Tag Archives: Why We Travel

Packing © 2012 . All rights reserved.

Journey Deferred

  United Airlines’ flight out of Baton Rouge was canceled yesterday and thus my trip to Oaxaca was shortened a bit. But, I did take the time to repack and lighten my load somewhat. It was also a good time … Continue reading

Tibet No 3 © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Tibet Remembered

It has been almost 5 years since I was in Tibet. A surplus of time in front of the computer today prompted me to go back over some old shots from that trip. Two things occurred to me. I really … Continue reading

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Lines on a Map (69)

  Nothing fires my imagination like a map. Even when I was a kid, I loved to look through my family’s enormous, weathered atlas. I recently picked up a book titled Moby Duck that is about a cargo of rubber ducky, … Continue reading

45 Minutes Over Baja-Edited © 2011 . All rights reserved.

Night Photos from Mexico

[click images for a larger view] High clouds came in early last night, so I was not able to get out into the cactus and photograph. To tell the truth, I was pretty happy to get into a warm sleeping … Continue reading

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45 Minutes Over Baja (36)

[click image for larger view] Approximately 45 minutes (2,384 seconds) in an ice cold arroyo near the Sea of Cortez. ISO 640 (probably a bit too high, tonight I’ll shoot at ISO 400) f/4 through a Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 … Continue reading

G.M. Shohel, Chevron Attendant © 2011 . All rights reserved.

G.M. Shohel, Chevron Attendant (27)

[click image for larger view] The people you befriend often come into your life at unexpected times. At a point during last year’s 365 project I took a picture of Shohel at the Chevron near my house. My main interest … Continue reading

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Two Hundred and Twenty One

[click images for a larger view, but don't put yourself out or anything] Back from Florida. 12 hours in the car, about 20 waking hours there. One delicious grouper sandwich. Lots of quality time with mom. A few chances to … Continue reading

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Three Hundred and Twenty

[click image for larger view] Huge waves threw themselves against the beach yesterday. You could hear them rumble into the night as the clouds cleared and a bright half-moon came out. If I had felt a little more energetic then … Continue reading

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Three Hundred and Eighteen

[click image for larger view] After a morning of duck hunting in Cameron Parish I stopped to take a shot of this old, refrigerated trailer laying, rusting in the marsh. The Cajun prairie that stretches across most of south Louisiana … Continue reading

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Two Hundred and Eighty Two

[click image for larger view] Among other interesting happenings that happened on the Phatwater, we got buzzed by a crop duster. My friend Brandon and I did this 42.5 mile race on the Mississippi River this Saturday. It was exhausting … Continue reading

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A New Cazuela

  The jeep swayed around the ruts and potholes along the edge of the San Miguel reservoir, down a grassy, well-traveled lane, past brick kilns fired orange and black, toward the house of Don Esteban. On the console rested a warm … Continue reading

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Eat Real Food

[click images to view larger size] “The problem was, our food was rotten. Not literally decaying but just bad, barely worthy of the name. Nothing makes this contrast more obvious than some time spent in Mexico. You know those goose … Continue reading