I just got back from a quick trip to Sedona, Az. I got my first look at Indian cliff dwellings and thoroughly enjoyed the fantastic Sedona scenery.

Redrocks at dusk

Cathedral Rocks

Approching Honanki cliff dwelling

Main alcove at Honanki

Honanki Cliff Dwellings

Multi story ruins at Honanki

Shield Pictograph at Honanki

Honanki pictographs

Montezuma’s Well. A natural spring fed sinkhole with cliff dwellings

Cliff dwellings at Montezuma’s Well

One of my favorite places on earth is Oregon. It offers a little bit of everything for the scenic minded traveler. When I first brought Jackie up there she fell in love with it so much, she has been bugging me about moving there ever since. Oregon is especially great for photographers and I have gathered quite a catalog of pictures of my travels. Although the state has already been photographed by photographers much much better then myself, it doesn’t stop me from trying out my luck.  Here is a few of my better attempts.

Since I live in Las Vegas I thought I would include some photos of my city. The city always looks better at night and as these pictures show, some of the best places to take photographs are from the top floor of the parking garages. It may take some trial and error to get good night photographs but the nice thing about living where I do is that I can go back over and over again and take the time to find the best locations. The city also is constantly changing and a picture that you take today is not necessarily going to be the same as one you took last year.

Just some examples of interesting plants from California and Nevada.

Cholla cactus

Water drops - Redwood Park

Forest floor - Redwood Park

Forest floor 2 - Redwood Park

Forest floor 3 - Redwood Park

Death Valley Giant

Yucca in full bloom - Nevada

Valley of Fire State Park of Nevada is located about an hour outside of Las Vegas. It is not as large or well known as some of the National parks of southern Utah but the red rock formations found there are just as spectacular. It is also one of the the best places in Nevada to view ancient Indian petroglyphs. While the meaning of these images have been lost to history, there is some very intriguing hypotheses. The famous bighorn sheep images have been widely interpreted as hunting symbols but could mean movement or direction as part of a larger story. Spirals are also very commonly found in the area and in this case the meaning is more clear. If you go up and around in the direction of the spiral you will usually find something of interest such as another more important petroglyph panel or even a water source.

"Bighorn" sheep

Anthropomorphic figures

Shield or war figure

Large spiral

Elongated figure

Very unique human figure

Likely falling water symbols