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Plants lit by the moon. (click to enlarge image) I heard a condor yesterday, or rather felt it. I was at the Cape Royal overlook, about a 20 mile drive from the cabin scouting out locations that would make good night photos. It was…

Me in the Volunteer outfit in front of the artist cabin. The canyon is off to the right side. (Click on images to enlarge) After driving through occasional downpours on my way from Flagstaff, I arrived to a sunny North Rim on Wednesday afternoon.…

We have really met all kinds of people here in Cody and Powell and today we met the son of a man who applied for cattle grazing rights on Mars. That is the planet Mars, as it is referred to in 1946 documents. He was rejected and instead…

Heart Mountain signs. (Click image to enlarge) Pouring rain limited our outdoors work yesterday to pretty much nothing. Got lots of editing done and organizing of the photos by subject matter. It was interesting to go over all the images to see how many…

Hatsuko Mary Higuchi talks about “Manzanar Guard Tower” and “Unfinished Business: Hardship and Suffering”. (Click on images to enlarge) Sharon and I are really hitting the cultural circuit here. We attended an exhibit of art by Hatsuko Mary Higuchi Thursday evening at the Heart…

The Bright family homestead sign. (Click on images to enlarge.) We spent a few hours in Powell today and had lunch with Rowene Weems, the director of the Homesteader Museum. Turns out she is an avid photographer so we talked cameras for a bit.…

The line to buy an autographed book from Phyllis Preator. (Click on images to enlarge). On Tuesday we find ourselves back at the Sunset House Restaurant just a few blocks from our rental house in Cody for a luncheon of the Park County Historical…

The Pahaska Corral of Westerners during the Monday meeting. (click on images to enlarge) We got home late Monday night, so I’m posting Tuesday morning. We attended the monthly meeting of the Pahaska Corral of Westerners at the Sunset House Restaurant in Cody last…

The Big Dipper points to Polaris near the roof of Laverne Solberg’s garage. (Click on image to enlarge) We had a great day of discoveries in our search for barracks. Despite the cloudy weather, I observed the Big Dipper and Polaris this morning! Pulling…

Barracks and tree in meadow, Heart Mountain on the horizon. (Click on photos to enlarge) Here’s another attempt to get the barracks with the tree in the best light. After waking before 6:00 am to catch the sunrise on the meadow, the front of…