Weblog for all of my photographic exploits including additions to the photo gallery and random cool photos.
A Saturday afternoon at the San Diego Zoo. We didn't get off to a good start by seeing the reptiles first, but the monkeys, tiger, polar bears, pandas, elephants and giraffes more than made up for it. Overall, it is a good zoo, with a wide variety of animals in what look to be comfortable [...]
We didn't have much time in Los Angeles, so we did a whirlwind daytrip starting at the Reagan Library. They have an old Air Force One 707 on display and it was cool to see. Then we drove down to the Getty Center for lunch. It was pretty extravagant, aparently costing over a billion dollars [...]
Starting in Monterey, we went down through Pebble Beach and Carmel-By-the-Sea before joining up with the Pacific Coast Highway and heading down to San Luis Obispo. Along the way we stopped at the Nepenthe Restaurant and numerous overlooks between there and the Hearst Castle. The next day we got up and took off down the [...]
Our 2 day stop into Yosemite began with the long narrow road that lead to the Hetch Hetchy Resevoir and O'Shaughnesse Dam. From there we drove into the Yosemite Valley for lunch and driving around. After checking out the Ahwahnee Hotel, the guys took off on the Four Mile Trail, while the girls went shopping. [...]
Colorful sunset seen while traveling down Interstate 5, south of Sacramento, CA.
We weren't there for very long, but on the way up to Sacramento to visit some family we drove through the California wine country. We hit up Sonoma first, driving north into the valley. After taking a quick shortcut over the mountains, we descended into the Napa valley and drove back south. There wasn't much [...]
After deplaning at SFO, we took off in the rental car for the Golden Gate Bridge. Clear views from the Marin Headlands and Fort Point were awesome. Heading back into the city, we took Lombard Street up the hill and waited in a mulit-block long line to go down the famous curved section. A cross-city [...]
Charlotte's newest architectural jewel, the 85% completed NASCAR Hall of Fame, designed by Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. It is a modern interpretation of the sport in building form and symbolized by a metal ring that twists and turns as it encircles the structure. Like any piece of High Architecture these days, it completely misses [...]
