Originally published November 20, 2008, I’ve re-updated this entry as I lost the original images when I changed imaging hosts…
After my last wedding of the season, my friend Joseph drove down from Lansing, Michigan to Chicago. He had quit his job and was moving to Los Angeles, driving the entire way.
This is my photography from that journey.
- Wheat Fields On The Way To Kansas
After spending some time in Kansas we then continued onto Denver Colorado, but not before seeing Giant Windmills for the first time in my life. At 4 stories high, they’re much more grand to see in person.
- Kansas Windmill At Sunset
I was greeted by beautiful Landscape Imagery when we reached Colorado:
- Colorado Landscape
Majestic views abound simply just driving down the highway:
Majesty
- Smokey Mountain
After a certain point it started snowing…the weather got rough, but the sunsets were equally as beautiful:
- Early Snow In Colorado.
- Sunset In Colorado
Going through Colorado, we eventually made it to Utah where the scenery was a little more arid:
- Utah Landscape
I decided to try and make a cool looking photo, but don’t try this at home…I was holding my D3 out the window of a moving car at 75 when I took this…
- Cool Moving Car Picture (Don’t Try This At Home!!!)
While In Utah we stayed at the Butch Cassidy Inn!
- Weathervane
Leaving the Utah Mountain Range and Going Into Arizona, I shot this out the backseat window:
We stayed in Vegas for a couple of days and while there we went to see the Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon Skywalk:
- Hoover Dam
- Hoover Dam Statue
- Grand Canyon On The Way to the Skywalk
- More Arizona Landscape
For those of you that don’t know…I have a tremendous fear of heights…and a 20mm lens hides the fact that I’m actually 2-3 feet away from a 4,000 foot sheer drop (for reference…the tallest building in the U.S. – The Sears Tower, is 1,500 feet high):
- 4,000 Foot Drop
As much as I wanted to photograph the view from the skywalk, I wasn’t allowed to bring my camera onto the walk. Apparently according to the attraction heads, the glass floor is made up of several panes consisting of bulletproof glass. Made in Germany and costing $10,000 dollars per pane, the attraction didn’t want to risk someone dropping anything that might chip the the glass.
I got a picture of myself with Joe on the Skywalk, which I’ll add to this later. Let me tell you though that having a fear of heights doesn’t help when you’re on a platform made of glass overlooking a 4000 foot drop….
- The Skywalk at Grand Canyon
Our last day in Arizona, I managed to grab a shot that felt fitting as we left and drove 4 hours to Los Angeles:
- Leaving Arizona
I stayed in L. A. from Thursday to Sunday afternoon. One afternoon I got to hit up a Los Angeles Beach and see the Sunset.
- My First Sunset in California
Someday I’ll be back =)
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