I've been sleeping out on the deck and waking up at 6am to
a Cabo sunrise
Drove to a swimming beach called
Bahia Sante Marie
Absolutley beautiful beach: picture perfect.
I need some models down here... Tarryn?
Monday, January 30, 2006
Recovery
I bought Willow a new lifejacket at Costco. It's a youth jacket and she puts here head out through the arm. Not perfect, but it keeps her on top of the surf. I also found my pocketknife under the passenger seat of the truck so the possession count is back up to 100%.
I've been sleeping out on the deck and waking up at 6am to
a Cabo sunrise
Drove to a swimming beach called
Bahia Sante Marie
Absolutley beautiful beach: picture perfect.
I need some models down here... Tarryn?
I've been sleeping out on the deck and waking up at 6am to
a Cabo sunrise
Drove to a swimming beach called
Bahia Sante Marie
Absolutley beautiful beach: picture perfect.
I need some models down here... Tarryn?
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Dog Can't Surf
I lost Willow's lifejacket. I put it on the roof of the truck to dry and drove off. Dough! Went back to that deserted beach two days later but no sign of it. I also lost my SUNDAWN pocketknife in San Diego... Oh, well, possessions are not important.
My Dad & Willow
My Dad & Willow
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Sparse Internet
Whew, been 4 days since I was hooked up.
Here's where we're stayin'
Lomas La Jolla Pool
Willow Surfin'
My parents made it down Wednesday. I waited at the wrong terminal for 3 hours. Good thing they were patient and did not leave.
Here's where we're stayin'
Lomas La Jolla Pool
Willow Surfin'
My parents made it down Wednesday. I waited at the wrong terminal for 3 hours. Good thing they were patient and did not leave.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Storm the Border II
There is no border stop going south into Mexico. You just pass over some south facing tire spikes, past some young soldiers with automatic weapons and your in...
This is the first beach in Mexico, had to let Willow out.
This was my 4th day driving. After days of 7,8,&9 hours in the truck i decided to make Thursday a short drive. Stopped just south of Ensenada at the Estero Beach resort.
Friday drove to Guero Negro, a military base on the 28 parallel.
This town is the closest to the grey whales mating area.
Was woken up by quite revelry @ 5:45am. Louder revelry @ 6am. Did you know that the military had a snooze alarm?
My accomodations were extremely sparse.
A bed and cold shower.
Hit the road early 7am, but lost an hour when I crossed the 28 parralel into the nountain time zone.
Saturday Willow and I had tacos in Mulege, then hit this beach just South of there at Concepcion bay.
Driving is tough in Mexico: no shoulders, on a two lane undivided highway. My strategy was to draft behind a fast local driver. Most of the time it was military humvees, kinda like Joe's personal military escort. Much less mental effort following a large truck and you know they will clear the way.
Sunday I followed a bus doing 120km/h on the 60 km/h road
This is the first beach in Mexico, had to let Willow out.
This was my 4th day driving. After days of 7,8,&9 hours in the truck i decided to make Thursday a short drive. Stopped just south of Ensenada at the Estero Beach resort.
Friday drove to Guero Negro, a military base on the 28 parallel.
This town is the closest to the grey whales mating area.
Was woken up by quite revelry @ 5:45am. Louder revelry @ 6am. Did you know that the military had a snooze alarm?
My accomodations were extremely sparse.
A bed and cold shower.
Hit the road early 7am, but lost an hour when I crossed the 28 parralel into the nountain time zone.
Saturday Willow and I had tacos in Mulege, then hit this beach just South of there at Concepcion bay.
Driving is tough in Mexico: no shoulders, on a two lane undivided highway. My strategy was to draft behind a fast local driver. Most of the time it was military humvees, kinda like Joe's personal military escort. Much less mental effort following a large truck and you know they will clear the way.
Sunday I followed a bus doing 120km/h on the 60 km/h road
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Hydroplaning down Intersate 5 South
Eugene to Sacramento
Drive time 8 hours. Distance 750kms.
Tuesday start 7:52am
Heavy rain
California border
Finally, a hint of sun...
On the Banks of the Sacramento River,
Sacramento, California
Drive time 8 hours. Distance 750kms.
Tuesday start 7:52am
Heavy rain
California border
Finally, a hint of sun...
On the Banks of the Sacramento River,
Sacramento, California
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Storm the border
Vancouver to Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Monday
Got up early and hit the road @ 4:50 am
& reached the Peace Arch border 5:40 am.
2 car line took less than 3 minutes.
Asked for my ID (passport),
Destination (Mexico),
Why I was travelling to Mexico (to learn to Surf)
and my occupation (Photographer).
