finally home from my week long photo workshop. all the pics coming soon, but here is a start. controlled burn in the depths of the woods in yosemite. smoke was across the road and around the other side I shot this. september 19, 2003

i’m getting ready for another trip—another photography workshop—this time over in the white mountains. the white mountains are below mono lake and above death valley. they are up to 14,000ft and are very stark compared to the sierra nevada. they are also the home of the ancient bristlecone pine trees—which are the oldest trees on earth. i promise i will have an amazing assortment of images when i return on the 30th. until then enjoy some old travel images

we did a long bike ride on saturday. the entire length and back of the Alameda Creek trail which goes out from Niles Canyon to the Bay marshlands and back—22 miles in all. It was flat and cool but the wind from the bay was intense making it seem like we were doing all 11 miles uphill. of course the ride back was somewhat easier—until the wind changed. needless to say we were whipped. i took a couple shots with the new pencam but it was better being there in person.

researching for my book, I spent the better part of a day last week downtown at the new Martin Luther King Library. this is an awesome place. 9 floors of books, periodicals and media all available to the sjsu students and citizens of san jose. I love libraries.