Father's Day Camping and Dirt Bikes

July 04, 2020
The mountains are calling, I must go. I love the desert, but I need a dose of the woods and wilderness at least once per month. We were at it again, this time at our favorite spot off of Stoneman Lake Road in Northern Arizona. This popular spot is fantastic because if you have an OHV license and vehicle, there are miles of trails that will take yo...
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Mother's Day Camping

May 30, 2020
We have been staying home and social distancing (is anyone else sick of this word yet?) since getting back from California in mid-March. With the flexibility of online school, we had the option to join my uncle for camping on the Mogollon Rim in Eastern Arizona. The kids and Sheba were thrilled to be away from the house and in the woods. My uncle...
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Quarantine Easter

April 16, 2020
The kids' grandma was supposed to fly and visit us for one week for Easter, but with COVID-19 showing up, those plans were also derailed. She was able to get a refund for her plane ticket, but we were sorely disappointed to not have her company for the holiday. My parents have also been isolating to try and prevent the spread. We did a bit of video...
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Blue Background

April 02, 2020
In an effort to teach the kids about photography and clipping paths, I took portraits of them on a blue background and showed them how I create alpha channels and clipping paths in Photoshop. Though they were cooperative for the photos, they walked out as I was halfway done with one of the channel masks. So much for learning! Here are a few of the...
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Social Distance at Vulture City

March 26, 2020
An hour west of where we live there's a ghost town called Vulture City. The last time I was there it was 2019 and my friend and I participated in a nighttime ghost tour. It was honestly creepy and there were a few doors that opened by themselves, disembodied voices and sounds that resembled miners pushing ore carts. The property has been taken over...
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