Coast Camp Trailhead, Rain

Alder, Lichen - Point Reyes  2020

Vines, Buckeye - Point Reyes  2020

After leaving the Limantour parking lot I drove over to the Coast Camp trailhead area, still raining.

Monday Duck Blogging

Ducks, Limantour Marsh - Point Reyes  2020

"Lovely weather for ducks."

Iris

Iris - Marin County  2020

Not at Point Reyes . . . seen on a trail at the end of our street. No blue irises this year for some reason.

Rain, Limantour Marsh

Rain, Limantour Marsh - Point Reyes  2020

As I walked back from the beach the rain really started to come down. I tried different camera angles trying to get photos of the drops hitting the water.

Limantour Beach

Tide Pool, Wave (Limantour Beach) - Point Reyes  2020

I walked over to the beach, took a few photos, then returned as it started to rain.

Coyote Bush

Coyote Bush - Point Reyes  2020

Coyote Bush - Point Reyes  2020

Seen in nicely overcast weather.

Rain, Limantour Beach

Bishop Pine, Rain - Point Reyes  2020

Limantour Parking Lot - Point Reyes  2020

So, I always get here early on a weekday morning. But I can tell by the size of the parking lot just how crowded it must become at times. (I had similar thoughts at Old Faithful in Yellowstone.)

Alas, the parking lot has been closed for a while now. [Update: now open, I think.]

Point Reyes Rain

Hills, Rain - Marin County  2020

Barn - Point Reyes  2020

Driving out to Point Reyes on a stormy morning I pulled over to get a shot of the cloud-enshrouded hills.

Monday Egret Blogging

Egret in Rain - Point Reyes  2020

Taken during a March visit this year to Point Reyes.

Clouds, Mesas

Clouds, Mesas - Utah  1996

Cloud, Mesa - Utah  1996

Photos taken with a Toyo-Field 4x5.

Last in the series of Utah 1990s photos.

Highway 70 / Clouds

Spotted Wolf Canyon, Highway 70 - Utah  1996

Mountains, Clouds - Utah  1996

These 1996 photos were taken with a large format camera.

I tried to get an updated photo of the highway 70 view . . . all I could come up with is the Google Street View below.

[UPDATE] Just by chance I just now (October 3, 2022) discovered that the top photo is a view of Spotted Wolf Canyon. Wow!

Hwy 70 (Google Street View) - Utah  2019

Dead Horse Point

Dead Horse Point - Utah  1993

In 1993 we stayed overnight in Moab on our way back to California from Colorado. I ventured forth on my own with a Toyo-Field 4x5 to Dead Horse point, not knowing exactly what to expect.

It turns out that it's one of those atmospheric, three-dimensional scenes that are difficult to capture in photographs. I remember being quite impressed with the canyons-within-canyons view. Somewhat similar to the Canyonlands 2016 photos.

Gunsmithing / Railroad Tracks

Gunsmithing - Utah  1993

Railroad Tracks - Utah  1993

35mm photos. Most likely taken with a Minolta SLR, maybe using TMax 100 (?)

Not remembering these locations.

La Sal Cafe

La Sal Junction Cafe - Utah  1993

Cafe Sign - Utah  1993

An abandoned cafe at the junction. A more current view below courtesy of Google Street View.

La Sal Junction - Utah  (Google 2012)

La Sal Junction

La Sal Junction - Utah  1993

On the way either to or from Moab during our 1993 California / Nevada / Utah / Colorado trip.

Below, a Google map of this remote location.

La Sal Junction (Google Maps)

Monday Horse Blogging

Horses - Utah  1993

More 1990's photos. (I've had some recently available free time, so I've been using my venerable Epson flatbed scanner to go over some older film photos.)

The images seen in my contact sheets have no location ID, but with some, like the above photo, the location can be inferred by other adjacent shots.

Mariposa Sightems

White Furniture (Mariposa) - Mariposa County  2020

Afternoon Shadows, Self-Portrait (Mariposa) - Mariposa County  2020

More evening shots. As I was walking around I couldn't help but notice a funky little donut store tucked away in a strip mall. I made my way over early next morning and had an old-fashioned donut with my motel coffee.

Then the drive home, bringing to an end what is certainly going to be my only trip to Yosemite this year.

Donut Store - Mariposa County  2020

Donut, Motel Coffee - Mariposa County  2020

Mariposa Hotel

Mariposa Hotel, Moon - Mariposa County  2020

Mariposa Hotel - Mariposa County  2020

Evening in Mariposa, walking up and down the main street.

Valley View / Fritos & Beer

Valley View - Yosemite  2020

Fritos & Beer -  El Portal  2020

Last stop in Yosemite for the postcard valley view shot. Then, lunch at my old campsite near El Portal.

Winter Trees

Winter Trees 1 - Yosemite  2020

Winter Trees 2 - Yosemite  2020

I stopped at the same spot I did last year, but no snow this time.

Boulders, Branches

Boulder, Stream - Yosemite  2020

Branches - Yosemite  2020

Some last photos taken while the sun was still behind the cliffs.

Tenaya Creek

Tenaya Creek - Yosemite  2020

Pine Tree, Branches - Yosemite  2020

I went as far as the bridge over Tenaya Creek (water level very low), then started back.

Monday Coyote Blogging

Coyote - Marin County  2020

Coyote - Marin County  2020

At the end of our street there's a trailhead for the Loma Alta Open Space District. As I was hiking up the fire road recently I saw this young coyote.

I surmise that it's young because, in my experience, coyotes almost never acknowledge my existence. But this one did! Walked in front of me, then noticed me, turned around (!), walked back a little, stared, then continued on its way.

I was carrying an Olympus E-M1II with a 14-150mm telephoto lens.

Rocks, Leaves

Rocks, Leaves, Trees - Yosemite  2020

Rocks, Leaves - Yosemite  2020

I was using two cameras, one with a regular telephoto lens (top shot) and one with a wide-angle telephoto lens (bottom).

Merced River (Happy Isles Bridge)

Merced River (Happy Isles Bridge) - Yosemite  2020

So, I followed my usual procedure of driving to the far end of the valley, parking and hiking around in the shade. Not a cloud in the sky.

Photographers

Photographers, Yosemite Fall - Yosemite  2020

Photographers, Merced River - Yosemite  2020

I guess that they're there for the reflection of Yosemite Fall in the Merced River? Probably.

I almost never use a tripod nowadays, going back at least to 2010.

I also have some interesting earlier shots of photographers in Yosemite.

Merced River (Swinging Bridge)

Merced River Reflections - Yosemite  2020

Merced River Reflections - Yosemite  2020

Another of my standard go-to spots. No snow this year, alas!