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Category: California

  • On to Los Angeles

    On to Los Angeles

    I’m always amazed when you can get next to critical infrastructure like the water supply for the City of Los Angeles. To be honest, this isn’t a recent photo, but the aqueduct runs across the state southward to LA. (Bishop, California, 2006)

  • Dangerous Debris

    Dangerous Debris

    Among the beautiful homes in the San Gabriel Mountains are debris shoots and basins to capture and direct mud and rocks that tumble from above. After reading John McPhee’s The Control of Nature I had to see these things for myself. This is the Shields Canyon debris field. (La Crescenta-Montrose, California, 2006)

  • With Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

    With Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

    I had breakfast here but couldn’t resist taking a shot of the sign. Did not make it back for the meat loaf, but always wondered about how it was. (Claremont, California, 2006

  • It was a “Working Beach Day”

    It was a “Working Beach Day”

    My publisher wanted to promote my project to some schools in California. After 2 days of work, we took some time to walk on the beach before we went to the airport (Oxnard, California, 2016)