A little more perspective on the route. There is about...
Zoomed out further.
There were some big, fat lizards enjoying the heat of...
Jay climbs the alligator skin.
More perspective, with Jay on Driven By Fear (5.8).
Jay gets a bit spread out. Zoom in to see John's...
Jay going from one side of the crack to the other.
Jay climbs above the first chicken head pro. Above, you...
Where's Wald--- Jay?
Jay on Driven By Fear (5.8).
Jay nears the point of Driven By Fear (5.8) where even...
And off he goes towards the anchor...
One last backwards glance for a photo op.
Only picture I took of Grand Canyon this year. It's of...
Peter and Meg on the porch of El Tovar after our walk...
Our guide became enamored of Meg, who he dubbed "Girlie"...
Not sure how I took this, but it is dramatic
It won't be far
Paul trying for one last shot
Leaving Page you cross a bridge over Glen Canyon. With...
As is this one.
View of the bridge from below (obviously)
Good to know
Last view of the bridge, looking down stream
More of Lake Powell with Navajo Mountain at the center right
And a close up
Canyonlands is huge: 337570 acres, or 527 square miles....
This is one of the "Window" arches that we tromped up and around.
The lobby of The View ... a hotel in Monument Valley run...
Peter checking out the horse
Fireplace in The View lobby
The View from outside. Around $250 a night
Perhaps a better view of The View
On tour with Larsen. Natural window formation
A view of the 'desert varnish' that appears on the...
The same window at a different angle
These are the holes previously mentioned that Larsen...
Same window
An early dwelling by the ancentral puebloan peoples of...
Some thought that all the handprints were a census of some sort
Joan looking at the construction
Pretty well protected in an alcove
These guys had big shoulders
We were in an area of MV known as Mystery Valley only...
Larsen told us the name, and I might even remember ... some day
Another alcove, and that's our trusty truck which Larsen...
There's Larsen playing his flute
Some more dwellings and petroglyphs
And a little storage room
We were actually much happier than we looked in this picture
Larsen getting us back in the truck
And a lovely prickly pear in bloom
And purple sage
Another storage area
Listening to Larsen. There was one other couple on this...
One of the few trees ... don't know how or why it survived
Checking out the storage (with earrings acquired in...
Some more building
Looks very much like the Pima Canyon logo. Have to...
Some idea of the terrain. Very beautiful, but certainly...
I believe Larsen said this was storage also, but not sure
Looks like mammilaria in bloom. Need to check
More of those silly holes
And a really big one
Better shot?
"Proof" that the Indians had domesticated antelope
More proof
This road was nowhere as smooth as it might look
Interesting dwellings at the top of a slope. Larsen...
Larsen and the fellow from OR climbed up. Hard to...
Dad decides to give it a try (no picture of him at the top!)
Another high dwelling place.
Some of the pottery shards found in the area.
Also teeny corn cobs
This wall is made of adobe, like the others. It just...
More shards
Looking back into the more typical views of Monument...
The crew leaving MV
This is where we stayed at Goulding's in MV ... a little...
El Capitan. A pretty noticeable landmark in the MV area.
This doesn't have a name! It's obviously an owl
Joan getting a picture of her feet in four states
Mon in Colorado and Arizona (trust me)
and then in Utah and New Mexico
Paul ... what else can I say?
Dad facing front
The Four Corners 'monument'. Around the four sides are...
A better view of the merchant. Shops are completed on...
Joan and I leaving the area. Colorado flagy very...
Joan doing some 'drive by' shopping
Overall view
These abrupt shifts in the landscape continue to amaze...
Chunks of Petrified Wood. They have not been...
One such segment. The NP loses about a ton of petrified...
Basically the trees fell down in a swamp, were covered...
... leaving a crystallized interior.
There may be more petrified logs under these dunes.
This area is known as "Bad Lands" because of the...
How would you like to make your way across that?
With the occasional dune thrown in.
It also was about 100 degrees and those metal railings were hot.
More dunes with amazingly colorful strata.
Ditto on the other side
Close up of a petrified log, shattered into segments.
Ah .. pretty car. Just had her 'detailed' for her...
Called the "Tepees" for obvious reasons
Supposedly there were such pictographs on the rock below...
Oh ... and across the road from the dunes is open prairie.
A little further north we get into "Painted Desert" land
Dad and the good-looking car. Or the car and the...
Road taking off for the Painted Desert.
Quite a bit of color in the landscape
Happy lady ... it was about 100 degrees.
Enormous raven who was considering joining us for our...
The original "Fred Harvey" inn / restaurant in the park...
View from Fred Harvey's across the Painted Desert
Kind of like how this turned out.
Some more Painted Desert. Makes you want to study...
Went up to Holbrook AZ for the night which is on...
There are fifteen Wigwams with a diameter of 14 feet at...
Most of the cars parked around are pretty old, but this...
More typical of the era
Driving home on Sunday we stopped at Theodore Roosevelt...
If that lake looks hot, it's because it was. Around...
Car still looking good
Me too, I guess
Our turkey salad and cucumbers looking a little worse...
There were a few boats on the lake ... but not many...
So sad ... someone using the State Cactus for target...
Sticks at the ready; heads well covered
Oh ... and since we are Sedona we need the appropriate...
Just kidding
View from our ascent
well, there is a little further to go
Feeling the vibe ( and seeing if it will do anything for...
Pretty agave along the trail
Ah, time to soak it all in
Glenn ... our intrepid photographer
Resting on the way
The weather was not as hot as it had been, and this was...
Off the mountain and up to the Church of the Holy Cross,...
Inside the church. Hard to pick out, but the pew side...
