Photobook titled "USA : Road trip with camping 1973"

I have just finished  this book based on all the many slides I took.  I did the scanning a year ago when inside because of bushfire smoke but have just put the book together.  Janice, Val and I had finished our three years teaching in Canada and were doing a last big trip before leaving Canada for South America.  This book has a map at the beginning showing our route.  

Later in the book I have a second trip I did with Helen in 1981-2 during summer school holidays.  It was winter so there is lots of snow in many places.   Of course we were not camping then.  We rented cars and flew between various places.

USA : Road trip with camping 1973

By Ruth Lathlean

Photobook Canada and USA - Rocky Mountains

Once more I have been scanning hundreds of slides from my time living in Canada from  1970 - 1973.  This book is about the two trips I made by car to the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the USA in the summers of 1972 and 1973.  Australian friends, two of whom I met in Toronto came with Janice and I in 1971and we camped nearly all the time in National Parks and Monuments.  We loved the hikes we did with the amazing scenery.  In 1972 Janice and I went to Mexico (in a separate book) I and spent time in the western USA on the way back to Canada.

Val, Janice and I did another big trip to Canada's maritime provinces and more of the USA in 1973 before we left for South America.  This will be another book.

LINK:     https://au.blurb.com/b/9785969-canada-and-usa-rocky-mountains-1971-1972

CANADA and USA Rocky Mountains 1971, 1972

By Ruth Lathlean

Hope some of you will enjoy looking at my book. All the pages are available for viewing - I don't expect anyone to buy it as the book contains my memories.

More pastel paintings

I had started this painting of Delicate Arch in Utah National Park, USA before I had my hip op. and finished it about a month ago.  As a source I used a photo sent to me by a Canadian friend who had recently visited - but I had been there myself in 1971.  I remember it as we had to start walking from the campsite very early in the morning as it was so hot.  This desert park is wonderful with amazing formations.  I really should have put a person in to give some idea of scale.






This pastel painting was only recently made from a photo I took in Ontario, Canada some years ago. I loved the peaceful feel and the colours. To accentuate this I used a very dark blue pastel paper.