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This years summer vacation

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  • bachophileB Offline
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    bachophile
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    #29

    Coming to you from Mexican Hat Utah

    This is the view from the motel room overlooking the San Juan River just outside of monument valley

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    Thats monument valley, recognize the scene from Forest Gump?

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    Glen canyon dam

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    And downstream from the dam, the Colorado eventually feeding into the Grand Canyon

    Tomorrow into the Rockies and Colorado.

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      bachophile
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      #30

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      Better dam pictures. Damn it’s nice.

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
        wrote on last edited by
        #31

        Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

        And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

          And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

          LuFins DadL Offline
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          LuFins Dad
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          #32

          @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

          Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

          And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

          Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

          The Brad

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #33

            I love travel photos. Thanks for continuing with this.

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • MikM Away
              MikM Away
              Mik
              wrote on last edited by
              #34

              Yes indeed. Aren’t the redwoods in Sequoia and Kings Canyon spectacular?

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • CopperC Offline
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                Copper
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                #35

                Yes, nice pictures. You could see most of that on Google Earth, but it's not the same as knowing the photographer.

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                • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                  @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

                  Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                  And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

                  Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

                  JollyJ Offline
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                  Jolly
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #36

                  @LuFins-Dad said in This years summer vacation:

                  @Jolly said in This years summer vacation:

                  Don't know how I missed this. Great pictures!

                  And yeah, that's a rattler. They ain't bad fried.

                  Nahhh, I’m with Renauda. That’s a gopher snake. Rattler’s heads are particularly arrow shaped. The teeth and venom glands are exaggerated more than most other vipers.. And are diamonds more than striped in patterns..

                  Isn't that a dozen rattles on the tail?

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • B Offline
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                    blondie
                    wrote on last edited by blondie
                    #37

                    Really nice pics. Please post more!
                    Oh, and definitely a rattlesnake. It has a rattle. And that’s the 1st defining feature with your pic. Gopher snakes (aka bull snakes) don’t have rattles on their tails. Their tails taper to a point. I’m more familiar with prairie rattlers. They aren’t as pretty as the ones down south.

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                    • HoraceH Offline
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                      Horace
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                      #38

                      Beautiful pics! I hope you enjoy yourself. I remember those sequoias from our camping trip around there a few years ago. Don’t hike to exhaustion like we did.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • B blondie

                        Really nice pics. Please post more!
                        Oh, and definitely a rattlesnake. It has a rattle. And that’s the 1st defining feature with your pic. Gopher snakes (aka bull snakes) don’t have rattles on their tails. Their tails taper to a point. I’m more familiar with prairie rattlers. They aren’t as pretty as the ones down south.

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                        Renauda
                        wrote on last edited by Renauda
                        #39

                        @blondie & @bachophile

                        I have sent a copy of the snake photos to someone in Calgary who ought to be able to identify that snake with high certainty. Hopefully he is not out in the wilds right now and can get back to me soon.

                        Elbows up!

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Online
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                          Doctor Phibes
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                          #40

                          Great photos, Mr. B.

                          There's nothing like the US for just jaw-dropping canyons and what-not. We went to the Grand Canyon and Sedona a couple of years ago, and I was really just struck dumb by the experience. I'm hoping it's reversible.

                          I was only joking

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                          • MikM Away
                            MikM Away
                            Mik
                            wrote on last edited by Mik
                            #41

                            I haven’t noticed any further deterioration, Phibes. Wasn’t a lot of room for it anyway

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              Renauda
                              wrote on last edited by Renauda
                              #42

                              @bachophile & @blondie

                              My contact in Calgary got back to me and said that it was a beautiful example of a Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus helleri )

                              What really impressed him was the perfect condition of his tail for a snake that has undergone twelve sheddings.

                              Good call blondie.

                              Elbows up!

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                              • bachophileB Offline
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                                bachophile
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #43

                                So, currently in Grand Island Nebraska.

                                As I said going fast over the plains. Here there be…basically just cornfields.

                                Some catch up

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                                The south west deserts are just beyond spectacular. Every turn was a new canyon, a new mesa, colors unbelievable.

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                                But fraught with danger.

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                                Four corners

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                                Joshua trees

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                                Ouray Colorado

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                                Scottsbluff Nebraska.

                                Tomorrow booked a hotel overlooking the Mississippi in Iowa.

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                                • MikM Away
                                  MikM Away
                                  Mik
                                  wrote on last edited by Mik
                                  #44

                                  Nice trip!

                                  Our drive from North Carolina to Las Vegas last summer was kind of a survey of American deserts. Quite spectacular.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • markM Offline
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                                    mark
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #45

                                    Are you passing by Northern IL, Southern WI?

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                                    • bachophileB Offline
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                                      bachophile
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #46

                                      No sorry. Swinging fast in abit more southerly route across Indiana and ultimately toward Pennsylvania and New York, I’d like to visit the hallowed ground of Gettysburg. And maybe Amish Pennsylvania.

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                                      • bachophileB bachophile

                                        No sorry. Swinging fast in abit more southerly route across Indiana and ultimately toward Pennsylvania and New York, I’d like to visit the hallowed ground of Gettysburg. And maybe Amish Pennsylvania.

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                                        George K
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #47

                                        @bachophile said in This years summer vacation:

                                        No sorry.

                                        Damn...

                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • MikM Away
                                          MikM Away
                                          Mik
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #48

                                          Damn. I wonder if Krogers will let me return the matzoh and brisket.

                                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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