June 2010

Whatever you think of open-pit mining the sheer scale of turning a mountain into the world’s largest hole to provide millions of miles of telephone wire, countless feet of trendy house siding, and billions of feet of plumbing pipe is breathtaking. If it was a stadium Kennecott Copper’s (now RIo TInto’s) Bingham Canyon Mine could seat over 9 million people…

For anyone not used to getting up early, landscape photography can be a real chore. Most sights are best photographed near sunrise and sunset. In June and July in particular those can be pretty far apart! So it was refreshing to finish our morning adventures yesterday in Yellowstone National Park with one of the wonders of the world which really looks its best in mid-day in mid-summer…

A walk down Park Avenue in New York would be a lot of fun anytime, especially Fathers’ Day, but a walk down Park Avenue Canyon in Arches National Park was a great treat. Annie and I braved the 105 degree temps (but it was a dry heat:-)) to be amazed by the stunning vistas and tiny critters that make up the canyon….

Grand Canyon: North Rim or South Rim?: http://ping.fm/kGtNi Having been to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon before we decided to spend a few days at the North Rim this trip. Especially since we are traveling in June which we knew would be packed full in both places. For those considering a trip there and wondering which to visit if you don’t have time for both here are our thoughts…