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Death Valley Road Trip
April 1, 2024
Yes, I really did go, and these are real photos of Death Valley, not some AI April Foolsā prank. Just want to share a few photos of the many that I took on a recent camping trip to this magical place. Iāll do some more extensive posts soon.
Panamint Range / Telescope Peak
This first photo is from my drive into the park from the south on Panamint Valley Road on March 17. The highā¦
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Why Photographers Call it "Magic Hour"
January 1st on Mount Tamalpais, Marin County, CA
Those precious moments right after the sunrises and the landscape is imbued with rich surprises of color.
The Sun Rises on Mount Tamalpais
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Good Morning 2024 from Mount Tamalpais
January 2, 2024
Mount Tamalpais State Park, Marin County California
View south from Matt Davis Trail
Some glorious light from my sacred mountain. A gift from the spirits that reside here for getting up so early on a New Yearās Day, driving in the dark from Alameda, and hiking its mystical trails. So much easier to do that in sobriety. My sobriety anniversary is at the end of July (1995), soā¦
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Black Friday Hike - Redwood Regional Park
Avoiding the crowds that were avoiding the crowds
I can honestly say that for as long as Iāve done my own shopping, Iāve yet to venture out shopping on a Black Friday. Generally, Iād rather spend a couple extra bucks to save my sanity. Many times, being in the restaurant biz, I was scheduled to work. But even on the occasions when I had the day off, I wasnāt remotely tempted. This year, I hadā¦
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Moonrise and the Bay Bridge
(Sometimes you just get lucky)
November 18, 2023
A single photo post of a photo from the end of October. From a balcony at Waterbar Restaurant on the Embarcadero, I pulled out my iPhone 12 and attempted to get just a simple photo of the not quite full moon rising above the Oakland Hills to the east. Unhappy with what I was seeing, and my trusty Nikon nowhere near, I started fiddling with a fewā¦
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My Latest "Masterpiece" - Upper Basin along the JMT
October 17, 2023
Ink on bristol paper, 13ā³x 10ā³
While I semi-jokingly refer to this as my latest āmasterpieceā, I canāt deny that Iām very proud of this latest drawing that I finished on Sunday. This piece is part of my ongoing John Muir Trail project. In 2015, I spent 25 glorious, arduous days backpacking 226 miles in Californiaās rugged Sierra Nevada range. It was a grand adventure, wellā¦
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My Annual Frank Valley Wildflower Safari and Census - Mount Tamalpais State Park
Cow parsnip in the morning sun, Redwood Creek Trail
June 8, 2023
Whew, thatās a mouthful. And MAFVWSC-MTSP is not to be confused with my My Annual Autumn Color Sierra Photo Safari (that I havenāt been able to do since 2020, so not so annual after all). But it is springtime so after pumping some Flonase and Claritin D into my body, a fully charged Nikon and strong coffee in my cup holder, Iā¦
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The Magical Light of Morning - Mount Tam
May 16, 2023
Iāve seen some really amazing views in my decades of hiking the various trails of Mount Tamalpais and elsewhere in California. But this past Saturdayās interplay of fog, sunlight and forest really took my breath away. Iāve posted variations of this type of image in the past, and I donāt discount the idea of recency bias, but this and the series of images I took were some of the moreā¦
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Point Reyes National Seashore - Hike to Alamere - Photo Gallery (& some words)
A gallery of images from Point Reyes National Seashore/Alamere Fall and the Coast Trail
April 24, 2023
Springtime weather is upon is, as is springtime pollen. After a long, wet winter and early spring flowers are blooming all along the Coast Trail out of the Palomarin Trailhead. I started at about 8:00 Friday morning (4/21) from the trailhead and headed north toward Alamere Falls. In all, I hiked somewhere around 11 miles, I think. I decided not to track my mileage on my Strava appā¦
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Point Reyes National Seashore - A Walk to Alamere
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Point Reyes National Seashore - A Walk to Alamere
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Today & Every Day - Cherish Mother Earth
April 22, 2023
Houndās Tongue blooms ā Point Reyes National Seashore
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Beauty is Where You Find It - SF
March 27, 2023
From my posts over the years, it might be deduced that I spend most of my waking hours out in nature. But the truth is that because of my work, I spend much time in San Francisco and my forays into nature are usually just once or twice a week for a few precious hours. But Iāve always tried to find beauty everywhere, even in the mundane like rain puddles and things I find on theā¦
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My Latest Article - Hiking The John Muir Trail
270 Media ā Local Getaways
March 8, 2023
Iām pleased to be able to share this latest article I wrote for Local Getaways (270 Media). This is the same group that publishes Marin Magazine, so given my past collaborations with them, I knew they would do a fantastic job with the layout and editing. The above image is a screenshot of the opening spread of the eight-page article.
Garnet Lake, Bannerā¦
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#backpacking#California#John Muir Trail#journalism#mountains#nature#photography#Sierra Nevada#writing
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An Exquisite View from Tam (and a pretty decent photo)
An Exquisite View from Tam (and a pretty decentĀ photo)
November 9, 2022
A quick post to highlight an image Iām especially proud of. I took it last Friday morning at Marin Countyās Mount Tamalpais (Calif.) as some most welcome rain visited our drought-plague state. As always, all my images are for sale as fine art prints.
I was able to get in a nice vigorous hike in cool autumn weather in between storms. The next rain was forecast to arrive later onā¦
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#California#fine art#landscape#Marin County#Mount Tamalpais#nature#Nikon#photography#prints for sale
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Temelpa Trail (& others) to the East Peak Summit - Mount Tamalpais
Temelpa Trail (& others) to the East Peak Summit ā MountĀ Tamalpais
October 30, 2022
I start this post with a moving and somber inscription from the plaque that is mounted on Sitting Bull Rock, a monument on the Hoo Koo e-Koo Trail on Mount Tamalpais in Marin County (CA). At first I was going to apologize for the reflection of myself in the image, but itās fitting because reading Sitting Bullās words should force one to assess his or her relationship with notā¦
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#California#California State Parks#hiking#humor#Marin County#Mount Tamalpais#nature#photography#writing
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