Desert Things
The desert is full of weird things. I think that’s one of my favorite parts of the desert. How normal it is to stumble onto strange objects or structures in the middle of nowhere. This thing, we found in Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea. It’s an old airplane that got turned into an interesting […]
The Motel From a Dream
Staying in normal chain hotels is pretty boring. Although it can be a bit of a risk to stay in some random motel, it always makes for a more interesting story and a more fun experience. It was summer 2018, and I was looking for a place to stay on a last minute weekend trip […]
Mountain Cows
I could hardly believe it when we reached the top of Bearwallow mountain. A herd of cows gently grazing on the mountain top meadow. I was hoping to just see one cow, as the hiking guide had mentioned, so I was overjoyed when I saw so many of them! The cows were really friendly and […]
The Beach in a Dream
Little beach towns always feel like a magical, altered reality type of place to me. A place far away from regular boring life, where time almost stands still. When thinking back, months later on that short little week spent spent at the beach, it almost feels like a dream. I think these Polaroids capture that […]
Cape Lookout
One of my favorite places to be is on Cape Lookout island. It is part of the barrier islands that line the coast of North Carolina called the Outer Banks. Cape Lookout can only be accessed by ferry and no one has lived here since the early 1900s when the island was taken by the government […]
Two Guns Ghost Town
Just off of interstate 40, formally the old route 66, is Two Guns Ghost Town. The land where this ghost town now sits, holds many stories. A group of Native Americans were killed by an enemy tribe that set fire to a cave where they were hidden. After that tragic event, the area is now […]
Just (2000 Miles) Down the Road
The interstate in my backyard, if followed long enough, will eventually lead to the small town of Holbrook Arizona. It’s a little town that the old route 66 used to run right through until it got bypassed in recent years by the construction of big interstate 40. Holbrook also inspired the little desert town in […]
The Lost Beach
Cape Lookout Island. Only accessible by Ferry, and with no paved roads. It was once a home to a small fishing community but is now owned by the National Park system. A short walk away from the tourist area, down the lonely shoreline, and remnants of the island’s past begin to appear. Barnacle laden debris […]
Nights in Neon
A frigid late November night in Detroit Michigan. We rode the People Mover around and around, taking in the city sights as the sun set. Hungry for food, we stepped off the train car at the Greektown exit and headed toward the faint glow of pink and blue. Bright neon lights in the cold winter night, led […]
Graveyard Fields
Somewhere along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a little south of Asheville, is a meadow called Graveyard Fields. There isn’t a gravestone in sight though. The name came from a vast amount of trees that had been snapped in half during a violent storm and then resembled graves. But that was many many years ago. […]