Pictures from along US 395
One road I travel quite often and am quite familiar with is the 395 through the Owens Valley. Since my parents live in Reno, I make the trip up there from Southern California quite often. And this year, we spent Labor Day weekend at Convict Lake. Here are some shots from up and down the…
The view from the top: The Mount Wilson Observatory
Back at the beginning of October, we took a short road trip through the San Gabriel Mountains along the Angeles Crest Highway. Our first stop along the way was to visit Mount Wilson. This is a great outing suitable for all ages, and would be a excellent place to bring out-of-town visitors. And best of…
Barstow road trip, part 3: Rainbow Basin Natural Area
Finally, I get to part 3 of our one-day Barstow road trip through the desert. Just to quickly review, we started from Barstow, first stopping at the abandoned Rock-a-Hoola water park, and then on out to Zzyzx Road, Soda Lake and the Mojave National Preserve. Looping back around to Barstow, we had time to briefly…
Peace, Tranquility, and Jerry Springer!
Finally! I just finished my photography class – a fast paced 5-week course that has been a lot of work. While I did learn to work my camera better, I will be relieved not to have to run my camera in manual mode anymore. For our final project, we had to pick a theme. Mine…
Photo compositon: Trees
Sorry for the lack of postings lately. It’s not due to a lack of material, but rather I am taking an intensive five-week course on photography. Finally, I’m going to learn how to work my camera! This is my project from week 2, a photo composition on trees. Home page readers, click “Read the rest…
Barstow road trip part 2: Zzyzx Road and the Mojave National Preserve
After our tour of the water park ruins, it was time to get back to our serious business of answering the burning question, just what is at Zzyzx Road? Back in our childless days, a trip to Vegas was a summertime tradition, and this exit along the I-15, just west of Baker, was a source…
Barstow road trip, part 1: Dried up oasis in the desert – The ruins of the Rock-a-Hoola Water Park
Our weekend at Convict Lake
Sorry, I’m title-challenged today…. Over Labor Day, we took a long-planned camping trip to Convict Lake, just north of Bishop, in the Eastern Sierra. We had a great time here, and we’ll definitely return! So let me show you all that there is here at Convict Lake. Home page readers, click on the “Read the…
The Historical American Engineering Record for the Los Angeles and Colorado River Aqueducts
Ever wondered what is inside those anonymous DWP buildings all around town? Or did you ever want to take a peek into the Colorado River Aqueduct? Then I have something for you, something sure to thrill all of you water infrastructure buffs. There is extensive information on file at the Library of Congress’ Historic American…