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Lost in Fiji

I’m home and it’s back to a normal life again. For five of the days I was paddling and I feel pretty buff. Don’t look buff, just feel buff. So, instead of Oceanic Air flight 815, I was on Air Pacific flight 811. We didn’t crash, no one shot anyone, polar bears didn’t attack me, […]

The Life Aquatic with Chris Zissou

I’m in a kayak floating on the blue seas of the South Pacific paddling from one white sandy beach to the next white sandy beach. The photo is of the northern coast of the island of Kadavu. Kadavu is an island about an hours flight south of the main island of Viti Levu. Basically picture […]

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Imageworks Halloween

[IMAGEWORKS HALLOWEEN GALLERY] Damn, people done good with the creativity for Halloween. Some great pumpkins were made and some of the costumes were wicked good. The CSI:Pumpkin is awesome, and the motion capture pumpkin is probably only funny to a select few. It’s weird but I didn’t realize until today that I haven’t been home […]

Daylight Savings Has Ended: 6:32 PM

Fear Me.

[BIG PHOTO OF NICKY] Proof that the lens is the most important part of a camera. Then of course the tripod. Then maybe the camera body. Before the trip up to the San Juans I was trying to justify the cost of this lens. I’m not sure I actually justified it in any rational way […]

Last Day in Seattle

[PACIFIC NORTHWEST PHOTO GALLERY][PRETTY MUCH THE MOST BORING VIDEO OF MY SEAPLANE FLIGHT I COULD HAVE MADE]Woke up totally late this morning and had to rush to the airport to return the car. I was 1/2 an hour late but they didn’t dock me. Had they tried to charge me I would have just taken […]

The Black Crowes vs. Tom Petty at The Gorge Amphitheater

I had to get up early this morning to pick up the car and head out to the Gorge for tonights concert. Can’t say much for the hotel I’m at but it’s home for the next three nights and it’s cheap. Just need a place to stay while I’m out site seeing. On the way […]

Last Day San Juan Islands

Special guest Mom The Blogger… Woke up to a few clouds which finally cleared to bright sunny skies! Had breakfast, chatted and decided we would take one last drive to “the other side” to look for — what else? WHALES! Stopped by Lime Kiln and Phil spotted them heading south!!! The whale boats hadn’t even […]

San Juan Island by Boat

Special guest Mom The Blogger… What a beautiful day on the water!!! Left the slip at 9:05 and headed south to Cattle Pass in search of – orcas! The water was calm and no fog!!!! Quite different than yesterday. Not a lot of boats out. Cattle Pass was even calm and based on our Current […]

San Juan Island by Truck

Special guest Mom The Blogger… Woke up surrounded by FOG! ugh….spoiled our plans to head around the island. Went to check out the whale watch boat to see if it had gone out and it was still sitting in its slip. Listened to the radio for other boat calls and few were – talkin’! Those […]

Friday Harbor and San Juan Island

Special guest Mom The Blogger… What an exciting day! We left Rosario at 9:30 and headed back to Friday Harbor. We could have been lost at sea, but Chris’ navigation saved and we were able to find our way around Shaw island. As we rounded the island, the hunt began for the bald eagle. Chris […]

Rosario Resort, Orcas Island

After the flight from Seattle’s Lake Union to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands, I met up with my parents and we took their boat over to Rosario Resort on Orcas Island. I’ll let special guest Mom The Blogger fill in the rest… We had made reservations a couple of weeks ago at the […]

Humboldt Redwoods

[DRIVING VIDEO LINK] I sped up to the Humboldt redwoods, as evidenced by my speedometer photo below. Ok, it was only 104 really, but I had cruise control on. I made my way to the Avenue of the Giants again like I did last year. This year though I had the ultimate ride for doing […]

The New Lens

This is Cutie. She’s a longhair that recently got shaved for the summer. Except for her head, tail and paws. But my point is that I picked up a new lens. The widest angle zoom lens Canon makes for my camera. The EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM, or 16-35mm on my 20D. If that means anything. […]

And 6 Months Ago I Really Did Go To Australia

[MELBOURNE] [THE GREAT OCEAN ROAD][TASMANIA] [SYDNEY] [VIDEO LINK]Trying to get caught up, I put together the last photos from Melbourne, Australia. I only sat on them for 6 months. Including all the links again for closure. It’s never to late to procrastinate!

I Really Did Go To New York 4 Months Ago

[VIDEO LINK] It only took me four months to put the photos together but what the hell. Nine days in New York City and I didn’t see one superhero. So, a recap from December… After years of trying to find someone to take me to New York, so they could show me around, I finally […]

Sit A Speck

[POPPY GALLERY] After two years I finally made it back out to the Poppy Reserve in Antelope Valley. It’s a nice show this year but more importantly it was the first time I got to see the memorial bench we had put out there for both of my grandparents. We spread her ashes out there […]

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Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.

L.A. Marathon No. 20

According to the real time tracking on the L.A. Marathon website, this is Luis Armando Medina Guillen from Victoria, Mexico. Victoria is just south of the tip of Texas on the Gulf of Mexico. He is 37 years old and did the 26.2 miles in 2:44:02 to finish 27th in the wheelchair division. He smiled […]