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A very Happy New Year!

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Saturday, after I realized that it would be fruitless to try and get to the top of the mountain, I decided that I could still get a reasonable workout by hiking the connecting trail for a couple of hours.  It’s amazing how much one is slowed down by trying to hike through 3 or 4 […]

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This first photo is the preface to the second, taken three days later, on Monday, October 28.  I knew that the forecast for the Pacific Northwest was for clear skies for the entire time I would be there and this first view from the window of my plane on Friday, October 25 planted the seed […]

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Took the high road to Taos on Saturday and enjoyed some of the fall color before soaking in the hot springs at Oho Caliente. I’m not sure why, but I decided to leave my long lenses and tripod at home.  Who needs long lenses, right? The first snows have started to get the slopes ready […]

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Grabbed a couple of shots of some climbing action this afternoon These were shot with the telephoto setting on the camera.  I’ve not had time yet to put together the panorama that I shot that shows the full area of the climb. After he got to the top, he adjusted his anchors and began to […]

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The mountain has been drenched this summer and especially so these last couple of weeks.  I suspect that it must have rained on it even within the last few days because of all the water pouring off of it today. Flowers are busting out all over the place, especially ones that need lots of water. […]

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I’m not exactly sure what caused me to look to the east today, for when I looked west, the sunset, while nice, was what I would call uneventful. However, something caused my path to wander to the back of the house and I caught the reflection of the sunset off of the tops of the […]

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It’s good to be back on the mountain and it rewarded me this morning with an unusual abundance of wildflowers. Although August was dry, it appears that the July rains and the most recent rains have brought out the flowers in mass. I saw a splash of red very early on in my hike and […]

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A extremely rare white tailed eagle takes flight from its perch on an island near Stykkishólmur, Iceland.  Hand held on a moving boat. There are less than 250 of these birds in all of Iceland.  It’s a close relative of the Bald Eagle that we find in the United States.

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At the world heritage site, Bergen Norway. The fish market, Bergen.      

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