Amarillo Ramp (snapshot)
On the mid-September road trip I took with my daughter, Michaela, we visited Robert Smithson’s Amarillo Ramp. Like many remote land art installations,…
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107° 21′ W x 41° 58′ N no. 54
Stunning colors as the sun hovers on the horizon are the manifestation of fires blazing across the West, burning drought-ridden vegetation and…
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104° 55′ W x 40° 57′ N no. 9
Fires occur regularly near my home in Southeast Wyoming. Sometimes it’s a forest fire to the west, sometimes it’s a grass fire to…
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107° 50′ W x 44° 29′ N no. 5
Wyoming is known for its geothermal wonders and stunning mountain ranges, yet large portions of the state are high desert. These are my favorite…
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Oasis (snapshot)
Wyoming has an arid climate with areas of desert – it’s not all mountains and geysers as is often promoted. As Michaela…
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104°49′ W x 40°54′ N no.4
Late winter days in the West are wonderful when the snow has melted (even though we all know we’ll get spring snows)…
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105°44’W x 41°2’N no. 24
Rusted and abandoned objects dot the vast landscape in the west. They harbor stories of the people who used them, and for…
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105°44’W x 41°2’N no. 8
105°44’W x 41°2’N no. 31
107°27’W x 42°15’N no. 4
In the West we are almost always dealing with drought. That’s just part of the territory of living in an arid environment…
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