Winter sun on drill rig

Afternoon at a rig operating on the Ft. Berthold Reservation. The rig is drilling for oil in the Bakken formation.

School bus at sunset

On a recent trip to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, I saw this school bus silhouetted by the setting sun.

Arches National Park icon

After a long hike up a sandstone face, visitors rest near the most famous of the landmarks at Arches NP near Moab, UT. It's called Delicate Arch.

Monument Valley icons

From our trip through Utah last month, the Left and Right Mittens and Window butte at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in Utah.

View from the office

A warm, sunny morning looking southwest from my office. That's the Four Seasons Hotel at the left and Sports Authority Field at Mile High in the center. The Rockies, with some snow on the peaks, are in the background.

Afternoon at Arches NP

Near the end of a trail at Arches National Park, in Utah, saw this rock formation in the late afternoon sun.

Mountain horizon

A peak in the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in southern Colorado is outlined by this historical marker sign at the Beckwith Ranch.

Summit marker at Mt. Evans

On a visit to the top of Mt. Evans, photographed the summit marker placed by Rotary International. There's a small USGS marker at the very top.

Service station no more

Long shuttered American station along US 52 near Foxholm, ND. The pump appears to be a Tokheim electric model from the 1940s.

The Legislative Building in Regina, Saskatchewan

Home of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, it was built in 1912 by the same builders who built the Centre Block of the federal Parliament Building in Ottawa.

Spider Rock

A geologic highlight of any tour of Canyon de Chelly National Monument in eastern Arizona is Spider Rock. According to Navajo legend, it's the home of the spider woman, creator of the stars in the sky.

World War II aircraft display

Shot this on my way to a departure gate at Midway Airport in Chicago. Not certain, but I believe the plane is a Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bomber of the type that took part in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

Fresh powder at Steamboat

A bit of overnight snow outside the condo at Ski Time Square in Steamboat Springs. Conditions at the top of the mountain were very good.

Liberty Memorial Building

On the North Dakota State Capitol grounds in Bismarck, the Liberty Memorial Building was dedicated in 1924 as a memorial to World War I. It now houses the state library.

Foot bridge over Stony Creek

Now a fully developed subdivision, the land south of Stony Creek, on the right in this photo, was one of the last large open parcels in Oak Lawn, IL, when I lived nearby and attended high school.

Beverly Metra commuter station

The 99th Street Metra station is used by commuters from the Beverly neighborhood on Chicago's South Side.

Old ComEd power plant

On the west bank of the South Branch of the Chicago River near where it crosses Roosevelt Road, the plant hasn't operated for several years.

World's Largest Purple Spoon...

Discovered in East Glacier, MT.

The Lodge at Glacier NP

On our recent tour of Glacier National Park, we stayed for a couple nights at The Lodge in East Glaicer, MT. Here's the spectacular lobby.

Gordy and friends at Berkeley Lake Park