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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 - Harrah's Convenience Store, Laughlin NV

Catching Some Rays, Great Blue Herons, Burro Creek AZ, March 28, 2011
Catching Some Rays, Great Blue Herons, Burro Creek AZ, March 28, 2011

The five Great Blue Heron pairs nesting on this cliff spend their day leisurely tending the nest and each other. What a privilege it was to be able to watch them for a day.

Night camp

Site 17 - Harrah's Convenience Store RV Parking, Laughlin NV

Troops Endure Blowing Sands and Mud Rain

... The single, solitary departure from this pattern came when it suddenly rained in the early evening. What fell from the sky was not water but mud, the rain pulling suspended sand into wet globs and pelting those foolish mortals who thought they could endure a 30- or 40-hour sandstorm. The temperature was just below 100 degrees, and everyone traveling with the military wore protective chemical and biological suits that enclosed the body from head to toe, plus body armor and a helmet. ...

New York Times

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