Category Archives: hiking

There’s sand in my vegenaise

Monday, May 24, 2010

Or, the alternate title….. “No worries….we’ve got a shovel.” Today’s blog post is a story.  It’s the story of Suzukis, sand, sandwiches, & snow.  It’s a White Pocket story, and it has the possibility of a long one.  How long will it go?  That depends on when I wear down and succumb to the sleep [...]

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Nissan Titan 2.0 – Ready for this year’s workshops

Friday, April 30, 2010

I’m not Chris Marzonie, but if I tried I bet I could play him on TV……. Chris has great ideas when it comes to off road setups. His ideas are so good that I took one right out of his playbook recently. The Titan has had some new additions made for future off road trips [...]

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Cottonwood Cove, South Coyote Buttes. A chilly trip to say the least

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Back from the UT / AZ border once again.  And the last time for this year I think. Months ago I decided to get a few more permits for Coyote Buttes South.  After the initial visit I had realized that more time was needed to cover the area.  Paw Hole and Cottonwood deserve more time.  [...]

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Shooting by moonlight and early morning sun in White Pocket….A complete wonderland!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

4:00 a.m. it became too difficult to maintain the charade.  Pretending I was warm enough to keep sleeping was impossible.  Sure, my back was warm against the sleeping pad, but the sides of both butt cheeks were frigid.  Roll to one side or the other, cold spots. The whole scenario was reminiscent of a stupid [...]

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Islands of stone in a sea of sand

Monday, November 9, 2009

A little over a week ago a phone call came in.  Contract in California.  Weekends free, what to do, what to do. It was my friend of nearly 20 years, Tom.  Months ago the wireless carrier downsizing pinched his job, and finding work with a sea of engineers, property managers, etc, all hunting too isn’t [...]

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The first HDR from this weekend’s trip

Monday, November 9, 2009

I didn’t spend too much time sorting photos yesterday.  And I spent no real time editing anything.  As you can see in the prior post though, some of the scenes were just amazing and I don’t think a lot of heavy handed work will be necessary. One photo did get an initial pass in HDR.  [...]

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Photographing Arizona Podcast Episode 12: White Pocket, Arizona!

Sunday, October 4, 2009
 
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Months ago I found some amazing books on Arizona and the Southwest. First I found Laurent Martres series, “Photographing the Southwest.”  I picked up Volumes I & II.  Utah and Arizona to be exact.  The photography in the books is amazing and inspiring.  The books are more than a little worn now!  I’ve flipped through [...]

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