Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, California.
This is from the east shore looking west at sunset – it was a wonderful sky! For comparison, – in yesterday’s post, I was on the west shore looking east at sunset, one night earlier.
Ocotillo Wells
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, California.
Where we stay in Anza Borrego State Park, only street legal vehicles are allowed, and those are limited to existing trails and road. In the nearby Ocotillo Wells, things are very different. In Ocotillo Wells you can drive any vehicle, anywhere, at any time.
We took a look at it last week and couldn’t believe the crowds the area attracts over a holiday weekend. RV towns had cropped up everywhere, this was only one of dozens if not hundreds. And it was far from the largest, it was just the easiest to photograph thanks to the high view point.
Indian Wells Golf Resort
Indian Wells Golf Resort, Indian Wells, California.
Unfortunately, both mornings we spent in the Palm Springs area were cold, so the rich green grass was turned white in many areas thanks to frost. Between the frost on the grass, and the snow in the mountains, I don’t think this is the image this area is trying to convey – that might not make these images very marketable, but what can you do.
Happy New Year!
La Quinta Golf Resort, near Palm Springs, California.
We spent a couple of nights in the Palm Springs area photographing and celebrating our anniversary. (Note to reader; if this is Janine, place the emphasis on anniversary, if your are with the IRS, emphasis on photography 🙂 )
I have learned the hard way that resorts like La Quinta are hard to photograph because they are surrounded by security personnel who seem to only be on the look-out for photographers. Don’t they have criminals and stuff to worry about?
Well the one way around this is to stay at the place, and thanks to name your price on Price-line, and the slow economy, that is now very possible. A room on a Saturday night of a holiday weekend during the winter would have been unheard of last year even at the motel 6 – this year that is all we paid, well except for the mandatory resort fee that covers a bunch of stuff that should have been included anyways.
Well, Happy New Year everyone!
American Kestrel
American Kestrel
I think this is a beautiful falcon. He has been hunting around our campsite in Borrego at least once a day since we arrived here. Friday, I was finally able to photograph him! I noticed he often returned to this specific cactus, so Friday I set up on it and waited. It worked! I also have some full frame closeups, but kind of prefer this version which shows more cactus.
I have seen these guys in Denali on numerous occasions, but have been unable to get close enough for a descent image. It is fun to watch a bird like this up close.
Wrightwood California
The Yankee Peddler, Wrightwood, California.
For me, the Yankee Peddler isn’t just a cool little photogenic store in Wrightwood, but it is also owned and operated by my sister-in-law Brenda.
We spent Christmas with family in Wrightwood, where I think they had as much snow as we did in Alaska. It is interesting what happens when it snows in the mountains so close to a huge, snow-less city like Los Angeles – thousands of people flock there to play in the snow. The traffic was pretty crazy, but it looked like people with sleds and snowballs were having a lot of fun.
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