Over the New Years holiday, I had the opportunity to visit Death Valley National Park. Having not been there before I had a lot of ground to cover with my partner in crime (Scott Arnaz) in just 2 1/2 days. We hit a lot of the major sites including the famous Mesquite Sand Dunes, Artist’s [...]
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New Years at Death Valley
Posted in Destinations, National Parks on January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Pacific Dogwoods in Bloom
Posted in National Parks, Nature, Photos, Wildflowers on August 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) is also known as Mountain Dogwood and can be found along waterways in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, especially Yosemite Valley. As the waterfalls in the Valley burst forth in spring and swell the Merced River, Pacific Dogwoods echo back with a spectacular display.
These showy white blooms are actually modified bud [...]
Summer Wildflowers in Paradise
Posted in Destinations, National Parks, Nature, Photos, Wildflowers on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
As far back as I can remember, I have loved hiking and backpacking, and what I love about it most is wildflowers – even as a child I scoured the fields around our house looking for a little beauty to press or draw. In college I studied botany, which only fueled that fire [...]
