The air show was in town last month, and from where I work, the air show usually starts in the middle of the week and lasts through the weekend. Some of the teams arrive early and spend the latter part of the week practicing, so we get to see and hear them quite a bit … Continue reading
Sunset – Sunrise Collection – Slideshow
Hello everyone! There have been so many great sunsets and sunrises recently! I was going through my collection, trying to find another one to share, but there are just too many to single one out. So I decided to make a slide show of them. I uploaded the slideshow to my Face Book page, since … Continue reading
Gear Selection and Planning Pt 3 – Back Country Clothing and Footwear
A friendly reminder: Being back country guy is not my day job. Although, I have been doing this for many years and have become comfortable with my way of doing things, I’m sure there are different ways to do just about anything out there; some may be better and some may not be. Please keep … Continue reading
Sunrise in Alpine, CA
I was up before the sun again this morning and I poked my head outside to see what was going on. There was a bit of cloud cover to the east, so I grabbed the camera and tripod and decided to try my luck sunrise hunting. This would be the perfect opportunity to test the … Continue reading
Hawks at Mt Laguna and Julian, CA
I was up early today, itching to get out and take some pics with the new camera. I went outside, and it was foggy and overcast. Perfect! I could go down the road a bit, and hopefully, some mountain tops would be poking through the rolling fog…great pics, right? Well, I got a couple seconds … Continue reading
Nikon D3200 w Nikor 55-300mm f4.5-5.6 VR Zoom Lens
It was getting to be time to replace the D80, so I did some shopping around and decided on the D3200 with a 55-300mm VR zoom lens for now. The camera is listed as an entry level DSLR, but it has all of the newest features out there…at least for the next 10 minutes or … Continue reading
Gear Selection and Planning Pt 2 – Lists; Lists; Lists
Pt 2 Lists; Lists; Lists A friendly reminder: Being back country guy is not my day job. Although, I have been doing this for many years and have become comfortable with my way of doing things, I’m sure there are different ways to do just about anything out there; some may be better and some … Continue reading
Gear Selection and Planning Pt 1 – Food and Water
Hello and thanks for being here! I have had some questions recently from some of you, asking about how I select gear and plan for extended outings in the back country, and it was suggested that I might address them here. Thanks for the great idea, Linda, here goes… First, let me just say, being … Continue reading
Whitney Portal 2012
Hello everyone! My Mom and nephew came to visit at the beginning of August, and I took them on a tour of the Sierra. My 15 year old nephew, David, had never been out this way…even after living two hours from it for a few years… He seemed pretty excited. Most of the first day … Continue reading
Yellow Jacket
Hello, Hope everyone is having a great summer! I just got back from a week long trip to Bishop and beyond, showing family around and taking pictures. I posted a few on my joze perspective FB page until I can get a proper post together. Hope you enjoy! Yellow Jacket