Chasing the blue dot to find adventure…
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)
For our wedding anniversary in 2012, we rented a house on the beach in Pacific City, Oregon. Despite living in Oregon for almost 3 decades at that point, neither of us remember being there before. Pacific City has the "other" Haystack Rock on the Oregon Coast, but it's not accessible by foot, like the one … Continue reading Oregon: Pacific City (2012)
This was our first trip in the RV to a state park for the weekend. We left Phoenix and traveled up Interstate 17 northbound, towards Cottonwood and Dead Horse Ranch State Park. As part of the weekend, we met up with some photographers for a photowalk in Sedona. Unlike our previous trip to Sedona, we … Continue reading Arizona: Cottonwood (2016)
When we decided to attend the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in October, 2017, we added a couple of days to visit other places. Because of our RV park location to the east of Albuquerque, Santa Fe was a short day trip away. We only spent a couple of hours roaming around, but we'll definitely go … Continue reading New Mexico: A day trip to Santa Fe (2017)
On Saturday during Memorial Day weekend in 2014, we traveled to Montezuma Castle National Monument & Sunset Crater National Monument. On Sunday, we traveled to Jerome and Prescott. Jerome State Historic Park Some of the best views of Jerome are from the historic state park, so we ventured there. From the road leading to Jerome, there … Continue reading Arizona: Traveling on 89a (2014)
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)
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)
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 2015 and 2016, I did a year long photography workshop with a mentor and several photographers from all over the world called Project 52 Pros. Though it was mostly focused on commercial and editorial photography, I learned a lot. In February 2016, there was a meetup of my classmates in Phoenix. We met at … Continue reading Arizona: Photowalk with Project 52
