“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.” ~ Edward Abbey
Category: Travel
Camel Rock, NM
Camel Rock is a landmark along the interstate between Santa Fe and Espanola (17500-U.S.84 W Frontage Rd, Exit 175 off of US 84 and Camel Rock Road, Santa Fe, NM) It’s a pile of rocks that look like a camel sitting down. These photos were taken Sept 25, 2016. In February 2017, a…
Washington State
Even though these photos were taken in 2014, I remember that day like it was yesterday. The Northwest of the US, in my opinion, is one of the most beautiful places in the US. On this day, my dream came true when I saw Mt. Rainier with my own eyes. I cried. Driving around Seattle area…
Tent Rocks, NM
“Vision connects you. But it also separates you. In my work, and my life, I feel a desire to merge. Not in terms of losing my own identity… but there’s a feeling that life is interconnected, that there’s life in stones and rocks and trees and dirt, like there is in us.” ~ Bill Viola
Ghost Ranch, NM
Ghost Ranch is a 21,000-acre retreat and education center located close to the village of Abiquiú in Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico, United States. Over 300 classes are offered each year in this beautiful setting. 200 million years ago Ghost Ranch and the American Southwest were located close to the equator, and had…
Jekyll Island, GA
In 1733, General James Oglethorpe named Jekyll Island in honor of Sir Joseph Jekyll, his friend and financier from England. In the late 1800s, Jekyll Island became an exclusive hunting club for families with names like Rockefeller, Morgan, Vanderbilt, Pulitzer, and Baker. The once private retreat is now part of The Jekyll Island Club National…
Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, GA
Auchumpkee Creek Bridge, Georgia This bridge, 120 feet long – spanning 96 feet, was built in 1892 by the firm of Herring and Alford. Using the town lattice construction, its cost of $1,199 was funded by the Upson County Commission. It is the last remaining covered bridge in Upson County and was restored in 1985…
Warm Springs (Dowdell’s Knob), Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a frequent visitor (41 trips) to Warm Springs from 1924-1945. Dowdell’s Knob was one of his favorite spots for both quiet contemplation and picnics. FDR visited this spot overlooking Pine Mountain Valley as a private citizen, as governor of New York and as 32nd president of the U.S. He wanted more…
San Francisco de Asis Church, NM
The San Francisco de Asis Mission Church, built between 1772 and 1816, is located on the plaza in Ranchos de Taos about four miles southwest of the town of Taos, New Mexico. It is also one of the most photographed and painted churches in the world; was the subject of four paintings by Georgia O’Keeffe,…
Amica mea musa (my friend and muse)
I find myself thinking of you more and more every day. At first it was just an occasional thought prompted by a photograph or hearing your name. Now, it is daily and sometimes even hourly; every memoria more elevated than the one before. All of my senses are heightened to an almost uncontrollable ache that…
January Adventures 