Wow. It poured a couple of times today. We have a little flooding on the patio, so when the Princess has to go out, we use the front lawn. I had the umbrella, but the rain didn’t seem to bother her – which is strange ’cause she hates water.
Anyhow, I made a panoramic image of the street as a wave of showers was passing through. Click on the image above to see the full-sized panorama.
Given the nasty weather, it’s a good thing we’re having comfort food later.
Verna and I loaded Bear in the car the morning of Thanksgiving Day and headed over the hill to Point Vicente. We went because when I looked at the Catalina web cam (at the isthmus) on the Internet shortly after I woke up, I could see not only the mainland, but the mountains behind. That means there would be photo-op quality visibility from Point Vicente in the direction of Catalina Island.
We walked along the path in the Interpretive Center toward the Northwest where I took the images to merge into the panorama seen above. Click to the full-size panorama.
Panoramic image taken near Tucson, AZ. The photo says it all about this beautiful mission.
Click on the panoramic image above to enlarge.
We dropped into the Botanic Garden today to check out the advertised “Fabulous Fifties” car show held on the upper meadow. We thought we could get a photo op for our blogs. There were a few classic American built cars there, but it was overwhelmingly dominated by European cars. We were both sort of disappointed, since we expected more in the way of the cars we grew up with and learned to drive.
I took this panoramic image of the setup on the upper meadow. Click for the full-sized image.
Our recent vacation took us to Reno, Nevada. We came back via US Highway 395 through the Owens Valley, just east of the towering Sierra Nevada mountain range. One of the interesting scenic stops along the way is Mono Lake, where strange alkaline formations known as tufa, protrude from the lake bed and shoreline. This is a panoramic image taken from the south shore at a point closest to some of the major formations. Click the image above to see full sized panorama.
Mono Lake is said to have formed at least 760,000 years ago when the Long Valley Caldera erupted. God forbid that should happen again, since life in America would be quite different – or perhaps non-existent – as a result.
We recently drove from Sutter Creek in the California Gold Country to Reno. On our way, we stopped at a park in South Lake Tahoe to have lunch. While we were there, I photographed three images of the lake which I later stitched into this panoramic image. Click the image to enlarge.
