Turns out that not only does it actually snow in the Grand Canyon. It really snows.
Looking from the south rim; the other side has completely vanished in a white haze. Which isn’t that surprising given that you couldn’t even see the bottom.
Lessons learnt:
Supposedly the most well known and best preserved meteorite crater on Earth. Situated in northern Arizona and close to Flagstaff where we ended up staying a night.
For more information see: http://www.meteorcrater.com
or check it out on Google maps
An eroded but colourful landscape.
This was one of my better shots of the iconic two armed Saguaro. Turns out taking a photo that doesn’t involve lots of scrubs is extremely difficult.
Spent a couple of days in Tucson Arizona over the holiday as part of a road trip. Which provided an opportunity to briefly explore the two Saguaro National Parks (west and east).
Saguaro is pronounced “sah-WAH-row” and is native to southern Arizona, a small section of California, and the Mexican state of Sonora.
The Baylands is also home to an army of power lines. Which marches up and down the coast carrying electricity to where it is needed.
A friend was extremely generous and took me on a whirlwind tour of Vancouver over the weekend. First stop was Cypress mountain. Which had just opened for the skiing season.
It was somewhat cold…
Curtosy of my parents latest mail redirection. Thanks!
Finally got around to having a look through the Winchester Mystery House. A four storey mansion that was under constant construction (24 hours a day) for 38 years. Located in San Jose, California.
Much much more commercialised than I had expected. I was envisioning an old mansion that you could walk around like a museum with the occasional tour going through. That was immediately dismissed when I passed through the main entrance and found myself in the gift shop. It’s still an old mansion, but the tours are compulsory and appeared to leave every ten minutes or so. Which is just as well as you would potentially miss out on a lot of the history and strange architecture.
Definitely a place to check out if you are in the San Jose area.
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