RHH's photos

This is the Utah Century Plant photographed along the Tonto Trail in Grand Canyon National Park. After the plant blooms it dies, sending up other plants alongside the original plant.

We first saw Voringsfossen from above (tourists lined up at one of the viewpoints are visible at the very top of the photo). After visiting the different viewpoints we drove further down the road, found the trailhead and hiked through the gorge to the bottom of the falls. There was almost no one on this trail which was quite difficult in places and the views were even better than from above. Voringsfossen is on the Bjoreio River and falls 163 meters into the Mabodalen Valley east of Bergen. The waterfall is a popular tourist destination

After seeing Voringsfossen from above (with a lot of other tourists) we hiked the gorge back to the bottom of the falls. The trail to the bottom of the falls was not the easiest as this photo shows, and we had no idea why there were car parts and other trash along the trail. In any case, the photo, with the mist from the falls in the background shows how rocky the trail was for much of its length.

This photo shows Lake Magog, Mount Magog and Mount Assiniboine from the short trail to Lake Magog from the campground which was our final destination on our family backpacking trip. Myself, my son-in-law and his two oldest boys hiked to Mount Assiniboine from Sunshine Meadows ski resort near Canmore. Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park is in British Columbia on the border with Alberta, a border which we crossed several times while hiking. The peaks shown lie on that border.

This photo shows the four of us who backpacked to Mount Assiniboine in July, myself, son-in-law, Scott, and his two oldest boys, Owen and Cole. The picture was taken after we reached the campground, set up camp and hiked down to Lake Magog. Mount Assiniboine is the peak on right middle of the photo.

Nendrum is a fifth century Monastery, now only ruins, on Mahee Island in County Down, Northern Ireland. The ruins include old walls, graves, the stump of a round tower and of a church with its sundial. It was founded by Mochaoi and was probably pillaged and destroyed in a raid by the Danes in the tenth century. The stump of the round tower is in the background and the ruins of the church with its sundial are in the foreground. Mahee Island, the site of the monastery, is on the west side of Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland and is reached by a narrow causeway that passes the ruins of Mahee Castle.

Nendrum is a fifth century Monastery, now only ruins, on Mahee Island in County Down, Northern Ireland. The ruins include old walls, graves, the stump of a round tower and of a church with its sundial. It was founded by Mochaoi and was probably pillaged and destroyed in a raid by the Danes in the tenth century. The sundial, shown here, is partially a reconstruction, and is one of the few medieval sundials in existence. Mahee Island, the site of the monastery, is on the west side of Strangford Lough in County Down, Northern Ireland and is reached by a narrow causeway that passes the ruins of Mahee Castle.

Peek-a-boo or Red Canyon is east of Zion National Park and is somewhat difficult of access without an off-road vehicle. Back in April my wife and I hiked to the canyon, a rather difficult hike of three miles each way through deep sand. The canyon was worth the hike, however, as the photos show.

This was near the entrance to Peek-a-boo Canyon, a slot canyon in the Utah desert to which my wife and hiked back in April. The canyon is best accessed by a 4wd vehicle but we hiked three miles through deep sand to explore the canyon.