The first chunk of this last Scamp was clouded with smoke from all the wildfires in the West. The worst was at Sequoia National Park.
Tag Archives: California
Into the Mystic
Redwood National Park is in the very northwest corner of California, home to the tallest trees on the planet. And for me, it was a highlight of what turned out to be an almost seven-week Scamp.
Posted in Travel
Also tagged Forests, National Parks, Trees
Highway One
I’ve driven a lot of roads in the U.S., and one of the very best is Highway One on the California coast.
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
I’m on the road and the McDonald’s manager is giving me the evil eye, so I’ll make this fast. (Apparently he thinks my one dollar coffee purchase doesn’t mean I can sit here using their free Wi-Fi forever.)
Posted in Travel
Also tagged National Parks, Sunsets, Volcanoes
So Okay, Beaches Are Pretty Great
Despite the fact that I grew up on beaches in San Diego, they don’t generally draw me in these days. I’m not that person who, when dreaming of travel, immediately pictures sand and surf.
Happy New Year!
Is it just me, or does 2015 seem ridiculously futuristic? Like jetpacks, housecleaning robots, and psychopathic computers named Hal?
Posted in Photo of the Day
Also tagged Holidays, Sunsets
Winding Down from Zoomania
This will be my last San Diego Zoo post for a while, I promise. I don’t even like zoos – they make me sad, with all the captives on display for the humans – but this zoo in particular is a photographer’s dream. I posted here about animal cuteness, animal texture, and this time it’s mostly flora, with flamingos thrown in for good measure. Because, […]
Two Ways of Looking at a Rhino
(With apologies to Wallace Stevens.)
San Diego Zoo: Extreme Cuteness Edition
Koalas are ridiculously cute, but they’re also frustratingly shy. Don’t they know their one job is to entertain the humans, especially those of us with cameras who are just dying to photograph their fuzzy little faces?
One reason for the American epidemic of ADD?
I’ve got a hypothesis and I’m just going to put it out there. After hanging out in Del Mar recently, I’m wondering if one reason Americans have a harder and harder time holding their attention to one topic, task, or Hey, look! Nicolas Cage!