Category The West
The Grand Canyon and More Wild Sheep!
In the morning we drove along some of the canyon rim, stopping at random locations. In the edge of the woods along the road, we found a bull elk. After seeing some of the canyon we headed into town to the little airport, where my father had booked us a helicopter ride over the canyon. […]
In the Footsteps of the Dinosaurs
After we left Antelope Canyon we spent the rest of our day driving west to the Grand Canyon. For the most part, it was a long, boring drive through the desert. It shouldn’t have been too long, but one section of road was under construction so we had to go a long way out of […]
In Pursuit of the Light
The next morning we slept in a little, there was no need to rush out the door and get back on the road, for we had a scheduled tour for later in the morning. I have been seeing, for as long as I can remember, gorgeous, stunning photos of beams of light in a canyon. […]
The Valley of the Gods
After our stint with the antelope, we continued on down Highway 128. Initially, according to plans, this road was just a means to reach our destinations in Southern Utah, with Arches National Park along the way, however it turned out to be one of the prettiest drives of the whole trip. The road took us […]
Stalking Antelope in Utah!
For photography purposes, not hunting of course!! After our night in Grand Junction, we crossed the border into Utah. The west side of the Rocky Mountains is vastly different than the east, more arid, rocky, sandy, more of a desert, but still with plenty of plant life. The closer we got to Utah, the more […]
Road Trip Through the West – The Rocky Mountains
Today, and probably for a quite a few posts, I’m going to digress from Crete and talk about the United States. Last spring, late May, before I moved across the ocean, I decided I wanted to do a road trip and see some of the sights of the Wild West that I had not gotten […]
Midnight Angel Photo 