Sunday, October 14, 2012

Desert riches

This is a cool place! And there are plenty of spots with shade; that's like a 10 degree difference at least! A few more impressions.
Native Americans adapted well to desert life.

Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix

Since I'm travelling alone I opted for the trails of this awesome garden with 1000s of cactii, desert trees and shrubs as well as a fine range of desert dwelling birds, cute rodents, rabbits and lizards. It's a hot day, feels like well above 30 C and more under the clear desert sun.

It's a day off and looking at the local flora and fauna is just the thing.

Hope you enjoy these few impressions.

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Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Prairies are flat

Highway 1
I'm on a business trip that had me driving from Winnipeg to Virden, Manitoba today. I was told at a meeting today that this is one of the flatest parts of the Prairies. I'm not certain how Saskatchewan compares, but these pictures affirm: it's really flat in these parts. Also pretty with the fall clouds and crisp air as the temp was about 4 Celsius. Tonight we'll see -8.

Wonder what hiking would feel like in such a flat place.
Highway 1 from Winnipeg to Virden