Not sure why you would do that.
Very unusual altar adornments
The only 'art' in the Chapel
View from the entrance of the chapel
And slightly backed off from their neighbor
Side view of chapel
Some cholla on the chapel grounds that were just...
... of a truly amazing chartreuse color
... and much thicker than I've ever seen
Not sure exactly where this was taken ... hmmmm
A garden of wind sculptures by Lyman Whitaker outside a...
This is one called "Lotus" that has two sets of leaves...
It's set into motion by the slightest breeze
One of the many fountain courtyards within Tlaquepaque...
The campanile in Tlaquepaque. The Arizona sycamores are...
Great gardens surround the stores
More views of the wind sculptures
More Tlaquepaque - which means "the best of everything"
Dinner at Elote Cafe ... supposedly very difficult to...
The fountain just below our second floor room at the Sky...
And looked out across the valley
A rather spur of the moment decision to take to the air...
Hedi talking it over with the pilot Pete
View from inside the passengers' seat of the...
Self portrait by our intrepid flyers who got quite cozy up front.
View through the various struts to an unusual plane on...
More views of the struts. Peter was manning the camera.
In the air, and out over the red rock formations
Flight took off at 9 am
The pilot called out the names of the various canyons...
Though whatever their names, they were pretty
I believe that is the airport in the middle of this picture
One of the more interesting formations
Along a canyon wall
That had to be Oak Creek because of the nice line of green trees
Close up of Hedi
More scenery, with the strata really visible
Same shot, only closer
Interesting grove of trees in the cavity of the cliff
Sedona is really a very pretty spot
The green / red contrast is everywhere
Particularly in this one
Some of the road leading out of town, I believe
Getting a little close to those cliffs
That's better
Should know the name of this one, but I don't. Coxcomb?
Yeah, I think it is
Approaching the airport
Coming in for the landing
Right ahead of us now
Having extricated themselves (no pictures, please) they...
Hedi is interested in the purpose of the struts
... which Pete is explaining
Thunder mountain in the distance
One last look out over the valley from our Sky Ranch...
The owner was prepping the gardens (which were in...
Wall of the garden ... taking leave of Sedona
View of some of the Sedona rocks from our room balcony...
Thunder Mountain looming over Sedona as seen from our balcony.
Roughly in the middle of the photo, just to the right of...
Spotted these just before sunset. They are Four...
Intrepid hikers heading ready to tackle Bell Mountain
View of the Kitt Peak National Observatory from the road in.
Baboquivari Peak in the distance. One of the few...
Catherine making moon craters from dropping rocks into...
Hiking in to Sheepshead Dome, the right-most formation shown.
Slightly better shot of the 700+ ft sheepshead dome.
Ian leading the first pitch (look closely) of Absinthe...
Ian and Pietro at the top of pitch 2?
Pietro at the top of pitch 2. Sort of not visible here...
John
John again.
View from our perch.
Pietro on rappel, headed back to the ground.
Swallows and falcons along the cliff side.
Hiking back out.
Pietro and Ian.
Tree.
Playing on a rather funny shaped rock.
Pietro.
Tree + sunset.
Per the usual, in May I went to Phoenix to play in a...
Waiting by the net for a pass...
I like this series. Coming up the boards, passing Miss...
I leave her behind as I cross the blue line.
And take a shot. Sadly, I did not score.
Coming up the ice.
Woohoo! Not sure why I'm so happy.
Sadly, this is the only shot I have of the only goal I...
But look, celebration! PS, I'm JOJO.
Taking a shot on net.
Team photo! The boys in the photo are our "coaches".
The agave blooms we saw were very brightly colored =...
A modified sign as we started down into Globe AZ. We...
Took this for Glenn Bacon ... the elementary school he...
Made it to Christopher Creek which was our base of...
Supposedly they stock it with trout. Not sure there's...
But it was nice to see running water, and nice shade.
Our unit lacked outdoor chairs, so we used one of the...
The welcoming sign.
We stayed in one of these "motel" units ... left most visible.
... and pretty much on the road was an old wagon under...
One of our first vistas off the "Rim Road" - Forest Road...
The Rim is pretty spectacular ... just sort of 'drops...
I sort of like the fact there are no guard rails. ...
That's AZ 260 below us. We drove east on it, climbing...
More shots of the rim. We had spectacular weather. We...
The strip in the middle is cleared land around...
It's amazing how close to the rim the road went.
Just another standard gorgeous view of the scenery.
Don't know my geography well enough to identify the...
Taking in the sights
Our intrepid vehicle parked rather close to the edge.
Wondered if we could be ticketed for traveling with a...
I believe one of the places we looked down on was Young...
Makes me realize why all the Geology Schools are out...
A sample of how the road paralleled the rim. That slope...
Evidence of forest fire about half way through the trip....
Looking back towards where we've been.
Trying to understand why some trees are felled (or did...
Change of location to the Tonto Natural Bridge State...
First view of the bridge ... a tunnel really, made of...
Another of my fiercely colored agave blooms.
A view through the tunnel
... and a pretty steady shower from the springs above it.
Moss covered rocks below the bridge, frequently blessed...
A closer view, including the "light at the end of the tunnel"
A swimming hole below the bridge which is off to the...
Back over at Christopher Creek ... this was the biggest...
One of the inhabitants at CCL. There were several...
Another carving ... the property was probably at least...
About 300 yards down the road was the Creekside...
Our last day in Rim Country we drove south on another...
And another of the wild yellow agave blooms.
Guess you can see I was really taken by them. For some...
Coming out of our second scenic road (this one was 72...
Some interesting rocks as we continue back to the...