I was flying north for some reason, I don't remember why or even when. It was a while ago. Taking off from the OC airport the aircraft...

This is a good sized chunk of the Berlin Wall. It stands maybe 9 feet tall, and this strip was about 4 feet wide. Once side was covered...

We were on our way back from Catalina, at the heliport. It's a small little place with an open concrete apron big enough to take 2 or 3...

California has a law that any state owned beach property must be made available for public use. The community of Crystal Cove was owned...

About 35 miles north of San Francisco is the Point Reyes National Seashore. It's some sort of recreational area that has great beaches...

Covid-19 and self isolation. Social repression and household imprisonment. My mind was in meltdown and I needed to get out. Feel the...

At the park in spring. There were bees. Lots of them. Lots of pollination going on. This was done with a telephoto lens, I was about a...

A while back I decided I wanted a fisheye lens. I looked in various places and discovered that a good Nikon wide angle cost a minimum of...

On a recent trip to the beach we walked along the shore, enjoying salt air. It was warm, even hot, which was odd for the end of November,...

So I was in Pacsun buying skinny jeans (just kidding I was there for Stephen). Meandering toward the back of the store where they have...

This is a panorama combining several photos pasted together. Unfortunately, it is woefully inadequate in presenting the impressive...

Maui was certainly filled with wildlife. There were tons of tourists, as well as native Hawaiians, farmers, and fast food workers. One of...

The aurora from Cleary Summit, outside of Fairbanks. It was pretty, moved like worms on a sidewalk after a rain, and had colors. The top...

On a recent trip to Phoenix, we were staying in a high rise fancy hotel downtown. We had a corner suite with a bathtub next to the window...

Avalon, on Catalina island (not the one from King Arthur legends). You can rent small golf carts at the rate of $40 per hour to get...

I am sometimes amazed at how volcanic some places are. I think of Hawaii as being volcanic, of course, but California? Wyoming? And yet...

This is Dante’s View. To get there you must drive out of Death Valley through the Black Mountains, then take a turnoff and drive a half...

The fire had swept past our neighborhood the night before, turning everything around the neighborhood black. It had moved on to the other...

At one time, this was Furnace Creek Lake. It isn’t Furnace Creek Lake any more, that dried up and went away 5 million years ago. What is...

The drive to Death Valley is about as long as the drive to Las Vegas, except for the second half you aren't on freeway and it can get...