It was late afternoon when I reached Yosemite. There was a brief stunning view from Highway 120 as the sun disappeared behind ominous storm clouds. Then the skies rapidly darkened. Walls of plowed snow lined the slippery road. Chains were mandatory but the road cleared as I dropped from 6,000 ft to the valley floor and passed Gates of the … [Read more...]
Most Memorable, from Borneo to Brazil, Images of 2014
Most Endangered... Seeing orangutans in their own habitat was a thrill. Swinging across the jungle canopy in family groups, babies clinging to mother's bellies. They are endangered due to poaching and destruction of habitat. In September I traveled by klotok, local boat, four hours along the Sekonyer River into central Borneo's jungle. … [Read more...]
Monument Valley: A Wrong Turn and a New World
Monument Valley was not on the schedule. It was the day before Thanksgiving and we were headed south towards the Arizona border. When the GPS died we took a wrong turn and found ourselves on a two-lane highway in a valley from another world. A place where towering russet sandstone buttes silently stood sentinel. An early … [Read more...]
Goodbye Doyle Drive
Its gone. That ugly, rickety, outdated road, snaking from the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco's Marina and downtown, is no more. Friday night industrial sized jackhammers and equipment used to clear the devastation after 9/11 got to work. Under arc lights and with hovering helios sections of the road were sliced and toppled like … [Read more...]
Singin’ in the Rain
A triangular box arrived on Tuesday. Brown cardboard, over three feet long and a total mystery. Serendipity I thought. What I really need is a new tripod. Was this a shiny new model which would enable me to take drop dead gorgeous photographs? Was it sent by a well wisher or unknown admirer? I tackled the box. It was seriously sealed. … [Read more...]
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