Socorro, New Mexico
Watch for more images from the current trip on the slideshow window to the right!
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!)
Socorro, New Mexico
Watch for more images from the current trip on the slideshow window to the right!
And he's dead.
...there weren't a grain of truth in it. Coming this October, in the Simpson's Treehouse of Horrors.
Wasn't this campaign going to be, uh, different? Tell 'em you're sick of it.
As the final frame says.. "Psst. Do Something."
Mileage now stands at 2,900 miles..... exactly!
The future? Reno, Salt Lake, Medicine Bow, Badlands... and more.
I have a couple other "mystery" images to post shortly. Stay tuned.
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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:
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.
It's priced about like an 3G iPhone, and is packed with about as many features, (except the phone part, of course). $359, available only from Amazon, includes the EVDO data network, so you can download books right off the NY Times best seller lists, and more, including magazines, blogs, and on and on and on. No need to find a hot spot. The only wires you ever need for it are attached to your ear buds, if you download a talking book!
Instead of listing everything it can do, I'll just point you to the link above.
There's lists of features and functions, videos of testimonials, and more. I'm pretty sure we'll be carrying fewer pounds of books around in the Express come Christmas...
HT to our "hand model extraordinaire", Steve Garth. ;0)
Apparently, it's a real... car... quadracycle. Don't get caught dead in one.
By 7:30, we'd run two jacks, and the temperature started to rise. We headed back to the vehicle, and by 8:30 we were meeting Joan and Margaret at the once-closed, and now re-opened with new owners, East Mountain Grill, (No web page). As good, or better than we remembered.
This is our "day off" from travelling. I've got a little project to finish on the motor home, and mostly we're just kicking back. Maybe we'll go ride the "World's longest aerial tramway" to the top of our Galgo's namesake mountain. Or maybe not, now that I've checked the rates. :-(
Maybe we'll just sit tight, and await tonight's next powerful thunderstorm.