Whenever we head over to Clear Lake, our normal route of travel is via Interstate 5 to Williams, then east on Highway 20. But driving home a few years ago I decided to explore a less direct option — Highway 16, which splits off from Highway 20 to wind alongside Bear and Cache creeks and through the Capay Valley before […]
I’ve hiked the trails at Anderson Marsh State Park a number of times but never realized the park included trailheads at other locations. I found this one at the end of a dead-end street in the city of Clear Lake. I parked below an osprey nest (beware of “gifts” dropped from above!) and then followed the fairly short trail through […]
Even when I have a car available on one of our trips out of town, I usually like to be able to get out and explore on foot in the area where we’re staying. Sometimes the location offers no safe place for walking; but on our recent visit to the Dallas-Fort Worth area in June I did manage to get […]
One popular genre of photography which I’ve occasionally dabbled in is shooting vintage signs — especially those mid-20th-century beauties that are clearly past their prime but still evoke nostalgia for one’s childhood. One of my favorite efforts was the Jules Motel sign in Clearlake, California, which I photographed and initially shared back in 2017. I treasure this image because even […]
Late May blooming wildflowers seen at Phoenix Park and Sailor Bar County Park in Fair Oaks.
Summer has officially arrived, and inevitably fire season is already in full swing. Not that I needed confirmation, but for the second year in a row now I’ve encountered a team of firefighters while traveling through Arizona. Last July in Kingman it was the Fort Apache Hotshots that I spotted, staying in the same hotel as we were along Route […]
I’m sure I’ve said it before: road trips can be fun, but they really seem to take a lot out of me. Yesterday morning I started working on a regular Wednesday-series post but never managed to finish it. So I decided to save it for next week, and today I’ve got a few images from our trip. Most of them […]
In all the 20-odd years that we’ve been coming to visit the Big Guy’s parents in this part of Texas, we never managed to find time to explore Grapevine Lake — even though it was only a short drive away from their house. So on this trip we’re trying to check out a few of the shoreline access points, like […]
Early May offered up intriguing cloudscapes along the western shore of Lake Berryessa and Pope Canyon Road.