Posts in Category: Places
The Pacific Coast
To the 2 or 3 of you out there who watch my blog daily to see if I’ve updated it (hi, mom!), you’ve been a little disappointed in the last few weeks. In preparation for our fast-upcoming move to Africa, Rachel and I have been traveling all over the USA to say goodbye to friends and family. The last trip took us as far as Canada, through my childhood state of Washington, and some other favorite places in Oregon and California along the way. The main point of the trip was visiting people, not taking photos, but even passing through those places lent some fun opportunities to stretch our legs and take some photographs… Enjoy.
Incidentally, I made a few changes to the travel section on my site, too. Check it out to see some of my latest travel photos, and let me know what you think. Enjoy!
Ice…
See the moon?
A special shout out to all the people we got to see along the West Coast. Thanks to all of you for your hospitality and friendship.
And tomorrow we leave for the midwest…
The Salton Sea & Anza Borrego SP
My brother Ben and I grew up doing everything together. We went on all kinds of adventures, and we shared so much in common that we could finish each other’s sentences. But as we’ve grown up, those adventures have become far too scarce. So we determined to spend the weekend before Christmas going on another adventure, and catching up on each other’s lives.
But the weekend before Christmas was promised to see nights well below freezing just about everywhere within 300 miles, which didn’t fare well for our plans to tent camp. So we followed the weather maps, and found the warmest places we could find. We ended up at the Salton Sea and Anza Borrego State Park: a fascinating part of the desert we never would have found otherwise.
Nothing beats the desert sunrise.
Snow!
Straight out of the camera…
More snow…
We watched a strong breeze blow the haze and dust out of the valley below…
To brother Ben: thanks for carving out the time to go on a roadtrip. It was an epic adventure bringing back the memories of the old days. I can’t wait to see where our next expedition takes us!
Lake Piru
When Rachel and I first got married, we knew that life was going to get really busy. So we resolved to spend one night a week as a date night, and one weekend a month away somewhere. It’s been a huge advantage to both of us as individuals, and as a couple.
A few months ago, we went camping at Lake Piru for our weekend away. It was a great time to go, and we enjoyed the time reading, hiking, boating, and taking photos. Here are some of the ones that stood out…
We had some fun apprehending the sun at sunrise. It wasn’t the big red ball of fire we had hoped for, which is another argument for why sunset is better than sunrise.
We also had some fun with long exposures at night…
I got so dizzy doing this one.
I’m in the habit of writing a personal note of thanks to my photo subjects at the end of each of my blog posts. In this case, I’d like to say thank you to my wife, for being so eager to join me on any adventure, no matter how big or small, and making it exponentially better just by your presence.