A section of the Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile-long monocline that exposes the underlying sedimentary bedding. These rock layers were deposited from around 270 million years ago (Permian) to about 80 million years ago (Cretaceous). Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 11 Apr 2014. #NationalParks

A section of the Waterpocket Fold, a 100-mile-long monocline that exposes the underlying sedimentary bedding. These rock layers were deposited from around 270 million years ago (Permian) to about 80 million years ago (Cretaceous). Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, 11 Apr 2014. #NationalParks

A male downy woodpecker looks out while cleaning to the bole of a small ponderosa pine tree.

I let myself get distracted by a male downy woodpecker today. Have you ever watched a robin breathe? You should. That's good homework for tomorrow.

View from north of Highway 141 looking toward the south. Red rock fading into the erosional landscape.

Pink flowered catcus. Maybe Sclerocactus glaucus, Colorado hookless cactus? Pink flower and general barrel shape.

Dead juniper framing a desert view

claret cup cactus with distinct long red blooms.

I went for another look-see hike in Disappointment Valley yesterday. It might be on the Colorado side, but very much reminds me of so many Utah desert hikes through the years.

The San Francisco Volcanic Field has produced over 600 volcanoes in north-central Arizona in the last six million years. Most are cinder cones and Sunset Crater is the youngest among them at about 900 years in age. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona, Mar 2008.

The San Francisco Volcanic Field has produced over 600 volcanoes in north-central Arizona in the last six million years. Most are cinder cones and Sunset Crater is the youngest among them at about 900 years in age. Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona, Mar 2008.

Siuslaw National Forest 2013

View from Tierra Amarilla Mountain View, Carson National Forest. Tall vertical cliff mountain rises above aspen trees not yet leafed out.

View from 10k feet on the hike back down to the car. One small spruce stands in a rocky meadow. Clouds fill the sky.

The Carson National Forest was as beautiful as it was windy last weekend. We hiked about four miles and made it to a 10k foot summit.

Headed down the trail and into the #wilderness on this week’s hike… In normal years there’d still be a couple feet of snow back here…🫤
#scape #photography

Enjoy your national forests folks!

Foreground of pinyon and juniper trees. Red rock of Dolores River Canyon on the far side.

View of the Dolores River Canyon

I went for a post-work adventure over the hill to appreciate the beautiful Dolores River Canyon.

Southern extent of the La Platas with hints of snow. Highway 160 runs at the bottom of the picture.

Map showing 16 contacts made to California, Montana, Washington, New York, Michigan, and North Carolina.

I did a bit of a shakedown hike to a summit today for Summits on the Air and played radio with a beautiful view. Nearly made it coast to coast.

These look familiar.

Negative comments on YouTube videos always elicit the same reaction from me: You didn't pay for it. Move on to the next video.

DLARC logo alongside one of the approximately 150 searchable callbooks that are part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications.

Cassettes from the series “Ham Radio and More” digitized as part of DLARC.

A QSL card for the University of Pennsylvania Amateur Radio Club station W3ABT circa 1935, digitized as part of the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications

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Pink bloom-filled tree.

Pink blooms at the end of a twig.

All the trees bloomed out before our recent freezing temperatures. It will be interesting to see if we get any fruit this year.

Beautiful!

“Colorado Quilt”

Near Durango.

#Scape #ForestFriday #ECK

A creative representation of a native cutthroat trout painted onto a wooden fence.

New mural in town.

A Packtenna radio antenna and 7 meter fishing rod mast for holding the wire. Not pictured, a Xiegu G90 RF radio and battery.

Getting close to having everything I need to head to the hills and play radio on summits.

I know I'm late to this one, but wishing you the very best. Always.

What if we had all the knowledge in the world at our fingertips? But, then we squished that knowledge between "hey guys" and "hit like and subscribe."

Why intentional fires can still be safe during this dry spring - High Country News Land managers across the West are finding pockets of cool, wet conditions, allowing them to safely reduce future fire risk.

It is better to have fire on the ground in places where fuel moistures have been sampled, temperatures and wind speeds are moderate, and an incident meteorologist is on site to validate expected weather than to wait for an ignition on a bad day in the middle of summer.

Signs you are in New Mexirado: there are four speedways visible from any one spot.

Earlier this week I posted a photo of a Sandhill Crane possibly contemplating a nesting site. Looks like the spot was chosen! Hopefully we will have colts (baby Cranes) in about a month.

The last of the snow clinging to a scree ridge line below Madden Peak on the La Platas.

A carin at the top of the 11,742 foot Madden Peak.

I'm not one to hand out life advice, but I do recommend getting to the top of a mountain.

A Sandhill Crane with feathers freshly painted with iron-rich mud, which will give the feathers a rusty tint. It's believed this is done to help the crane blend into the environment while sitting on a nest.

So many springs!

Click for the cartoon. Stay for all the geologic landform comments.

Gorgeous Capitol Reef National Park! I am staggered at every turn by the jaw-dropping beauty of the colorful canyon walls here.

#capitolreefnationalpark #utahgeology

I'm impressed!

That's a good looking bird!