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3/21 - 3/24: 4 nights, Tikaboo Valley, Nevada. Counting and measuring Joshua Trees.

I want to claim my two nights, only because it puts me ahead of the Aussie :) (He is thrashing me in an unrelated numerical competition)

A few years ago on my birthday I wandered up to the Strike Valley Overlook from the empty parking area. When I reached the overlook I found two people sitting at a folding picnic table having lunch. I told them it was my birthday and they invited me to have wine & cheese with them, I still...

Incredible.

I've never seriously attempted to capture lightning shots before but sitting on the front porch last night there was a good show so I grabbed the camera. I was playing with the exposure/f stop/zoom etc when just by chance I caught this one - didn't get another good shot in the next hour before...

We had two flash floods on the creeks leading to the Fremont River on Thursday. There is video of the one on Sand Creek on Facebook, the front was about 3 feet tall, full of logs and debris, the swell grew from there and took out an irrigation pipe that is a good 8' above the normal floor of the...

It's a bit variable depending on rainfall in the summer and temperatures in the fall, but generally at the end of September and beginning of October you can get some good colour. Fish Lake is the place to go to really see colour, amazing show up there and lots of opportunities to post in the...

Lots of locals fish on the north slopes of Boulder, Donkey Reservoir, Coleman etc. You get to them from the roads in the Teasdale area, lots of little lakes up there.

Last weekend I made my first attempt at selling photos at a 'street fair/parade/market' - Torrey Apple Days. I did quite well clearing a few hundred dollars. Several people looked for a short while then asked if I was the photographer, they seemed more interested when they found I was. Perhaps...

That's a great idea, next time I go to Cedar City I will take a look.

Surely they don't plan on paving all of it? That would be ridiculous, but I can see paving it as far as the Peekaboo & Spooky turnoff. It probably would bring more people and that would probably lead to more restrictions which would be a shame, but I always struggle with what I perceive to be a...

I really like the backcountrypost t-shirts but have discovered I much prefer to hike in a polo shirt, mostly because I usually have my camera strap round my neck. It also keeps a bit more sun off my neck. Anybody have a recommendation for a wicking polo type shirt - doesn't need to be dressy but...

BTDT - last year I was happily driving along chatting with my customers on a Cathedral Valley tour for the local outfitter when we ran into a wash that was soaked, road was dry, air was 90F. I was in 2WD as there hadn't been any hint of problems. Got in and out 6 times to dig 18" of sloppy mud...

I have a 2004 Tundra and I find it's too big for some of the places I want to go, the Tundras got even bigger in the next design after mine and aren't likely to get smaller again! (Mine has the scars to prove it's too big!)

This is my favourite storm picture I've taken - beware it's 7000 pixels wide! (And that's significantly reduced from the original 22 image stitch) http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobpalin/5986269091/sizes/o/

My first 'bag night' since the late 1980s, at the Wedge in the San Rafael Swell, Utah Total: 2 nights 5/30-5/31 2 nights, Wedge Overlook Recreation Area I have barely camped in recent years let alone out under the stars, the last time before this was a few years ago in Arizona where I had a 6...

Looking forward to more - I'm very familiar with the GWT around Torrey walking on it almost every day with the dogs when I'm here. If I can help you with this section please let me know (shuttles etc).

Biff seems to love the snow Biff Loves the Snow, January 2013 (1) by Bob Palin, on Flickr Biff Loves the Snow, January 2013 (2) by Bob Palin, on Flickr

Is the 'featured image' at Brimhall Point? I chickened out on that jump, of course I was by myself and wearing stiff off road motorcycle boots, but still...

I'm setting a goal : 1 It's been almost 4 years since I spent a night in a tent and even then we had a queen size inflatable mattress! This year, Biff willing, I will be out under the stars several times.