I said it was my mid life crisis.
The guard looked me over, checked my passport and replied
"You're not even forty, Welcome to the USA."
Total time 1 minute.
Growing up on Vancouver Island I used to listen to Seattle radio, so I tuned into KISW for some morning banter to wake me up. It wasn't Howard Stern but close. Topics ranged from The mighty Seahawks, Martin Luther King day and some guy who died from a perforated colon.
King county was renamed 20 years ago to honour Martin Luther King Jr., stripping the honour from U.S. Vice President William Rufus Devane King for which it was originally named. He was VP when Washington became a state in 1852. Apparently he owned slaves. It is my understanding that Washington did as well. Maybe they should rename the state, too? The debate was over spending $600,000 to change the county logo from a Crown to a likeness of MLK Jr.
The dead guy died painfully from internal bleeding after paying cash to allow a horse to have sex with him.
The horse is fine and available on match.com.
(KISW's joke not mine)
Enough american culture, besides Seattle radio was fading out so I fired up a MP3 disc with 104 songs and put my right foot down.
Willow got comfortable
And we got to Eugene by 11:45 am and hit the Best Buy.
Got a 30gig Video Ipod for US$299 plus no tax.
I'll review my favourite new technotoy later,
suffice to say it rocks!
Checked into a motel across from the University
of Oregon with a Mexican restaurant next door.
Drive time 7 hours. Distance 660kms. Dinner Tacos Asado.
Walked the dog along the Willamette river and she chased a raccoon into the water. The wet little guy was pissed and hissing up a storm, clinging to some branches on the riverbank. Sorry.
Willow thought that was fun.
Monday
Got up early and hit the road @ 4:50 am
& reached the Peace Arch border 5:40 am.
2 car line took less than 3 minutes.
Asked for my ID (passport),
Destination (Mexico),
Why I was travelling to Mexico (to learn to Surf)
and my occupation (Photographer).
I said it was my mid life crisis.
The guard looked me over, checked my passport and replied
"You're not even forty, Welcome to the USA."
Total time 1 minute.
Growing up on Vancouver Island I used to listen to Seattle radio, so I tuned into KISW for some morning banter to wake me up. It wasn't Howard Stern but close. Topics ranged from The mighty Seahawks, Martin Luther King day and some guy who died from a perforated colon.
King county was renamed 20 years ago to honour Martin Luther King Jr., stripping the honour from U.S. Vice President William Rufus Devane King for which it was originally named. He was VP when Washington became a state in 1852. Apparently he owned slaves. It is my understanding that Washington did as well. Maybe they should rename the state, too? The debate was over spending $600,000 to change the county logo from a Crown to a likeness of MLK Jr.
The dead guy died painfully from internal bleeding after paying cash to allow a horse to have sex with him.
The horse is fine and available on match.com.
(KISW's joke not mine)
Enough american culture, besides Seattle radio was fading out so I fired up a MP3 disc with 104 songs and put my right foot down.
Willow got comfortable
And we got to Eugene by 11:45 am and hit the Best Buy.
Got a 30gig Video Ipod for US$299 plus no tax.
I'll review my favourite new technotoy later,
suffice to say it rocks!
Checked into a motel across from the University
of Oregon with a Mexican restaurant next door.
Drive time 7 hours. Distance 660kms. Dinner Tacos Asado.
Walked the dog along the Willamette river and she chased a raccoon into the water. The wet little guy was pissed and hissing up a storm, clinging to some branches on the riverbank. Sorry.
Willow thought that was fun.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Markers, Directives
One Canadian Dollar = .859 US$
One Canadian Dollar = 8.756 Peso$
Saturday's rates @ The Vancouver Bullion and Currency exchange.
Actually, a tad better than my bank.
OK, Fully funded in the home currencies of my journey.
I've got back up credit cards, but I should hide those.
One of the directives of this trip is to spend cash only!
1. When cash is gone, must come home...
"Stay on target, check those corners"
2. Stop and Smell the roses... and PHOTOGRAPH'em!
A daily chore and update the blog of course.
Sunday, watching football and cleaning and packing my rig.
Bag o'clothes
Camera gear
Laptop
High Def Projector
(SuperBowl & the Olympics on the deck overlooking the Sea Of Cortez)
Expresso machine & grinder
(I know, the grinder is excessive, I could just take ground beans. ;)
Dog food, dish and dog bed
Sleeping bag and goretex shell for outdoor sleeping
rope, spare oil, fully charged back up battery, tire repair kit, spotlight,
36 litres of Fiji water, bag o' books
3. Read books.
Lonely Planet USA, Lonely Planet Baja,
Hunter: The Strange & Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson
by E. Jean Carrol
I'm fairly certain this one doesn't include the shotgun ending.
