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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 →

San Francisco is a very easy city to get around. I use the bus. I have a Senior’s Clipper Card, which cost very little. It allows me to take anybus, anytime, anywhere. My Clipper card makes a pleasing beep as I … Continue reading →

I got a mild sunburn during my trip to the mountains. I bought a bottle of moisturizer cream named Oil of Olay. On the bottle was marked in big letters “ultra hydratant”,”ultra moisture.” Oh good I thought and slathered it … Continue reading →