Hi! Thanks for visiting my photoblog, and being curious enough to click on the “About” page.
I like to travel and wherever I go, I have my camera. I often drag my family and the dog out to the most remote corners of our state – from the deserts of the south to the rivers of the north. I like exploring the geography and geology of California. I am intensely interested in agriculture, and I am also very curious about infrastructure and the systems that sustain our modern society such as water and electricity.
If I take all these pictures, then I feel I need to do something with them, so I show them to you here on my photoblog.
If you would like to see the projects I have done, check out my website: www.MavensManor.com . I also publish the website, Maven’s Notebook, a California water, science and policy blog.
There’s quite a bit more information about me on the “About” page on my homepage: http://www.mavensmanor.com/about-maven.html
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Thanks for visiting!
Maven (aka Chris Austin)
Maven:
I just watched your “what is this place they call the delta” slide show. Superb! I lived in Davis years ago and spent a lot of time in the delta. Your slide show made me want to get back.
Please put me on your distribution list.
Thank you!
Steve Ela
Great photos and explanation of the Imperial Dam north of Yuma, AZ! It’s crazy to think that water from that dam produces almost all of the county’s winter lettuce within an hour’s drive.
We now spend our winters in the Imperial Valley and enjoyed your photos and review of the farming and irrigation projects here. My father worked for the Irrig. district for many years and was here during much of the development of the irrigation project. Thank You for sharing your work.
Hi Chris!
Love your blog and travel tales! When did you visit Rock A Hula and what route did you take from Los Angeles?
Was it really easy to just walk thru the park, without dogs or fencing?
Thank you so much for any further insights- I’d love to go!
Donovan
When we went, the place was wide open. No fence and no security of any kind. It’s obviously been completely abandoned, and probably due to its remote location, officials must not be too worried about it.
It’s located on I-15 about 10 miles past Barstow.
I didn’t realize that I didn’t embed a map, so I’m going to insert the embedded map, but here it is for your convenience:
View Rock a Hoola abandoned water park in a larger map
Have an enjoyable trip!
Thanks for the great photos of the LA Aqueduct!