Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
Through Facebook, I was invited to participate in a review of the Professional Line Photobook by Saal Digital. The process Once I received my voucher from Saal Digital, I downloaded the Saal Design Software (USA version), and created my photobook. The software is pretty easy to use, but feels limited in templates. Since I also … Continue reading Review: Saal Digital Professional Line Photobook
In August 2011, Bob and I flew back to Baltimore, MD for my family reunion. Previous family reunions had been held in the Atlanta area, but my grandmother was too frail for a long trip in a car or a plane. One of the reunion days, we headed to the Inner Harbor area and Fort … Continue reading Maryland: Trip to Fort McHenry (2011)
When the temperatures start soaring in the Phoenix area during the summer, residents flee north towards cooler climates like Camp Verde, Flagstaff, and Sedona. In June 2017, we drove the RV to an RV park in Cottonwood. This was the first time we encountered an RV space that was hard to level and back into. … Continue reading Arizona: Tuzigoot National Monument (2017)
In May 2017, I headed to the National Harbor area to attend the STC Summit conference. My conference buddy and I always arrive one day early so we can do the tourist thing. We got up early enough to wander around the streets near the National Harbor Carousel. The only people on the streets were … Continue reading Washington, D.C.: National Harbor and National Mall memorials (2017)
In May 2014, we spent Memorial Day weekend in the Camp Verde area. Camp Verde is a convenient jumping off point for visiting Flagstaff and Sedona areas. One of the weekend days, we headed to Montezuma Castle National Monument in Camp Verde, then drove up past Flagstaff to the Sunset Crater National Monument. Montezuma Castle … Continue reading Arizona: Montezuma Castle National Monument & Sunset Crater National Monument (2014)
Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument is worth the trip. Despite what your GPS tells you, add an extra hour to the travel time. In miles, your GPS is correct. However, a good portion of the drive is on windy, twisty, turning roads, and is best taken at the speed shown on the plentiful speed limit … Continue reading New Mexico: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
White Sands National Monument has been on my photography bucket list for a while now. We looked at the distance (1 hour, 40 minutes from our RV park) and decided that it would be good to visit on a weekday, instead of the weekend. Turns out we were right. There were already people waiting for … Continue reading New Mexico: White Sands National Monument
This is our last weekend in Utah, so we decided to head to Cedar Breaks National Monument again, but for sunrise. Last time we went to Cedar Breaks, it was during our day trip excursion to Bryce Canyon. Considering the crowds are much smaller in comparison to Bryce Canyon, we thought we might have the … Continue reading Utah: Sunrise in Cedar Breaks National Monument
When we were discussing our weekend plans, I was pretty much told I could either have sunrise photos or sunset photos. 🙂 I decided on sunset photos. That meant we could sleep in a bit and break up our journey on the way to Bryce Canyon National Park. Of course, that means we had time … Continue reading Utah: Cedar Breaks National Monument
