Late Fall

Enjoying some hikes in late fall

Our Japanese exchange students, Taito and Takuya, about Peter's age. They stayed with us for a week.The T-Rex head, at the Anasazi Trail




A hike around the Square Top area, with John and the Red Rock Hiking Meetup group. First tarantula I've ever seen in the wild!


Lots of stops to examine petroglyphs




Managese dendrite


This looked very much like a mountain lion print


A the triathlon - Peter is helping hand out water


There's a lot of enthusiastic community support


At Scout Cave, in Snow Canyon State Park




Peter making pierogiAt the Vortex. Normally there would be very few people here, but this is from a group hike.


Great place to have lunch


Square Top Mountain off in the distance


Rock sculptures




An old stone building (school?) on the Paiute reservationOn the way to Santa Monica


At the AirBnB. Not bad except - very unexpectedly - an outdoor shower! And it was NOT warm out in the morning.The Getty museum




In Santa MonicaLots of shuttered businesses in the main strip


Close to Las Vegas, this funky solar plant uses mirrors to boil salt, which then generates power. Or something along those lines.I went on this bike ride to the Glitter Mine (selenite). I had a bike with narrower tires, and it was not easy for me!


A hike in the Babylon area.


Dinosaur tracks!


At Fort Pearce