Mountain Ash Berries

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These mountain ash berries in our backyard were buried by another foot of fresh powder snow yesterday.

Lots of precipitation, along with unusually cold temperatures made for a lousy summer, but those same conditions have made for an awesome winter!Read More

Barren Tree

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Tree in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Tree in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

We are done converting, adjusting and key-wording photos from the last few months – that was pretty fast for us!  I’m not sure about this photo, but it is an image that struck a cord with Janine, so I’m posting it for her.  🙂

Take a look at more of our Canyonlands National Park photos.

Canyonlands

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Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Green River Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

I photographed sunset from this beautful viewpoint a couple different evenings on our trip.

If you look closely, you can see the White Rim Road.  The best overnight camping sites along this 4 wheel drive road are by permit only and fill months in advance.  I would love to camp down there someday, hopefully on our next visit.  We have friends from Seward who have mountain biked the trail and said it was amazing.

Here are more Canyonlands National Park photos.

Lake Powell

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Lake Powell.

Lake Powell.

We are slowing working our way through converting and adjusting images from our last trip.  Here is a photo of Lake Powell from our aerial day – we covered a lot of ground that day!

You can go here to view more Lake Powell Photos.

Slickrock Bike Trail

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Slickrock Bike Trail, Moab, Utah.

Slickrock Bike Trail, Moab, Utah.

Before we left Moab, we had to bike the world famous Slickrock Bike Trail.  All I can say is, wow!  It really is a lot of fun – riding on solid rock like that is a treat.  The views are amazing.  You can look across the Colorado River into Arch National Park.  Other viewpoints give you views of the town of Moab, the La Sal Mountains, and, well really, you can see 360 degrees in all directions.Read More

Mountain Alpenglow

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Mountain alpenglow, Seward, Alaska.

Mountain alpenglow, Seward, Alaska.

Here is another new image captured right from our front porch late last week – sometimes it feels like cheating!

I love how only this one peak from the entire range emerged from the clouds, and if that wasn’t enough, it then became briefly illuminated with wonderful pink alpenglow.  We get some of our best light this time of year – I look forward to more!

Mountain Moon

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Moon over the mountains, Seward, Alaska.

Moon over the mountains, Seward, Alaska.

We got a call last night from blog reader and salmon charter extraordinaire, Captain Kid.  He said, “take a look out the window and check out the moon”.  I looked, no moon.  Perfect I thought, this gave me a couple of minutes to get everything ready and to get in to place.  Thanks Captain!