October 30, 2022  Puerto Vallarta celebrates el Dia del los Muertos (Day of the Dead) in grand fashion on the Malecon. If you have an opportunity to visit Puerto Vallarta during the celebration, do it. The holiday (typically celebrated on November 1 or 2) involves family and friends paying respects and remembering those who have died.

#DiadellosMuertos #Dayofthedead #Halloween #Hallowtide #PuertoVallarta #Malecon #Elvis #Sincemybabyleftme

On the shores of Lake Michigan, the Kenosha Light Station was established in 1856. The current light was built in 1906 and stands 50 feet tall. The lighthouse was deemed excess by the Coast Guard in 2008 and was purchased by Heather McGee and John Burhani in 2011.

#Sunrise #NorthPierLighhouse #KenoshaLighthouse #Kenosha #Wisconsin #LakeMichigan

Picture from 2012 - It's National Pumpkin Day and here is Wrigley Riggs posing in a sea of colorful leaves with his pumpkin.

#Nationalpumpkinday #Pumpkin #LabradorRetriever #Fall #Fallcolor #leaves #WrigleyRiggs

From the 2018 Sedona Plein Air Festival  - October 23 is the Day of the Artist. While exploring Sedona, headed up Schnebly Hill Road, I encountered artist Kadin Goldberg painting the beautiful scenery of Sedona, Arizona. You can view (and purchase) his works of art here www.kadingoldberg.com/works
You can read about the 2023 Festival here https://sedonaartscenter.org/event/19th-annual-sedona-plein-air-festival/ 
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Pictures from October 2012 - New River Gorge National Park and Preserve located in the Appalacian Mountains in West Virginia. Redesginated from a National River to a National Park and Preserve in 2020. The 3r Saturday in October is Bridge Day, an event which see hundreds of people base jumping, repelling and climbing the New River Gorge Bridge.

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From October 2014. Located in Yosemite National Park Half Dome towers 8,800 feet above sea level. The rock is comprised of quartz monzonite.  The remains of Ansel Adams are scattered atop Half Dome.

#Halfdome #YosemiteNationalPark #AnselAdams

The Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico was built between 1930 and 1940 upon the original foundations of a chapel dedicated to Lady Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary) in 1901. Lady Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico.

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A glacial lake located in the Sierra Nevadas, Tioga Lake is 2 miles north of the Tioga Pass entrance to Yosemite National Park. Tioga is an Iroquois word meaning "where it forks" or "swift current".

#TiogaLake #TiogaPass #YosemiteValley #YosemiteNationalPark #SierraNevada #JohnMuir

October 3, 2014 Sunsetting on El Capitan - Yosemite National Park, California
Measuring 3,000 feet from base to summit on it's tallest face. Received it's name from the Mariposa Battalian when exploring the Yosemite Valley in 1852. El Capitan is a loose translation of the Native AmericanName for the cliff "Tutokanula". 

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