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Antelope Canyon Gallery Page Up & Ready for Viewing!

See all stories and links to anything Antelope Canyon on my blog. See my Antelope Canyon Gallery

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Videos from the Oak Creek Canyon

See  my Images from The West Fork of the Oak Creek Canyon Videos as I hiked during the day and before I knew I was lost .. I just meandered making images as I went.  .. Get the full news stories here : More stories from my Canyon Survival: Lake Geneva Regional Times Red Rock News [...]

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March 28: Antelope Canyon Part 2

Now See All of my  Antelope Canyon Images in the Gallery. Part two : Images from Antelope Canyon, Page AZ. Images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image as a promotion (that runs until April 1) – and the more you purchase the greater your savings. All images are printed [...]

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March 28: Antelope Canyon. Part 1

Now See All of my  Antelope Canyon Images in the Gallery. Antelope Canyon in Page, AZ is an amazing narrow slot canyon that you literally drop into the earth to get into. The light plays on the walls in such a way that we can’t see the colors you see here with our naked eye. [...]

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March 27: Coyote Buttes North and The Wave

I had read about and seen pictures of this magnificent place and always wanted to come here to hike and photograph. There is a lottery which gives just 10 permits a day to visit this grand place. More on that here. So here I am at the BLM station along with a total of 49 [...]

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JOURNAL: March 27 – Into Coyote Buttes North and the Wave

I headed down the easy back road Hwy 89 from Kanab, Utah to the Wire Pass trailhead, excited to do my much dreamed of hike into Coyote Butte North and 3 or so miles in to the wave.. No trail at all to get to the wave had me slightly nervous since my adventure not [...]

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JOURNAL: March 26 for the March 27 Coyote Butte Lottery

I got to the BLM station between Kanab, UT and Page, AZ (off of hwy 89) before 8:30 AM Utah time (AZ doesn’t change time zones). There were just four of us total sitting in our cars outside of the station awaiting the doors to open. At 8:30 the doors were opened and suddenly a [...]

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March 26: Around Sedona … the second time around

I first came into the Sedona area to spend some time before going back to CA to speak at the G2 Gallery on March 18. That was the time in Sedona where I had my overnight wilderness experience. I have much more to write about in that encounter, as in its duration and afterwards it [...]

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March 13 : Call of the Canyon – West Fork Trail along the Oak Creek

More about my Wilderness Experience in the Oak Creek Canyon The images below bring back many memories. Now most of you understand how my images are the result of experiences that I have .. there is much behind each image, stories that I will tell you that bring more meaning to the picture that you [...]

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JOURNAL: April 2, Kansas City to Home.. the Longest Drive is the last 20 miles!

FACEBOOK posts as I got to just 100 miles away from my home: 100 miles to go! 50 miles to go.. Seems strange to not see signs that say “Watch for falling rocks” … Wait, there was a sign for a town called Rock Falls! Driving on fumes to get to the Wi border! WISCONSIN [...]

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JOURNAL: April 1 … Taos to Kansas City and the April Fool Wind in between

Back to long days on the road! As the drive from WI to get to the pretty places West of WI is long, so I was reminded by the drive today that it was the same on the way back. Hwy 50 through Kansas was long and monotonous (no offense to those of you who [...]

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JOURNAL: March 31 Gallup NM to Taos and Santa Fe in between

Today was a much smoother ride than yesterday. I got on the road after allowing myself to sleep in again, due to my cold (getting much better by the way). I am now in a stage of just needing to pass through places as I make my way home after 2 months of being gone. [...]

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JOURNAL: March 30 Rockslide on hwy 40. Flagstaff to Gallup NM

Today was just a long day. Plagued with a cold and a rock slide along Hwy 40, heading east towards Santa Fe, I stayed the night in Gallup, NM. On a good note, the cold came at the end part of my trip, where my days are more about driving and two, I was not [...]

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Driving to the Wirepass Trail Head to hike and photo the Wave

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March 11 Grand Canyon in the snow – part 2

Grand Canyon Promo Images Part 2. Images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image as a promotion (that runs until April 1) – and the more you purchase the greater your savings. All images are printed on glossy paper and surrounded with a stunning black border.Each purchase automatically gives you [...]

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March 11 2010 Grand Canyon Winter

The Grand Canyon is even Grander with a little snow all around:) These scenes from the South Rim are one of a two part promotion photo series …. Enjoy! Images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image as a promotion (that runs until April 1) – and the more you [...]

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March 10, 2010 CA to AZ. The beautiful sky that became the storm

I am a bit behind on my promo photo pages. Through the traveling, driving, speaking, etc I find it hard to do it all . so I catch up when I can! Thanks for your patience!  .. As I drove almost 2 weeks ago into Arizona the sky in the desert suddenly became this amazing [...]

