Basin & Range, Nevada July

Pittsburgh, PA, 3 rivers. August

Washington, D.C. The Vietnam Memorial wall, made of gabbro ("black granite") August

Lake Tahoe, CA, during Volcanological Society of Sacramento Field Trip. October

Columnar jointing in a lava flow near Tahoe. October VSSAC trip. (Beth and her dog Doune in foreground)

Yosemite National Park. View of the valley and Halfdome from Glacier Point. October

Yosemite. El Capitan. Granite with dark inclusions, notably the one that looks like North America.

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