Category: Deserts
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Grand Canyon by Helicopter?! [Part 3]
Ok, final set :) I really tried to soak in every moment of the ride back to Las Vegas. That end-of-day light brought out all the colors of the terrain and draped a sense of calm over the landscape. There are so many striations, rivulets, grooves, nooks, crannies, and gorges here. And colorful mineral deposits.…
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Grand Canyon by Helicopter?! [Part 2]
Here it is! THE GC!As we are coming from Las Vegas, this is the West Rim, home of the Skywalk. The Skywalk is a glass walkway hanging 4,000 above the floor of the GC. It will definitely get your heart going! Although, I was probably more nervous in the helicopter: Clench those hands tight! The…
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Grand Canyon by Helicopter?! [Part 1]
My beloved college roommate got married last year, and her bachelorette party involved —-a helicopter ride to and through the Grand Canyon—- (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!). It’s the most visually overwhelming thing I’ve ever done. It felt so unreal the entire time. I can’t imagine being a helicopter pilot and seeing it day in and day out. We…
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Desert Sunrise: Happy Halloween!
For Halloween 2015, K and I drove out early to Anza Borrego Desert to catch the sunrise, went back west for a 6-mile hike (Iron Mountain), and finished out the day by swimming in the ocean at La Jolla in the evening. It was one of those hot Octobers in SoCal, when the ocean was…
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Not the Superbloom
There’s a lot of (well-deserved) hype about this year’s superbloom in Anza-Borrego Desert. The following are photos from a drought year (2015) bloom in Anza. Still pretty good, n’est-ce pas? Sand Verbena Desert Sunflowers Verbena, Sunflowers, and Dune Evening Primrose (white) Ain’t no bloom like a bloom!