Canyonlands National Park

Canyonlands National Park - Island in the Sky - 3 July

On the beginning of the White Rim road

Wait, Thursday is also wolf day (Meow Wolf, Santa Fe NM)

Detail of arch, Meow Wolf, Santa Fe NM

So, Meow Wolf. Wait what, right? Wolves don't ... Cats aren't ... Yup, true, true, so I took a deep breath and ignored the category violation error. It's an excellent name because it makes you ask, what on earth is that?

Ans.: No idea, sorry. Indoor theme park? Art gallery? Interactive installation? Immersive mockumentary?

Meow? 

Christmas lights by the palace (Santa Fe Plaza)

For actual rhinestone cowboys?

Santa Fe plaza gives very pleasant evening strolling in scarf-and-glove temperatures.

All the glittery things imaginable and a few that, frankly, I would never have thought of. Such historic. Very luxury.

Christmas lights by sea (Lake Havasu light parade)

As I said, strange and lovely are the Christmas lights of the desert. Especially if you watch them on a lake that is spanned by London Bridge (that's the actual London Bridge, not some cheap local knock-off.)

Christmas lights by land (Ethel M cactus garden)

Strange and lovely are the Christmas lights of the desert. We saw them here by land at the Ethel M Chocolate Factory. 3 acres of inexplicable seasonally festive wow ...

Bobcat

Yes! Please tell me more about your bobcat encounter!
(Image by ucumari)

Okay, so I was very lucky the other day: I saw a bobcat. Only for a few seconds as it made its way up the river bank, and of course I had no camera in hand. It was heading away from me and I first recognised it by the absurd stumpy tail. Then when I called to Simon to come out of the tent and see, it turned and showed me its round tigery face. (And its teeth, actually.) Then it loped off into the trees.

This here is exactly the look it gave me.

So much fun bobcat fact! Very learn!

• http://www.defenders.org/bobcat/bobcats 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobcat

Also, since it was an Arizona bobcat ... this is so, so NSFW, you been warned ...
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/bobcats_cactus