Weeks 11-17--23-12 thru 1-12--18-13 - 2 months of travel!

A very happy new year! My apologies for the lapse in posting... you will see, there have been quite a few planes, trains and automobiles in the meantime. Enjoy!

Week 11-17 thru 11-23-12 - Broken down in Limon, CO:

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Week 11-24 thru 11-30-12 - Kansas City MO, Iowa, Wisconsin:

The Ferry Dock at Northport, WI

Sturgeon Bay

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Week 12-1 thru 12-7-12 - Washington Island, WI:

Superdominants

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Week 12-8 thru 12-14-12 - Washington Island, WI:

Very odd... the toupee on this elk skull I found in the woods of Montana over a year ago started to bleed out this Fall. Perhaps due to higher humidity at its new home in Wisconsin?

Facing Rock Island, WI

Lake Michigan is so low this winter that a rocky shoal now extends all the way to Rock Island from Washington Island - wide enough to walk and drive over.

Incredible geo- and phototropism

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Week 12-15 thru 12-21-12 - Washington Island, WI:

 Remnants of an old boat dock, destroyed by the winter waves of Lake Michigan

 Norse Horse Park on the Island

The Old Cheese Factory

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Week 12-22 thru 12-28-12 - Chicago IL, Albany NY, and Philadelphia PA:

Chicago, IL

Valley Falls, NY

Home for the Holidays

Philadelphia skyline

At 30th Street Station in Philadelphia

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Week 12-29 thru 1-4-13 - Philadelphia PA, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kentucky, Missouri:

 Hot Pot restaurant in Chinatown in Boston

 Fresh snowfall in Franklin, MA

 New Haven, CT

 Louisville, KY

open skies of Missouri

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Week 1-5--1-11-13 - Kansas and back to the Rockies in CO:

Past and Present

First glimpse of the Rockies - from about 100mi away

 The Hogback Range in New Castle, CO

A fresh snow storm blows in over the Mamms south of Rifle, CO

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Week 1-12 thru 1-18-13 - Colorado:

 Roan Plateau

 Rifle Falls State Fish Hatchery

Baby fish jump into a man made waterfall in their hatchery