https://paperarts2.com/2015/08/24/mesa-verde-national-park-colorado/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6180.pngIMG_6180This Kiva had a tunnel to an adjoining Kiva.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6243.pngIMG_6243https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6162.pngIMG_6162Looking down at Long House.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6190-1.pngIMG_6190 (1)I admire the way everything is so integrated with the nature around it.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6250.pngIMG_6250Looking down and out to the valley below.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3596.pngIMG_3596Another example of their pottery.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6232.pngIMG_6232Colorful Western Collared Lizard.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_3615.pngIMG_3615These are not wild horses but feral horses who have escaped from natives living in the area. They are becoming a problem because they use the resources that are for wild elk and deer.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6158.pngIMG_6158Yucca was an important plant, the fibers were woven into sandels, rope, matts and more.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/img_6256.pngIMG_6256A large assortment of grinding stones used to grind corn.2015-08-26T16:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/07/20/i-meet-the-real-kokopelli/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6104.pngIMG_6104Another fun petroglyph from the site.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6130.pngIMG_6130The petroglyphs at this site were very fanciful, this guy is all dressed up, maybe a chief?https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6138.pngIMG_6138Road near Mexican Hathttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6098.pngIMG_6098Howl!!!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6096.pngIMG_6096Full moon in the deserthttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6091.pngIMG_6091My campsite on the San Juan Riverhttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6132.pngIMG_6132Some of the images become abstract, just color and texture.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6133.pngIMG_6133The colors of the landscape are spectacular!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6079.pngIMG_6079Another view of monument valleyhttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6114.pngIMG_6114Petroglyph of the real Kokopelli2015-11-22T22:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/07/04/a-mighty-river/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6309.pngIMG_6309Rafters on the upper Colorado above Moab.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3093.pngIMG_3093At dusk, wild donkeys came down to the river for a drink.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3098.pngIMG_3098Sunset on the river.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_4303.pngIMG_4303Our camp on the lower Colorado River. The river is very tame here.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6007.pngIMG_6007Some of the crazy rock formations that the river left behind.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6040.pngIMG_6040Another view of the cliffs surrounding the river.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3559.pngIMG_3559Glen Canyon Dam is located just above Lee's Ferry. It forms Lake Powell.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6025.pngIMG_6025Another view of Paria Beach.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_6074.pngIMG_6074View of the river from Lee's Ferryhttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/img_3553.pngIMG_3553Rafters on their way through the Grand Canyon. The trip takes about 22 days.2015-08-01T20:49:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/06/06/pasopor-aqui-i-passed-by-here/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5875.pngIMG_5875Examples of petroglyphs found in El Morro, I like the bear paws.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3537.pngIMG_3537A detail of a room in the village.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5907.pngIMG_5907Maya checks out the box canyon that is on the other side of the cliff. I was praying she didn't see any rabbits!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3538.pngIMG_3538A circular Kiva which was a place for meetings and ceremonies.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3522.pngIMG_3522This is the trail on the top, very windy and the rock was slick in some places.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3525.pngIMG_3525The NPS has carved stone steps to help climbers get up to the top.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5897-version-2.pngIMG_5897 - Version 2The carved rope circles the signatures of a whole platoon.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5896.pngIMG_5896Not as fancy but it's neat and you can read it.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5885.pngIMG_5885I love the petroglyphs of the mountain goats.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5877.pngIMG_5877A Spanish signature, some of these were darkened with graphite by early employees of the National Park System because they feared they would disappear. 2015-06-16T18:55:00+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/05/14/new-mexico/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_34671.pngIMG_3467Famous scientist and Nobel Prize winners were invited to sign the posts of the sundial.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3467.pngIMG_3467famohttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_3466.pngIMG_3466The visitors center also had a radio sundial.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5674.pngIMG_5674https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5673.pngIMG_5673Just one of the radio dishes.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5684.pngIMG_5684Pronghorn antelopehttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5683.pngIMG_5683Datil Well campground where the elk and the antelope play.