Sky Watch Friday - Rainbow Clouds at Grand Canyon National Park

Last Saturday I was roving out to Bright Angel Point when I looked above and saw....
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Remember Whensday - Cadillac Camping

I borrowed Mom’s Cadillac to go camping with my boyfriend and another couple in September 1974. We had to use the repelling gear from the tree limb to lift the loaded canoe then drove under it and lowered it onto the roof. Plus tie the trunk shut.

We rented the second floor of the Bessemer House for a week. This building was originally an iron ore assay office and the walk in safe was still there.

We also went camping on Michigan’s Upper Pennisula at Pigeon Lake.

The Cadillac took those back country gravel roads pretty smooth and came home with only a few minor scratches. Mom was not happy.

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Hiking Widforss Trail at Grand Canyon National Park

Maggi ran away from the South Rim for some crowd-recovery time. The North Rim gets only 10 percent of the 5,000,000 annual visitors to Grand Canyon National Park.

Trancept Canyon
So we went hiking this morning on the Widforss Trail, named after artist Gunnar Widforss who lived and painted at the Grand Canyon in the 1930s.

Pinedrop from the Wintergreen Family
We chatted along the way and discovered more than just canyon.

Oregon Grape, Barberry or Mahonia
I was surprised to see the red leaves and berries so early. Later in the fall the berries are quite tasty and make good jelly.

Bug trails
I want to make rubbings of these wonderful natural patterns. But I always forget the pencil and paper.

Almost at the head of Trancept Canyon looking southeast
We made it 2.5 miles (4 km) along the forested rim trail, that’s about half way. And this was our lunch break view before turning back.

My World Tuesday - Predator and Prey

Kaibab squirrel
Sunday morning I lead a nature walk with only three visitors, all avid birders. (Sometimes these walks can be up to 30 people.) I’d been talking about the Kaibab Squirrel and we were all keeping our eyes open to see one.

Copper’s Hawk
We stopped along the trail to study some fossils and up in a Quaking Aspen we saw a Copper’s Hawk. I know, not a very good photo but the best I could do. Hawks are a predator of Kaibab Squirrel so we were very surprised when we saw one leaping gracefully along right under the hawk’s tree.

Copper’s Hawk nest
We all had our cameras ready for the hawk to swoop down on the squirrel, but it didn’t happen. Could be the hawk was busy as a hummingbird was flying all around it.

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