Moving Ahead

So the transition from San Diego to Yucca Valley is moving right along. New visions, odd people and new adventures have been a much needed rejuvenation tool. The blog lags from time to time as my life progresses. Now it is time to fill in the missing blanks. This is our new view. This is what we see everyday.

My dad's hobbies

I've always admired how my dad spends some of his free time. I think I got my love of tikis from him. I know I definitely got my love for travel from him.
Here is one of his pieces.

San Simeon

After driving for a few hundred miles along the Pacific coast I started to think I had seen about as much beauty as I could handle. But I kept thinking about what a vintage clothing store owner in Sebastapol had told me the day before. He said to make sure and stop at the beach right across from the entrance to Hearst Castle. He mentioned the glowing sand and the old wooden pier.
So sure enough as we approached San Simeon we saw the road leading to the water. Fulfilling our curiosity we made the turn.

A beautiful beach with an amazing old wooden pier. Just to prove that more beauty lay ahead on our drive south.

The Road Trip

4 days 3 nights 1,330 miles and a lot of Hipstamaticing. I decided to tag along for a trip to Northern California with my girlfriend who was shooting a wedding session in Sebastapol, California. We decided to take our dogs with us for the journey.
My dog Hobbes is almost 13 now and has never really had the "dog vacation" experience. Day 3of the trip had to be a dream day for a dog. I know it was for me. Visits to 2 amazing beaches with a break in Big Sur sandwiched in between.
I had to laugh at this pic. The resort had placed chairs in the river for people to have a chance to enjoy a few drinks with their feet in the water.
Since Hobbes doesn't like water, I had to carry him out and onto the seat. Seen here waiting for a cocktail.

Hobbes didn't get out much the first 9 years of his life but the last 3 have been a pretty good adventure. Hopefully he can check this experience off his Bucket List.

Rockabilly Spaceship

              Aliens appear to be influenced by the Rockabilly culture as seen in this photo.

No shoes.... No auto parts

Recently I was visiting my dad up north and decided to make a few auto part junkyard stops while I was there. I was hoping to find a missing part to my girlfriend's car. The town I grew up is a bit rough around the edges. Dollar stores, pot shops, cigarette stores, way too may tattoo parlors and a street filled with junkyards.

Pulling up to U Pick U Save, I was ready to pick. The only problem was is that I was wearing flip flops aka: thongs or sandals. I was wondering if that was going to be a problem. Sure enough...it was a problem. The guy at the entrance told me that open toed shoes or sandals couldn't come in due to safety reasons. But I was in luck he told me. They had a rental pair of shoes for only $2.00. Hooray!

So I began to do the math: drive home and get some shoes and waste $10.00 in gas, or just rent the junkyard shared rental shoes. Being a cheap guy, I made the decision to risk any potential fungus or athletes foot.
Amazingly the shoes were an 11. I was in luck because I too am an 11. So it was on with the shoes (no socks of course) and into a football field size of junked vehicles.

I never found what I was looking for, but I also didn't seem to catch any foot disease. All said and done it was $2 well spent for some interesting photo opportunities.

Dilema

                                        Can a photo of an art object be considered art as well?