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/img_5666.pngIMG_5666Santa Rita open pit mine.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5576.pngIMG_5576View from below.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5601.pngIMG_5601A shot of the interior.2015-06-06T17:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/04/24/theodore-roosevelt-lake-az/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5432.pngIMG_5432Partial wall and beams from the dwellings.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5552.pngIMG_5552These solar showers were wonderful, i would like to see more National parks invest in these.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5536.pngIMG_5536Another view of the Apache Trail.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5532.pngIMG_5532It's too early for Saguaro Cactus to bloom!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5524.pngIMG_5524Debbie and Sandyhttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5521.pngIMG_5521The Salt River with the Apache trail winding above it.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5514.pngIMG_5514https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5480.pngIMG_5480I'm happy kayaking, people kept asking why I had a kayak in the desert.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5453.pngIMG_5453A Clarke's grebe on the lake.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5451.pngIMG_54512015-05-05T17:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/04/06/chuckwallas-and-cactus-blooms/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5139.pngIMG_5139One final shot.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_4991.pngIMG_4991Sunsets in the desert are almost always staggering.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5280.pngIMG_5280Most of this was created by volcanic action.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5278.pngIMG_5278We found a natural arch.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5272.pngIMG_5272The cactus grew quite high up in the mountains.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5228.pngIMG_5228I love the way the light changes them.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5191.pngIMG_5191The mountains on the East side of the park.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5321.pngIMG_5321If you stand under these trees when in blossom you can hear a loud hum of all of the bees.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5320.pngIMG_5320The Palo Verde tree bursts into yellow blossoms.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/img_5059.pngIMG_5059This one looked like some type of creature's head.2015-04-24T21:37:07+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2015/03/16/springtime-in-the-desert/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_49791.pngIMG_4979Gambel's quailhttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_43931.pngIMG_4393There are petroglyphs at Saguaro National Park. https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4952.pngIMG_4952https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4931.pngIMG_4931https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4393.pngIMG_4393https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4404.pngIMG_4404https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4893.pngIMG_4893This is the bark of the tree, it's green so it can help produce food through photosynthesis.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4864.pngIMG_4864My campsite had a Palo Verde tree for shade. They have very small leaves and grow near washes.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4979.pngIMG_4979https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/img_4843.pngIMG_4843This is the mountain by the campsite during the day, watch how it changes in the evening light.2015-03-26T02:30:12+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/10/25/first-impressions-part-two/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3654.pngIMG_3654One closing look at a beautiful desert sunset.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3720.pngIMG_3720It cleared in time for me to get a great shot!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3697.pngIMG_3697On the evening of the Lunar Eclipse I was worried because it was cloudy.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3749.pngIMG_3749I always think of artist, Georgia O'Keefe when I see this flower.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3760.pngIMG_3760There are more flowers by the water hole.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3754.pngIMG_3754An unknown visitor leaves evidence that they have been down for a drink.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3755.pngIMG_3755This bird I haven't been able to identify.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3758.pngIMG_3758This is an acorn woodpecker. There is a type of oak tree which grows only around this waterhole. It has tiny little leaves.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3766.pngIMG_3766Another type of lizard at the water hole.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3761.pngIMG_3761The only water hole in the desert, it attracts lots of birds and different species of animals.2015-01-19T18:48:09+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/10/10/first-impressions-part-one/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3493.pngIMG_3493A final sunset in the Sierrashttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3430.pngIMG_3430Dried flowershttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3490.pngIMG_3490Maya and I reflected on a wall of bracken.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3287.pngIMG_3287Autumn was beginning to show her colors.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3416.pngIMG_3416There were many different types of water fowl there.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3412.pngIMG_3412Maya had a roll in dead fish so she was encouraged to take a swim in the lake.