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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

This was an interesting day trip in southern California last October. Mount San Jacinto State Park is a wooded wilderness on a mountain top 10,000 feet above the desert. It’s 20 degrees cooler in the summer and like Big Bear … Continue reading

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Front Sight

I recently attended my first course at the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute about an hour west of Las Vegas. There was a short reference at the welcome talk to the sad situation in Connecticut the week before, but since … Continue reading

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Antelope Canyon

I don’t remember how I first heard about this place, but it has been on my photo safari list ever since. Made from sandstone and carved by millions of years of desert flash floods, the upper and lower Antelope Canyons … Continue reading

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Spooks and Silos

There’s a section of 108 above Smuggler’s Notch which narrows to less than a standard two lane road. In a light rain with moderate wind, this scene was haunting. I imagine it would be positively spooky under a slim moon. … Continue reading

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In search of deeper hues

Overcast skies but nice colors. The gray spots are trees with no leaves, where the rain has been doing its work. I had to move north and/or higher altitudes to get more the reds and deep oranges, but still found … Continue reading

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Off Grid Geek

It’s a good day to start a blog. A travel day with a 5 hour layover at JFK airport, coming back from my annual trip to Vermont to see family and try my hand at capturing some of the beautiful … Continue reading

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