Jun 24 2021
Meadow Fritillary [Boloria bellona] on Butterfly-Weed [Asclepias tuberosa] photos were taken in our backyard in Fletcher, North Carolina on 24 June 2021. The NWF Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America, page 286, says “these aptly named butterflies occupy moist meadows associated with woodlands during summer.”
Meadow Fritillary on Butterfly-Weed – 24 June 2021
Meadow Fritillary on Butterfly-Weed – 24 June 2021
Meadow Fritillary on Butterfly-Weed – 24 June 2021
Jun 15 2021
Images from a visit to The World’s Only Corn Palace, in Mitchell, South Dakota, on 15 June 2021.
Corn Palace – 15 June 2021
Corn Palace – 100 Years
1921 – 2021
Side Murals
Corner View
Palace Floor views
Palace Floor views
Palace Floor views
Jun 15 2021
Dignity statue at a South Dakota rest area off Interstate 70, near Chamberlain, 15 June 2021. One of Ward Whiwam’s concrete tipis is also found there.
Dignity – 15 June 2021
Dignity – 15 June 2021
Concrete Tipi [teepee] – Designed by Ward Whitwam
Visitor to Dignity
Lewis and Clark Bicentennial (1804-2004)
Description of Encampment – Camp Pleasant
Memorial Bridge
Jun 14 2021
Images from a visit to Mount Rushmore National Monument, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, on Flag Day, 14 June 2021. Presidents (left-to-right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Executed by sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, beginning in October 1927 and completed by his son, Lincoln, in October 1941.
Mount Rushmore – 14 June 2021
Up Washington’s Nose – 14 June 2021
A Better View of Presidents Jefferson and Roosevelt
Gutzon Borglum’s Model (early revision)
Record Room (never completed)
Mount Rushmore Cafeteria
Cafeteria Lamp
Jun 11 2021
We travelled through Ovid, Idaho on our way to Montpelier on U.S. Route 89, on 11 June 2021. It was a stop on the Oregon Trail.
Historical Marker at Ovid, Idaho – 11 June 2021
Old School House
Possibly an Old Filling Station
Old Store Front
Days Gone By
Jun 10 2021
Thomas Canyon in the Ruby Mountains, near Spring Creeek, Nevada on 9 and 10 June 2021. It is part of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, under the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It was sunny, windy, and relatively warm when we arrived, but there were snow pellets on our tent when we woke up the following morning.
Thomas Canyon Campground – 10 June 2021
Our Camp Site – 9 June 2021
Area around Campground
Thomas Canyon Campground – 9 June 2021
Sunset on 9 June 2021
Martha on our morning hike – 10 June 2021
Fantastic Sky Colors!
Snow Still Melting on the Peaks
On the Morning Hike
Snow Pellets on Mule’s Ears
Look Up to a Summit
Signs of Melting Snow on the Rock Faces
Stickers from Other Visitors
More Stickers/Slaps
Jun 09 2021
Snowmelt [Sarcodes sanguinea] found at Emerald Bay State Park and South Lake Tahoe, California on 8 and 9 June 2021. It’s a member of the Indian Pipe (Monotropaceae) family and “is the only mycotrophic wildflower in the heath (Ericaceae) that is not a ghostly white color or various shades of reddish to purplish brown,” according to the U.S. Forest Service
USDA Plants Listing: Sarcodes sanguinea
Snowplant – 9 June 2021
Snowplant – 9 June 2021
Snowplant – 9 June 2021
Snowplant – 8 June 2021
Jun 03 2021
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 3 June 2021. The Grand Canyon Railway was taken from Williams to visit the South Rim of the park.
At the rail station in Williams, AZ
Sign at railway station
Artwork in the passenger cabin
Passenger car
Looking back in the coach
A happy passenger
Near end of walk to Yavapai Point
View from the South Rim trail
Switchbacks on the trail below
Along the South Rim
Another “Grand” view
Trails below
Out to the edge
Green in the valley
View along South Rim
Zoom out, more panoramic
Lovely clouds
Along the South Rim and more clouds
Back in Williams, Arizona
Jun 01 2021
Images from a visit to Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona on 1 June 2021.
Petrified Forest National Park
The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert
At Home in the Painted Desert
Painted Desert Inn
The Tipis/Teepees
Out from the Tipis
The Tipis
Ram Promaster City at the Tipis
Back to the Park Road
Tipis
Tipis
Tipis
Looking Out to the Van
Along the Park Road
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrified Forest National Park
Petrification Process – From NPS Brochure
A Kaleidoscope of Minerals – From NPS Brochure
In the Crystal Forest
In the Crystal Forest
In the Crystal Forest
In the Crystal Forest
In the Crystal Forest
In the Crystal Forest
In the Crystal Forest
Time to Tumble, slow pokes!
Agate Bridge
Rainbow Forest Museum and Visitor Center
Giant Logs
At the edge of the Rainbow Forest
At the edge of the Rainbow Forest
At the edge of the Rainbow Forest
At the edge of the Rainbow Forest
Martha with Logs
More Giants
May 30 2021
El Malpais National Monument, near Grants, New Mexico on 30 May 2021, part of the National Park system of the United States. Two areas were visited: La Ventana Arch and the Sandstone Bluffs. There wasn’t time to go to the volcano flows.
La Ventana
On the path to the arch
La Ventana from viewing area
Under the arch
Skyward
Arch flower
Out the “window”
Another skyward view
Graffiti under the arch
Out of La Ventana
At the Sandstone Bluffs area – El Malpais
Down from the Bluffs
Sandstone Bluffs
Sandstone Bluffs
Sandstone Bluffs
Lizard at the bluffs
The van awaits
One more look at the bluffs
