I’ve been coming to Arches National Park for decades. It was the first place I visited in the desert, and before he’d bring me, my friend Pete required that I read Ed Abbey’s Desert Solitaire and The Monkey Wrench Gang to set the context for the place. Then there was a sort of hiatus from [...]
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Another day in Paradise
Posted: 3rd January 2011 by admin in Photography PhilosophyTags: Arches National Park, desert, landscape, philosophy, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Winter
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Wei wu wei
Posted: 1st January 2011 by admin in Photography PhilosophyTags: Arches National Park, desert, landscape, philosophy, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Winter
Got up at 5 a.m. today to go to a sunrise site. 6 below zero on the thermometer. Roads were good until I got up on top, then they turned to yuck. I was traveling so slowly, that I couldn’t make the hike to the photography point in time for sunrise. I guess I should [...]
Ma Nature’s Little Jokes
Posted: 31st December 2010 by admin in Ma NatureTags: Arches National Park, Christmas, desert, landscape, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Winter, Wyoming
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Well, even though I haven’t been bad-mouthing Ma Nature lately, she has had her way with me. I think I’ve told you about her tricks, but here is photographic evidence of her capricious nature. The first two fotos are from Laramie a couple days before Christmas travel. As you can see, we had a bit [...]
Ma Nature takes 2010 out with a bang!
Posted: 30th December 2010 by admin in Ma NatureTags: Arches National Park, desert, landscape, photography, R. L. Wolverton, Winter
Well, first of all, I haven’t said anything negative about Ma Nature for a long time. I always figured she didn’t need a reason to dump on me. But, of course, she marches to her own drummer and does what she wants to. As we approached Thanksgiving, she brought a blizzard to Wyoming to keep [...]