Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
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)
For the first time since we arrived at our current destination, we received emergency alerts for a tornado warning. This is also our first ever tornado warning. 🙂 This tornado warning was very specifically for the SE area of Polk County. We calmly walked to the nearest laundry room building, and found we were not … Continue reading Texas: Tornado warning (2020)
About a month after we moved Arizona, we took a day trip down to Tucson and checked out the Pima Air and Space Museum. We had been wanting to visit this museum for several years, as they have an outdoor exhibit dedicated to Bob's time in the Air Force. The icing on the cake was … Continue reading Arizona: Pima Air and Space Museum (2014)
In November 2011, we went to Austin to attend the LavaCon conference and added a few vacation days afterwards. State Capitol We visited the state capitol and I believe it was mostly empty. I'm a pretty patient photographer, but I didn't have to wait too long for places to clear to get some images. These … Continue reading Texas: Austin (2011)
Every 2 years, in the even years, the Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona hosts an airshow called Luke Days. In March 2018, we attended Luke Days on St Patrick's Day weekend. Luke Days, like any airshow, had static displays and other airshow performers, but we really went there for the Blue Angels. It … Continue reading Arizona: Blue Angels at Luke Days (2018)
When you visit Las Vegas, one of the amazing unique experiences to check out is the Neon Museum. In July 2018, we went to Las Vegas to meet up with my Mom, and took her to the see the Brilliant experience. This experience was created by an artist in the Adobe Creative Cloud residency program, … Continue reading Nevada: The Neon Museum – Brilliant Experience (2018)
In June 2016, we took a trip to Nashville for CMA Fest. CMA Fest is a multi-day country music festival with several stages and a fan expo. As big country music fans, it was a bucket list item for us. Of course, visiting the Grand Ole Opry was also a bucket list item, so we … Continue reading Tennessee: Grand Ole Opry (2016)
The same group of people that I've gone on previous photowalks with also have a studio. Once a month, they'd have a Happy Hour Model Shoot. If you paid to attend the shoot, you shot the paid models with strobe lighting setups. If you attended the free happy hour to network, you shot the models … Continue reading Arizona: Model Happy Hour
In June 2013, we drove to the Seattle area to attend the only Pacific Northwest tour date for Kenny Chesney. This was a stadium tour, so his concert was held at CenturyLink Field. We arrived a little early, so we had some time to chill outside and enjoy the beautiful day. Sunny days in early … Continue reading Washington: Kenny Chesney concert (2013)
