I’ve seen many, many images of the Grand Canyon in my lifetime, both still shots and videos, and I grew up reading stories about it like Marguerite Henry’s 1953 novel Brighty of the Grand Canyon. But absolutely nothing prepared me for my first real-life view of this incredible place. I certainly can’t do it justice with my photos. Even knowing […]
These gorgeous Kachina figures were part of the hallway decor in the hotel in Williams, Arizona, where we stayed for a single night in June 2023.
I was so busy admiring the far horizon that I barely even noticed the famous rock formation on my left. Maybe I didn’t have the best angle on it; even after I had snapped a photo of the interpretive sign, I’ll admit I couldn’t see the duck until I looked at the photos much later. Now it’s clear as day […]
I’ve learned (unfortunately, the hard way) that however weary I might feel after a long day of driving on the highway, it’s usually a good idea to find a place to have a walk around outside. No matter how much I would prefer to throw myself onto the bed and not move until morning, things go much better if I […]
Summer has officially arrived, and inevitably fire season is already in full swing. Not that I needed confirmation, but for the second year in a row now I’ve encountered a team of firefighters while traveling through Arizona. Last July in Kingman it was the Fort Apache Hotshots that I spotted, staying in the same hotel as we were along Route […]
My first view of the Grand Canyon from Desert View Drive on the South Rim.
Our final stop within the Petrified Forest National Park was at the Giant Logs Trail; I’ve shared some of my photos from this spot previously, but I shot all these with my phone. We arrived around 12 noon local time — although keeping track of time on this trip got a little confusing, especially since the park doesn’t observe Daylight […]
Some portions of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park are definitely reminiscent of the terrain in the Grand Canyon, almost 200 miles to the northwest. Like my post earlier this month, these images show the Blue Mesa, which lies south of Interstate 40 within the Painted Desert. I shot all these photos in the same area, roughly halfway along the 28-mile […]
Photos can’t even begin to convey how amazing and overwhelming the landscape is when you’re standing in Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park. I’m so glad that we stopped and took a couple of hours to see this incredible place, even though we only scratched the surface of what the park has to offer. One of our stops along the road […]