Our second full day in Jordan we left early in the morning hope to get to the Castle of Kerak. This was a castle or fortress where the Christian Crusaders held their base of operations. […]
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Taking Comfort in the Uncomfortable
Booking travel with a tour group, one can just kick back and relax. Pay the money and let the operator worry about everything. But being part of a tour group brings other challenges. One is […]
The Al Deir Brat
My wife and I had just finished scaling the mountain up to Al Deir. The last monument to be seen in Petra. Despite the fact that we had ridden donkeys up the mountain, it was […]
Run Like an Antelope
Taking pictures in Upper Antelope Canyon is like a sport… Location: Antelope Canyon Sensor: Sony A7R Lens: Zeiss 21mm Distagon https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5522/14299367061_ebe8e7fe72_c.jpg There is so little room inside upper Antelope canyon that it feels like a […]
Atlas
Memorial day weekend at Antelope Canyon was a zoo. Extremely difficult to take photos with hundreds of people crowded into the narrow crevice like cattle. But I knew later on that night I was going […]
Zion Subway
We had planned for a 6 hour hike. It took us 12 hours. There was no marked trail for the subway, no official map provided by the National Park Service. All we had were some […]
Pyro
Standing in the parking lot as the night started masking any trace of the sun, I discussed the situation with my buddy Manu. “Should we call it,” one of us asked? “I don’t know, what […]
Monument Valley
We hadn’t planned to go to Monument Valley. It was an extra 4 hour drive that we did not want to make on our way from Phoenix to Page Arizona to visit the slot canyons the […]
A Weighted Effort
I don’t like hiking for it’s own sake. Hiking is just walking, just not on a uniform surface. On the occasions that I get asked to go hiking in the Bay Area of California, I usually […]
Big Sur
It’s been a while since my last post, but it doesn’t mean I’ve been idle. I’ve still got a lot of photos I’ve yet to post, and been busy taking new ones locally around northern […]
