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This was an awesome day. We left Egilsstadir early for the drive to Myvatn. We passed a number of waterfalls (with no pullouts or names) until we came to Rjukandafoss - a beautiful waterfall with several sections. When hiked as the trail and had some great views. Nice start to the day. Back on the road to cover what is known as the Big Sky Country of Iceland - pretty much a lot of nothing. We were headed for Dettifoss - a major waterfall on my Bucket List. It exceeded expectations. Absolutely stunning visually and auditory - it is massive. I tried some long exposure with a tripod but it felt like the ground was shaking. Heather let me check out another waterfall about a mile away - Selfoss. If Dettifoss wasn't around, this would be a major destination by itself. Very different than Dettifoss but awesome on its own. I stayed for a bit and just ogled everything. Simply wow. I returned to the car and Heather dragged me off to another trail with very cool canyon views. We heard there was a third waterfall very close by so naturally we went. It was amazing. There were about 2-3 other people at Hafragilsfoss. Good God Almighty - this waterfall was spectacular - and the guidebook said this was difficult to reach with a 4x4 and best skipped. I'm glad we ignored this (the road was actually a piece of cake). Side note - the area around here looked like Martian landscape. We were in Heaven! We reluctantly headed to Myvatn - the Icelandic equivalent of Yellowstone. It was nice but we must be jaded since we live so close to Yellowstone. All in all, a very nice day, and I definitely want to go back to Dettifoss and the other falls.
I took these photos in mid-September 2021.
A few miles east of Dubois, Wyoming, we stopped to take a look at this interesting roadside memorial overlooking the Wind River.
In spite of the informative signage on the monument and at the pullout along the highway below, no where is the carver named, Boris Gilbertson (1907–1982). Gilbertson was a noted sculptor who produced many works used in public spaces such as government buildings and this location.
From the plaque on the monument:
Erected to perpetuate the memory of the hardy woods and river men who made and delivered the cross ties for the building and maintenance of the Chicago and North Western Railway in this western country.
Wyoming Tie & Timer Company
1946
From roadside signage:
Railroads and the West
Tie Hack Memorial
Hacked and Stacked
Ties were made from trees hacked and cut by hand…hence the name “tie hack.” Tie hacks were a special breed of loggers who could quickly fell, limb a tree, and fashion the tie down to the specifications demanded.
A horse and wagon hauled the ties out. Cutting was done in the winter because it was easier to strip off the bark and drag the ties over the snow.
Floating to Riverton
In the early days, ties were delivered to the railroad by floating them down the Wind River on the annual “long walk to Riverton.”
This walk took place just after the Wind River peaked in spring runoff so the ties would move swiftly downstream, but it was dangerous and difficult.
Ties were released into the river current along with a driver who poled the ties down river. Poor timing and high water cold result in injuries, drownings, and an entire season of timber cutting being lost.
The Lost Art
The drives and tie hacks disappeared being replaced by gas powered sawmills, sawyers, cutters, and skidders that pulled the logs to a mill.
Railroads closed as the trucking industry flourished and gasoline was cheap. With no marked for railroad ties, the business died.
This memorial reminds us of the hard-working men and their families whose sweat and toil contributed to the first transcontinental railroad linking our country from coast to coast.
In a pullout near Undine Falls. Originally we thought it was a wolf, but looking more closely at the photo and considering its behavior, we're confident it's actually a coyote.
Milano 1815 turns westward onto Channel, leaving behind a hodgepodge of overhead wires, the Lefty O'Doul (Third Street) Bridge, AT&T Park, the Millennium Tower, and much more. HDR image. 26 Sep 15. © 2015 Peter Ehrlich
This was the fourth pullout of the morning. 1074 represents Toronto's "Red Rockets." l22 July 2013. © 2013 Peter Ehrlich
Paving of Tuck Inlet Road will ensure safe and reliable access to the residents of Lax Kw'alaams and visitors to their community.
Lax Kw'alaams is accessed via ferry from Prince Rupert, which docks at Tuck Inlet. The current gravel road connecting the ferry dock with the village was last upgraded in 2006. Prince Rupert-based Adventure Paving will pave the existing gravel surface, replace one bridge and make safety improvements – such as concrete barriers, speed reader boards and pullouts – along the 17.5-kilometre road. Wind/solar powered lighting for the ferry dock will also be installed.
When complete, the resurfaced road will increase safety and accessibility for residents, businesses and tourists. Work on the road is expected to finish on Sept. 30, 2016, and realignment and bridge work is expected to be finished at the end of October, 2016.
