Sunrise at Arches National Park. Arches is one of those parks everyone should be privileged to see. I found is really fascinating and wonderful hikes. We were there three days and barely touched all it has to offer.
"We look forward with hope to that wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be revealed." Titus 2:13
Slightly cooler weather is seeping in -and may be soon blown in, so here is a hint from a walk in New England a couple of years ago.
You can just barely see the road into King's Canyon National Park.
Or at least well out into the ocean at the Channel Islands National Park. Very interesting park and worth the effort to get here. Even the trip over was cool, saw whales and seals and seabirds.
As I was trying out the Fuji XT-1, I shot the photo from yesterday's post and this was my second photo. I was sold. Both at Jamestown Island area.
First enduring British settlement in region, becomes the Colony of Virginia.
It always seems to me that Labor Day is an awkward holiday. Some see it only as the "end of summer" or back to school - except for many that was days or even weeks ago, others for the start of fall sports, i.e. football and only a few for the celebration of the work ethic that helped make this an amazing country - and we celebrate it with a day off! Whatever your day is like, mine is just a work day - I hope you enjoy it and appreciate the contributions of those who allowed our economy to reach a point where this kind of day is celebrated.
From a concert in Frederick, MD at the fairgrounds.
Here he is even a bit closer.
"O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures." Psalm 104:24 NLT
Our next large mammal was way too close. He emerged from the lake and instead of going away from us headed toward us on a narrow trail where left was in the water and right a steep bank of rip-rap. We just got across and up the hill a wee bit (and behind a tree) when he went past on the trail at arms length. Magnificent animal and my favorite to see.
I photographed this fellow in Acadia National Park near Witch Hole Pond. The local newspaper ran an article about him and my photo on the front page. Height of my photojournalism experience! It was a treat to see this deer and we watched him for about 10 minutes.
Bison and not Buffalo. Why? American Bison are distinct from the Asian and African cousins, true buffalo. The two varieties in North America are Woods and Plains, they have curved horns, prominent humps and coats vary with the weather, all different from the buffalo of other regions.
2500 pounds of opinion in T. Roosevelt National Park. The opinion was for me to leave, I did.
Herd of Bison headed toward us at Yellowstone NP.
In the aerial sense! These are a few more of the Mountain Goats at Glacier National Park. Picking up on a theme for this last week of summer?
It was so cool to see this mother and her new cub at Yellowstone. We were more than a safe distance and I did not have at the time a long telephoto lens so he is not as crisply focused as I would have liked. But he is there. The only Grizzly bear I have ever seen but we hope for more when we head to Alaska.
These are resident wild horses in the T. Roosevelt National Park. Perhaps they were in a conference meeting. They were quite striking animals and a bit skittish. I thought they would have been more used to people but they did not want you too close. I was in perfect agreement as i did not want them too close either. We got along very well.
These men were simply amazing. Well-read, careful students of history and passionate about things that really matter, they produced - amidst much argument and discussion our Bill of Rights. This is outside Independence Hall with the Liberty Bell to the right in the glass and brick building.
See you in church this week? After all only you can keep you from doing so.
"And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near." Hebrews 10:25 NLT
"the more they seem to be the same." In Boston a statue of King George was toppled and much of it melted to make musket balls. By careful analysis it was determined that this ball recovered at Monmouth NJ was one of those balls. This is at the newly opened Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. More about that collection later.
...in the rain. Lots of rain.
And, yes, it was also quiet. This "replica" whiskey still is on the short Blue Blazes Trail - great name, at Catoctin Mountain Park. This park just a bit north of Frederick, MD began in the Roosevelt era when the Federal government bought up "used" land that was no longer good for farming and converted it to second growth forest and parks. This section has Camp David (with large don't even think about pausing near the gate signs) on one edge and a state parks on other sides. It is a nice but certainly not spectacular park.
Clearly they snuck in while the sun was dark!
Or it may be a jelly fish at the Monterey Aquariam
This area is where the Confederate's set up artillery to force the Union to abandon the railroad wye and fall back across the bridge. This is the Best farm house on Monocacy Battlefield.
