Cape Royal Sunset
5:11pm After hiking the Cliff Springs Trail I was officially off the clock but instead of heading home drove continued out the plateau for a Cape Royal sunset. 5:56pm With over an hour to wait no...
View ArticleSun setting on the Drakensburg Mountains South Africa
Mountains tend to make their own weather. And during my stay in the Drakensburgs I saw these gorgeous green mountains turn from golden sun lit to drenched in life giving rain and back within about five...
View ArticleSunset from the Grand Lodge
One more time, Rangers get paid in sunsets. To view more skies from around the world, or to share your own, go to Sky Watch Friday by clicking here. The post Sunset from the Grand Lodge appeared first...
View ArticleHartenbos South Africa
I got to the coast and looked for a place to stay for the night, desperately wanting to find internet so I could post about my eventful day caving and ostrich riding. I drove past Hartenbos to Mossel...
View ArticleSunset at Toroweap
After seeing the sun dog and halo we rushed to the rim for sunset at Toroweap. I found a stable looking rock and set up the new tripod. With Jake just above and behind me I kept bugging him about...
View ArticleSunset at Zion National Park
Ancient sand dunes revealed by erosion tower over Zion Canyon from South Campground in Zion National Park. First designated as a National Monument in 1909 then ten years later established as a...
View ArticleSunset from Toroweap
On this last day of 2013 I reflect and feel grateful that I get to work and play at Grand Canyon for half the year. Of course I don’t get this Toroweap view every day but it’s only a few hours away....
View ArticleSunset from the Grand Canyon Lodge
As a summer Park Ranger on the North Rim I get paid overtime with a sunset from the Grand Canyon Lodge. The post Sunset from the Grand Canyon Lodge appeared first on Geogypsy.
View ArticleSunset through the North Rim forest
Much of the rim is not easily accessible but worth walking around the trees for a sunset through the North Rim forest. Yet the trees frame the sky and canyon. Tip toeing through the golden grasses to...
View ArticleToroweap, a remote western view of Grand Canyon
Scrape marks on the slick rock that’s called road, not ours After the five hour drive over washboard then slick rock road we pulled into a full campground at Toroweap around 5pm. A fellow camper...
View ArticleSunset in Hermanus South Africa
After a full day of celebrating my birthday I returned to Anchor’s Rest B&B just before sunset in Hermanus. My host had told me about a coast trail I could easily access a block away. I found a...
View ArticleAfter the storm sunset over Grand Canyon
Definitely going through a climate change on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon yet rain and rainbows bring the stormy sunset. The evening cleared a bit and let the last light shine through. Thursday’s...
View ArticleI found my park at Grand Canyon
August 24, 2016 I found my park at Grand Canyon. The first time I found it 40 years ago but didn’t hear it call my name. Ten years ago friends gave it to me for my birthday and I made a wish to work...
View ArticleMagical inversion at Grand Canyon
September 29 & 30, 2016 The end of September seems late for rain which sometimes brings inversion at Grand Canyon. Been gone or off work for the few fabulous cloud events this summer. Plus...
View ArticleCaretaking a friend and watching the Yarnell skies
December 6-18, 2016 My dearest friend Berta had a long overdue knee replacement December 6th so I’ve parked the truck camper in her driveway. When I’m not helping her, or playing on the computer, I’ve...
View ArticleOne season following another…
December 28, 2016 – January 8, 2017 Sunrise sunset, sunrise, sunset! Swiftly fly the years, One season following another, Laden with happiness and tears… –Written in 1964 by Sheldon Harnick with music...
View ArticleDeath Valley National Park – Chasing the gold
March 7, 2017 At Death Valley National Park it’s easy to discover gold, even if it’s not a precious metal. I found it hiking Golden Canyon and chasing the sunset. Death Valley is often described as...
View ArticleSolstice sunrise from Cape Royal
OK, so my summer solstice actually began with sunset and the milky way on the 20th then I actually set the alarm for the solstice sunrise. I met a friend and fellow photographer at Cape Royal in the...
View ArticleOvernight monsoon at Marble View
July 18 & 19, 2017 Two days off work so I headed out to a favorite rim overlook to camp, see how the site would be for August 21st’s partial solar eclipse, and ended up with amazing sunset and rise...
View ArticlePartial solar eclipse from Marble View
August 20-21, 2017 At Grand Canyon I wasn’t in the path of totality for the August 21st solar eclipse so I settled with camping on the Kaibab National Forest at Marble View for a 73.4% partial solar...
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