From our recent trip to Idyllwild, California

Stellar Jays love peanuts.

Traffic circle in the small downtown area.

Trip to Sedona

From our trip to Sedona, Arizona.  Beautiful views from every where.

We got lucky and saw a Javelina.  We were driving through a neighbor hood

and I was not able to get a photo of it. 

At a State Park there is a nice little creek running.

Visitors have stacked piles of rocks along the side.

Montezuma Castle.  

Hundreds of years old, built by the Sinagua Tribe.

It is along the highway from Phoenix to Sedona.
The name Montezuma is just a name.  It does not have any connection to
 the Aztec, Montezuma.

Water wheel on an old rancho built in the 1930,s.

Now part of a State Park.  It had an electrical generator.

And they grew apples on the property.

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Herons- photographed on Coronado Island, across from San Diego.