http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota5/151229993_LLR4M-Ti.jpg http://fred1st.smugmug.com/gallery/2826202_xzQWT/ 2007-05-09T10:35:36Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Technically, these are not mountains, but "erosional remnants"--what is left of thousands of feet of volcanic ash, dust and soil where once a shallow sea covered this part of the American We ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229993_LLR4M" title="Technically, these are not mountains, but "erosional remnants"--what is left of thousands of feet of volcanic ash, dust and soil where once a shallow sea covered this part of the American We ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota5/151229993_LLR4M-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Technically, these are not mountains, but "erosional remnants"--what is left of thousands of feet of volcanic ash, dust and soil where once a shallow sea covered this part of the American We ..." title="Technically, these are not mountains, but "erosional remnants"--what is left of thousands of feet of volcanic ash, dust and soil where once a shallow sea covered this part of the American We ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-04-30T20:53:03Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota5/151229993_LLR4M-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />This image (where I found just the vantage point to include the photographer's shadow) was created from six images seamlessly merged with Autostitch. It is impossible to get a sense of scale ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229941_qe5p5" title="This image (where I found just the vantage point to include the photographer's shadow) was created from six images seamlessly merged with Autostitch. It is impossible to get a sense of scale ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota1/151229941_qe5p5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="92" alt="This image (where I found just the vantage point to include the photographer's shadow) was created from six images seamlessly merged with Autostitch. It is impossible to get a sense of scale ..." title="This image (where I found just the vantage point to include the photographer's shadow) was created from six images seamlessly merged with Autostitch. It is impossible to get a sense of scale ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T14:29:08Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota1/151229941_qe5p5-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />With the rains that fell for 4 of our 5 days in Dakota, the little stream is flowing below, and the nearby vegetation lends a dash of color other than red-brown-gray-tan to the landscape. An ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229957_rEfGF" title="With the rains that fell for 4 of our 5 days in Dakota, the little stream is flowing below, and the nearby vegetation lends a dash of color other than red-brown-gray-tan to the landscape. An ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota2/151229957_rEfGF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="With the rains that fell for 4 of our 5 days in Dakota, the little stream is flowing below, and the nearby vegetation lends a dash of color other than red-brown-gray-tan to the landscape. An ..." title="With the rains that fell for 4 of our 5 days in Dakota, the little stream is flowing below, and the nearby vegetation lends a dash of color other than red-brown-gray-tan to the landscape. An ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:40:38Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota2/151229957_rEfGF-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />I could have stayed here for an hour as the light changed every second! What you can't tell is that the wind is blowing so hard I'm having a hard time standing, much less holding the camera ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229968_UZczr" title="I could have stayed here for an hour as the light changed every second! What you can't tell is that the wind is blowing so hard I'm having a hard time standing, much less holding the camera ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota3/151229968_UZczr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="49" alt="I could have stayed here for an hour as the light changed every second! What you can't tell is that the wind is blowing so hard I'm having a hard time standing, much less holding the camera ..." title="I could have stayed here for an hour as the light changed every second! What you can't tell is that the wind is blowing so hard I'm having a hard time standing, much less holding the camera ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T14:25:20Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota3/151229968_UZczr-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />I would have liked to have had several hours just to sit on a little ledge below this precipice, look out on the eons of time this view tells about, and try, just try to comprehend how fleet ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229980_Wsoo9" title="I would have liked to have had several hours just to sit on a little ledge below this precipice, look out on the eons of time this view tells about, and try, just try to comprehend how fleet ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota4/151229980_Wsoo9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="96" alt="I would have liked to have had several hours just to sit on a little ledge below this precipice, look out on the eons of time this view tells about, and try, just try to comprehend how fleet ..." title="I would have liked to have had several hours just to sit on a little ledge below this precipice, look out on the eons of time this view tells about, and try, just try to comprehend how fleet ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:40:48Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota4/151229980_Wsoo9-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Some of my daughter's neighbors had taken great pains to "plant" this wonderful but completely DEAD tree in a rock garden near their house. Nice touch!