Farm Out

It sort of seems like I picked the wrong time of year to be in the heartland.  Nothing is growing right now.  The firelds are empty, the trains aren't as active..... but you can see the barns better, so that's what I'm shooting!

Iowa

Iowa

Indiana

 

 

 

There's other stuff too......

Crazy Horse Monument

It's been a fast trip and a great ride.  I'm hoping to get to Jackson tomorrow,  It will give me a chance to get some rest, do some laundry and scout a little. 

Here's something really cool.  My friend Laura designed my book cover - check it out!!!!!

I hope you like it as much as I do. 

OK - gotta go watch the draft now - who knows what the Browns will do if I don't pay attention!!

Did you miss me???

Yeah, I know, I've been away for over a week and...... no blogs!!!!  What can I say - no wyfi - no blogs!!!!!

So here I am in Nashville and finally - WYFI!!!!

OK - this trip started with the ride down to San Diego for the Wild Animal Park Tripsky.  You gotta know I'd take back roads to get there and look!

Maybe the best shot of the entire trip!!!!  You have no idea what I had to do to keep their attention through the 10 shots it took to make the pano.  There's a reason why they look like they're looking at a maniac!!

Then there were these really wierd trees:

Anyway - the first scouting night I wend back down to La Jolla.

Yep - I got lucky again.....  Then the group comes.  Remember last Friday?  Remember how it rained harder then it ever does in California???  Well - I had to come up with something - so I found these cactus greenhouses and got us permission to be there.

Macro heaven!!

The next day the rain broke, the day was perfect for the Wild Animal Park.

Great day!!!!  I'll post the group's photos on Smugmug when I get home.

The drive here has been terrific.  Nice weather..... good roads..... peaceful.....

Here are a few favorites:

Oklahoma

Missouri

New Mexico

Kentucky

OK - we're all caught up!!

I'm spending the day with my bff (yeah well - she is) Laura today.  Tomorrow - Ruthie!!!

Gimme some feedback!!!!!

Blogging and Messing Around

There's a really bad reference to a 70s singing group in that title.  If you got it - you're at least as old as I am!!

So this is just about it.  I'll be home tomorrow.  I never shoot much coming home...... just wat to get there I guess, but it was a nice ride.

I started out on the Blue Ridge Parkway until it got crowded (it was a Sunday....).

From Virginia I went into North Carolina.  I was just in one corner of the state.  I seemed like every Christmass tree in the world was grown there.

After that, I drove through Tennessee.

Then Arkansas.

 I went to thew State Fair in Texas.  It was sort of a let down.  I guess because they always have it in the same place, it had a kind of permanent look...... just not State Fair enough. The light was dull too.

I drove through New Mecico and Arizona, but the light was flat and (yeah I admit it), I'm beat.

In a couple of days I'll log on and report the stats of the trip.  I may also post my favorite shots.  I'd be interested to see if my favorites are yours too. 

Thanks for traveling with me!!!

Post Laundry

The laundry is done, the truck is almost packed, the road trip home is coming up.  First though, I gotta tell you about Shenandoah.  I'm re-naming the trip "Shenandoah Valley" since we spent more time out of the park than in.  What can I say?  When I scout I drive every road and I found some great stuff.

Here are some pics from the scouting drives:

Yep, there were apple orchards here too.

The trees were just starting to turn that first week.

It's all about light

Luray Cavern

More eye candy

So you get the idea.  Virginia is a beautiful state full of cool stuff to shoot.

Then the group got here - the group of groups by the way.  Here they are:

And here are some of the pics I shot with them:

Yep, I was an amazing week!!  Like I said, those were just some of the pics.....



Brian stayed an extra day.  We found the most incredible light but not much we felt like shooting.  We did find this though:

They came walking over when we got out of the car.  I love cows.