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Betsy and I enjoy going to Mt. Nebo State Park in Arkansas during February or March because we can enjoy watching the sunsets from the back porch of ‘our’ cabin on top of the mountain. I got this picture of the setting sun on March 17, 2025.
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I have only recently begun going through some of the pictures I took when Betsy and I visited the Grand Canyon in June, 2011. That was during our first trip out west, and the Grand Canyon was everything we were told it would be. I took many more pictures than I should have, but I must admit that pictures can’t really do the canyon justice. This picture was taken at Maricopa Point on the morning of June 15, 2011.
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I got this photo of the Grand Canyon from the Rim Trail on a June morning in 2011. The Grand Canyon is awesome from any observation point. We never got tired of the view.
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Betsy and I visited the Grand Canyon in 2011, during our first trip to the West. The canyon was indeed grand, and each view seemed more spectacular than the last. I got this picture at Pine Creek Vista.
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When Betsy and I visited the Grand Canyon in June, 2011, we reached the eastern end of the canyon in the early afternoon. We thus had the time to stop at a couple of overlooks as we drove to Grand Canyon Village, where we had our reservations for our stay. I got this photo at Lipan Point along our way.
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Betsy and I have been going to Mt. Nebo State Park in Arkansas for 20+ years. We always stay in the same cabin and almost go in February, since we can enjoy the sunsets from the back porch of the cabin. This picture, taken a few years ago, shows why we keep going back.
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When Betsy and I were younger (and healthier) we used to do quite a bit of traveling and hiking. Now those days are mostly over, at least trips that involve hiking. On those long-ago trips I took thousands of pictures, many of which I haven’t worked with. So now, especially during the winter months, I can relive those trips by going through my photos.
In 2011 Betsy and I took our first trip west of the Mississippi River. We visited several national parks on the trip, one of which was the Grand Canyon National Park. We came into the park ‘the back way’, and our first view of the canyon was at Desert View, on the eastern end of the park. What an awesome introduction to the Grand Canyon!
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I really don’t know which is more impressive at the Pisgah Inn — the mountains or the sky. Every once in a while the two come together to create a stunning scene. That’s what happened this past June 24. We can’t see the setting sun from our room, but the sunlight caught the little cloud in the center of the photo and colored it with red and gold. Is it any wonder the we keep going back?
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Pn our way tp the Grand Canyon in 2011, Betsy and I stopped at a wayside along to road to admire the Arizona landscape. It is so very different from anything we see in east Tennessee.
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Several years ago Betsy and I took a hiking trip with friends from Indiana to Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio. One day we went to nearby Lake Logan, where I captured this photo of autumn beauty.
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