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Abandoned in Remote Nevada, Part 2

Do you sometimes wind up crawling under barbed wire to an abandoned hot springs resort on your vacations? If yes, then we may be able to travel well together. To follow, a very brief stop because: fear of a lone gunman on a horse in the distance. It may be Read more…


Annual Trip to the Desert {Tips}

For the last 4 years I have spent some time in the off-season in the desert. “Off-season” as in going to the desert in August is not the most popular choice, though plenty still do. To follow, a few tips and guidelines I have learned throughout the years. 1) Fly Read more…


Into the Desert Wilderness🌵
Wheel of Misfortunate
Henderson, Nevada

11 years after street artist Aware snuck into in an abandoned mine to create the Wheel of Misfortune, a 250-foot wide Vegas-inspired wheel of fortune… complete with colorful segments containing dollar values (all $000) as well as “Lose A Job,” “Lose A Home,” “Lose All Hope,” “Bank Owned” and “Bankrob”… Read more…


Into the Desert Wilderness🌵
Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park would offer me so much beauty on my short trip. Though I had made this assumption before arriving, I was not prepared to see the range of gorgeousness. I want to return to get out of the car more comfortably, because on this particular visit the Read more…


Into the Desert Wilderness🌵
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge

Mid-winder recess always aligns with peak wanderlust, a breaking point where draining daily life in New York City grows to a frustration level that pervades and my soul needs a deep spring of wonder, nature and night. Respite. This trip I escape to the desert, a place I assumed would Read more…


Misc. On the Road 2022

A trip starts with a trek to the airport. A subway to a train to a shuttle… Leaving at sunset for bedtime in the sky I am a nerd for these musical roads. This one is easier than the one in New Mexico as its grooves take up the entire Read more…


A Morning at Joshua Tree National Park

It is really difficult to capture the beauty of these trees with the camera. But that doesn’t mean I won’t try. During the beautiful blue hour I began shooting them and I continued until my hunger pangs won the battle. Meet Joshuas. It is when they are plentiful and layered Read more…


Deserted in Mojave National Reserve

When you travel to the desert in the middle of the summer, it is a given that you will be on your own. While I do prefer solitude to most company, it is more about the Milky Way season for me. The desert is dark, free of artificial light of Read more…


Borrego Springs, California
The Desert in the Day

On solo mission now, a trip to the dark sky desert. Arriving with plenty of blazing sun, I captured the remote landscape… inhabited by enormous sculpture by artist Ricardo Breceda. Borrego Springs is a magical place where one can easily get a soy latte but also be in the middle Read more…


Terlingua, TX
Day 2 in Texas, Part 3

Terlingua is one of the coolest places I’ve ever been. So I’ll let the pictures show you why. It’s “up my alley” (as my Dad says) in so many ways. My accommodations… a tipi at Buzzard’s Roost. My tipi: La Luna Inside, way too much animal for a vegan. The Read more…


Crazy From the Heat

After driving in the desert all day, I’m pretty batty right now. I don’t want to even attempt to wax poetic about just how gorgeous you are, dear America. It is kind of unreal how much unearthly beauty lies within you. I’ll try a little with the few brain cells Read more…