Cap'n Bob & the Damsel

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More Erosion

More Erosion

We had a really heavy downpour last Wednesday night. It looks like I’ll have to shore up the front of the property with big rocks to avoid losing more of the landscape between the RV drive and the west wash. Again, I have plenty of big rocks up in the wash and around the lot, so it’s just a matter of collecting them in the wheelbarrow and burying them along the roadway where the floods wash down.

Damn! I’m supposed to be retired and all this stuff pops up to keep me busy. Ah well, It probably keeps me out of trouble.

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25 Aug 2012 by Arizona Environment Home & Garden Panorama Retirement

The Little Casandro Wash

Well, maybe that’s not the official name, but it is near “big” Casandro Wash and it runs right in front of our little house. When the monsoons come, runoff from the local hills all collects and runs down the little river that serves as our access road.

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I took this panorama during the aftermath of the monsoon downpour of July 22. The gatepost featured in Damsel’s sepia photo from a few days ago is near the right edge of the panorama. Click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized panorama.

24 Jul 2012 by Arizona Environment Panorama

Valley View Panorama

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We took a little ride today up to Yarnell, a little mountain mining town on State Route 89 north of Wickenburg. There is a steep, winding section of the road between Congress and Yarnell. On the downhill side, there is a scenic pull-out with this view of the valley south of the Weaver Mountains.

I composed this panoramic view of the valley from three exposures which I later stitched into this panoramic image. On the horizon, you can see Vulture Peak towards the left of the image; moving right, you can see the Harcuhala and Harcuvar mountain ranges toward the right of the image. In the valley below, you can see a large stockyard in the left center and the town of Congress toward the right. Click on the panorama for the full-size view.

24 Aug 2011 by Arizona Panorama Photography Retirement

Scenic US Hwy 60

We have a favorite place along the route between the towns of Harcuvar and Hope, AZ along US 60. It is a little mountain pass with ocotillo, saguaro and teddy bear cholla cactus. The Arizona and California railway has a track that runs through the pass and there are some Native American petroglyphs directly behind the line of sight in the panoramic image below. Click on the image to enlarge.

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21 Aug 2011 by Arizona Panorama Photography Travel

View From the Rear of the Lot

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I hiked up the hill behind our house to approximately the middle of the north property line. I took a couple of images back toward the south and composed the panoramic image using Canon’s Photo Stitch utility.

There is another half-acre lot just behind where I stood to capture this view – the property and the house on it are owned by the parents-in-law of the contractor that built our house. I was checking out just how private our spa and patio area might be as seen from their back patio. It looks like our patio and spa are relatively private, especially if we turn on the floods over the RV drive and keep the patio dark. (Skinny dipping? Naaaah!)

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28 Jul 2011 by Arizona Panorama Photography

Thunderstorms Brewing

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We’re getting some light rain this evening and hearing thunder and seeing lightning flashes. This morning, we were on errands and I caught this panoramic image of the build-ups over the mountains to the north. Click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized panorama.

18 Jul 2011 by Arizona Environment Panorama Photography

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