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Tag Archives: Lake Mead
Southwest Airlines Aerial Views, 12-19-17 and 12-26-17
After visiting the West Coast earlier in the month, Kathy and I returned to the San Francisco Bay Area for the Holidays. The round-trip flights on this occasion provided lots of photographic opportunities. For the the Albuquerque to Oakland flight … Continue reading
Posted in California, SWA Flights-photography
Tagged Albuquerque, altamont ca, bald mountain nv, bear valley ca, Cape Solitude, East Walker River nevada, Grand Canyon, hawthorne nv, Lake Mead, Lake Tahoe, livermore ca, Mt. Taylor, New Melones Reservoir, Parashant Wash, sonora peak california, stanislaus peak ca, topaz lake ca, Tracy ca, walker lake, wheeler peak california, Whitmore Wash, wind turbine
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SWA Flights, 2016 – ABQ to Oak and Portland to ABQ
On April 28, 2016, Kathy and I flew to Oakland, to celebrate my son Ethan’s marriage to Florence (Flo) Landau. The wedding took place in Sonoma County, and this is the link to that post: https://believesteve.org/2016/05/04/ethan-and-flo-marry-april-30-2016/ But this post is … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, 1970s, Fishing, Hiking, Mountaineering, Personal history, Photography, Rock climbing, SWA Flights-photography
Tagged Albuquerque, altamont, behind the rocks utah, boise idaho, center-pivot, Colorado River, desolation canyon, dolores river, gray canyon, great salt lake, green river utah, heber utah, la sal mountains, Lake Mead, mc phee reservoir, moab utah, mt adams, mt hood oregon, mt st helens, Mt. Rainier, navajo lake, oakland california, park city utah, portland oregon, Rincon, salt lake city, San Juan River, sawtooth mountains idaho, shoshone falls idaho, tremonton utah, volcano, wind turbine
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The Final Forty Miles of the Grand Canyon – an American Tragedy
Everyone agrees that there is one, and only one, Grand Canyon. It is probably also agreed that the Grand Canyon is the world’s greatest natural wonder. And I would bet that it is the most instantly recognizable land form in … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Photography
Tagged Bat Cave, Cape Royal, Colorado Plateau, Colorado River, Department of the Interior, Desert View Tower, Diamond creek, Grand Canyon AZ, guano mining, Helicopters, helipads, Hoover dam, Hualapai tribe, Iceberg Canyon, industrial tourism, Lake Mead, Las Vegas, National Park Service, Navajo Nation, North Rim Grand canyon, Pearce Ferry, pontoon boats, Quartermaster canyon, sedimentation, Separation Canyon, silt, South Cove Lake mead, South Rim Grand Canyon, Spencer canyon, tamarisk, Vishnu Temple
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