The Mountain Dogwood tree is common throughout Yosemite Valley, but especially along the banks of the Merced River in the western half of the valley. In spring, they produce showy, cream-white blossoms. I captured this image of a Dogwood in …
Bristlecone Pines are the oldest single living organisms known, living to longer than 5000 years. They grow in isolated groves, withstanding cold temperatures, dry soil and high winds. We originally drove out to the Patriarch Grove, part of the Ancient …
Coyote Buttes is a section of the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs wilderness. The Vermilion Cliffs are the second “step” up in the five-step Grand Staircase of the Colorado Plateau, in northern Arizona and southern Utah. They extend west from near Page, …