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I own no land, instead I have wheelestate. I’ve been a full time RVer since 1997. Working summers as a Park Ranger takes me to many beautiful places and playing during the winter takes me to many more. This blog is simply the story of my life's adventures.

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Thank you for stopping by. Just to let you know, I'm still blogging but have moved to Geogypsytraveler. Hope you'll follow my adventures. Just click here.

Saturday, March 3, 2012

SSS2-Climbing the rock

Shadow photography while climbing a rock must be practiced with caution.

Hot-air balloons

01 Hot air balloons from SR74 E AZ (1024x768)
I want to look down on the landscape from high in the air. Don’t have wings but a hot-air balloon would do.
02 Hot air balloons from SR74 E AZ (1024x474)
Berta and I were headed to the Phoenix area a couple weeks ago driving east past Lake Pleasant when these funny speaks appeared in the sky way ahead.
03 Hot air balloons from SR74 E AZ (1024x748)
Not easy to get a good shot through the (dirty) windshield and, unfortunately, no time to stop.
04 Hot air balloons from SR74 E AZ (1024x768)
Looking good way up there. Take hitchhikers?

Friday, March 2, 2012

Catching up from February

I’m still posting the trip to Grand Canyon’s History Symposium from the end of January.  Its not like I’ve been really busy.  (Shit, I never finished the posts from South Africa, two years ago.)  I’ve always had more ideas than time. 

02 Birds out the window collage (1024x576)

I’ve spent a lot of February watching the birds and even participated in the GBBC for the first time.

03 Rainbows in my house (1024x576)

When the sun pours through my windows crystals catch the light and rainbows dance on the walls, floors, ceiling, and me.  Sometimes I try to catch them.

04 Sky views from window (1024x576)

Then the sun westers and slowly sinks behind the Weaver Mountains, I am drawn to watch the ever changing sky.  (Don’t mind the dirty window, I don’t have a maid.)

05 Drive to Prescott (1024x576)

Weekly trips to Prescott include the picturesque drive, visits to the dentist, thrift stores and groceries.

06 Horse drawn buggy at Gold Rush Days Wickenburg AZ (1024x768)

Berta and I went to Gold Rush Days in Wickenburg and wandered around the vendors.  (Post coming on this.)

07 Berta looking at elephant African safari display Cabela's Glendale AZ (768x1024)

We also went to Phoenix and on the way home, may have gotten lost.

In Cabelas.  (Yet another post.)

08 Wash Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (768x1024)

Made it out of the house one sunny afternoon for a walk in the Weaver Mountains.  (See previous post.)

09 RV bloggers (1024x392)

Visited with fellow RV bloggers who are boondocking just below the Weaver Mountains in desert country. Kelly, Al & Pheebs from The Bayfield Bunch, and Pheebs and me with RV Sue. Very windy that day so we sat comfortably in Sue’s Casita.

10 Colorado Belle Casino Laughlin NV (1024x768)

Ended the extra long month of February with snow and a trip to Laughlin, Nevada with Berta. (More coming on that trip too.)

11 Rock squirrel at feeder Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

Maybe I was busier than thought. Like this busy squirrel.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

SWF-Weavers of Cloudglyphs

01 Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

Last Sunday the Weaver Mountains called my name.

02 Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

So right out my front yard I went for a walk.

03 Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

The sky was filled with cloudglyphs.

04 Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

The message ever changing.

05 Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

I had to no way to text them.

06 Wickenburg & valley below Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

So sat down and enjoyed.

07 Parasailor over Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x646)

Wonder if these flying folks had a different conversation?

08 Poplar Weaver Mts Yarnell AZ (1024x768)

Upon my return the cloud folk had departed leaving behind the famous Arizona blue sky.

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To view more skies from around the world, or to share your own, go to Sky Watch Friday by clicking here.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Thrifty Thursday-It’s Victoria’s secret

01 Turquoise & SS necklace $18 Yavapai Humane Society Thrift Shop Prescott AZ (768x1024)
I found some great deals including this turquoise necklace for $18, plus Victoria's secret here.



Monday, February 27, 2012

Our World-Word Verification, pain or gain

reCaptcha image
Nobody likes spam, or word verification. It’s a Pain. Or you could look at it as a Challenge.
After watching this video forwarded to me by Ruth from Body, Soul & Spirit I have a new respect for reCaptcha word verification.
scanned & OCR read
Do you like to read? I mean books, online. Well then thank reCaptcha because what this does is digitize books one word at a time. That’s right. By taking 10 seconds out of your life you are helping translate scanned pages from books. “About 200 million CAPTCHAs are solved by humans around the world every day.” We are smarter than computers who can’t read words.
Of course there’s the added bonus of word verification preventing comment spam on our blogs. I appreciate not having to double check the not always reliable blogspot for spam comments. (Sorry about the double negative.) So now I’m going to put word verification back on my blog and challenge you all to figure it out. If you’ll comment that is. Hasta luego.
Our World Tuesday meme badge
To tour more of the world, with or without word verification, go to Our World Tuesday by clicking here.

The term CAPTCHA (for Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart) was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas Hopper and John Langford of Carnegie Mellon University. At the time, they developed the first CAPTCHA to be used by Yahoo.”  http://www.google.com/recaptcha/captcha
Now I feel helpful every time I successfully type a word verification, if I’m right the first time. Otherwise I cuss.

(BTW, why have both word verification and moderation?)

Sunday, February 26, 2012

SSS2-Crystal shades

470 Crystal & shadow on shade Yarnell AZ (768x1024)
Without light there would be no shadows.
471 Crystal & shadow on shade Yarnell AZ (925x1024)
Yet even a soft light gives hope for more.

Thanks to the hosts of Shadow Shot Sunday 2:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (a.k.a. chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman

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