Miscellaneous Photos

Below are some miscellaneous photos taken on short trips in and around Texas. Some of our favorite photos from our past trips are also included (i.e., 2003-2023, aka pre-retirement!).

Tip: For best results, view the images on a desktop/laptop. Scroll down and select an image to display it in a popup image “lightbox”. You may tap the current image, swipe left/right, or use the navigation arrows (< >) on either side of an image to view the previous/next images. Select the [X] in top right corner to close the image lightbox.

[1] Columbia River Vista House Crown Point State Scenic Corridor, OR — [1] **Columbia River Vista House**
Crown Point State Scenic Corridor, OR

[2] Crater Lake Panorama Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake, OR — [2] **Crater Lake Panorama**
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake, OR

[3] Wizard Island in Crater Lake Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake, OR — [3] **Wizard Island in Crater Lake**
Crater Lake National Park, Crater Lake, OR

[4] Heceta Head Lighthouse Florence, OR — [4] **Heceta Head Lighthouse**
Florence, OR

[5] Twin Tulips Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, TX — [5] **Twin Tulips**
Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, TX

[6] Barn Owl [captive] Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, TX — [6] **Barn Owl** [captive]
Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, TX

[7] Iris "Feathers" Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, TX — [7] **Iris "Feathers"**
Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, TX

[8] Power plant shadows over natural splendor Navajo Generating Station, Navajo. Nation, Page, AZ — [8] **Power plant shadows over natural splendor**
Navajo Generating Station, Navajo. Nation, Page, AZ

[9] "Albino" Texas Paintbrush Marble Fallas, TX — [9] **"Albino" Texas Paintbrush**
Marble Fallas, TX

[10] Goat's Beard Lake Grapevine, TX — [10] **Goat's Beard**
Lake Grapevine, TX

[11] Scudder's Bush Katydid Lake Grapevine, TX — [11] **Scudder's Bush Katydid**
Lake Grapevine, TX

[12] Cicada Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [12] **Cicada**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[13] Can you see a bear cub (in your mind's eye)? Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [13] **Can you see a bear cub (in your mind's eye)?**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[14] A bear cub is visible to Don K's mind's eye (but not Val's).

[15] Eastern Fox Squirrel Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [15] **Eastern Fox Squirrel**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[16] Val Kerns - Throwing an Axe Hochatown, OK — [16] **Val Kerns - Throwing an Axe**
Hochatown, OK

[17] Val Kerns - Lethal Hochatown, OK — [17] **Val Kerns - Lethal**
Hochatown, OK

[18] Don Kerns - Throwing an Axe Hochatown, OK — [18] **Don Kerns - Throwing an Axe**
Hochatown, OK

[19] Don Kerns - Bullseye! Hochatown, OK — [19] **Don Kerns - Bullseye!**
Hochatown, OK

[20] Val Kerns Navigating Rocky Trail Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [20] **Val Kerns Navigating Rocky Trail**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[21] North Cedar Creek Falls Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [21] **North Cedar Creek Falls**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[22] Don Kerns Navigating Rocky Trail and Stream Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [22] **Don Kerns Navigating Rocky Trail and Stream**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[23] Skink Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [23] **Skink**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[24] Mountain Fork River Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [24] **Mountain Fork River**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[25] Mountain Fork River Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [25] **Mountain Fork River**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[26] Mountain Fork River Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [26] **Mountain Fork River**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[27] Room with a VIew over Mountain Fork River Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK — [27] **Room with a VIew over Mountain Fork River**
Beaver's Bend State Park, Broken Bow, OK

[28] White-tailed Deer Isle DuBois State Park, Pilot Point, TX — [28] **White-tailed Deer**
Isle DuBois State Park, Pilot Point, TX

[29] Preparing for Lunar Eclipse Valley View, TX — [29] **Preparing for Lunar Eclipse**
Valley View, TX

[30] Full Moon Valley View, TX — [30] **Full Moon**
Valley View, TX

[31] Partial Lunar Eclipse (03/14/2025) Valley View, TX — [31] **Partial Lunar Eclipse (03/14/2025)**
Valley View, TX

[32] Moon over Cumulonimbus Clouds, Enhanced by Sunset Valley View, TX — [32] **Moon over Cumulonimbus Clouds, Enhanced by Sunset**
Valley View, TX

[33] Soaring Cumulonimbus Clouds Valley View, TX — [33] **Soaring Cumulonimbus Clouds**
Valley View, TX

