Category: Photography
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Joshua Tree National Park – Day Two
I awoke early (4:00 am) to check the star situation because I wanted to catch the rising sliver of the waning moon. The stars were shining, so I headed to the entrance to Joshua Tree. Mission accomplished! Since there wasn’t much of a sunset the night before (no clouds) and the moon looked mostly clear, and although I did have…
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Joshua Tree National Park, California – Day One
Joshua Tree National Park encompasses about 800,000 acres (slightly larger than Yosemite National Park at 742,000 acres) with two distinct desert regions. The Mojave Desert is in the northern part of the park, complete with Joshua Trees and the Colorado Desert in the southern part of the park, has lots of cacti and, like parts of the Great…
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Pioneertown
During a trip to Joshua Tree National Park, a side trip planned by photographer friends from Inland Empire Photo Club in Temecula, California took us to Pioneertown, California. Not being a fan of kitschy, touristy stuff, I was pleasantly surprised to find the history behind this little town. During my early childhood, Roy Rogers built this town…
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Hot Times at Hot Creek
Part of my fascination with the ‘new’ west is the constantly changing landscape, even though the earthquakes still scare me. Two different trips to Mammoth Hot Creek (actually a portion of the Owens River) recently brought some of the crevices and pools into focus. Hot creeks and hot springs abound in this area due to cracks…
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Deep Springs College
A recent opportunity to work temporarily at Deep Springs College as their groundskeeper afforded a closer look at this almost 100 year-old institution of higher learning. You can learn more about the college by clicking this link: Deep Springs College. Since my daughter and son-in-law (who is also an alumnus) both work at the college,…
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Nevada – Viva Las Vegas
The rocks remind me of beehives or piles of strawberry sweetened whipped cream!
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Eastern Sierra Fall Colors, Take Two
When I thought about putting away the fall colors and going on to SNOW, my brain started rebelling. WAIT – there are still cottonwoods hanging on to their leaves even if the aspens have dropped theirs. And, you left some nice aspen photos that deserve a showing. I traveled with some photographer friends VERY early…
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Eastern Sierra Fall Colors
Two days of photographing the beautiful fall leaves of the Eastern Sierra Mountains.
from egghill 
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