May 30-June 5. Traveling on route 395 on the east side of the Sierra’s, my first stop was in the Alabama Hills west of Lone Pine to finally see the Mobius Arch after a short hike. Mount Whitney, the tallest mountain in California can be seen through the arch. Continuing north near Lee Vining is…
May 12 -17, 2025 The family traveled to Portland, Maine for the graduation ceremony of Allison with honors from the Maine College of Art and Design. After a few activities of celebration in Portland, I drove the rest of the family to the Boston airport. I then continued south on my own for the next…
April 1-11, 2025 Springtime is always a good time to visit Florida with the objectives of seeing museums, botanical gardens, and to photograph birds. The first stop for two days was in St. Petersburg. I stayed along the seaside in Treasure Island, slightly north of St. Petersburg beach. The first day I visited the Salvadore…
March 5-12, 2025 This is a trip to Santa Barbara and up the coast on Highway 1 as far as Ragged Point. The road is closed further north due to landslides. The first photo is of cloud formations on the north side of Joshua Tree National Park. In Santa Barbara, I visited the old Spanish…
October 20 and 21. In West Virginia, near Fayetteville, is the Glade Creek Grist Mill in Babcock State Park. According to the State Park website, “You’ve seen it pictured on calendars, mugs and coffee table books. It’s the Glade Creek Grist Mill — one of the most photographed images in the world.” The mill is…
October 8, 2024 The last day of the trip is spent traveling south on the very scenic byway of Vermont Route 100. Again the morning fog filled the valleys. The first stop is at the Waitsfield Bridge, also called the Great Eddy Covered Bridge, the Big Eddy Bridge and the Village Bridge. It is east…
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