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| Two Strikes |
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| Thunderhead over Canyon |
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| Rain In Canyon |
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| Strike on Widforss Plateau |
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| Storm over Widforss Plateau |
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| Storm Strikes |
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| Fireweed |
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| Forest View |
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| Storm, Pt. Imperial |
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| Roosevelt Point |
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| Storm approaching Saddle Mountain 2 |
25 July 2013
Wow, two and a half weeks have passed since
the last blog entry. I wish to apologize for the delay in writing, but things
have been quite busy here, between Western Arts Day, having my pictures of the
Canyon hang during that day, and then taking time to capture lightning here
during a very active start of the monsoon season.
Western
Arts Day here is a celebration of the skills, and folklore of the people who
helped to develop the West. This year we had a mountain man, a rug maker, a flint
knapper, and homemaker show their tools
and skills. There were also cowboy poets and musicians, and I was able to hang
and show pictures I have taken over the years here at the Grand Canyon. There
was also a musical presentation by the Utah Old Time Fiddlers. In preparation
for the day, I had to make title cards, and more business cards for
distribution.
My
day for Western Arts started with opening the Visitor Center and going on duty
at 0630. The first order of business after doing V.C. duty until 1000 was
setting
up my display of my pictures. After that I was photographing the other
exhibitors and occasionally checking on my display and answering question. Late
in the afternoon the Fiddlers showed up and put on a show from 1800 to 1930
with great fiddling and foot stomping music. The monsoon held off so the
program could be held outside on the Lodge patio with unencumbered views of the
Canyon as the sun started to set. (This is one of our favorite programs here at
the Rim.)
A
short time later I was taking down my pictures, and getting ready to photograph
the poets and musicians who put on the evening program. George was able to join
me for a quick dinner on the patio as the sun got lower and the temples in the
Canyon got their evening glow. The evening show was also great, but I finally
called it a day at 2130 and went home. I missed the last two acts, but the time
had come for me to sit down and relax as the next day I again started at 0630.
It was all worth it though. In between all of this I did succeed in getting a
couple of lightning shots from the Lodge as well.
There
have been several opportunities since W. A. Day to get more lightning photos
and get better with the Lightning Trigger. This device actually sense the
lightning
and triggers the shutter for you, but you do have to have the camera pointed in
the right direction. There are also specific steps to follow when attaching the
device to the hot shoe of the camera. As you will see, it does work.
During
our “weekend” we were off one day to Kanab to get the car serviced, get a
haircut for me, and the three week grocery run. We were in Kanab at 0800 their
time, which was 0700 Arizona time. No sleeping in that morning, but we made up
for it the next two morning. One evening I spent about three hours at the Lodge
photographing
another lightning storm. There were some great bolts to be captured.
One
of the wranglers came back from her days off with an extremely large zucchini
and gave it to me. I used it to make four loaves of zucchini bread!! I had to
do the baking in the Wranglers’ cookhouse as my oven probably can not cook even
one loaf. I grabbed a recipe off the web, and it was a huge success. We gave
three of the loaves to the wranglers, and they consumed the first loaf the
afternoon that I did the baking. We enjoyed our loaf, and actually froze half
of it for another day.
As
you can see it has been busy and will continue that way. We do enjoy it, and
meeting with visitors from all over the country and the world.
I apologize for the delay in the post, as well as the crazy layout. I have trouble with the layout as the site is not the most user friendly.
Enjoy
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