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So, last night it rained like crazy.  I am here to visit the town of Urique, which is right down at the bottom of Copper Canyon and very far off the beaten track. After many questions and much driving around … Continue reading →

You will remember that I came to the U.S. to attend a Bird Photography Course at Bosque del Apache in New Mexico. It was cancelled due to a strong cocktail of bad weather and Government shutdown. I go to the … Continue reading →

After my disappointment on not being able to follow the photography course http://www.friendsofbosquedelapache.org/photo-intensives.aspx?ce076808d5494627abcf7f9201fc8146blogPostId=a84db53173f54d4993f5bc6035b44f52 that I came from Okinawa for, I shake off dull care and head out. I decide to go down to Bosque del Apache anyway, who knows global … Continue reading →

I wake up in Hovenweep in that silence that can only mean snow. I start on my walk around the ruins but it is hopeless as the path is hidden by snow and I worry about falling. I do find … Continue reading →

I gaze out of the window of the Super 8 Motel in Blanding onto a glorious sunny morning. Hurrah, the snow has stopped and adventure is in the air. I drive down the Comb Ridge Trail a dirt trail with … Continue reading →

I spend the night in the country outside Monument Valley. Not long after I had set up the camper, an old Indian guy rumbles up in a truly massive truck. He has come from a small er farm a mile … Continue reading →

The next destination is Toroweep or sometimes Tuweep, which lies on the North Ridge of the Grand Canyon. I flee all the people at Bryce and pass through Kanab and Sedonia to end up at Pipe Springs. I have been through … Continue reading →

Red Canyon is only 15 miles from its more famous colleague, Bryce Canyon. Few stop there as they want to get to Bryce. It is equally amazing and, on a freezing December day, deserted. I decide to go for a … Continue reading →

I set off on a month long ramble around the South West hopefully arriving at the Bosque del Apache https://www.fws.gov/refuge/bosque_del_apache/    There I will take a 5 day bird photography course in early January. After that, the plan is to cross … Continue reading →

I get together with Bebo to chew the Yuletide fat. We have coffee in Cole Valley, which is where, had I $3,000,000, I would like to live. I then go off to my Boxing Conditioning class at the USF gym. … Continue reading →