Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “California”
Wildflowers in the Pioneertown Mountain Preserve, Mojave Desert, California.
I was disappointed when this beautiful area burned a few years ago, but was pleasantly surprised to find this wash with bright red wildflowers – especially this late in the year! Given the reason we were in Pioneertown this week, seeing the drastic difference between life and death wasn’t lost on me. Truthfully, everyday is a gift!
Pioneertown Post Office in Pioneertown California claims to be the most photographed Post Office in the United States
This morning (Friday) we begin the two days of travel to Pioneertown, California with very heavy hearts, but more on that in a minute.
Pioneertown is almost like a second home. This tiny Mojave Desert community is actually a former western movie set built in 1946 and used in various old time movies stared in by the likes of Gene Autry. Today the buildings are actually in use like the one pictured that is an actual Post Office. Pioneertown is about an hour from Palm Springs has also been the base of our Lower 48 travels, and I actually have numerous wildlife photos grace the covers of magazines that were captured from right within the city limits, most recently was Your Big Backyard. We have found it to be a convenient place to store our RV as the nearby Palm Springs airport is easy to fly in and out of, and the area is located near I-8 and I-15, making it easy to move on the Nevada, Arizona, Utah etc. in case we aren’t photographing in California. But the real reason we use this as our base is because Janine’s Dad and Step Mom live there and have made our travels to and from wonderful and enjoyable experience over the years. Janine’s dad has ridden motorcycles on every back-road from Colorado to California and always has tons of great advice on places to see – really, he always had great advice on everything, I have always valued my time spent with him. He treated me like one of his own kids – well actually, maybe even better.
This gets me back to the heavy heart. Unfortunately Janine’s dad, Doug Nelson passed away unexpectedly this week. It is a huge shock, and has us deeply saddened. Obviously our travel plans are now up in the air – but I do know over the next week or so, what phone and internet access we do have will be used to keep up on business, so I anticipate little if any activity on the blog next week. I will sure miss you Doug!
Your Big Backyard magazine cover!
Here is another really cool recent cover – I hadn’t seen this magazine before, but it is a great one for kids produced by the National Wildlife Federation. This particular issue is on desert wildlife and also includes this photo of an American Kestrel from Anza Borrego.
Borrego Palm Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
I’m re-posting this from Friday – this was the blog post that was lost when we were hacked.
Basically all is said is that we have now updated our website with new photos from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in Southern California. Seeing a rainbow at sunrise is a fairly rare occurrence in this arid region.
Desert Bighorn statues, Borrego Springs, California.
I would like to say that I captured some wonderful interaction between Bighorns in killer light – but, these are just two of the many full sized metal statues that can be found throughout the Borrego Springs area.
Nothing too exciting going on here right now – we are spending a lot of time in the office editing, keywording and adjusting photos from our last trip, like this one. I will likely share a few more in the days to come.
Ocotillo in bloom two weeks ago in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Ironically, I did a better job of keeping up with the photo blog while on the road. Seems like we have been really busy since we have returned home with different business opportunities and general catching up – but, I’m not complaining!
I might not post every week day like I normally do over the next few weeks, but I do have a long list of topics, and a couple of great ask Ron topics, so do stay tuned!
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park on the cover of Country Extra.
We made it back to Alaska safe and sound, it is great to be home! I was hoping to post a new Alaska photo, but rain and ugly weather discouraged that so I thought I would do just a little bit of shameless self promotion.
This was in the mail when we came home – I captured this photo back in a trip in 2008 and I thought it looked pretty cool on the cover of the March issue of County Extra!
Sunrise this morning in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California.
Anza-Borrego looks better now then it did a month ago when we left! Many of the wildflowers have come and gone, but there are still lots of flowers in full-bloom, especially the cactus. Speaking of cactus, the Ocotillo are now blooming through out the park and look as good as I have ever seen them – they are just brillent red.
We have stopped here just briefly to pack / ship / clean / winterize / and store our trailer and gear and then begin the journey home. It has been an awesome trip, but it will be nice to be back in Alaska and sleeping in our own bed. My next post will be Monday – from Alaska!
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