Utah Hwy 24 Mighty Good Road

Tropic, Utah

Tropic, Utah. Friday morning, 7/22/11

Factory Butte

Factory Butte. Friday afternoon, 7/29/11.
Roughly halfway between the small town of Hanksville and the even smaller town of Caineville, Factory Butte is a little more than 5 miles north of Utah 24 near a dirt road called Coal Mine Rd.
The area that I shot from is an off-road vehicle playground - you can see tire tracks in the foreground.

Sky Over Mesa Verde

Above Mesa Verde, Saturday morning, 7/23/11

Waiting for Redmoon

Peoria near Randolph, Thursday night, 8/25/11.
What is it that takes you a place to photograph?
In my case, the reasons will vary from assignments to road trips and my favorite, the unexpected.

Well last night, Redmoon was expected to have a guerilla performance of its Celebration Vehicle at 8:45. My daughter, a big Redmoon fan joined me along with my wife who I'll describe as an interested fan. I'd estimate that 60-70 people were waiting along Randolph Ave. for the evening's event. Being as it was a school night, we had to leave after 30 minutes of waiting, but I did get this shot just before departing.

Another Black Bike

Another Black Bike, Thursday am, 8/25/11
This one was parked about 20' from where yesterday's bike was shot. I wonder what will turn up tomorrow?

Alien Black Bike

Black Bike. Wednesday around 5 pm, 8/24/11

Back to the Road

Corn Field Along Interstate 80, Saturday, 7/23/11.
In the midwest, perhaps no other landscape is as pervasive as that of row after after row of corn. East of the Mississippi, west of the Missisippi, all you see is corn as you long to see just some type of elevated ground to break the level fields of green stalks.

Like it or not, this is my landscape of the road trip, devoid of expansive mountain ranges, great canyons or natural wonders, just corn.

Mount Garfield in the Book Cliff Range

The base of Mount Garfield, Sunday, 7/24/11.
Cruising by at 70mph on US 70 approaching Grand Junction, I see an interesting formation, hit the window button and grab a shot through the open window. While shot in the early afternoon, seeing this directly face the west, I knew at an instant that this was a golden hour shot before sunset. This kind of thought easily came to mind as Mt Garfield quickly moved out of frame and perspective. I never looked at the top, merely focusing on the shapes of the base which appeared to me as a 3-D image in pen and ink. All of this on and off in a matter of seconds.

Anyhoo, Mount Garfield is part of the Book Cliff Mountain and rises to somewhere over 6000'. It looks like a lot of mining has also been done to the Book Cliff range. This area deserves further investigation for photo possibilities - there's even a Book Cliff mtb trail.

Road Trip

Somewhere in Iowa, Saturday, 7/23/11.
A lot of buses with bikes on the top, converted school buses, with one broken down on the road, US 80. Must be the start of RAGBRAI but I'm in a van with six others, no bikes and constant bickering and complaints about life. I need a vacation from this vacation and a beer.