Old Man Iguana

Old man iguana basking in the sun on the walls of San Cristobal Fort in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Its been a while since I last posted. I'm out pursuing other interests!

For instance, I'm currently raising money for the St. Balrick's Foundation by shaving my head!!

Please make a donation on my head. You can give directly online (search for my name at www.StBaldricks.org, or goto http://bit.ly/g74JBN) or by phone (888-899-BALD). Credit cards are the most efficient way to give, or you can write a check payable to “St. Baldrick’s Foundation.”

To see my donor names, fundraising progress, and before and after photos, visit my page on the St. Baldrick’s website. Please help me reach my goal of ($500).

Great Sand Dunes

Sand dunes and Sangre de Cristo mountains at sunset. Great Sand Dunes National Park, Co.  This photo is of the extreme south western portion of the dune fields from near the entrance.  See map.

I arrived at the Great Sand Dunes for a weekend of camping, hiking and photography to find about 4 inches of fresh, heavy and very wet snow.  The skies were extremely overcast, but it was fairly warm.  Great blobs of snow falling off the trees filled the air with wet plops.

I didn't get many good photos, but I did hike to the top of High Dune (650ft above valley floor).  I went early in the morning and found the icy crust of snow on top of sand to be fairly challenging hiking.  I also scouted out a number of likely locations for some other shots.  I can't wait to return!

Mesa Arch Sunrise II

Here's another view of a sunrise at Canyonlands National Park's Mesa Arch.

Mesa Arch Sunrise I

Kelly and I spent a long weekend in Moab. Kelly is a coach for Team in Training, and we were in Moab for the Canyonlands Half Marathon.

As soon as we arrived in Moab on Thursday, we headed to Arches National Park to run the Devil's Garden Trailhead. What a great place for a trail run.

Friday morning, I awoke early to attempt a sunrise shot of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands. Unfortunately, the sunrise was a bust due to the heavy cloud cover. A rain/snow storm blew in later that day. This wasn't a waste though, as I got to experiment with various compositions and angles.

Instead of watching the marathon on Saturday, I again headed to Mesa Arch for the sunrise. This time the dawn skies were clear. When I arrived, I found 6-7 other photographers already setup. Luckily once the action started, we all moved around a lot to try various angles.

Afterwards, I went for another run along the Murphy's Point trail.

What a glorious day!

In Hot Water

Dragonfly in hot spring in Yellowstone National Park