Fall Trips, October & November 2007

My photography and geology fall trips with Grand Circle Field School, Yavapai College, Friends of Arizona Highways and Hidden Canyon Kayaks have just come to an end. Zowie! I don't think I've ever seen such a staggeringly beautiful October and November, warm and calm but, of course, without precipitation.

Most of these trips were on Lake Powell using either houseboats or kayaks or both. The visits have once again reminded me of just how sensationally beautiful and interesting this crazy lake is--photographically, geologically and socially. And just when it is at its best, in late fall--calm, quiet and not scorching hot--everybody abandons the place, leaving the campsites unoccupied, the views unspoiled and the atmosphere unsullied by the noise of armies of jet skis and cigarette boats. I wish to say to everyone who went home at the end of the high season "thank you, thank you all!"

Lake Powell, even with its many considerable vices, is still an entrancing arena of human meddling. And, at least from the point of view of a simple photographer, not all of it's all that bad.

Now its time to try to catch up on various chores of editing, mounting and captioning images from the past few months.