August 22, 2023
Trying out Las Vegas’s many vegan options is something I look forward to at the beginning and the end of my desert trips. This time it was the vintage styled all-vegan fast food spot right next to a McDonalds, Plant Power Fast Food. I wanted the nostalgic feel of a Read more…
Off the interstate 15 is a huge water tank that has been transformed into art… a Pabst Blue Ribbon-style can that exclaims “Claim Your Destiny.” Since I had the time, I stopped. I didn’t realize the small text was part of the art piece, but here it is noted from Read more…
Having time to kill, some of the glorious old neon still lurking about Las Vegas. And finally, the Art-o-Mats at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Ok, so part of the reason I was so psyched about St. George, Utah was the vegan options. Starting with a good breakfast that hits all the notes from Gaia’s Garden Cafe… The Buddha Toast with avocado, curried chickpeas, radish, cilantro & house-made tahini dressing on Organic artisan sourdough. Just Read more…
Having been to the original and much better Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this one was fun but not as immersive and clever as the original. Still, however, there was a lot of interesting discoveries to fill the hours before my flight back to New York.
August 20, 2023
Despite the all-day of trickling rain and a sky full of gray, I knew I’d see the stars in the evening. It’s not because I checked the weather, though I did. I just kind of knew. The stars had satisfied every evening I wanted to shoot them. Though I don’t Read more…
I wanted to differentiate this section of Cathedral Gorge State Park as it offers adventurers a chance to enter the beautiful land formations I showed in my previous post. Though wet and slippery, I could not help myself from entering the Moon Slot canyons. I imagine that the maze of Read more…
Plenty to see at the beautiful Cathedral Gorge State Park. This is the first installment.
After a wet ride of downpours in the desert accredited to Hurricane Hilary, I arrived at Panaca, Nevada. Here I would enjoy a charming bed and breakfast along with a pretty amazing state park, a warm spring, some muddy trails and, fantastically, a slither of time with the stars. But Read more…
August 19, 2023
With many headstones containing the cause of death, the Old Tonopah Cemetery makes for a gripping meander. Adjacent to The Clown Motel, the souls of the interred are rumored to haunt its rooms. And it is no wonder… some of the causes of death include suicide by dynamite, suicide by Read more…
The last time I was at Tonopah’s Clown Motel, it was being used for a movie shoot. This time I was able to book a room and stay for the night. It was all fun and games and pictures until nightfall when the allegedly haunted hotel started to scare me. Read more…
Do you sometimes wind up crawling under barbed wire to an abandoned hot springs resort on your vacations? If yes, then we may be able to travel well together. To follow, a very brief stop because: fear of a lone gunman on a horse in the distance. It may be Read more…
The best abandoned places are the ones you find along the way, the ones you seize the opportunity to visit–in a split second from 70 mph to 0 to out of the car. Currant, Nevada is one such place: a motel, restaurant and bar sitting still waiting for me. Here Read more…
August 18, 2023
I’m finally in a new International Dark Sky Park… my 19th!! Great Basin National Park. Despite some clouds, I got some great astrophotography done as I laid in my tent. I have come to find the clicking of my intervalometer comforting as I am camping. The clouds then returned to Read more…
And onward to the second national park during this short trip: Nevada’s Great Basin National Park. This park, which is also an International Dark Sky-certified park, has such a diversity of offerings… the chance to step into a glacier, an emerald-hued alpine lake, caves, tremendous conifers, towering cliffs and rock Read more…
August 16, 2023
Pete Karns is an Olympian athlete and resident of Mesquite, Nevada. He has created a miniature replica of South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore in the sandstone lining Lower Flat Top Drive in town. Staying just a few miles away, I of course had to check it out. He has made over Read more…
August 15, 2023
For the last 4 years I have spent some time in the off-season in the desert. “Off-season” as in going to the desert in August is not the most popular choice, though plenty still do. To follow, a few tips and guidelines I have learned throughout the years. 1) Fly Read more…
February 24, 2023
Just a photo dump of some travel bits… because I am already missing the road. The night shoot attempt. It is not Milky Way season yet, so the beautiful galactic core is not visible in this hemisphere yet. But I am very much looking forward to its arrival! On the Read more…
Las Vegas’s Graze Kitchen offers a menu full of vegan deliciousness to this weary traveler about to hop on a red eye flight. With superb attention to detail, it was a definite food highlight of my trip! My Meatless Meatloaf: Meatloaf was a tender mix of tempeh, seitan, quinoa and Read more…
11 years after street artist Aware snuck into in an abandoned mine to create the Wheel of Misfortune, a 250-foot wide Vegas-inspired wheel of fortune… complete with colorful segments containing dollar values (all $000) as well as “Lose A Job,” “Lose A Home,” “Lose All Hope,” “Bank Owned” and “Bankrob”… Read more…
August 2, 2022
A trip starts with a trek to the airport. A subway to a train to a shuttle… Leaving at sunset for bedtime in the sky I am a nerd for these musical roads. This one is easier than the one in New Mexico as its grooves take up the entire Read more…
As I drove south back to Law Vegas, I was taken aback by the beauty of Walker Lake. Despite its beauty, its salinity level is so high that it cannot support life–fish and other lake organisms. This is because of a rapid decline of water levels due to agricultural diversions–man Read more…
Is anything really secret anymore? Lake Tahoe’s Secret Cove Beach is kind of secret as it is not accessible by a concrete walkway connected to a parking area. You have to hike through make-shift dirt paths winding about 20 stories down. Trust me, it is well worth it. And be Read more…
August 1, 2022
I found a nice spot next to the lake to shoot for hours undisturbed. Sure, there were plenty of passing cars, but they illuminated the tree tops nicely as they were high above a hill. These clouds look really nice with the Milky Way. I am learning to embrace them Read more…
I have a thing for vintage neon. Just like I have a thing for vintage anything, in general. And speaking of vintage, this is the one of the best vintage shops I’ve ever been to! Junkee. To Reno, a place with a lot of stuff I love.
