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Spring Photo Trip, Day 9: Tabletop Morning Day 9 was the last day of the Arizona portion of this past spring’s photo trip to the desert southwest. My friend Steve Carter was heading off to photograph at a pair of Nevada national monuments on his own. I was going to stay in the Phoenix area for a few days with a friend […]
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Spring Photo Trip, Day 10: An Introduction to Valley of Fire After wrapping up the Arizona portion of the photo trip on Day 9, I spent several days in the Phoenix area, staying with a friend of mine from college, after picking up a rental car at Sky Harbor Airport. And then I drove to Las Vegas, where I met my friend Ellen Kinsel at the […]
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Spring Photo Trip, Day 11: Crazy Hill, Arches, an Open Desert Hike and The Fire Wave Our second day at Valley of Fire State Park began very early, because we had to take a relatively short hike in the dark to get to our sunrise destination. One of the many locations we had scouted during dead time on the previous day was Crazy Hill, a unique, colorful sandstone feature that I […]
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Spring Photo Trip, Day 12: Striped Rock, Pink Canyon and the White Domes Trail The third full day at Valley of Fire saw us reprise the intended sunrise shot from the first day: Striped Rock at first light. Since we now knew the situation with the parking, we arrived in plenty of time to hike the Scenic Drive (i.e. White Domes Scenic Byway) from Parking Area #2 to Striped […]
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Spring Photo Trip, Day 13: Dawn to Dusk at Valley of Fire Day 12 had been a very busy day at Valley of Fire State Park. Day 13 wouldn’t be much different. There’s an arch formation near the park’s east entrance; Ellen and I had scouted this spot on our second day in the park (Day 11). We had made the decision to photograph this formation at […]
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