[34] Virginia Springbeauty Valley View, TX — [34] **Virginia Springbeauty**
Valley View, TX

[35] Vessel Tiny Home (AirBnB) Valley View, TX — [35] **Vessel Tiny Home (AirBnB)**
Valley View, TX

[36] Wichura's Rose Farmers Branch, TX — [36] **Wichura's Rose**
Farmers Branch, TX

[37] Eastern Carpenter Bee Farmers Branch, TX — [37] **Eastern Carpenter Bee**
Farmers Branch, TX

[38] Branded Grass Skipper on Palmfleaf Mistflower Farmers Branch, TX — [38] **Branded Grass Skipper on Palmfleaf Mistflower**
Farmers Branch, TX

[39] Bee (with Cotton Fleahopper on the left and an Ant near the bottom of the flower) Farmers Branch, TX — [39] **Bee (with Cotton Fleahopper on the left and an Ant near the bottom of the flower)**
Farmers Branch, TX

[40] Austrian Copper Rose Farmers Branch, TX — [40] **Austrian Copper Rose**
Farmers Branch, TX

[41] Palmfleaf Mistflower w/ Pollen-ladden Bee Farmers Branch, TX — [41] **Palmfleaf Mistflower w/ Pollen-ladden Bee**
Farmers Branch, TX

[42] Seed head of a Clematis flower (often called “Old Man’s Beard” or “Traveler’s Joy”) Farmers Branch, TX — [42] **Seed head of a Clematis flower (often called “Old Man’s Beard” or “Traveler’s Joy”)**
Farmers Branch, TX

[43] Yellow-Crested Night Heron Coppell, TX — [43] **Yellow-Crested Night Heron**
Coppell, TX

[44] Backyard Bobcat Coppell, TX — [44] **Backyard Bobcat**
Coppell, TX

[45] Backyard Bobcat Coppell, TX — [45] **Backyard Bobcat**
Coppell, TX

[46] 98% Total Eclipse (04/08/2024) Coppell, TX — [46] **98% Total Eclipse (04/08/2024)**
Coppell, TX

[47] New Guinea Clipper Victoria, BC, Canada — [47] **New Guinea Clipper**
Victoria, BC, Canada

[48] Madagascar Giant Day Gecko Victoria, BC, Canada — [48] **Madagascar Giant Day Gecko**
Victoria, BC, Canada

[49] Large-leaved Lupine & Peonies Victoria, BC, Canada — [49] **Large-leaved Lupine & Peonies**
Victoria, BC, Canada

[50] Reflections Victoria, BC, Canada — [50] **Reflections**
Victoria, BC, Canada

[51] Stormy Harbor Victoria, BC, Canada — [51] **Stormy Harbor**
Victoria, BC, Canada

[52] Prairie Dog Custer State Park, SD — [52] **Prairie Dog**
Custer State Park, SD

[53] Prairie Dog carefully tasting a cactus Custer State Park, SD — [53] **Prairie Dog carefully tasting a cactus**
Custer State Park, SD

[54] Texas Spiny Lizard Coppell, TX — [54] **Texas Spiny Lizard**
Coppell, TX

[55] Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay Capulin Volcano National Monument, Capulin, NM — [55] **Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay**
Capulin Volcano National Monument, Capulin, NM

[56] Black-billed Magpie Florissant, CO — [56] **Black-billed Magpie**
Florissant, CO

[57] Sandhill Crane Sunset Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, NM — [57] **Sandhill Crane Sunset**
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, San Antonio, NM

[58] Stranded... Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO — [58] **Stranded...**
Great Sand Dunes National Park, CO

[59] Sea Figs San Simeon, CA — [59] **Sea Figs**
San Simeon, CA

[60] Coastal Sunset Blaine, WA — [60] **Coastal Sunset**
Blaine, WA

[61] Silent Dock Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT — [61] **Silent Dock**
Lake McDonald, Glacier National Park, West Glacier, MT

[62] Rusted Gate Goliad State Park, Goliad, TX — [62] **Rusted Gate**
Goliad State Park, Goliad, TX

[63] Bryce Canyon Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, UT — [63] **Bryce Canyon**
Bryce Canyon National Park, Tropic, UT

[64] Bluebonnets Marble Falls, TX — [64] **Bluebonnets**
Marble Falls, TX

[65] Soco Falls Maggie Valley, NC — [65] **Soco Falls**
Maggie Valley, NC