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This week's prompt is "WOW!"
You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.
Well, around 4:40 it looked like the rain would hold off, so we decided to hike the 1-1/2 miles up the slick rock to Delicate Arch to get a sunset photo. On the 45 minute hike up the hill, the clouds were approaching, but we figured we had plenty of time before it started raining. Rrrrright. We got the the arch and snapped a few photos before we lost the light. Why? Because the sun was covered by a cloud. A really big and ugly cloud. The photo of the arch is deceiving because the big cloud is in the other direction. When the thunder and lightning started we figured it was probably best to get off the hill. We started down with the lightning striking close and out in the open on the slickrock it got pretty hairy. About halfway down the rain started. Not just a little sprinkle, but the kind of rain that causes flash floods. It poured, the wind blew, and the lightning struck. Within about 30 seconds we were soaked clear through. The last 3/4 of a mile we walked as fast as we could, in hopes of getting to the truck before the wash we had to cross flooded.We made it to the truck, dripping wet and cold. We crossed the wash just as the water was starting to run across the road. We drove to some high ground, and luckily we had some towels in the truck. We stripped off our clothes and wrapped the towels around us and drove back to town. Got some great pictures though.
The Niagara Penninsula is where the majority of Canada's soft fruit is grown. If you're lucky and you're in the area when the trees are in blossom roll the car windows down - the scent is intoxicating!
We saw this cherry orchard in bloom while we were out wine tasting last May.
Jerry
The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. ~G.K. Chesterton
No, it's not the moon or Mars, but one of many amazing scenes from our trip to the South Dakota Badlands in the fall of 2008. (Still mean to do a Trip Report, but I keep saying that!)
Victoria BC, April 2009 - such a beautiful sight when our taxi turned on Trutch Street to drop as us off at our rental for three weeks. Wow, wow, wow!!!!
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Posts: 832 | Location: San Francisco | Registered: 22 April 2005
The Skagit Valley an hour north of Seattle is one of my Wow! areas. It is a farm delta. Right now it is a great place to bird but in two months - it is a spectacular color area. Many immigrants from Holland settled in the area and there are fields of daffodils and tulips from mid-March to end of April. Here is one of my favorite shots - a rogue red tulip from a previous year in a sea of yellow.
Deborah Horn In a previous life I was an Umbrian sunflower farmer. I want to do a past life regression and stay there. ----------------------------------- www.petsburg.com My blog: Old Shoes - New Trip
Posts: 5590 | Location: St. Louis, MO | Registered: 04 September 2001
Snapped on Feb 11, 2010, from aboard one of the first flights out of DCA after the second storm had dumped another foot or two of snow on Washington. Just dumb luck to be in the right seat and to have the Coolpix catch this without any real effort on my part.
Posts: 243 | Location: Washington DC | Registered: 11 January 2006
Familiar to many I think. Part of Sedona's huge red rock amphitheatre with the 'Coffee Pot' on the right.We were walking back to our little motel from an early evening meal. The sun began to color the rocks, the trademark of this glorious location. The famous and very popular 'Coffee Pot' restaurant is close by, you have to be the early bird to get a seat for breakfast.
In July 2008, I went on a glacier cruise out of Whittier, Alaska with my sister and brother-in-law to Blackstone Bay off Prince William Sound. We were able to see/visit 6 or 7 glaciers very well. This is a shot of Beloit Glacier, as we were sailing away from it. The total face of this glacier is around 1,700 feet and this shot was taken from about 4-5 miles away. When we were at our closest point to it (1/4 mile away), the glacier face seemed only a few hundred feet in height. But when we were sailing away, I was truly stunned to see how high it really was!
Tery
Posts: 250 | Location: Mission Viejo, CA, USA | Registered: 18 May 2003
Another shot from our glacier cruise. Almost like a cartoon - seals chilling on an mini-iceberg that had calved off one of the glaciers in Blackstone Bay. We actually saw many seals resting on icebergs on this cruise as well as sea otters, eagles and thousands of kittywakes (local Alaskan seabirds).
Tery
Posts: 250 | Location: Mission Viejo, CA, USA | Registered: 18 May 2003
