The Blog Less Traveled

The above photograph was taken at the Horseshoe Bend Overlook in Arizona. Horseshoe Bend is an enormous curve in the Colorado River as it meanders along the northern border of Arizona near the town of Page. It is slightly downstream from the Glen Canyon Dam which itself holds back Lake Powell. The town of Page was actually formed about 50 years ago to house the construction workers who built the dam. The bend is located within the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.

I lived in the Phoenix, Arizona area for several years. I never really went farther north than the Grand Canyon area. This particular spot is well north of the Grand Canyon and is almost on the border of Utah. Seeing this picture reminds me of the many spectacular views I had while traveling along the canyons formed by the mighty Colorado River. It’s utterly amazing what thousands of years of river flow can do to create these majestic rock formations and canyon walls. I really like the way the photographer of this picture was able to capture the entire view with such uniform lighting. It must be an awe-inspiring image when you’re actually there in person.

The name of the photographer who took this photo is Dieter Biskamp. He is from Germany and was kind enough to let me use his photograph. Thank you Dieter. Dieter has quite a diverse portfolio of pictures including landscapes, desert scenes, portraits and animals. I would highly recommend you take a look at his many fine photos. There are some really interesting shots and I’m sure you’ll find your time well spent.

If you’d like to see a higher resolution image of the above photo, click here.

To see a gallery of Dieter Biskamp’s many excellent photographs, click here.

Today it got up to 63°. That’s a major heat wave for Michigan in early March. This has been a particularly cold and snowy winter. It seems like it has been at or below freezing most of the time. We’re also headed for our second snowiest winter on record. Any temperature above 40°- 50° this year is cause for celebration. I am so looking forward to Spring this year. I’d like all the global warming alarmists to explain to me the cold weather we’ve had the past two years.

Today was my day for running. I had a great run – 13.1 miles (half-marathon for you non-runner types). I do a 10-15 mile run every week. I feel so much more relaxed and in focus after a run. Today was also the first time that I almost fell flat on my face. I never run on sidewalks. I always worry about tripping on a seam or crack. The sidewalk was fairly new and looked pretty smooth. Bad assumption. I was about ½ mile into my run on the sidewalk and I tripped big time. I wish there was a camera to capture the moment. It probably looked pretty hilarious. So, why do I tell you this? If you see a runner running alongside the road when there’s a sidewalk that they could run on, now you know. Don’t curse them. They’re just trying to keep their original skin on their knees and hands.

A man staggers into an emergency room with two black eyes and a five iron wrapped tightly around his throat.

“I was having a quiet round of golf with my wife,” he tells the doctor, “when she sliced her ball into a pasture of cows. We went to look for it, and I noticed one of the cows had something white in its rear end. I walked over and lifted up the tail, and sure enough, there was my wife’s golf ball stuck right in the cow’s butt. That’s when I made my mistake.”

“What did you do?” asks the doctor.

“Well, as I was standing there holding up the tail, I yelled to my wife, ‘Hey, this looks like yours!’”