Lunar Conjunction

A picture from my porch of the mountains, my garage roofline, the moon, and two planets that were in conjunction this evening. The planets were Jupiter and Venus. This will happen again in May, 2011.

Two White Rim Trail Photos

What a sunset happened while we were camped at Candlestick Camp on the White Rim Trail!

The Green River from near Candlestick Camp on the White Rim. The yellow tammies are partly from beetle kill and partly because this was November. The White Rim Sandstone is at river level several miles upstream, but here it is far above the river.

Flying Portland to Denver

This, too, is southern Idaho, showing the mountains. The Sun Valley ski resort is either in this photograph, or it's in a rather similar valley.

This is southern Idaho--the mountains just north of the Snake River Plain.

Portland, Oregon

Powell's Books, which occupies three stories and covers a city block.
I semi-jokingly refer to Powell's as the center of the civilized universe.

A streetcar near downtown Portland. These machines are painted in various colors. Maybe that serves as color codes for where they go, but I don't know this.

San Juan River

The San Juan River at seven in the morning, at the Sand Island put-in near Bluff, Utah. To date, this is the only photo I've had time to prepare, but more will appear soon. It's an 85 mile raft trip.