photography blog

Most of the photos that my dad took were of people or things. But there were a couple of 'wild' animals - like the pigeons in Atlantic City There are a few of Mom with the pigeons on the Atlantic City Boardwalk where we sometimes went at Easter. Although there are no photos of my sister and...

We also saw Elephants Elephant from behind When we were in the Netherlands on the way here, my granddaughter was using her cell phone as a camera. But a cell phone did not cut it out here. She was using my T3 with a 300 mm lens and I was using my new T5i. We saw a lot of...

My youngest grandchild's trip was to Tanzania. We landed at night at Kilimanjaro airport on 2 June 2018 Our First Day's Experiences - 3 June 2018 Even before we got to the park we saw animals - flies, cattle, goats, and burros Burros at a roadside market Masai cattle Our guide Jeremiah...

I have wanted to visit the Galapagos ever since I read "The Voyage of the Beagle" in college when I was taking Evolution class in 1957. And I happened to mention this to my son and daughter-in-law Kathy. Kathy immediately said that she would go with me since she had always wanted to see the blue...

When we got to Miami we went to the house of my dad's former student, Dr. Joe Scott. Car and Joe's boat from the pool Bob and Dad looking at the car Bob preparing the Convertible Sedan for the drive The only thing I remember about it was his great hospitality The girls in Joe's pool...

From Brighton, we drove to Miami - For this part of the trip, I have few photos and no memory of exactly where we stopped each night. I think this part of the trip took eight or nine days. after we left Colorado It's so flat it must by Kansas In those days gas was really this cheap per...

The Great Sand Dunes is right across the Sangre de Cristo mountains from were my dad was brought up in the Wet Mountain Valley. But there's no road through - you have to go down around the south end of the mountains and come back up the other side. (Westcliffe and Silver Cliff are only one mile...

Day 8 As usual, we had breakfast, and left Durango (or where ever we spent the night)... ...and crossed Wolf Creek Pass... Wolf Creek Pass And I knoe this because I have photos (!) Wolf Creek sign and distance to Durango from here. Hot Spring ...on our way to the Great Sand Dunes...

Day 7 After breakfast at the motel, we drove to Mesa Verde Cortez to Mesa Verde - 10 miles First view Bob has finally gotten out his overcoat Hike Sun Temple? Sun ? (partly in deep shadow) We visited Spuce Tree House with its iconic T shaped doors on a ranger led tour. Mesa Verde -...

Day 6 Because this is such a long stretch with not much infrastructure on it (especially back then in the off-season), I originally thought we spent two nights at the Grand Canyon (Day 4 and Day 5) and left early on Day 6 for this drive. But I seem to remember leaving soon after sunrise on Day...

Day 5 We got up before dawn to take photos of the sunrise. It was really COLD. A lot of people warn about heat and dehydration. Because this is the desert, and heat, sun and dehydration are life-threatening problems. The top of the Grand Canyon is up at altitude (6,790' Elevation for the South...

Day 4 From Kingman, we went up US 180 to the Grand Canyon National Park. We entered at the South Entrance. Kingman to Grand Canyon - 170 miles 4.5 hours Welcome sign. This was before there was a Glass Skywalk or a zipline We took some photos when we got there, but the light at noon was...

Day 3 When I map our trip on a modern map with Interstates, this is they way it comes out. But there were no interstates back then. I am pretty sure we traveled on US Route 66 for a large part of this trip. This is part of the California Route 66 from Barstow to Needles, and a piece of the...

At the end of the Christmas letter for 1966, my mother wrote But earlier in the letter she talked about the trip in April, and said that Dad had worked on the schedule changes all summer. Gross Anatomy That 1966 visit to Schreiner's gardens led eventually down the road to my mother...

Day 2 The first place where I took any photos was when we stopped in Calico for the night. In 1881, the silver mining town of Calico was established. Calico is 10 miles north of Barstow, Exit I-15 at Ghost Town Rd. Calico was set up as an old mining town, and it has about 1/3rd of the...

San Juan Bauptista was once the largest town in central California and the hub of travel between northern and central California. Much of San Juan Bautista is a state park. But the mission is only associated with the State Park- not a part of it. We visited the mission and associated...

Around Monterey were several clustered communities. Marina, north of Fort Ord, Seaside, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach and Carmel-by-the-Sea to name a few. Camera obscura Seaside was mainly a bedroom community, but south of Monterey, Pacific Grove was known for its butterflies and for the...

On Saturday, we put the kids in the nursery and drove down to Hearst Castle and took the tour. Bob drove. My parents and I took pictures. Even though I know that he was there (he's in some of the photos), he doesn't remember it. My conclusion is - if you take pictures you remember where you went...

We visited the Carmel mission Carmel mission Courtyard Mission bell Cemetery next to the mission Old Gabriel - Aged 151 years My dad and kids by the fountain What I remember best about the visit to Carmel-by-the-Sea was having lunch in a little cafe. They had sugar cubes for tea...

My parents visited several places in Monterey itself - some of the historic houses House of the Four Winds and Casa Vasguez Stevenson House Stevenson House Dad and Mother reflected Hobby horse in the nursery Dolls and toys Old Jail Gordon House sign Larkin House Sancho Panza...