Sunset in Black Canyon City

The clouds inspired me to find a spot to take a few sunset shots. I drove north on the I-17. After ending up in Black Canyon City and pulling off a random side road I found a few spots. I also brought my 35mm and shot some Velvia... I miss film more and more these days. Digital is too easy and I feel like I have become so lazy. When that roll is developed, I will post a series featuring film. In the meantime: More desert!

 Hi Jeepies... I heart you even though I pretend not to.

 The foot hills of the Bradshaw Mountains

 Trash = Good Subject Matter

 Wide Open Space

 One thumb up.

 Thanks for getting me there and back, Jeepies.

 I don't know why I posted this one.

Attempted panoramic. 

On the way home I took the Carefree Highway and saw three javalina sprint (as fast as piggies can) across the road. There were also a few cows and a bull grazing mindlessly despite the cars zooming past.

A Room With a View

One of my favorite things about winter in AZ are the storms that roll through every few weeks (when we're lucky). Here are some shots I took on the way home from Jessica's bridal shower. Pulling over on the I-10/I-17 transition was a little scary, so I shot through the window so I would not meet my end by becoming road kill.

When I got home, I was just in time to see the sun set over the mountains west of Lake Pleasant.

I love our house... I pray that when the 303 is complete, they will not destroy the desert behind our house by building more homes on it... please save some of these open spaces! The land is disappearing too quickly.

Gray Skies, Snarling At Me

On October 5th a freak storm hit Arizona. There were tornados touching down in the Northwest, East and in Flagstaff... Flooding, high winds, ominous-looking clouds, baseball-sized hail that broke windows in homes. Hail that totaled cars--that totaled our 2010 Subaru Outback that only had 14,731 miles on it... not that I'm bitter, just sad that our little Subie didn't get to make it to 200K miles, and play in the mud or take us on more camping trips. Yes, I know it is "just a car" or a "bucket of bolts"... but I am sad, but thankful that it protected Adam on that drive home, and thankful the storm didn't hit as hard in our neighborhood. Rest in Peace little Subaru Outback.

Here are photos from my hour-long drive home from work (a drive that usually takes 20 minutes). Taken while stopped in the Jeep... Well, mostly stopped. Photojournalism at its finest!