Driving into El Morro campground, I did not expect the road to be blocked by five young girls sunbathing in bikinis, considering this is the middle of nowhere in New Mexico.  I’ll swerve to miss a caterpillar, no such manoeuvring is required here as they scurry out of the way and I make the loop [...]

OK, after 10 months I guess it’s time for “the video“.  I shot all of it in 1080p for a reason, so trust me it’ll be worth your time if you let it load and watch it on an actual full screen. I say “the” video, because it takes way too long to shoot and [...]

“Which way to the energy vortex?” The fact an elderly couple would approach me at a trailhead in Sedona (gallery here) to ask such a question is somewhat depressing if it means I look like I would know the answer.  Although apparently 64% of all visitors to the valley (same number as visit the Grand [...]

It’s already shaping up to be a sweltering Texas summer day as Ernie Oertle heads to the door of the American Record Company’s studio in San Antonio to let in his guest, fresh off the overnight train from Jackson, Missouri.  It’s 1936 so the Depression is waning and record sales are starting to creep back [...]

Flagstaff is the small artistic liberal university mountain town I expected, and perhaps needed (small enough it only gets a mini-gallery).  Same as the expression I’ve heard to describe Austin Texas, the rest of Arizona would probably tell you Flag isn’t part of the state.  I’m pretty sure by the end of my two days [...]

The fact that logo in the top left of the page is based off the modern interstate highway sign tellingly places me past the generational divide that worships Route 66.  I know it is a road, I know there are blues guitar songs about it.  I associate it with diners, chrome and neon.  And having [...]