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Here you will find some of our latest adventures.
It’s April 2020 – COVID syndrome is setting in. Well, actually, the reality of COVID is setting in and the realization that we should be wearing some Personal Protective Equipment – PPE.
June and her sewing friends made over three hundred face masks and donated them to the employees of Orchard Foods in Port Orchard, WA. Orchard Foods is a franchisee of Taco Bell, and KFC fast food restaurants. Our daughter, Leah, is a senior manager on the KFC side of their business.
…From Calf Creek I had thought to drive north to Goblin Valley State Park and spend the night there on the way to Moab and Arches National Park. Unfortunately, COVID was closing in on us and shutting down most options for tourism. I found a notice on a bulletin board out in the desert proclaiming that the county health departments of the south east counties of Utah had closed all accommodation. This including campgrounds, so the State Park was done 😥
On reaching the town of Green River, on Interstate 70, I was able to verify that Arches National Park was still open to visitors so we pressed on to Moab.
…Kodachrome Basin State Park is a fascinating study in colors and shapes. The campground is at the top of the basin and provides access to many great trails amongst the hoodoos. When the sun is right, the basing will just light up with color. Not the case when Liddy and I visited this time, but the rock formations were fascinating.
From Kodachrome Basin, we move on to the Calf Creek Recreation Area. Liddy and I stayed the night here. In the morning we walked up the creek to the Lower Calf Creek Falls. This hike was my most enjoyed location on this walkabout.
Calf Creek is located in the canyon in our featured image here. Rounding the corner and seeing this sight in the early evening light… Well I had to stop the car and shoot the photo – for me, it is a stunningly beautiful location.
…From Zion, we drove east to Kanab where we spent the night in a local hotel. In the morning we joined our tour that was to go out to Alstrom Point. Because of the weather, the tour was changed to an overnight at Bryce Canyon National Park.
…It was the beginning of the time… The time of COVID…
After months of anticipation Liddy and I were going to a Landscape Photography Conference in Kanab Utah. Keynote speaker, Art Wolfe.
We had booked an overnight escorted tour to Alstrom Point, overlooking Lake Powell for the day before the conference. It was scheduled on a moonless night at the time of year when the Milky Way would be prominent in the sky.
We were excited… But it was March… It was the beginning of COVID…
…Our first visit to Cape Disappointment State Park was in February of 2019. We had heard about the stupendous waves and surf that happens here when conditions are right.
On this visit, they weren’t 🙁
But… We have been back a number of times since and have been rewarded with lots of images and great romps on the long beaches north of the park.
…Liddy joined our family seven years ago. It was the end of April. We were told she was two.
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