Took a drive about 1/2 hours drive up Interstate 15 to visit Kolob Canyons today. This is a lesser-visited section of the famous Zion National Park. The scenic drive is gorgeous and extra cool with some leftover snowfall clinging to the red rocks. https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/kolob-canyons.htm
We were planning to bid adieu to Sand Hollow SP today but decided to stay another day and let the gusty winds die down. Not worth towing uphill into a 30 MPH (50km) headwind. Did make for some beautiful scenery pix.
How many rocks would a rock chuck chuck if a rock chuck could chuck rocks? :joke:
Spotted this little guy at the rim of the Snake River Canyon in Twin Falls, Idaho. Known around these parts as a rock chuck. First time I've ever seen one, Their biological name is a yellow-bellied marmot. Must be a cousin to our Vancouver Island Marmots.
Balanced Rock located about 50 minutes out of Twin Falls, Idaho. Rhyolite monolith over 48 feet tall and 40 tons, the wind-carved rock balances precariously on a pedestal only 3 feet by 17 inches
Was a thrill today to spot a pair of Pronghorn roaming the hills along the Snake River on the Oregon/Idaho border. Unfortunately, they stayed far away up in the hillsides so this is the best shot I could get using all of my 30X camcorder zoom.
If you want photos of Pronghorn's head over to deep south central Oregon to the Hart Mtn Refuge. North of Lakeview; South of Burns. Good camping near by & good roads into the area. Lots of wildlife and views of hills & valleys as well. Ann will thank you. ..
Ray, if you are westbound on I-84 in Oregon be on the lookout for a band of bighorn sheep. In the spring they are usually staying right beside the freeway about halfway up the cliff located just a few miles East of the John Day River bridge. You will probably see somebody pulled over to view them. Good luck and safe travels.
Kind of mixed sun and cloud, on and off drizzly, unseasonably cool day again on Vancouver Island so we headed out into the rain forest to hike around some monster old trees. Never ceases to amaze me. Video to come. :)
Out beachcombing on Vancouver Island the other day and spotted this interesting log covered with attached shellfish. I believe they are what they call Gooseneck Barnacles.
Nicely captures ! We are experiencing very unusual, very low, low tides down here on the Oregon Coast. Lots of items are viewable that normally are not.