Tag: Travel
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Afternoon Commute
On Ambergris Caye, Belize, folks mainly commute by foot or bicycle, with the well-to-do motoring about in golf carts.
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Sunrise over Mecca Hills, California
Located just south of Joshua Tree, we enjoyed a few beautiful days of camping on BLM land in the Box Canyon of California’s Mecca Hills Wilderness. All of these hills are extremely fragile sandstone, and campers are warned not to be here when rains come– the entire area, including the road through it, is prone to flash floods.
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Disembarkation in San Pedro, Belize
We arrived today in San Pedro, Belize, for a meetup to work on Jetpack aboard a 14-passenger Cessna
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Afternoon Shadows in the Grand Canyon
Did you know? The person who made the name “Grand Canyon” stick was John Wesley Powell, the one-armed veteran who was the first person to navigate the Colorado River through the canyon.
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The Road Less Travelled
Becky and I packed up our newly refurbished ’89 Volkswagen camper and hit the road earlier this month, traveling across Arizona and California.
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I’m voting for this guy in November…
We ran into this guy in Kingman, Arizona- made a campaign dontation and he was kind enough to pose for this shot.
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Waiting for the next set
These surfers were up early, catching waves at sunrise in El Capitán State Beach outside Santa Barbara
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Nighttime over Arizona
I took this last night in Cave Creek Regional Park outside of Phoenix as the clouds cleared around 11pm
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See you next Gyros…
This sign is from the Rockford, Illinois institution Uncle Nick’s, which has been serving up delicious gyros since 1980.
Have a safe, healthy and happy New Years, and I’ll See you next Gyros!
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Rever’s Marina, Rockford, Illinois
When we headed back to Becky’s hometown over Thanksgiving, we went out for a little night shooting. I was particularly interested in this marina along the river that heralds back to a simpler time…
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Anchiskhati Basilica, Tbilisi, Georgia
This is the oldest standing church in Tbilisi, built in the early 6th century and repaired numerous times in the 15th-17th centuries as a result of numerous invasions of the Persians and Turks into Georgia. These numerous repairs are the reason for all the different building you see.
In the background you can see the ultra-modern Presidential Palace, completed in 2009.
Bonus picture: this beautiful domed ceiling was installed and painted in 1870:
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Sunrise on Tbilisi
Although our first few days were overcast and gloomy, by Thursday we were treated to a couple really spectacular sunrises. This one was shot from the balcony of our AirBNB apartment. Thanks to Becky Hotchkiss for removing a really obnoxious power line that went right through the middle of the shot.
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Woman Selling Churchkhela
In Georgia, you’ll find older women all over selling churchkhela (pronounce chooch-clear your throat-ella), a snack consisting of nuts on a string dipped into thickened grape juice and dried into a tasty treat.
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Confluence of the Kura and Aragvi Rivers
This area, Mtskheta, the ancient capital of Georgia, has housed human civilization since before the beginning of recorded time. It served as capital until the 5th century, when they moved the capital a few miles down the road to Tbilisi.
The Georgians are an amazingly resilient people. Due to their extremely valuable location between Europe and Asia at the base of the Caucasus Mountains, the most attractive overland trade route, they have been invaded over 40 times since the beginning of recorded history, yet, every time, they pick themselves back up and rebuild.
This entire area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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German Street Performer
When we left the Hofbrauhaus in Munich, this very talented statue was there to greet us.
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Stars over Rockwood Reservoir
I took this hour-long exposure during our most recent Automattic company-wide meetup in Park City, Utah
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People are Friends in India
My lovely wife recently posted some fantastic photos of our March trip to Mumbai. Make sure to check them out, as she’s a much better photographer (and human) than I am…
