Exit78 Photo of the Day #128

We’ve been to Idaho’s Custer ghost town at least three times, most recently near the end of July in 2010.  The first time was in 1973 when we lived in Idaho Falls while I was a student at the Naval Reactors Facility out in the southeast Idaho desert.  There has been quite a bit of restoration and stabilization work with some of the few remaining buildings.

Then: Custer Town Site Interpretive Site, Salmon-Challis National Forest, National Forest Service, Custer County, Idaho, July 28, 2010 (Pentax K10D)

Custer Town Site Interpretive Site (major) – National Forest Service

Custer was founded in early 1879 by gold speculators. Economically supported by the operations of the Lucky Boy and Black mines, Custer reached its peak population of 600 in 1896. By 1910 Custer had become a ghost town. The Challis National Forest took ownership of the area in 1966, and in 1981, Custer was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Through the efforts of the Friends of Custer Museum, the site was kept open for public enjoyment. In 1990, the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation joined the Forest Service in managing Custer. This led to the establishment of the Land of the Yankee Fork Historic Area.

Free guided and self-guided walking tours are available Memorial Day – Labor Day during business hours. The School house is the museum with gifts and refreshments available at the Empire Saloon during the summer season.

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Exit78 Photo of the Day #127

We’ve taken the tram from Teton Village to the top of Rendezvous Mountain three times over the years.  Situated at 10,455 feet, it is usually quite chilly, even in the summer.  We’ve always dressed for the cooler temperatures and “marveled” at those who get the top in comfortable summer attire and rush to Corbet’s Cabin for a warm drink and to get out of the wind.

Then: Rendezvous Mountain looking north, Grand Teton peak on right, above Teton Village, Wyoming, July 19, 2010 (Composite of three Pentax K10D photos using AutoStitch)

Rendezvous Mountain is a large mountain massif located in the southern Teton Range in Wyoming.  Grand Teton peak is almost exactly 10 miles a little east of north from the tram terminal.

The tram we first rode operated from 1966 to 2005.  The current tram was placed in service in December 2008.

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Exit78 Photo of the Day #126

Looking to the north – as in this photo – or east from our home, one might think that we live in a forest.  Ozark National Forest is just a short drive from us, a little over 5 miles as the crow flies, but we certainly don’t live in the forest.  This part of Arkansas is very hilly – we live at about 850 feet above sea level on the long crest of a hill that runs east and west, with the Arkansas River 10 miles south of us over 500 feet lower – and very green, with a lot of trees.  The woods behind our house stretch for about 1/4 mile and, then, it pasture for about the same distance before more woods. There are three residences on the left going through the trees. The woods on the east go about 300 feet to our nearest neighbor’s property.

Woods and sky, west-central Arkansas, May 12, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Exit78 Photo of the Day #125

Farmers markets, especially the big ones, offer all kinds of photographic opportunities.  This 2012 photo is from Wisconsin’s Dane County Farmers’ Market “Saturday on the Square.”  The Dane County market is America’s largest producers-only farmers’ market. It is held from April to November on Saturday mornings on the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin

Cherry Tomatoes, Dane County Farmer’s market on the Square, Madison Wisconsin, September 15, 2012

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Exit78 Photo of the Day #124

We’ve hiked the Cascade Canyon Trail several times over the years. The first time was back in the 80s, I believe, and we hiked about 7.2 miles total from a trailhead south of Jenny Lake and back. The rest of the times we’ve hiked the trail, we taken the shuttle boat across the lake and the most we’ve done is about 4.6 miles from the boat dock on the west side of Jenny Lake and back.

In the photo, the trail is just about finished with the climb up into the canyon. Just over the rocks on the center left, the trail levels out.  We’ve seen moose at least twice in that portion of the canyon.

Cascade Canyon Trail, Grand Teton National Park,  Wyoming, July 18, 2010 (composite image from 2 Pentax K10D photos using AutoStitch)

(Note: I am also sharing photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Exit78 Photo of the Day #123

Karen’s new floating shelves are up on the wall.  They are 5 foot long 2 x 10s.  I drilled the holes for the support rods, chiseled the recesses for the support plates, and sanded the boards before  Karen finished them using spar urethane to match the finish of the room.

