In early March, Martha and I headed out in Starr for 1-1/2 weeks of visiting folks in Santa Fe and Tucson. She was then to fly home while I would continue on for another 2+ weeks of photographic explorations in the SW. And we had a fabulous time catching up with Berkeley & Marie & […]
Southwest Roadtrip
In early December I took advantage of Martha’s 3 weeks in India to take Starr on a 2 week trip to southern Arizona and western New Mexico. My itinerary was a long list of candidate locations and a desire to “go with the flow.” After a wonderful family Thanksgiving stop in San Francisco, I continued […]
Sprinter Van “Starr”
In mid-March, a short 4 days after returning from Argentina, Martha and I flew down to Sportsmobile in California to pick up our new Sprinter camper van, Starr (viz. Walter “Pete” Starr). Due to a long Sportsmobile production queue, European “dieselgate” delays, & limited production of the 4WD option, he was 23 months in gestation. […]
Argentina
I spent 3 weeks in Argentina in late-February/early-March with Martha and Bend friends, Lori & Becky — a week in the El Chalten region of southern Patagonia, another week in Bariloche’s Nahuel Huapi National Park in northern Patagonia, and a few days in Buenos Aires. Last fall Lori & Becky expressed interest in Patagonia and […]
Eastern Oregon
I just returned from an overnight trip to Steens Mountain for fall color and drove back through the area around Paulina and Post, on the upper Crooked River. Full story and pictures here: Eastern Oregon Gallery