This project is part of B.C. on the Move, the ministry's 10-year transportation plan, to work with First Nations on projects that support economic development on their lands.
A brief stop at the rest area/pullout in this area for a bathroom break while driving to Watson Lake on November 1, 2015.
This was an awesome day. We left Egilsstadir early for the drive to Myvatn. We passed a number of waterfalls (with no pullouts or names) until we came to Rjukandafoss - a beautiful waterfall with several sections. When hiked as the trail and had some great views. Nice start to the day. Back on the road to cover what is known as the Big Sky Country of Iceland - pretty much a lot of nothing. We were headed for Dettifoss - a major waterfall on my Bucket List. It exceeded expectations. Absolutely stunning visually and auditory - it is massive. I tried some long exposure with a tripod but it felt like the ground was shaking. Heather let me check out another waterfall about a mile away - Selfoss. If Dettifoss wasn't around, this would be a major destination by itself. Very different than Dettifoss but awesome on its own. I stayed for a bit and just ogled everything. Simply wow. I returned to the car and Heather dragged me off to another trail with very cool canyon views. We heard there was a third waterfall very close by so naturally we went. It was amazing. There were about 2-3 other people at Hafragilsfoss. Good God Almighty - this waterfall was spectacular - and the guidebook said this was difficult to reach with a 4x4 and best skipped. I'm glad we ignored this (the road was actually a piece of cake). Side note - the area around here looked like Martian landscape. We were in Heaven! We reluctantly headed to Myvatn - the Icelandic equivalent of Yellowstone. It was nice but we must be jaded since we live so close to Yellowstone. All in all, a very nice day, and I definitely want to go back to Dettifoss and the other falls.
I took these photos in mid-September 2021.
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Panorama taken in the morning from the pullout at the top of Deer Creek Road off of Pacific Coast Hwy above Malibu Beach, California.
If you look closely at the right side of photo, you can see Anacapa Island, one of the Channel Islands off the coast.
One of the best 180 degree views on coast in Southern California.
Recorded here by PETER EHRLICH at Ocean/San Jose inbound on line 59-Van Ness/Mission. With LRV 1489 (M-Line pullout) on right.
Our boondocking spot, Meat Cove Rd Pullout overlooking Bay St. Lawrence, between Capstick and Meat Cove, Nova Scotia
Crews from Watson Asphalt Paving Company, Inc pour the concrete for the new bus pullout near the park and ride in Bothell. This is part of a larger project to improve the drive on SR 522 in Bothell and SR 202 in Woodinville.
Lance Cpl. Jennifer Herman, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Madison, Wis., helps move a piece of a HESCO barrier at Firebase Saenz, Helmand province, Dec. 14. FB Saenz is the first of several patrol bases being demilitarized by the Marines of 9th ESB throughout the month of December.
I made this tray for my Wacom tablet because I was tired of moving the keyboard out of the way to draw. Also, having it on a slope is much more useful. When I'm finished, I just slide it back under the desk.
Just a hint of gold at the back of the bird's neck.
Millennia ago falconers discovered hooding keeps raptors calm
As I headed east through the area known as “Yellowstone Picnic” into Little America I came across a small crowd at a pullout with spotting scopes set up and cameras with long lenses pointed towards a spot far off the road to the north. I pulled over and looked through my binoculars. What should I see but a man with a fox dancing around his feet. My first through was, “What kind of idiot is that, going way out there and feeding a fox?!?!” Someone pulled up next to me and explained that the he was out there as part of a golden eagle research team. I still wasn’t able to put it together, but then he began skiing back to the road. As he neared it became clear that he had something large under his arm.
It turns out that there was a deer carcass (a winter kill – it’s not unusual for animals to drop dead from exposure and starvation in Yellowstone’s mean winters – or a wolf, mountain lion, or even coyote kill if the deer was sufficiently weak) attracting all the usual visitors. Golden (and bald) eagles are opportunistic carrion-eaters, so the researchers knew a goldie would show up sooner or later. The fox was just trying to defend its wonderful meal from that human who might be trying to steal it! Photo taken at an extreme distance in relation to my lens’s capabilities, but you can make out the fox and the net trap as well as the researcher. I believe the dark brown blob on the ground is the eagle.
My friends had seen two men skiing into that area before sunup (and had also concluded the men must be mad to be skiing in the cold, dark, pre-dawn). Apparently it was the two researchers going out to lay a bow-type net trap and finally, by 9 A.M., acquired their target when it came to feed.
