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I own no land, instead I have wheelestate. I’ve been a full time RVer since 1997. Working summers as a Park Ranger takes me to many beautiful places and playing during the winter takes me to many more. This blog is simply the story of my life's adventures.

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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Wind on the meadows

 

Grasses waving

01 Wind ruffles lake Kaibab NF AZ (1024x768)

water pooling

02 Phlox patch by FR22 Kaibab NF AZ (1024x768)

flower patches look like snow

on the meadows.

Thursday, June 30, 2011

SWF – Flower cloud

01 Cliffrose against sky with clouds Cape Royal NR GRCA NP AZ (930x1024)

The sweet smell of the Cliffrose drew my nose, and thus my eyes, skyward.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

MWT – Park Ranger at Grand Canyon National Park North Rim

01 Ranger Gaelyn at Cape Royal with Wotons Throne in background NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x767) 

I have the Best job in the world! Or so I think.

02 Angels window NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768) 

I work four 10-hour days and get three days off. And work is like play for a Park Ranger at Grand Canyon National Park. Plus I’m seasonal by choice, so only work six months a year.

03 Western Tanager NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x748) 

Western Tanager

My daily schedule is diverse, from working in the visitor center helping people plan their visit whether here for four hours or four days, to presenting programs about history, condors, geology, ecology, archaeology, paleontology.  I know, that’s a lot of ologies. I call myself a generalologist.

04 View SE from Cape Royal NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x768) 

Monday I went out on the Walhalla Plateau, after a few office chores.

 05 Prickly Pear cactus flowers & sego lily collage (996x1024)

Out at Cape Royal the flowers are blooming.

06 flowers at Cape Royal NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x910) 

I was there two weeks ago and only saw a few yellow daisy-like flowers.

 07 Angels Window & beyond E NR GRCA NP AZ pano (1024x573)

Now I’m enjoying the first of my three days off. Life is hard, but guess I’ll suffer through it. I sure hope you love your job (or retirement) as much as I do.

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Sunday, June 26, 2011

What’s blooming on the North Rim?

01 New Mexico Locust flower buds NR GRCA NP AZ (1024x767)

At 8200 feet summer blooms come a little late. Yet summer is certainly here at daily temperatures reaching 80 degrees.

02 New Mexico Locust flowers NR GRCA NP AZ (768x1024)

This New Mexico Locust, Robinia neomexicana, is part of the Legume Family and the pea-shaped flowers taste like, you guessed it, peas. But watch out for the thorns.

Hope to get out tomorrow to see what else is in bloom.

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