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RED ROCK NEWS, Sedona, Arizona Friday, March 19, 2010- Woman survives chilly March night in canyon

Please click the image  to read clearly… See  my Images from The West Fork of the Oak Creek Canyon More stories from my Canyon Survival: Lake Geneva Regional Times Red Rock News – Sedona, Arizona Spirit Magazine Kristen Westlake Speech at the G2 Gallery, Venice CA – The Life Behind the Photos. Facing Fears to Live [...]

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JOURNAL: Lost & Survived overnight on the West Fork Trail of the Oak Creek Canyon

Survival – Red Rock Newspaper of Sedona

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Feb 25 2010 Coastal California

I have finally caught up with the last of my images prior to “landing” in Southern California to catch up with friends and business in So Cal. Currently I am back on the road, heading to Flagstaff. From there I will experience day trips to Sedona, Grand Canyon, Page and a few business stops to [...]

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Feb 22 Mossbrae Falls, Oregon

To get to the soft and elegant waterfall that you see here I had to hike along a live railroad track .. about a mile. That was no big deal to hike but in the back of my mind, or the front of my mind, I felt a bit nervous as I pictured a train [...]

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Feb 21, 2010 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

Crater Lake was a place that I originally wanted to get to prior to my NANPA conference but I ran out of time. So, I made a split second decision to go an extra 14 hours “out of my way” to get there. It was well worth it. Though I would have loved to have [...]

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Feb 20 Mt Shasta & Mountain scenes on the drive back North to Oregon from Reno

The NANPA conference in Reno has ended and once again I am on the road to plant myself back into Nature. The conference was wonderful but seeing the mountains in the distance from the 11th floor of my hotel room made me hungry to be back IN nature. It was an odd place to hold [...]

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More Mammals of Yellowstone – early February 2010

I am enjoying a small “office” break to edit some more of my images from Yellowstone. Up and coming will be an exclusive bison blog page and also landscapes of Yellowstone, which are absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. In the meantime I am at the NANPA (North America Nature Photography Association) summit meeting in Reno. After many [...]

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Waterfalls of the Columbia River Gorge – Feb 11 & 12

Day 11 & 12 of my Westward Travels took me to the Columbia River Gorge.. see images and the descriptions below..:). I am at this juncture in my journey with my good friend John Nagel. We have been experiencing incredible hiking in the Columbia River Gorge trail system along the most spectacular waterfalls I have [...]

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Olympic National Park, Washington – Feb 9, 2010

Day 8 of my Westward Travels took me to Olympic National Park.. see images and the descriptions below..:) Images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image as a promotion (that runs until April 1) – and the more you purchase the greater your savings. All images are printed on glossy [...]

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Feb 6, Yellowstone Bobcat Images

A group of professional and serious amateur photographers and wildlife lovers got to witness a rare event today in Yellowstone National Park. This bobcat came strolling out to follow the trail of a deer carcass that had been abandoned earlier by a coyote and red fox. .. more later as I have time to write.. [...]

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In the Field Image Promotion – Friday Feb 5 – Sunday Feb 7

This particular picture selection is on promotion from today until Feb 7. The promotion gives you the opportunity to purchase the images on this page at the very low price of $20 per image – and the more you purchase the greater your savings. All images are printed on glossy paper and surrounded with a stunning [...]

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Badlands – Feb 3

It was a beautiful Morning with frost all over the trees and a beautiful sunrise made for this image you see below. The light stayed beautiful and low enough in the sky to photograph until about 11. Landscapes here with the snow make for a breathtaking combination! More photos to come … I have limited [...]

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Journal: Feb 4 – 6 Yellowstone NP

While the summer months are flooded with tourists in Yellowstone National Park, the winter offers a bit of a reprieve to a person seeking solitude, vistas and wildlife. The few days I spent here were magical, full of stunning landscapes and wildlife in the snow. Besides beautiful dark bison bathed in snowy cloaks, I got [...]

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JOURNAL: Badlands morning and drive to Gardiner MT

There was a beautiful frost and a chill in the morning air… crisp and beautiful! I enjoyed the magic and the solitude of the morning here alone except for one ranger that drove by. I’d park my car and get out thinking I’d just be a minute and an hour later I’d find myself a [...]

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Snow and Sand Photography Journey – Day 1 Feb 2

The first day’s goal was simply to get to the Badlands of South Dakota.. easier said than done. The trip would have been about 12 hours of driving at 812 miles but turned out to be much longer due to icy road conditions in Wisconsin all the way through past LaCrosse. Finally the last 500 [...]

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JOURNAL: WI to Badlands … Skirting weatherFeb 2, 2010

The first day of my 8 week, 3 day trip, started with a dusting of snow of about an inch. To Wisconsinites that is normally no issue at all except that this little one inch of snow put ice on the roads and many cars and semis in the ditch. The long route to the [...]

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