Back To California

Hi Folks, just got back from California. Been battling a bad cold/flu and a bad back. Of course I had to do some exploring prior to the sicknesses and came up with a few nice shots for your view.

The view from the Amtrak window of the Suisun sloughs.

 The weather finally cleared up as I stepped out to the coast for some sun, hiking and fresh air.

This is outside the Golden Gate with a view of San Francisco in the background.

The building in the backdrop is Ft. Miley where I spent several knee operation and months on end in rehab after the Army.

I believe this is a Black Phoebe? Spotted on the beach rocks catching some sun, water and bugs.

National Park area of the Marin Headlands looking north.

This is looking south near Ft. Chronkite

Looking south towards San Francisco at Marin Headlands National Seashore.

Ft. Chronkite

This is the full moon rising over the East Bay and the San Rafael Bridge taken from atop a hill in Mill Valley, CA

I took a nice long bike ride in San Francisco Golden Gate Park and placed my seat way to low and enflamed my herniated disk in my back. No pain no gain!

Bison in Golden Gate Park San Francisco. Notice how clean, and healthy this big boy looks compared to the Yellowstone critter. No tail missing or scars for this fella.

The fountain across the plaza from the Aquarium in Golden Gate Park

This house on Divisadero Street in San Francisco sure was gaudy.

Winter In Montana

Hello Folks, just a quick blog from the wonderful Montana mid winter.

These first four shots are of the rural landscapes of Manhattan, Montana.

The streets of Bozeman after a good storm of snow.

 Then we go into Paradise Valley where I have been working for the past month. The mountains are part of the Gallatin National Forest in the Absaroka-Beartooth Mountain Range

This is Wineglass Mountain. I have been trying to get over to these giant rock cliffs for years now, but the rich people have sealed off all the ways in so my wife and I took a shortcut over a hill to get this view. I hope to get in good enough shape to hike all the way over there with my large format camera for some close up work of the rocks. 

My wife Lidice and I atop the hill for the view of Wineglass

The view back into Paradise Valley, MT

Water On The Pine Creek

Hi Folks, I wanted to make one more post before the winter season envelopes my photography.
What a better place to showcase before that time than with Pine Creek. I went above the waterfall and captured the creek that comes down the rock face into the falls. I hope you like these shots.