California Trip: June 2003
We ascended the Monitor
Pass at sundown. A full moon rose in the East. The pass elevation
is 8, 314 feet, not so high as the almost 10,000 ft high Tioga Pass,
we avoided. The old Honda showing its almost 150k miliage. But
as might be expected, fumbling around on the dark mountain roads, we
lost our way to the Bay. After asking in a friendly bar, we found the
way to Sacrimento, and there, some kind soul directed us to Inter-state
80, west, which took us on in.
Scenes at the Grand Canyon
Bryan
here at one of the overlooks on the road out to Cape Royal. The North
Rim affords a grander overview. It is some 1000 feet higher than the
South Rim. In the East, you can see the Palasades of the Desert,
and to the South, the San Francisco Peaks, dominated by Mt Humphres. The
favorite time for photographers, with the close in formations dramatically
lighted by the low sun angle, and starkly contrasted by the hazy gulf beyand.
Pollution is a culprit, but also makes for some arresting light effects.
Bryan
here at one of the overlooks on the road out to Cape Royal. The North
Rim affords a grander overview. It is some 1000 feet higher than the
South Rim. In the East, you can see the Palasades of the Desert,
and to the South, the San Francisco Peaks, dominated by Mt Humphres. The
favorite time for photographers, with the close in formations dramatically
lighted by the low sun angle, and starkly contrasted by the hazy gulf beyand.
Pollution is a culprit, but also makes for some arresting light effects.Further along, a photographer stands at the edge waiting, waiting, waiting!
Last
year, we ran into a girl tracking the Condors, which have been released in
the Vermillion Cliffs. This time, this photographer waiting at the
very rim, next stop down about 1000 feet, for that pay shot. The most
photographed place in the world, I guess.
more shots:
Contemplating.
Reading.
Gazing...
Pissing....
