The Trip 2011 |
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Long Beach, California
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Long Beach at night
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Long Beach |
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Long Beach |
Long Beach |
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Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) |
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) |
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Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacifics
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Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus), Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific |
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The Outlets of Barstow, California |
Beavertail Cactus (Opuntia basilaris), Mojave desert |
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Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia), Mojave desert, California |
Flowering Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii), Mojave desert |
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Desert landscape with Joshua Tree and Mojave Yucca (Yucca schidigera) |
Baker, California |
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Motel in Baker
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Baker Country Store |
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Death Valley National Park |
Next service far away |
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Salt pan |
Selfie in Death Valley - 2011 |
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Badwater Basin, 85.5 meters below sea level |
Death Valley |
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Driving through Las Vegas
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Motel in Mesquite, north of Las Vegas, Nevada
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Soaptree Yucca (Yucca elata), Southern Utah |
Yucca flowers with Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata) |
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Redneck US of A |
Southern Utah landscape |
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La Verkin, Utah |
Silver Bear rock shop, Springdale, Utah |
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Outside Zion National Park (Route 9), Utah |
North Fork Virgin River, Utah |
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Welcome to Zion National Park, Utah |
Creek in Zion National Park, Utah |
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Hailstorm |
Red-tailed Hawk - western type (Buteo jamaicensis) |
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Sevier River along Hwy 89 in Utah. Creek valley with Sagebrush |
Riverside Restaurant along Hwy 89, Utah |
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Sevier River along highway 89 in Utah |
Roadside red rocks in Utah |
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Utah literature, found in all motel rooms ("I myself stick to The Book of Morons...it has served me well")
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Pronghorns (Antilocapra americana), Bryce Canyon National Park
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Lush river valley, Southern Utah |
Sunset over barren land in Southern Utah |
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Utah rocks |
Common Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus communis) |
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Outback lunch in Capitol Reef National Park |
Capitol Reef National Park |
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Western Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus tigris), Capitol Reef National Park |
River in Utah |
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Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus), Capitol Reef National Park |
Highway 24, north toward Interstate 70 and the city of Green River |
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Arches National Park entrance |
Arches National Park |
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Arches National Park |
Hiking toward the Delicate Arch |
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At the Delicate Arch, Arches National Park |
Moab, Utah |
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Food and gas supply. Shady Acres Gas and Groceries, Green River, Utah
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Genius on the road 1. Helmet for sale!
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Oil exploration, Utah |
Lagoon street, Roosevelt, Northern Utah |
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Ouray National Wildlife Refuge |
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) |
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White-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys leucurus), Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Utah |
Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), shot through the windshield in Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. An introduced species in the USA. This one belongs to the Chinese Ring-necked Pheasant group |
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Green River, Northern Utah |
White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), northern Utah |
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus), Northern Utah. Notice the black tip of the tail, and the large ears |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), near Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Utah |
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California Quail (Callipepla californica), Northern Utah
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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Northern Utah
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Snow fence, Northern Utah |
Vernal, Utah |
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Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Northern Utah
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Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Quite massive, length 145 km, surface 171 square km
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Cattle ranch, Wyoming. This state holds some of the largest cattle ranches in the country
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Wyoming landscape |
Pronghorn along Highway 191, Wyoming |
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Pinedale along Highway 191, Wyoming |
Antler Motel, Jackson, Wyoming |
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Lunch in The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar, Jackson |
Jackson, Wyoming |
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River north of Jackson Hole, Wyoming
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Horse ranch outside Jackson Hole
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Into Yellowstone National Park |
Still lots of snow in southern parts of Yellowstone in late May |
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In Yellowstone National Park |
Hot springs, Yellowstone National Park |
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A Bison at Old Faithful, Yellowstone National Park |
Yellowstone River |
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Look, there's a grizzly bear! Roadside chaos, Yellowstone |
And here is what everyone was looking at, a mama grizzly bear with her cub in the snow |
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Hayden Valley, Yellowstone, in late May |
Elk shedding his winter fur, Yellowstone |
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Alpine Motel, Cooke City
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Sleeping Bison
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Prospector Restaurant, Cooke City, Montana, East of Yellowstone
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Pub in Cooke City, Montana
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Mule Deer, Montana |
Livingstone, Monatna |
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Motel in Livingstone, Montana |
Westward on Interstate 90 in Montana |
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Clark Fork River, Montana |
Idaho countryside |
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A Boeing Max decommissioned? |
Old cars |
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Genius on the road 2. Another winner. This fellow resembled Jack Nicholson |
Spokane, Washington |
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Ritzville, Washington
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Top Hat Motel, Ritzville
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Columbia River, Washington |
Pothole Reservoir, Washington |
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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Pothole Reservoir |
Veiny Dock (Rumex venosus), Pothole Reservoir |
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Washington
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Old-town district, Ellensburg Pearl Street, Washington
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Into the Cascade Mountains, Washington |
A fern in the Cascade Mountains, maybe Western Swordfern (Polystichum munitum) |
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A small detour in the Cascades |
Winter roads, Cascades |
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Western Trillium (Trillium ovatum), Cascades |
Western Skunk Cabbage (Lysichiton americanus), Cascades |
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Twede's Cafe featured in Twin Peaks, North Bend, Washington |
Twede's Cafe with the cherry pie, North Bend |
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North Bend, where they filmed Twin Peaks
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North Bend Motel, North Bend
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Coffee-bar visit, a "must" in Seattle
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Pike Place Market, Seattle
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Seattle |
Seattle |
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Seafood at Pike Place Market, Seattle |
Pike Place Market, Seattle |
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