The weather has been a rollercoaster the past few weeks. Moving from summer to first fall, then first winter and then to second fall . Yes, if you don’t like the weather, wait a few hours…
The past few days have been cold and raining, with snow in the higher elevations. All of this culminated in the photos I took yesterday with my phone as I was going to lunch. Enjoy!
There is a nice, moderate two mile trail, just north of the visitor center at Cedar Breaks National Monument that leads to an alpine pond. It’s a beautiful trail, with many interesting trees, flowers (especially in mid-summer), and of course the pond.
It is very peaceful there and one could meditate for hours in the beauty and solitude it provides. Just be aware that oxygen may be hard to acquire for some people, because Cedar Breaks is approximately 10,000 feet above sea level.
It is a special place to enjoy with friends and family.
This image is available for prints on my ArtPal store.
Enjoy,
Kelly
It’s snowing in Zion National Park! First snow of the year, and first measurable precipitation since last summer.
Back in 2008, I went on a camping trip in the Joshua Tree forest in the Beaver Dam Wilderness Area, just east of Beaver Dam, Arizona. It was a relaxing weekend and lots of exploring opportunities were enjoyed. Just after setting up camp, I was taking photos (lots of them) of the Joshua Trees, the desert, cliffs, and of course, the sky.
This post is my entry in Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge of camping.
When I first photographed the clouds, this first one looked kind of weird, almost like a hand had been pushed down on the sky and made the clouds.
This second image is even stranger. I was taking photos of the sunset and really didn’t notice the formation in the clouds until several years later while looking at this image on a large screen. Needless to say, I was dumbfounded when I saw it.
Crazy, huh? Any ideas on what it could be, besides a random cloud? Please let me know what you think.
Kelly
What’s more fun than taking a 9 hour flight from New York to Paris? Taking a flight that’s delayed two hours (sitting on the plane) for a major storm that stopped all flights until it passed. Once the storm passed, we taxied out to the runway, and after sitting there for a half hour, the captain announced we’re waiting to clearance to take off and that we were number 20 in queue. Then the plane drove around JFK for about a half hour before takeoff to get to the right runway. Finally we took off two hours after we were scheduled to leave New York.
The plane had this cool feature of a tail camera that was shared with passengers during the flight.
My watch showed 2:00am, but the local time was 10:00, so I opened the window shade (couldn’t sleep anyway) and saw this:
About two hours later we landed in Paris.
It’s really hard to fathom how green everything is, coming from a desert that has multiple shades of brown and red. Here it’s multiple shades of green.
We drove straight to Normandy to our B&B on a farm. It’s absolutely gorgeous here! Woke up to hearing church bells and birds singing, and this view from the window.
Last night for dinner we drove to the next village for pizza, and found this nearby:
It’s now a church, but it was a castle at one time. It deserves further exploring.
Enjoy!
Kelly
Sunrise in Zion National Park this morning was absolutely gorgeous! It snowed overnight, and cleared out sometime early this morning.
Enjoy,
Kelly
After several weeks of 70+ degree temperatures, it was starting to look like Spring had arrived (in February??). The fruit trees are all in bloom, and the cottonwoods are starting to bud out, but it’s too early for that because there’s always a frost in March.
Today that all changed! It was raining most of the night, but it started snowing this morning!
West Thumb Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park. Oh, what a foggy morning! It sure plays tricks with the light, and what beauty is the result!
Walking to work this morning, the canyon was draped in fog which is absolutely gorgeous!
Have you asked yourself lately where you want to be? At work? Home? In the desert or mountains?
Sometimes I’d just like to curl up next to a roaring fire with a good book and a steaming mug of hot chocolate. But my first choice would be out in nature, either in the mountains or desert. It’d have to be the desert this time of year because of snow in the mountains.
But my favorite place to be is where few others go: The Road Less Traveled, because there are things to see there that are just too beautiful to describe.
Have a great day and enjoy your road less traveled.
Kelly Guymon Photography 