Hang a soft left onto Moody Road. Twist up and over the gold plated hills through Los Trancos until the tiny stretch of asphalt turns to a road called Alpine; which cuts through Lahonda down to San Gregorio where the highway ends at the doorstep … Continue readingPescadero and Pomponio: Beaches of the Left Coast
I wouldn’t presume to know the motivations behind some of my fellow photographers reasoning for making or not making a photograph. The only information I have to go on is the discipleship of experience and what I see displayed on their social media or…whatever. That … Continue readingMaking the Photograph: Sundown on the Great Yoo-Hoo River
The constant hammering of the sleet against my tarp has given way to a strange and almost unperceivable buffered ticking sound. I lay there motionless…afraid to move from the long sought warmness of whatever contorted position I held when sleep found me the night before. … Continue readingIceman: The Laurel-Snow Wilderness Experience-Final Chapter
It suddenly occurs to me that I might very well die in this place. The reality of quietly slipping off into an unwaking sleep and giving into hypothermia becomes very real. I’ve been on the trail for a little over an hour and I can … Continue readingIceman: The Laurel-Snow Wilderness Experience-Chapter 2
Sixteen degrees. The forecast only called for a low between twenty-three and twenty-five. It’s 2:30PM which is over two hours later than I hoped to be at the trail head. I’m walking into the Laurel-Snow and it’s sixteen By God degrees. I wonder if the … Continue readingIceman: The Laurel-Snow Wilderness Experience-Chapter 1