Today’s adventure included a trip to the Clark Creek Grist Mill in Clark County, southwestern Washington state….not too far from Mount St. Helens. This is the only functioning grist mill that exists in the northwest United States. It was built in 1876 and restored in 1980. You can now visit the mill and even purchase some fresh milled flour. And then there’s this amazing view.
The area was touched by fog today. And oh how I love fog!
I haven’t updated in a while. The website isn’t functioning properly and clunky to post things. A new fresh site will be up and coming.
The last couple of months have been quite a whirlwind. After my last post, I went to Pennsylvania to visit family and friends for a couple of weeks. A highlight of the trip was getting to see high school friends that I haven’t seen since graduation. I also visited Philadelphia and saw many friends there. And my parents and I visited our cabin in the mountains. The following photos were taken in that area.
Canyon de Chelly National Monument has been on my list of places to visit for over a decade. When I drove across the country in February, I finally had the chance to visit this wonderful place that is located entirely on Navajo Tribal Trust Land. And what a better way to see it than with snow on the ground!
If you looks closely at the second image, you will see a set of cliff dwellings that lie within the crevice in the middle of the cliff (center). A different set of dwellings can be seen in image 4.
I finally arrived back in the states after a fun adventure in France and the Catalonia area of Spain. I could go on and on about all of the wonderful things that I saw and did, the people I met, the food that I ate…but I’m not going to. At least for now. So here are some photos from Spain…
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Last week I was in St. George, Utah for Red Rockalypse 5, an annual istockphoto event held every year in southern Utah. I love southern Utah. It is one of my favorite parts of the country because it is so picturesque, colorful, and quiet. But this was my first time attending one of the RR events. We shot in a few locations and had access to quite a few models. I was mostly there to see friends and meet up with new ones from all around the world, but happy with the photos that I captured. We had a great time even if it was in the 90s and very dry everyday. My little body isn’t acclimated to the desert climate anymore!
In addition to the locations that we visited during the event, I also visited Zion National Park for the third time. I hadn’t been there in about 9 years and it has changed a bit. Public access by car is limited within the park now and there’s a tunnel and a shuttle to take you to various locations. I don’t remember these things being there in the past, but maybe my memory is failing me!
I also visited the ghost town of Grafton, Utah that was first settled in 1859 and is now preserved through a heritage partnership. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were filmed on location in 1969.
Here are some of my images from the istock event, Zion, and Grafton.
There’s a gorgeous view from the top of Cadillac Mountain, but it was quite foggy at the top when I visited earlier this week. Nevertheless, the fog provided some amazing photo ops. I love fog. It always makes everything look so colorful and mysterious.
I took a little hike around part of Eagle Lake on Wednesday. I got quite distracted along the way taking photos of the many little critters and awesome plants and other details. It was also my first hand at trying to do HD video with the 5DmkII. All that I can say is that I am in love with video!! I’ve shot about 50 videos so far, but I’d say that most of them are crap because I’m still learning. It’s incredibly different than shooting still photos…but incredibly different in a good way. And macro video!….Such an amazing thing to capture the behaviors of tiny organisms on video!! Hopefully I can figure out how to post them on here at some point to share. Anyway, for now, here are some shots from the Eagle Lake hike.
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