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Retrospective on Big Sur (9/30/20)
These are a few scans of prints from a 2000 trip to Big Sur in California, particularly Pfeiffer Big Sur National Park. This was a return...
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Return to The Lake (9/25/20)
As per the 9/10/20 Blog entry, The Lake, we returned to Lake Perez to hike in a natural area and the fresh air. Unlike on our earlier...
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Planters (9/20/20)
Hats off to the grounds crew at Penn State for the gigantic planters around campus. The following collection are at the entrance to the...
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Unfortunately, We Haven't Seen Anything Yet (9/16/20)
At first I thought it was a red moon. But quickly I realized it was the sun peeking through a sky permeated with smoke that had drifted...
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Bridge Art (9/15/20)
If you have visited Pittsburgh, you know that it has an impressive collection of iron bridges of a variety of designs over the Allegheny,...
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The Lake (9/10/20)
These photos are from a late July hike we took around Lake Perez at Penn State's 72 acre Stone Valley recreation area located in the...
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911 Call from Down Deep (9/5/20)
Phantom Ranch is the only lodging “below the rim” of the Grand Canyon. You can get there only by hiking or taking a mule train 6,000 ft...