Verde River, Bartlett camp.

 Bartlett site.

Welcome back!

A very brief pilgrimage to Ed Abbey's bar in Globe, AZ

 I was very surprised to see plum(?) trees in full bloom Feb. 4 in Globe!

 The Drift Inn Saloon.

Hippies use backdoor. Inside it is just as he described it.

Journey south and west. Sandias, Bernardo, Gila

 The Sandias from Corrales.

 Snow geese and sandhill cranes at Bernardo.

The Gila Range.

The mountains of home.

A brief visit to the promised land (NM in late Jan to early Feb).

 The gorge.

 Taos mtns.

 Taos Mtn.

Oakley Plantation, St. Francisville, LA. Carolina Parakeet

 When the Carolina Parakeet was still common.

 Mississippi River at St. Francisville. Old ferry site.

 Pirrie home/Oakley Plantation

 JJ's room on ground floor.

On Audubon's trail/St Francisville, LA

 Roadside snacks.

 New Audubon bridge over the Mississippi

 Getting closer

 After hours at Oakley

In the streambed nearby where I'm sure he roamed, I think JJ himself popped this shell button in the brush while pursuing a bird!

 Where he roamed.

Where I slept in St. Francisville thanks to the kindly proprietor of the Lamplighter.

New Orleans in January

A Florida January selection