Mid-October temps will be better, but you still need 4WD. I had to put my 4Runner in 4Lo several times driving to Cottonwood Cove from the south.
Hiring a guide for my first trip out to Coyote Buttes South some 12 years ago was some of the best money I ever spent! The guide was a Kanab local...
Very foolish if you don’t have 4WD (AWD isn’t good enough). I drove that area last month in my 4Runner and it’s pretty much deep sand all the way. It’s also still fairly hot there this time of year, so a one-way 3 mile walk with a lot of deep sand is a bad, bad idea.
Omg, I can’t believe this thread is still running! I just looked it up for the heck of it, and found I have a lot of catching up to do. Anyway, I wrote the original post 10 years ago. Here’s where I am now: I fulfilled my dream of retiring early (55) and found an awesome town that has a lot of...
I really need to explore there some more. I like Island in the Sky because I love the feeling of being up with the birds, but there is so much to check out. You could spend a lifetime there and not see it all.
I'm about to head to Moab for a few of days of photography for me, mountain biking for Stan. I just found out I'll be there at the same time as the last Moab symposium, which means the place will be crawling with photographers. Any suggestions for places to explore/shoot that aren't...
Awesome, loved it! Great pics, as always. We are going to have to add something like this to our bucket list. You really find out who has control issues when you kayak together (one guide Stan and I rented from called them "Divorce boats"). And to get through the whole trip with a Schlumpf...
No commercial groups allowed in Aravaipa, private individuals/groups only. Shane got a permit in Aravaipa for himself for several days after the workshop ended, and we were all invited to join him privately. Unfortunately I needed to be back at work so I couldn't stay.
One of my favorite threads! I love looking at everyone's photos and enjoying their work. Personal favorites from 2017, off the top of my head:
Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley. Technically taken in 2016, but I got the idea to convert this to monochrome in 2017 so it goes here. :D
A too brief...
@gnwatts This one is mind blowingly beautiful!
From my deck:
Just to be clear, this is @gnwatts shot, not mine. When I hit reply it quoted all the shots, so I deleted them except this one, but it also deleted his name unfortunately.
As always, just about all my to-do's are photography related, but not all:
January-Grand Canyon and Sedona
March-Stan and I celebrating our two year anniversary. Last year we snowshoed to Hot Creek at 4:00 a.m. so I could shoot it under moonlight. We weren't prepared for the 18 degree temps...
I just called my representative too, though her opposition is a done deal. That's the beauty of living in CA these days, our reps oppose just about everything coming out of this administration.
Apparently, it's also flying around on the private planes of the same oil and gas company executives who have been lobbying you to open up the monuments. And giving a two person operation from your hometown an inside track to a $300 million contract to rebuild a country, no experience required.
I have a friend in Kanab whose family has been there for 5 generations, and he has very unique points of view on these issues, all worth listening to. Most locals I've met don't fit into a box of either redneck or greener. What I've found that I don't agree with is the desire of a lot of...