Floating shelves, May 11, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Exit78 Photo of the Day #122

Prickly pear cactus, City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico, October 12, 2011 (Pentax K-r)

Prickly Pear (Wikipedia)

Prickly pears typically grow with flat, rounded cladodes (also called platyclades) armed with two kinds of spines; large, smooth, fixed spines and small, hairlike prickles called glochids, that easily penetrate skin and detach from the plant. The flowers are typically large, axillary, solitary, bisexual, and epiperigynous, with a perianth consisting of distinct, spirally arranged tepals and a hypanthium. The stamens are numerous and in spiral or whorled clusters, and the gynoecium has numerous inferior ovaries per carpel. Placentation is parietal, and the fruit is a berry with arillate seeds. Prickly pear species can vary greatly in habit; most are shrubs, but some, such as Opuntia echios of the Galápagos, are trees.

Like most true cactus species, prickly pears are native only to the Americas, but they have been introduced to other parts of the globe. Prickly pears originated during the Pliocene in the Chaco and Monte regions of Chile, then spread to 1) eastern South America (Caatinga), 2) the central Andean valleys of western South America, 3) the Caribbean region of northern South America, 4) Central America, Mexico, and Caribbean islands, 5) the North American deserts of the southwest, and 6) the North American southeast. Prickly pear species are found in abundance in Mexico, especially in the central and western regions, and in the Caribbean islands (West Indies). In the United States, prickly pears are native to many areas of the arid Western United States, including the lower elevations of the Rocky Mountains, where species such as Opuntia phaeacantha and Opuntia polyacantha become dominant, and to the desert Southwest, where several types are endemic. Prickly pear cactus is also native to sandy coastal beach scrub environments of the East Coast from Florida to southern Connecticut (Opuntia humifusa).

Opuntia species are the most cold-tolerant of the lowland cacti, extending into western and southern Canada; one subspecies, O. fragilis var. fragilis, has been found growing along the Beatton River in central British Columbia, southwest of Cecil Lake at 56° 17’ N latitude and 120° 39’ W longitude.

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.

Post-processing¹ #26 |

Coachman Cross Country Class A motorhome, Wahweap Campground, Lake Powell, Arizona, October 10, 2010 (Pentax K-3 II from 37°11’10″N 111°59’44″W)

Slowly making our way back home, our first stop was Lake Powell in Arizona.  It was the second time we’ve stopped at Wahweap RV Park and Campground². It’s a bit pricier than what we normally like to pay.  The full hookup sites that we’ve used have level concrete pads with picnic table and charcoal grill. It’s a clean campground with decent space between the camp sites.  Even though it is in and part of Glenn Canyon National Recreation Area, it has the look and feel of a good quality commercial RV park – we prefer good quality public campgrounds.

We stayed two nights at Wahweap, using the 10th to catch up on laundry, pick up some groceries and do the tour of Glenn Canyon Dam – for the second time.

1. Post-processing – Image editing to enhance the photo closer to what the eye “saw.” Images in this series are selected within a day or so of being edited and are either posted at the time or scheduled for posting at a later date.
2. Wahweap RV & Campground – Lake Powell Resorts and Marinas

Exit78 Photo of the Day #121

This interesting buttress supported brick wall is on Middleton Place plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, on the Ashley River. Middleton Place was established in the 1730s by early South Carolina planter John Williams. After Williams’ death, the plantation became part of the dowry of his daughter, Mary Williams. In 1741, Mary Williams married Henry Middleton, whose name was subsequently applied to the plantation. Middleton began work on the plantation’s gardens in 1741.

Buttress supported brick fence wall, Middleton Place plantation, Dorchester County, South Carolina, 15 miles from Charleston, June 11, 2012 (Pentax K-r)

Buttress –  A projecting mass of masonry set at an angle to or bonded
into a wall that it strengthens or supports. A buttress decreases
in its cross-sectional area from top to base. (Acme Brick – Pocket Guide to Brick Construction, p. 10)

(Note: I am also posting photos in a series called Photography Now & Then at Haw-Creek.com)

Series notes:

• The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
• Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.