</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151230019_Xa7wP" title="Some of my daughter's neighbors had taken great pains to "plant" this wonderful but completely DEAD tree in a rock garden near their house. Nice touch!"><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota7/151230019_Xa7wP-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Some of my daughter's neighbors had taken great pains to "plant" this wonderful but completely DEAD tree in a rock garden near their house. Nice touch!" title="Some of my daughter's neighbors had taken great pains to "plant" this wonderful but completely DEAD tree in a rock garden near their house. Nice touch!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:37:59Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota7/151230019_Xa7wP-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Daughter and granddaughter Abby</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229925_fwfmR" title="Daughter and granddaughter Abby"><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota13/151229925_fwfmR-Th.jpg" width="114" height="150" alt="Daughter and granddaughter Abby" title="Daughter and granddaughter Abby" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T14:17:00Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota13/151229925_fwfmR-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Abby and her future sister's foot (ultrasound 4D)</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229907_2EUdw" title="Abby and her future sister's foot (ultrasound 4D)"><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota12/151229907_2EUdw-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="Abby and her future sister's foot (ultrasound 4D)" title="Abby and her future sister's foot (ultrasound 4D)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:40:04Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota12/151229907_2EUdw-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Hang time</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151230040_uRRht" title="Hang time"><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota8/151230040_uRRht-Th.jpg" width="92" height="150" alt="Hang time" title="Hang time" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:37:58Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota8/151230040_uRRht-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Ever try to make a cat smile?</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151230009_yH4rn" title="Ever try to make a cat smile?"><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota6/151230009_yH4rn-Th.jpg" width="123" height="150" alt="Ever try to make a cat smile?" title="Ever try to make a cat smile?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T14:21:19Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota6/151230009_yH4rn-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />She named him Earthy, felt sorry for him squirming on the wet, cold sidewalk and (despite her initial insistence he would be happy living inside in a cup in her bedroom) she gave him a new h ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151229897_Loqwi" title="She named him Earthy, felt sorry for him squirming on the wet, cold sidewalk and (despite her initial insistence he would be happy living inside in a cup in her bedroom) she gave him a new h ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota11/151229897_Loqwi-Th.jpg" width="101" height="150" alt="She named him Earthy, felt sorry for him squirming on the wet, cold sidewalk and (despite her initial insistence he would be happy living inside in a cup in her bedroom) she gave him a new h ..." title="She named him Earthy, felt sorry for him squirming on the wet, cold sidewalk and (despite her initial insistence he would be happy living inside in a cup in her bedroom) she gave him a new h ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T14:41:33Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota11/151229897_Loqwi-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />Watching Abby stalk this bird I remembered as a child I was told that "if you put salt on a bird's tail, you can catch it!" Am I the only one that ever fell for this adult trickery?</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151230052_zmcPE" title="Watching Abby stalk this bird I remembered as a child I was told that "if you put salt on a bird's tail, you can catch it!" Am I the only one that ever fell for this adult trickery?"><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota9/151230052_zmcPE-Th.jpg" width="118" height="150" alt="Watching Abby stalk this bird I remembered as a child I was told that "if you put salt on a bird's tail, you can catch it!" Am I the only one that ever fell for this adult trickery?" title="Watching Abby stalk this bird I remembered as a child I was told that "if you put salt on a bird's tail, you can catch it!" Am I the only one that ever fell for this adult trickery?" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T14:26:57Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota9/151230052_zmcPE-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com">fred1st</a><br />The dau was on TV twice the Friday we were there, quite the civic promoter these days. And no, none of these people are as wide as they are made to seem stretched to the distorted aspect rat ...</p><p><a href="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/2826202_xzQWT#151230074_TJfuh" title="The dau was on TV twice the Friday we were there, quite the civic promoter these days. And no, none of these people are as wide as they are made to seem stretched to the distorted aspect rat ..."><img src="http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota10/151230074_TJfuh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="The dau was on TV twice the Friday we were there, quite the civic promoter these days. And no, none of these people are as wide as they are made to seem stretched to the distorted aspect rat ..." title="The dau was on TV twice the Friday we were there, quite the civic promoter these days. And no, none of these people are as wide as they are made to seem stretched to the distorted aspect rat ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T14:18:09Z fred1st http://fred1st.smugmug.com http://fred1st.smugmug.com/Travel/Dakota-2007/dakota10/151230074_TJfuh-Th.jpg