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The California Road Trip
Stories and Photography From a Two Week Camping Excursion (Part 1) As we celebrate and reward ourselves from another summer living in Yosemite, our goal was to escape the heat, the crowds and the stress. Although the past year I have been commuting to and from the valley, my wife, has been in Yosemite the…
Big Sur Balance, Becoming A Piece Of The California Coast
A recent trip to Big Sur with my wife had me thinking about how I am able to focus my attention to her but also accomplish some of my photography goals as well. Every man’s first concern is the well being of their better half, of course, right? I can usually figure out our activities…
30 Days of an Epic Yosemite National Park Winter
Winter here is peaceful and quiet. When I take photos or seek out new locations I stand and listen, I hear nothing. I focus on the environment and take in every leaf, blade of grass and evergreen needles. The snow and ice are packed firm and each step is a loud crunch. I stop, I…
Thankful and Grateful – The Maui Years
As a new chapter of my life begins it is time to reflect on what the last decade has meant to me. I moved to Maui as a 29 year old man that didn’t always make good choices. I had been working seasonal jobs in Alaska and Wyoming the previous years and didn’t really have…
Dark Skies
Haleakalā has so many special things about it. The fact that it is a 10,000 foot tall mountain in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the first thing. The second amazing thing is that it is home to the Hawaiian Petrel. Also know as the Ua’u, know for it’s moaning noises sounding like, ‘eeww…
Humpback Whale Season
When people talk about seasons on the mainland they usually refer to fall and spring. Those are the pleasant times, full of flowers in bloom and bountiful harvests. They don’t talk about the humidity and mosquitoes in the summer or the the snow and gray skies of winter. Obviously seasons are great, you can get…
Scorcher!
https://mauinow.com/2019/09/16/record-heat-for-28-out-of-29-days-in-hawaii/ It has been a hellish summer in Hawaii. My wahine and I recently moved to Lahaina. Our transition was in February. It may seem like forever ago but around this time overnight lows in Lahaina were in the 50s. Record lows! Now we wake in the morning to 80s and when I go to…