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3402.pngIMG_3402Hume Lake is a resort in the summer with much privately owned land but in the Fall it is less crowded.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3393.pngIMG_3393There were lots of noisy Ravens.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3400.pngIMG_3400Flocks of blue birds were feeding at my campground.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3247.pngIMG_3247There were many beautiful types of birds, this is a western scrub Jay.2014-10-17T02:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/10/03/we-arrive-at-the-pacific-ocean/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2942.pngIMG_2942A selfie on the beach with my son.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2926.pngIMG_2926My son Jack about to ride the dunes!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2934.pngIMG_2934What I woke up to the day I camped on the beach.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2944.pngIMG_2944My eye is drawn to the patterns and textures of nature.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_2923.pngIMG_2923Nature is the best artist, I love this tree root.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3140.pngIMG_3140A cormorant fishing in the surf. https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3153.pngIMG_3153If you follow the swirls you finally arrive home, the people are made from the kelp bladders that have dried on the beach.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3151.pngIMG_3151I think this is the name of the village.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3152.pngIMG_3152There were swirly little roads all around the village.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/img_3149.pngIMG_3149This is an imaginative little village someone constructed.2014-10-05T17:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/09/18/celilo-park-oregon/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2880.pngIMG_2880https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2726.pngIMG_2726My cousins Beth and Ed.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2715.pngIMG_2715Riding with the waves.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2716.pngIMG_2716Windsurfers!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2714.pngIMG_2714An unusual rainy day.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2709.pngIMG_2709View looking towards, The Dalles, you can see the train tracks right along the edge.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2876.pngIMG_2876Curving hillshttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2711.pngIMG_2711The Columbia in the evening light.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2873.pngIMG_2873Jake and Maya, new best friends!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/img_2744.pngIMG_2744Jimmy playing with Wayne's dog Jake.2014-09-20T00:59:13+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/09/03/a-small-piece-of-paradise/2014-09-06T19:19:04+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/08/29/my-life-on-the-road-so-far/2014-09-07T22:41:39+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/08/19/the-badlands-a-different-perspective/2014-08-23T03:02:45+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/08/12/on-the-slant-village-fort-abraham-lincoln-north-dakota/2014-08-19T04:10:51+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/08/08/listen/2014-08-15T16:57:52+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/08/03/lake-superior-smiles/2014-08-11T20:11:08+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/08/01/a-wild-place/2014-08-09T03:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/28/hopping-across-canada/2014-07-31T02:13:55+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/28/kouchibouguac-national-park/2014-07-29T11:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/23/the-bog/2014-08-01T22:45:06+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/18/chasing-gannets-nova-scotia/https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1845.jpgIMG_1845Good bye Nova Scotia, you were beautiful.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1844.jpgIMG_1844We had a short ferry ride across the channel.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1838.jpgIMG_1838These are not gannets!https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1828.jpgIMG_1828Lobster traps waiting....https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1825.jpgIMG_1825Mountain Laurelhttps://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1821.jpgIMG_1821It smelled wonderful from all the blooming flowers.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1819.jpgIMG_1819We took a short hike on top of Smoky Mountain. You can see Maya leading the way. https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1814.jpgIMG_1814Maya and I took a drive to Cape Breton Highlands.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1909.jpgIMG_1909I saw this car at Fundy National Park, they followed me to Nova Scotia! They are from New Jersey and very passionate about stopping fracking in their part of the world.https://paperarts2.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_1812.jpgIMG_1812View from my campsite, I was high up on a hill.2014-08-05T02:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/14/grandmother-moon/2014-07-20T17:28:21+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/12/fundy-national-park-new-brunswick-canada/2014-07-18T21:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/08/hurricane-andrew/2014-07-13T00:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/08/we-arrive-at-our-first-destination/2014-07-08T18:41:10+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/07/08/too-much-stuff/2014-08-02T00:49:59+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.com/2014/05/07/8/2014-08-05T02:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://paperarts2.comdaily1.02015-11-22T22:09:16+00:00