Since 2009, the retirement home of Shot On Site Photography... the source of the finest sighthound performance images in the world. As of August 1, 2022, the blog will become much more photo-centric. Not only will I post images from the homestead in the foothills of the Little Florida Mountains, and surrounding environs, but also tips about shooting, editing, archiving, software, hardware and more. The political rants will become few and far between (but not eliminated! It is 2022 after all!)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Excuses.
Soon I'll post another story. About the toilet. You won't want to miss that one.. guaranteed to elicit a comment or two from Santa Anna, TX. Also look for the final report on the long trip.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Fun For a Couple More Days
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
12 Years Ago This Morning...
"...may you stay forever young." - Bob Dylan
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Local Travel Alert!
If anyone's interested in meeting us, and more importantly, the hounds ;o) , please get hold of us by email, or phone. (Phone number is listed at http://shotonsite.us ).
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Donner Pass. (Insert tastless joke here.)
Friday, August 08, 2008
Last Stop.
We made it to Hollister today, the last stop (event-wise) on the California trip. They have larger-than-normal entries for Sunday, and possibly Saturday as well. Is it the "Shot On Site Effect"? We'd like to think so.
Anyway, there's a lot of activity behind us that still needs to be reported. Maybe on the way East, we'll stop at a WiFi-equipped campground for an day or two and get caught up.
Here's a partial list of some of the highlights you should look for:
- Restaurants
- Wine tastings
- Sandia and Fanny at the beach
- Hunting with Dr. John Burchard... (chasing, actually)
- Herb's Jackrabbit portfolio- Stunning!
- Los Tres Amigos
- Granite Construction tour of the big hole
- and, hummingbirds.
Mileage now stands at 2,900 miles..... exactly!
The future? Reno, Salt Lake, Medicine Bow, Badlands... and more.
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Friday, August 01, 2008
Sideways.
I have a couple other "mystery" images to post shortly. Stay tuned.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Lemonade.
That's why we say, "when life gives you lemons...
Sunday, July 27, 2008
That's More Like It!
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The perfect weather notwithstanding, the Scottish Deerhound portion of the reason we drove the 2500 miles to California was pretty much a disaster. We missed two events due to breakdowns, and the one event we did shoot- the AKC trial- "we" lost the win pictures. Perhaps our luck will change now.
We've got two weeks before the next event, up in Hollister. Our schedule is starting to fall together as to how we will spend that time.
When we leave Santa Maria, we'll head up the coast to Paso Robles, where we will park for a day or three at Margaret's cousins. She thinks she remembers that her cousin's husband is a good cook. There's that "food theme" again!
Then we have some options. We've been invited by a total stranger- but one who is familiar with this blog, and knows someone who knows Dutch Salmon, and therefore we're all friends (I like that logic)- to stop and spend time in Coalinga.
Or.. we may drive from Paso Robles to Alpaugh and spend time with Dr. John Burchard, whom I haven't seen in 8 or 9 years, and his cohorts, George Bell, and Herb Wells, (another photographer whose open field coursing images many of you may be familiar with). There's a better than even chance we could go scare a few jackrabbits.
We may do both! And probably will.
That should get us near to where we have to be in Hollister, which I've been told is only about 25 miles from where we might get a chance to photograph one of these guys:
Stand by for that! For a Hollister weather image, just add 1-2 degrees to the above ;0)
Long range plans- beyond the Hollister trials- call for a return on Interstate 80, through Wyoming, where we may veer north to Medicine Bow and, you guessed it, kick up a few more jacks. White tails, in this case. Then up to I-90 so we can see the sites of our adopted state: Badlands, Rushmore, Crazy Horse. Then we need to get our driver's licenses renewed while we're there.
And finally, back to Michigan. Whew!
I've got to talk about our dinner here in Santa Maria the other night, but I'll save that for another post. I'm still processing that.. literally, as well as figuratively.
Time to feed the crew.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Oh by the Way...
We arrived in time for the Deerhound AKC trial, and have been hard at work all week long. We'll try and get some details up when we get a chance to rest. Good eats abound!
Meanwhile, male readers should check out this interesting archery post on Patrick the Terrierman's blog...
Monday, July 21, 2008
Help Us Spike!
Besides.. we have bigger problems now than some old K&N filter with too much oil on it.
We travelled 235 miles today, to roughly 25 miles west of Needles, California. We were into our second climbing stage out of the Colorado River basin when there was a loud noise, and it only took a second to realize that while the engine was still running, we didn't have any power steering. Cataclysmic destruction of the serpentine belt.
So, here we're parked, behind the Colorado River Cheverolet Dealership in Needles, waiting for them to open in the morning, so we can get the damn belt replaced, and not miss more than two deerhound events.. (LGRA, ASFA Lure Coursing).
You know you've heard of Needles if you watch your local weathercasts: "And the hottest place in the nation again was Needles, CA at 107 degrees". Fortunately, we'll be gone before Wednesday, when it will get really hot.
Oh.. and gas here? $4.99/gal. Yeah.. we could live here. It's hot... but it's a dry heat.
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Talk about a vertical profile! That trip down Oak Creek Canyon was nothing. In 4 hours today, we went from around 7000', cool-ish temps, at Flagstaff, to the California border at the Colorado River: 326' and 102 degrees. A shock to the system.
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And who is this "Spike"? You know. Click on the title.
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Decent little Chinese place here.... right up on the corner. Dinner specials packaged like lunch specials, including rice, soup, and soft noodles. Hmmm, noodles in Needles.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Another Perspective.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Sedona Road Trip
The canyon ends at the city limits of Sedona. We took a look, and drove right on through, having no current need for any crystals, T-shirts, cappucino, palm readings or anything else on the main drag marketplaces.
We wanted to see Red Rock Canyon. And we did.
This is Cathedral Rock. Just one of the hundreds of amazing rock formations in the Red Rock area. We took lots of pictures. Lots. We'll put up a slide show when we have a better signal. We haven't had a slide show here in quite a while.