Animals & Scenery from our Camera 2018

Miniature Owl at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson.

Wolf at the Desert Museum.

Road Runner.

Road Runner Closeup.

Fox.

Besides Saguaro National Park and Organ Pipe National Monument, the Desert Museum was our favorite place.  So many amazing animals and plants!

Bighorn Sheep.

These photos are from our visit this winter to Tucson, Arizona with the Koehlingers.

Hummingbird at the Desert Museum.

So lucky to get the opportunity to see these gorgeous little birds up close.

The Hummingbird enclosure was awesome and full of different species of hummingbirds.

Sunset in Saguaro National Park.

Wild coyote in the town of Why, Arizona.

Organ pipe cactus in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the US/Mexico border.

Sunset in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

We hiked up to the arch in the top of this picture to get a view of the park.

On top.

Ruins in Canyon de Chelly National Monument in northern Arizona.

Cliff dwellings were all over the park.  Look in the center of the photo to spot it.

The most famous ruin in the park was at the bottom of the canyon and was a lovely hike to get to.

Pileated Woodpecker on century plant flower stalk in Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Sunset view from our camp spot, with a flowering century plant!

Incredible place to have morning coffee. Century plants (Agave Americana) only flower once in their lifetime, and often take 10-20 years to get to the blossoming stage.

Dave at the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park in Texas.

Mountains in Big Bend.

Shrimping boat off the coast of Los Barriles, Baja California Sur. 

Bird near our Airbnb on Isla Mujeres.

On Isla Mujeres in Mexico.

Isla Holbox in Mexico.

Sunset view from our Airbnb on Isla Holbox.

We had  a fantastic winter and saw many incredible sights!  We were reminded of that when we looked at our pictures on our camera.  With our phones being as good as they are, we only take the camera out for wildlife and sunsets.  Thought we'd share our favorites.  Love you all!  Ildiko & David

Tibor's Family Visits McCall

Tibor, Dora, Hanna & Tiora came to visit us in McCall and we were thrilled to show them around our neck of the woods.  It had been since our wedding and when Tiora was 6 months old that they'd spend time here, so we had plenty of places on our must see list.

Lots of flowers in blossom including the pink Fireweed in this photo, Indian Paintbrush, Lupine, Yarrow and Skunk Cabbage.

 First day was hiking off Brundage Road.  First hike was Lake Serene (4.5 miles).

Second, very photogenic lake was Scribner Lake (which was only a one mile roundtrip).

 Gorgeous family photos at Scribner Lake.

We started day 2 off with a visit to Sharlie's Garden on Warren Wagon Rd.  

Had lunch at Upper Payette Lake and Dora had a swim.

 So happy to be in Valley County with Family.

Hanna looking for treasure on the lake shore.

 We continued with a hike up to Crystal Mountain from Jeanette campground above Burgdorf Hot Springs.

We hiked to the top and even did a bit of scrambling to get some great photos.

After our hike, we relaxed at Burgdorf Hot Springs.  The girls even tried out the claw footed tub with hot water flowing into it from the springs.

The following day we paddle boarded for 4 hours on the meanders up the river past the north side of Payette Lake.

We had four paddle boards and a double kayak that the girls rotated in and out of.

We made it all the way to the Lick Creek bridge, and Hanna stayed in the lead for most of the day.

Dave snapped this great photo of Tibor and I as he was trying out my inflatable board.

After all the activity, we relaxed at North Beach for a few hours before dinner.

On our fourth day we went on a bike ride on the rail to trail and past some local ranches to Lake Fork for ice cream.

We stopped at the river on our way back.

Also for a banana split for the girls for all their biking and paddle boarding efforts the day prior.

Then we enjoyed Payette Lake at the beach near our condo.  We also went for one more dinner at Pueblo Lindo on the edge of town as we all love the authentic Mexican food there.  We had long days of lovely sights and fit a lot into their time here.  It was wonderful to catch up.  Love you all, thanks for looking at the pictures!