Another month, another trip up to Sacramento. I think the thing that I will enjoy most is watching the Central Valley as it changes through the seasons. This month, the almond trees are in spectacular bloom, and the wildflowers are beginning to come out. This is the view from the same stop last month (see…
Last August, on a trip through the Owens Valley, I had another chance to drive across the lakebed. My earlier pictures were from the spring; there was much more water on the lakebed because that is a time of year when dust storms are likely. Late summer, such storms are less likely and so there…
Over on the east side of Owens Lake lies the little town of Keeler, population 50, so says the sign.
Nowadays, I have found myself traveling up north to Sacramento on a near-monthly basis to sell my ideas and try to nail down other projects that people have talked to me about participating in. These pictures were taken in early February; this is, I believe, the Kettleman Hills, or close nearby. This view is towards…
On a recent trip up to Sacramento, I took a trip through the Delta. Arriving shortly after lunch time, the weather was mild and quite lovely. The orchards and vineyards will still in winter mode – brown and barren so I did not bother to take farm pictures this time. The Delta still had fall…
In September, we took the kids out to the Los Angeles County Fair which is held at the Pomona Fairplex.
If you want to see the best of the Salton Sea, then you should visit the Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge at the southern end of the sea.
Last month, I attended a conference in downtown LA. On the last night, I took a hotel room and stayed around for the cocktail reception on the 51st floor of a skyscraper, and then went for a stroll around downtown afterwards.
This is Los Angeles’ spectacular Walt Disney Concert Hall, home of the L.A. Philharmonic. I remember reading somewhere that the inspiration for the building is a rose. Do you see a rose in that building? Whether you do or don’t, it is a spectacular building.
It may sound strange, but there aren’t many public gathering places in Los Angeles. While there are many places to go in Los Angeles that can accomodate large numbers of people, there isn’t really an equivalent of New York’s Times Square. I think the closest thing is Universal’s City Walk, although I suspect it’s not…