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Chris and I passed through Bombay Beach on our way to visit family camping on the east side of the Salton Sea. We only had about twenty minutes to spend due to a considerate gesture gone awry. The quiet, downtrodden neighborhood is the desolate ruin of a glamorous vestige. Vintage cars sit unscathed by the [...]
Funny that the irony in the name Garbage Beach, one of a handful of pristine seashores at Sunset Cliffs, is that there is none. Once upon a time the upper canyons housed a landfill, much of which I’m told washed away at sea. Now if you take the walk down the precipitous cliffs by means [...]
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala is the first of the 21-mission system that made its way up and along the Californian coast. The expedition of Franciscan Friars on the Baja mission was led by Father Junipero Serra (a face you become well-accustomed to in San Diego) who established the mission on July 16, 1769. [...]
A couple of hours after catching up with Chris in San Diego, we perambulated Balboa Park absorbing a multitude of incredibly pristine detail every which way we turned. As any place with such grandeur, a long-lasting history endures. Balboa Park was once known as City Park, a dedicated public park with 1,400 acres of “scrub-filled [...]
Pinchbeck’s Rose Farm had been supplying the Guilford community and beyond with prized roses since 1929. Built by the founder, William Pinchbeck, Jr., the property’s main greenhouse spans an astonishing 1,200-feet long and 81-feet wide, while the second is half the length at 600-feet long, 81-feet wide. At one time, the farm housed 90,000 rose [...]
Chris and I mostly drove through Hollywood. I wasn’t particularly interested in the place. A lot of it is rundown just outside the “glamorous” part. I was a good tourist though as we trekked up a street to find a decent view of the sign. If you followed it all the way to the end [...]
Chamard Vineyards is hidden just perpendicular to the main road in Clinton, Connecticut. Chris and I discovered this place while his family paid a visit from Texas with their fifth wheel. Stomp-N-Crush, the newest and best beer & wine supply to hit my locale, held an all-grain brewing session just outside Chamard’s main building made [...]
We arrived at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon just before the break of dawn. With fingers crossed, we got there just in the nick of time to find ourselves, shake off the delirium and get it together for some amazing views as the sun raced slowly above the canyon walls. It was a [...]
Gillette’s Castle sits atop a high hill overlooking the Connecticut River on the outskirts of East Haddam, Connecticut. This impressive, protruding oddity of architecture, which in a way looks like a primitive rock climbing wall, was home to Sherlock Holmes, or the man who acted as such on stage, William Gillette. Dying as a bachelor, the [...]
The Grand Canyon is the most beautiful sight I have ever seen. It simply takes your breath away. And if you’re susceptible, it can also give you a slight sense of nausea and vertigo (obviously). No matter where I stood, how I mounted my camera or what angle I tried to impose, I still feel [...]
Happy Halloween, photobloggers! For this year’s holiday, I was given the opportunity of attending a professional paranormal investigation at a public library in Deep River, Connecticut. Six plus hours in the dark in not something I think I’ll ever feel comfortable with, but now that the video’s done, I can reclaim my dreams. Enjoy the [...]
Chris and I ventured to the Grand Canyon after two flights, on little sleep, immediately followed by a four-hour drive to the national park to arrive at sunrise for optimum photographic value. In the lowest of early morning light, we were dismayed by the temporary construction of a viewpoint thinking we drove all this way [...]
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