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Category Archives: American Southwest

Touring Death Valley in California

June 3, 2021by Albatz Travel Adventures 20 Comments

“Travel prepared to survive,” the National Park Service gives as advice on travelling through Death Valley. The name of Death Valley is a clue; it starts with the word ‘Death’. […]

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American Southwest, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Road Trip, Utah
Prickly Pear cactus growing on the side of the great Pyramid in Cholula, Mexico

Opuntia, the Prickly Pear Cactus, with Edible Paddles and Fruit

May 19, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

The Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia), with its distinctive oval paddles dotted with spines, flowers and fruits, prefers the arid lands of Las Americas. A wild Prickly Pear cactus growing on […]

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American Southwest, BC, Gardens, Mexico & Central America, South American
Popped down to the Grand Canyon for sunset

Arizona, the Again and Again State: You Can’t Just Visit It Once!

April 13, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 19 Comments

I’ve been to Arizona three times and each trip has been totally different. And I’ve had friends go to Arizona, and they have been to totally different places than me […]

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Arizona, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Travel, Western USA & Canada
Monument Valley

The Red Rocks of the American Southwest

March 5, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

The Spanish word color often signifies the colour red. Colorado (coloured) is the a description (and name) of a place with a lot of red-coloured rocks. We were flying to […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, American Southwest, Arizona, Utah
Aerial shot of the desert plateau somewhere over America

The Desert Landscapes of the Southern US & Mexico

February 3, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

I was very privileged last year to have clear skies as we flew over extraordinary desert landscapes on our way to Mexico City. Wind-blown snow over the sand and rocks of […]

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American Southwest, Arizona, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, Mexico, Utah
Horseshoe Bend

Lake Powell and Horseshoe Bend

December 26, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 4 Comments

September 29. Hiking back from ‘The Wave’ in the heat of the day was exhausting. My legs and my feet cramped up from salt cramps when I tried to get […]

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American Southwest, Arizona, Road Trip, Utah
the red sandstone formations at the Wave in Utah

‘Don’t Die Out There’, Surviving a Hike into the Wave

December 12, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

September 29. The ‘Wave’ is such a popular hiking destination that only 10 permits are given out per day online, and another 10 in a lottery at the Paria Ranger Station […]

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American Southwest, Arizona, Road Trip, Utah
Popped down to the Grand Canyon for sunset

Down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for Sunset

December 6, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

September 28. Today we popped down to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona for sunset. The land formations as identified from the viewing platform.There is a lodge […]

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American Southwest, Arizona, Road Trip
Scattered cow bones were the first sign that this might not have been the best route to take through Buckskin Gulch in Arizona

Winning the Lottery Plus a Hike into Buckskin Gulch

December 2, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

After spending the night in Page, Arizona we headed out BLM in Utah for the ‘Lottery’.  September 28.  We made it to the Paria Ranger Station in Utah by 8:20, excited […]

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American Southwest, Arizona, Road Trip, Utah
Monument Valley

The Old West Comes Alive at Monument Valley

November 29, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 5 Comments

September 27.  Almost there! Monument Valley is flat sandy desert filled with sandstone buttes and pinnacles, located within the Navajo Indian Reservation straddling the border lands of Arizona and Utah in […]

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American Southwest, Road Trip

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