Sounds~Sunday Stills Challenge 083009

This was a difficult challenge for me this week! I take lots of landscape photos, and my photos usually don't have people in them, let alone sounds. But, on this trip to Williams, AZ, the train to the Grand Canyon was at the station, getting ready to leave. People were boarding, after they heard the whistle. This is one of my husband's favorite sounds, a train. Both his father and grandfather worked for the railroad. Sunday Stills Challenge 083009.

Thunderheads over Bishop, CA~SkyWatch Friday 082809

On this afternoon hubby and I drove down to Bishop, CA because he needed a new lens cap for the camera that he dropped while we were on vacation near Mammoth Lakes. On our way back, I spotted this massive thunderhead over the nearby mountains. There were thunderstorms all over the valley and one developed over Mono Lake. SkyWatch Friday for August 28, 2009.

"F" is for Flagstaff~ABC Wednesday 082609

"F" is for Flagstaff. Hubby and I visited Flagstaff this summer. We love to explore the areas nearby and one evening we drove out past the ski training facility west of town. It was late afternoon and the sunlight turned everything a beautiful shade of yellow. ABC Wednesday for August 26, 2009.

Open road~Sunday Stills Challenge for 082309

As hubby and I were returning from our trip to Bishop to return to the camera store, we took a side road that paralleled Highway 395 north of town. It was bordered by beautiful, sweeping green fields. Thunderheads were developing overhead and hubby took this photo. I was too busy smooching with two horses in the field to even notice! Sunday Stills Challenge for 082409.

Late afternoon, Mono Lake, SkyWatch Friday 082109

Hubby and I drove out to Mono Lake late yesterday afternoon. There were some clouds developing over the lake and we wanted to see if they would be reflected in it. Unfortunately, the wind was blowing so much that the lake wasn't calm enough. But, the sun was reflecting on the tufa and I walked out to the edge of the lake to take some photos. SkyWatch Friday for August 21, 2009.

Bodie, CA

Hubby and I have always heard of Bodie and we have driven by the turnoff countless times, but yesterday was our first visit to the town. Bodie is an old mining town, a ghost town now, and it sits above 8,000 feet north of Mono Lake, CA. It is a 9 mile paved road, then a 4 mile unpaved one. It is operated by the California state parks department and is open daily, in summer, from 8:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Then, everybody is hustled out and the gates are locked! I can see why photographers love Bodie! We were there in the late afternoon and the afternoon light and shadows were wonderful! So wonderful, we are return today, to get pics in the early morning light! Bodie lies in the high desert of California and the desert there is full of sage! In fact, when we get out of the car to take pics, we can smell it. Delightful!

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