2009 Photographs: Peru . Kentucky . Minneapolis . Out West

Peru: We kicked off our new year in Peru while we were hiking on the Inca trail, so photographs from Peru are going to be included in the 2009 folder. Peru was amazing. The landscapes varied from deserts to mountains to jungle, and it was fabulous to see everything we did.

80-100 year old Pisco containers, birds gather in the Ballestas Islands
The Ballestas Islands were full of birds, sea lions, and penguins

Huacachina Oasis in the desert, Tree formation of the Nazca lines

A building at Chauchilla Cemetary, inside the Santa Catalina Monestary

The Santa Catalina Monestary was colorful, a washing basin in a courtyard

In a small marketplace in Colca Valley, traditional dress, animals and birds

On the way to Puno (Lake Titicaca), there were beautiful rivulets and alpaca

On the way to Puno (4900m), Puno: on the shores of Lake Titicaca

A village on Taquile Island on Titicaca, floating islands of the Uros people

More scenic views at high altitudes as we made our way to Cuzco

A street in Cuzco, ruins on the Inca trail in the Andes, the Andes

Dead Women's Pass (4200m), Coming down the mountains on day 3 or 4

Machu Picchu, the city in the clouds

Inside the ruins of Machu Picchu, on one of the rivers in the Amazon

 

Kentucky: We went camping in March in Kentucky, which included hiking and exploring some caves.

Inside one of the caves, outside in the forest: the moss is beautiful!

Chris above me on a ledge, An arch made by rocks

An arch in the rocks, a stream flowing down over rocks, part of the lake

Iron in a stream, a 60ft waterfall in a cave, colors on the rocks

Part of the river, a bat hanging from the cave ceiling (among ice crystals)

One cave entrance from the outside, the entrance from the inside

 

Minneapolis: Jessi Patton and I went to visit Sarah Page in Minneapolis for some girls fun! We ended up going to the Arboretum, which was beautiful!

Flowers from the Arboretum.

Flowers from the Arboretum.

Flowers from the Arboretum.

Chemicals from Sarah Page's Chem lab, Sarah Page and I on a bench

Out West: Chris and I took a month-long camping trip out West in Auguest-September. We headed to the Sioux City, the Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Glacier Nat'l Park, the Tetons, Yellowstone, Zion, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Arches, Hanging Lake, and the Rocky Mountains. Katie joined us for the Utah and Arizona portions of the trip.

Prairie dog in South Dakota, our first view of the Badlands Nat'l Park

The Badlands Nat'l Park, view from inside a small cave of Mt. Rushmore

Wild Goose Island in Glacier, mountainside flowers on the way to Grinnell

More mountainside flowers, Grinnell Glacier

Iceberg Lake, a church building in the town of Babb

Close enough to go pet, Hidden Lake

Marmot gathering plants, burnt trees from forest fire

Bowman Lake, Mammoth Hot Springs

Yellowstone Canyon, Canyon Falls

Buffalo roaming, Yellowstone colors

Yellowstone colors, Old Faithful erupting

Yellowstone colors, rock tributes in Zion

Zion river trail, Zion narrows trail

Zion Nat'l Park, Checkerboard Mesa

Deer in the Kaibab Nat'l Forest, Grand Canyon Northern Rim storm

Sunset at the Northern Rim, Southern Rim of Grand Canyon

Verse at the Grand Canyon, Beautiful sunset at the Southern Rim

Bryce Canyon ampitheatre, close up of the hoodoos

More of Bryce Canyon, Close up of the hillside

Crows on the post at Bryce, One of the rock formations on a trail

Cool tree at Bryce, Some of the arches at Arches Nat'l Park

 

That's all for the 2009 pictures. We did end up going to Boston as well for Trevor's wedding, but we didn't take many pictures from it so there wouldn't be much to post.