The researcher brought the hooded eagle (a technique falconers have used for millennia that functions to keep the birds calm), with its dagger talons safely immobilized in an Ace bandage, and wrapped in a towel for warmth, back to the roadside. His colleague and project leader, Dave Haines, gave the small gathering a few minutes to photograph the bird before he and his colleague took it to a ranger station for banding, tagging, weighing and measuring, and overall examination and evaluation. It would be released when data collection was complete.
These ravens work the pullouts in pairs, approaching cars, looking into the windows, and "asking" for food. They are extremely endearing, but it's illegal to feed wildlife in Yellowstone. This one is sulking, precisely because I didn't give hi food!
Lance Cpl. Christopher Miller, a combat engineer with Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, and a native of Emmett, Mich., throws a piece of wood from a tent into the back of a dump truck at Support Battalion, guide a bulldozer as it moves the berm surrounding a guard post at Firebase Saenz, Helmand province, Dec. 15. FB Saenz is the first of several patrol bases being demilitarized by the Marines of 9th ESB throughout the month of December.
A small path meanders in the forest near a pullout (about mile 7 on Skyline drive) in Shenandoah National Park.
extension to make the bed a bit wider for comfortable sleeping, doesn't inhibit the bathroom door much at all.
Spring runoff created this pool near shoreline close to Tenaya Lake pullout off Hwy 120, Yosemite NP. Thanks to Bill Bouton for identifying the yellow-green pollen rings.
Moments after my encounter with Yosemite photographer Michael Frye, while looking for the Tenaya Lake sunset photo in his book, "The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite"
www.michaelfrye.com/books/PhotoGuide_info.html
I'd like to get a group together to take a Yosemite workshop with Michael. Interested? www.michaelfrye.com/books/PhotoGuide_info.html
In a manner of speaking
Yellowstone National Park golden eagle research subject delivered to the roadside
As I headed east through the area known as “Yellowstone Picnic” into Little America I came across a small crowd at a pullout with spotting scopes set up and cameras with long lenses pointed towards a spot far off the road to the north. I pulled over and looked through my binoculars. What should I see but a man with a fox dancing around his feet. My first through was, “What kind of idiot is that, going way out there and feeding a fox?!?!” Someone pulled up next to me and explained that the he was out there as part of a golden eagle research team. I still wasn’t able to put it together, but then he began skiing back to the road. As he neared it became clear that he had something large under his arm.
It turns out that there was a deer carcass (a winter kill – it’s not unusual for animals to drop dead from exposure and starvation in Yellowstone’s mean winters – or a wolf, mountain lion, or even coyote kill if the deer was sufficiently weak) attracting all the usual visitors. Golden (and bald) eagles are opportunistic carrion-eaters, so the researchers knew a goldie would show up sooner or later. The fox was just trying to defend its wonderful meal from that human who might be trying to steal it! Photo taken at an extreme distance in relation to my lens’s capabilities, but you can make out the fox and the net trap as well as the researcher. I believe the dark brown blob on the ground is the eagle.
My friends had seen two men skiing into that area before sunup (and had also concluded the men must be mad to be skiing in the cold, dark, pre-dawn). Apparently it was the two researchers going out to lay a bow-type net trap and finally, by 9 A.M., acquired their target when it came to feed.
The researcher brought the hooded eagle (a technique falconers have used for millennia that functions to keep the birds calm), with its dagger talons safely immobilized in an Ace bandage, and wrapped in a towel for warmth, back to the roadside. His colleague and project leader, Dave Haines, gave the small gathering a few minutes to photograph the bird before he and his colleague took it to a ranger station for banding, tagging, weighing and measuring, and overall examination and evaluation. It would be released when data collection was complete.
November 13, 2013 at 2:15pm. Photo taken at pullout south of Glenorchy, New Zealand on the Glenorchy-Queenstown Road.
NPS / Hannah Schwalbe
During the busy spring season, as well as holidays and nice weekends, the park has so many visitors that parking lots and even pullouts fill up. Parking spots are very difficult to find. We recommend taking the Roadrunner Shuttle Bus into the park.
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BNSF 1582 is a June of 1973 product of EMD still pulling freight for the road it was built for. Nice to hear and old EMD lugging a heavy cut of cars out of Argentine Yard.
Erodium cicutarium (Alfilaria, pin clover)
Habit at Calico Hills second pullout Red Rocks, Nevada.
December 21, 2007