Sunken Trailer

The Bombay Beach beach area is extremely popular with photographers due to the “sunken trailer park” on the banks of the sea. I visited this site a year prior to this trip and was disappointed to see how much the area had changed. Some structures had been completely destroyed. A bit ironic to be upset about decomposing trailers decomposing between visits, but it is straight up disappointing to think that the trailers will be completely gone soon and the Salton Sea will be reduced to an even more depressing place.

Salvation Mountain

No trip to the Salton Sea is complete without a quick trip to Salvation Mountain at the foot of Slab City. Salvation Mountain is sort of a man made monument to the idea of love. Sort of a welcoming post to the hippy lifestyle of Slab City. The mountain was constructed by a man named Leonard Knight, who at this point in his life probably goes about 80yrs. He is really nice and welcoming. He is a religious man and his mountain is painted in a way that supports that, but deep down he doesn’t care what religion someone is. Doesn’t really preach to his guests. And only asks that people love each other and treat people kindly. The mountain is a popular draw especially considering its remote location.

Ranch off the 101, CA

Headed south on the 101 departing from San Francisco early in the morning hoping to reach LA by dinner time. The drive is fantastic and there is a lot to look at along the way. Multiple times on the drive I felt compelled to stop and take some pictures but I really only did that once, stopping to get gas and wasting a few minutes driving down a service road. Really liked the color stripes contrasted by the sky at a farm called ‘Crinklaw Ranch’ and the Taqueria sign also caught my eye right next to the gas station.

Humble + Lary Wedding

Went to a fantastic wedding near Mt. Hood in Oregon. It was my first time ever in the northwest and the trip was entirely too short. I spent less than 24 hrs total in the state which included about an hour bus ride each way from downtown portland to the mountain area.

Lumpty-Dumpty

SuperLum and I went all touristy around Fisherman’s Wharf and the Embarcadero in SF

Toasting Russ

Drove up to San Francisco for a wedding and made it much earlier than I anticipated. As a result I was able to crash the bachelor party and grab a few “shots of  people taking shots” at Ireland’s 32 (one of many Irish bars in SF I learned).