Our trip out to Sterling Pointe Park on New Year’s Day got off to a rather bumpy start — not long after I’d realized I forgot to bring my phone, a cloudburst opened up as I drove north on Auburn Folsom Road; so I missed the turn and had to double back. But by the time we reached the parking […]
Today I’m looking back at a few of the photos I shot with my Fujifilm camera last April during a quick visit to Lake Mendocino. I was already familiar with the north end of the lake, so I went exploring and found the Shakota Trail, near The Forks, on the southwest shore. There is a popular boat ramp here, but […]
Between 2014 and 2016, the month of May meant spending a week with the Big Guy and his parents at Soda Bay in Lake County, in the shadow of Mt Konocti. Rather than drive around and explore as I tend to do nowadays, my outings were restricted to walking distance from the area where we were staying, which happened to […]
It’s been nearly five months since we were last at the coast in Mendocino County, and with all our recent trips to Texas, it seems even longer. Hopefully we’ll soon be able to plan another visit; but in the meantime, I still have a lot of photos from previous trips that I haven’t yet shared. Today, here’s a look at […]
Most of my time in Texas earlier this month was spent indoors, helping to sort through the belongings left behind by my dear father-in-law. But when I did have a few spare minutes to grab my camera, I could usually find something intriguing to shoot. I’m curious about the hippo statue (along with a lion, not pictured) found near the […]
The Rio de Flag rises from central Arizona’s San Francisco Mountains, passing through the city of Flagstaff and ultimately draining into the Little Colorado River. Athough human intervention has made alterations to the river’s nature and course, restoration efforts are now working to restore some of the historic wetlands.
Hiking to the shore of Grapevine Lake on a warm day in early June proved a bit of an adventure. With a couple of different paths to choose from after parking the car, the Big Guy ignored the map and headed off on a trail that plunged into the woods and meandered through brush and knee-high weeds before eventually emerging […]
I can’t see the house of the property just across the lane from our small farmhouse AirBnB, but every now and then their small herd of sheep grazes somewhat near the fence (visible on the left in the image above), and the entrance to their driveway looks especially cool and inviting. I’m certain these vibrant canna lilies were not blooming […]