Early to my delivery in Grantsville Utah So gonna try to make use of the time and can get some Flickr visits in. Thanks to all of you for not giving up on me, your visits mean more than you know. I've got a huge backlog of pictures to someday post, and most every week I'll see something that causes me to pull over and take some pictures. So, while I'm not posting as often, I'm still doing photography.
I love clouds and know once I retire from driving I won't have as many random opportunities to capture them. On the other hand, I'll be able to plan outing and trips and spend time at those locations. One of the coolest things about photography to me is that even the backside of an old truck stop can be a photo opportunity. I took this back in July in Yakima WA.
The truck stop is the Gearjammer. Wow, Google really does keep track of where you go. I just Googled the Gearjammer and Google shows when I was there. Kinda cool, kinda creepy too. You don't hear it said much these days since most of the trucks now have automatic transmissions. Anybody can drive one! Every time that I manage to be on the Eastern side of the Sierras at sunrise I tell myself that Galen Rowell was no fool when he decided to set down roots in Bishop in the s.
In my humble opinion, the area between Lone Pine and Lake Tahoe has produced some of the most dramatic sunrise landscapes in the world.
There is just something spectacular about the first light of day hitting these massive peaks that erupt right out of the desert floor. This particular shot was taken in the Alabama Hills at a spot that Eric Gail introduced me to just a couple of weeks prior. I had been to the Alabama Hills a number of times previously, but had not ventured far enough in to get some of the more sweeping views of the Sierras toward the back part of the park.
