We recently returned from a holiday in Scotland. We spent eight days on a golf tour, with members of our local club from Canmore. Once that was completed, Rolande and I spent a further eight days touring the Highlands. We arrived in Edinburgh, departed from there and spent 4 days in the city in the…
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Canyonlands NP
Canyonlands National Park is located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab. It preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. Legislation creating the park was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on September 12, 1964. The park is divided into four districts:…
Milky Way Over the Three Sisters
Earlier today (4:00 am) I ventured out into the cold (3 deg C or 38 deg F) with two friends from the Canmore Camera Club. They had determined that the Milky Way would be very visible at this hour, close to Canmore’s landmark peaks, the Three Sisters. We set up in a good location and…
Monument Valley
Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1,000 ft (300 m) above the valley floor. It is located on the Arizona-Utah state line, near the Four Corners area (intersection of the Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico state boundaries). The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S….
Arches NP
Last week, I traveled to Moab, Utah for a three-day photography safari. I was accompanied by friends and photographers, Barry Stewart and Bill McAdam. We visited two national parks in the area, the Arches and Canyonlands, both located close to Moab. We spent two days there before heading home, stopping over night at the Navaho…