2016 – Hungry Mike https://hungrymike.com A Peek Through Dirty Lenses Fri, 06 Jan 2023 22:14:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/hungrymike.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 2016 – Hungry Mike https://hungrymike.com 32 32 213908921 Peacocking in Stillwater https://hungrymike.com/2016/10/22/peacocking-in-stillwater/ Sat, 22 Oct 2016 05:00:00 +0000 https://wp.hungrymike.com/2016/10/22/peacocking-in-stillwater/ Spent a beautiful afternoon in Stillwater taking family photos for Andy and Jenny. Richard and Keith donned their Lego Ninjago costumes while Audree ran around the park as a peacock…. certainly quite a sight to see a baby human peacock. The fall color was a little past peak but we were able to find some […]

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]]> Spent a beautiful afternoon in Stillwater taking family photos for Andy and Jenny. Richard and Keith donned their Lego Ninjago costumes while Audree ran around the park as a peacock…. certainly quite a sight to see a baby human peacock. The fall color was a little past peak but we were able to find some nice background to take pictures.

Stillwater
The Laws… and Order. One of the few shots where the two boys didn’t run around.
The three amigos.
Peacock and her bodyguards.
Love is strong. Resistance is futile.
A pose in front of a rather charming pink house.

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]]> 4863 Minnesota North Shore https://hungrymike.com/2016/09/05/minnesota-north-shore/ Mon, 05 Sep 2016 05:00:00 +0000 https://wp.hungrymike.com/2016/09/05/minnesotas-north-shore/ Our first trip to Minnesota north shore without any planning done. Each morning, we revisited a few nearby attractions although we did not do any real hikes this time. Spent half of everyday reading books by the lake and taking afternoon naps.

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]]> Our first trip to Minnesota north shore without any planning done. Each morning, we revisited a few nearby attractions although we did not do any real hikes this time. Spent half of everyday reading books by the lake and taking afternoon naps.

Aerial Lift Bridge. There are three dots below the moon in the sky, forming a triangle. The dot right below of the moon is Saturn. The left dot is Mars. The bottom dot is the ruddy star Antares, the brightest star in the fishhook-shaped pattern of stars known as the constellation Scorpius the Scorpion.
Minnesota North Shore
Lake Superior, the largest freshwater lake in the world.
Middle Falls in Gooseberry Falls State Park.
The iconic Split Rock Lighthouse.

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]]> 4862 Saguaro National Park https://hungrymike.com/2016/04/18/saguaro-national-park/ Mon, 18 Apr 2016 05:00:00 +0000 https://wp.hungrymike.com/2016/04/18/saguaro-national-park/ While planning for an impromptu getaway to Arizona, we contemplated whether to visit Flagstaff or Tucson – both are about 2 hours drive from Phoenix – but after flipping through our national park book, we decided to head south to visit Saguaro National Park. Due to the unpredictable jet streams, we chose the hottest week […]

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]]> While planning for an impromptu getaway to Arizona, we contemplated whether to visit Flagstaff or Tucson – both are about 2 hours drive from Phoenix – but after flipping through our national park book, we decided to head south to visit Saguaro National Park. Due to the unpredictable jet streams, we chose the hottest week in April to be there with the temperature touching 100F a few times. The temperature difference between our place and during the trip was about 50F.

We divided our trips into 2 parts: 4 nights in Tucson and 3 nights in Phoenix.

The main attraction in Tucson is Saguaro National Park, which is located in the Sonoran Desert. There are more than 300 days of sunshine annually and it is the only American desert with 2 seasons of rainfall. Saguaro National Park has the most concentrated giant Saguaro cacti population in the world. It also has the most diverse natural cactus garden in the nation. Besides the national park, we visited Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, hiked in the Bear Canyon to Seven Falls and cruise along Mt Lemmon Scenic Byway.

In Phoenix, we visited the Desert Botanical Garden, Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve and Heard Museum.

Certainly a very pleasant trip, albeit the hot weather. This is the most impressive collection of cactus we have ever seen, in terms of quantity and variety, not to mention they are all humongous and very colorful due to Spring blossoms.

Saguaro National Park
Spectacular sunset view at Gates Pass.
Cactus garden at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
After growing for about 20 years, agave produces a tall flower stalk once. Then, it dies.
A 30-foot tall Saguaro.
8-mile hike to Wasson Peak.
Click “Play” button to watch the 3D fly-through of our 6.5 hours 8-mile hike to Wasson Peak in Saguaro National Park.
Greater Earless Lizard. There are many different types of lizards in the Sonoran Desert.
Bruce Munro’s Sonoran Light exhibit at Desert Botanical Garden.
Places we covered in Arizona.

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]]> 4861 Audree’s One-Year Old Birthday https://hungrymike.com/2016/04/16/audrees-one-year-old-birthday/ Sat, 16 Apr 2016 05:00:00 +0000 https://wp.hungrymike.com/2016/04/16/audrees-one-year-old-birthday/ Celebrating Audree’s one year old. I have been tasked to capture a few pictures of Audree around the house during her special day before heading for the birthday party in the late afternoon.

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]]> Celebrating Audree’s one year old. I have been tasked to capture a few pictures of Audree around the house during her special day before heading for the birthday party in the late afternoon.

Birthday girl
Ma Balloon!
The native butterfly whisperer.
Family photo.
Audree’s entourage.

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]]> 4860 Frontenac State Park https://hungrymike.com/2016/01/02/frontenac-state-park-2/ Sat, 02 Jan 2016 06:00:00 +0000 https://wp.hungrymike.com/2016/01/02/frontenac-state-park-2/ Snowshoed 4 miles in 3 hours in Frontenac State Park. Although the temperature was 24F with wind chill factor of 8F, it was a perfect sunny day to get outside and enjoy the cold weather. Not many people using the trails and we pretty much had the whole trails by ourselves.

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]]> Snowshoed 4 miles in 3 hours in Frontenac State Park. Although the temperature was 24F with wind chill factor of 8F, it was a perfect sunny day to get outside and enjoy the cold weather. Not many people using the trails and we pretty much had the whole trails by ourselves.

Snow trail in Frontenac State Park.
A fresh layer of snow on the grill.
Our 4-mile snowshoe loop.

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