Monthly Archives: March 2017

MM 3-49 Bristlecone Pine

Posted on March 28, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

For this week’s Monochrome Madness Challenge I decided to take one of the photos from my last posting about our 1994 visit to Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah (see here — it’s photo # 7 of 10) and convert … Continue reading →

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Utah’s Kodachrome Basin State Park

Posted on March 25, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

After our stay at Bryce Canyon in 1994 we decided to visit nearby Kodachrome Basin State Park before driving to Zion National Park. Kodachrome Basin is about 20 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon and about seven miles south of Highway … Continue reading →

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Utah’s National Parks: Bryce Canyon

Posted on March 23, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

After visiting Utah’s Capitol Reef National Park during the summer of 1994 we drove down state highway 12 to nearby Bryce Canyon National Park. It’s about 120 miles from Capitol Reef Visitor Center to Bryce Canyon Visitor Center. Unlike Capitol … Continue reading →

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MM 3-48 Sterling Vineyards Winery

Posted on March 21, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

One of our favorite places to visit when we go wine tasting in the Napa Valley just north of San Francisco Bay is the Sterling Vineyards Winery in Calistoga. The adventure begins with a short ride on an aerial tram … Continue reading →

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Utah’s National Parks: Capitol Reef

Posted on March 18, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

In the summer of 1994 my wife and I drove from our home in Crow Canyon about 740 miles east to Salt Lake City to attend the annual Oregon-California Trails Association convention. After the convention we decided to drive through … Continue reading →

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MM 3-47 The Great White Throne

Posted on March 14, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

In the summer of 1994 my wife and I drove to Salt Lake City to attend the  Oregon-California Trails Association annual convention and on our return home we decided to stop and visit three of Utah’s national parks: Capitol Reef, … Continue reading →

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MM 3-46 The Grounds of The Alamo

Posted on March 8, 2017 by crowcanyonjournal

In the Summer of 2010 my wife and I and our seven-year-old grandson spent a weekend visiting relatives in the San Antonio area of Texas. We visited The Alamo one day and I took this photo of the grounds near … Continue reading →

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