Exploring at Castle Peak
More images from our visit to Castle Peak on July 22, 2006.
At Castle Peak
Whenever I take a deep dive into my photo archives in the search for any specific item, I usually end up stumbling across other images long forgotten. That was how I came across these pictures which I shot back in July 2006. I was using my new Kodak EasyShare Z7590, a compact little point-and-shoot with 10x optical zoom, and the […]
Memory Monday: Prosser Creek Reservoir, 1986
I’ve shared some of these images before, but it’s been quite awhile — specifically, July 2017. I decided to re-scan and edit the prints. I’m so glad I saved these photos because this was one of the first big trips I ever took with the Big Guy, back in July 1986. Prosser Creek is located not far from Interstate 80 […]
Throwback Thursday: Empire Mine & Folsom Dam
Back in the summer of 2004 I was enjoying my new (actually refurbished) Nikon Coolpix 5700; and while I’m now certain I never learned to use all its features properly, having this camera definitely got me out and about. I started to learn how to look at the world through a camera and to see things I’d never paid much […]
Fire works
I was able to get extremely close to the fire apparatus in the Angels Camp Museum both last summer and in September 2018; by contrast, on my visit to Auburn’s historic red-and-white-striped firehouse, I found everything locked up tight. I shot my photos of the horseless carriage through the windows. Finally, a wire screen protected the entrance to the old […]
Dark-eyed Junco
Photographed April 2021 at Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass Valley.
A visit to North Bloomfield
While North Bloomfield was once a bustling town at the height of mining operations, these days only a few people still live here, within the boundaries of Malakoff Diggins State Park.
Malakoff Diggins
Blair Pond
We spent the day at Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park — I’ll have lots of pictures to share before long!