Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
One of the Phoenix photographers I knew arranged a photowalk with a Sedona photographer to view Cathedral Rock. Since we'd never been to Sedona, we arranged a 3-day weekend to check it out. Our destinations were the Chapel of the Holy Cross, Cathedral Rock, and the surrounding Red Rock country areas. Chapel of the Holy … Continue reading Arizona: Sedona (2014)
In November 2011, we went to Austin, Texas for the LavaCon conference. The conference itself was only 4 days, so we took a day or two to visit San Antonio. We visited the Riverwalk area, the Alamo, and walked around looking at all the buildings. Riverwalk Alamo San Antonio Around the Alamo area, there are … Continue reading Texas: San Antonio (2011)
In March 2015, I heard from a local photographer in the Phoenix area that wildflowers were blooming at Bartlett Lake. We packed up our photography gear and headed over that way, about a 30-40 minute drive. Bartlett Lake was one of the first places we visited when we moved to Arizona, so it was an … Continue reading Arizona: Wildflowers at Bartlett Lake (2015)
For Thanksgiving in 2015, we headed to Bullhead City to spend the holiday with Bob's brother. We scheduled a 4-day weekend, so we took a day trip to Oatman. We got there pretty early, before most stores opened, so we had a chance to wander. We were too early for the donkeys, though. Because it … Continue reading Arizona: Oatman on Route 66 (2015)
We took a trip down Highway 101 from Newport to Tillamook in August, 2011. Along the way, we stopped at Fogarty Creek Beach for a bit. This was the best photo from that 20 minutes on the beach.
On the same day we went to Oneonta Gorge in 2013, we also headed to Hood River to visit the Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (WAAAM). This place never fails to entrance me, so we try to visit when we get out that way. Since I had recently gotten back from a trip to … Continue reading Oregon: Western Antique Aeroplane and Automobile Museum (2013)
Along the Historic Columbia River highway, there's a waterfall that doesn't see a lot of traffic. The Oneonta Falls is behind large rocks and logjams, so it takes someone willing to go in waist deep water. And probably someone without super expensive and fragile camera equipment. While we won't clamber over rocks and logs, there's … Continue reading Oregon: Oneonta Gorge (2013)
We moved from Oregon to Arizona in 2014. A week after we arrived, we met up with some local Google Plus photographers for a photowalk in Cave Creek, Carefree, and Bartlett Lake. Cave Creek Since we'd never been to Cave Creek before, we walked around town before meeting up with everyone else. There are some … Continue reading Arizona: Cave Creek, Carefree, and Bartlett Lake (2014)
On a cold, rainy, and dreary day in January 2012, I joined a group of photographers at Portland's Union Station to do a photowalk. Brian Matiash, then with Google Plus, organized and led the photowalk. Brian is an inspiring travel and landscape photographer and now has a photography podcast called the No Name Photo Show. … Continue reading Oregon: Google+ Photowalk (2012)
