Washington, DC

Hi Bush jr.

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Mysterious Staircase, Santa Fe

Miracle or Legend?

Blue Angles

San Francisco

Kauai, HI

Maui

Grand Teton / Yellowstone 06/2010

Grand Teton / Yellowstone 06/2010

Blooming lilies

I took the suggestion of a friend and went back to the lake to catch the lilies blooming. This photo doesn't do the lilies justice as the whole cove is full of these huge leaves and flowers. I really needed to be in the water with a wide angle lens but they don't allow swimming in this lake and I don't have a wide angle lens yet.

I guess it's time to take a peak at e-bay and then "accidentally" fall in the lake!

Swiss Rocks

Found these interesting holey sandstone rocks while hiking this last weekend. Unable to figure out if this is from water or wind erosion as the rocks above the high tide mark seem just as eroded as the ones near the low tide mark.

The wicked witch is dead!

I have to admit that even for me, this is a little wierd. I went on a little hike yesterday, which in hind sight wasn't the smartest thing to do because when I started out early in the morning it was already 80 degrees with full sun and by the time I got to where I wanted to be about two hours later it was 97 with full sun and 60% humidity. It ended up being 100 by the time I got back to the car with a heat index of 105. It really sucked yesterday!

During my hike I came across a pair of four inch high heel shoes. Now mind you I wasn't walking on a trail or even anywhere near a trail. I was way off the beaten path and more than a mile from the nearest road or parking area. You can see in the second photo that I was out a ways so I'm not sure how or why these shoes came to be where they were.

When I found the second one I fully expected to find some human remains also because anybody dumb enough to wear those shoes in the mountains would probably never make it out.

I'm glad to say I didn't find a body but I'm still perplexed as to why anyone would even attempt to walk in this area with these kinds of shoes. Even more perplexing is how they got out of the area without the shoes.

People really do some strange things!