The Zen of Living & Dying by Philip Kapleau
The Craft of Modular Post and Beam by James Mitchell
This should help me with my designs for my new loft studio. :)
PADI open water diver manual
You forget everything if you don't use it. Time to brush up.
On Equilibrium by John Raulston Saul
I've taken this book to Cancun 3 times and have only read two thirds of it.
Smart,deep but hard reading for my short attention span.
OK, trucks loaded. Full tank o' gas.
1 Litre 87 octane = 87.4 cents Canadian
Ready, Set, Go. :)
One Canadian Dollar = 8.756 Peso$
Saturday's rates @ The Vancouver Bullion and Currency exchange.
Actually, a tad better than my bank.
OK, Fully funded in the home currencies of my journey.
I've got back up credit cards, but I should hide those.
One of the directives of this trip is to spend cash only!
1. When cash is gone, must come home...
"Stay on target, check those corners"
2. Stop and Smell the roses... and PHOTOGRAPH'em!
A daily chore and update the blog of course.
Sunday, watching football and cleaning and packing my rig.
Bag o'clothes
Camera gear
Laptop
High Def Projector
(SuperBowl & the Olympics on the deck overlooking the Sea Of Cortez)
Expresso machine & grinder
(I know, the grinder is excessive, I could just take ground beans. ;)
Dog food, dish and dog bed
Sleeping bag and goretex shell for outdoor sleeping
rope, spare oil, fully charged back up battery, tire repair kit, spotlight,
36 litres of Fiji water, bag o' books
3. Read books.
Lonely Planet USA, Lonely Planet Baja,
Hunter: The Strange & Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson
by E. Jean Carrol
I'm fairly certain this one doesn't include the shotgun ending.
The Zen of Living & Dying by Philip Kapleau
The Craft of Modular Post and Beam by James Mitchell
This should help me with my designs for my new loft studio. :)
PADI open water diver manual
You forget everything if you don't use it. Time to brush up.
On Equilibrium by John Raulston Saul
I've taken this book to Cancun 3 times and have only read two thirds of it.
Smart,deep but hard reading for my short attention span.
OK, trucks loaded. Full tank o' gas.
1 Litre 87 octane = 87.4 cents Canadian
Ready, Set, Go. :)
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Smile like you mean it
Make your vocation your avocation.
Checkout the grin on Sho, from Shocore @ The Media Club.ca
Friday was super busy tying up loose ends and taking care of clients.
This was the last photo shoot at my MainSpace studio.
I am almost certain that this girl is beautiful.
I love my job, but I keep hearing:
Artist: Placebo
Album: Black Market Music
Title: Slave To The Wage
Run away from all your boredom
Run away from all your whoredom and wave
Your worries and cares
Goodbye
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision to wave
Your worries and cares
Goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Burn away
Run away, run away
Me thinks they are more pessimistic than I, but the tune keeps daring me to go on an adventure...
Checkout the grin on Sho, from Shocore @ The Media Club.ca
Friday was super busy tying up loose ends and taking care of clients.
This was the last photo shoot at my MainSpace studio.
I am almost certain that this girl is beautiful.
I love my job, but I keep hearing:
Artist: Placebo
Album: Black Market Music
Title: Slave To The Wage
Run away from all your boredom
Run away from all your whoredom and wave
Your worries and cares
Goodbye
All it takes is one decision
A lot of guts, a little vision to wave
Your worries and cares
Goodbye
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a maze for rats to try
It's a race, a race for rats
A race for rats to die
Burn away
Run away, run away
Me thinks they are more pessimistic than I, but the tune keeps daring me to go on an adventure...
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Gangs are Bad
Damn clouds, they are assembling in large groups overhead.
Don't get me wrong I like clouds, single clouds whisping through the blue sky.
These oppressive grey clouds are loitering around all day and night congregating in large gangs. They blanket the sky and turn Vancouver from a Penthouse to a basement suite.
4 more sleeps and I'm outta here.
Dreamin' of infinity pools, warm ocean breezes and bikinis.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
23 consecutive rainy days
Vancouver is trying to break the old mark of 28 consecutive days of rain, set in 1953.
I am leaving on Monday. Perfect motivation to drive South.
Got Willow supplies yesterday.
2 months of her favourite dehydrated natural canadian dog food (N-R-G), an extra collar, a harness and some flashing collar lights.
I also got her a life jacket. Not that she can't swim, but I plan to learn how to surf in Cabo and I want to get her up on the board!
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Canadian Winter sets in
Where's Willow? The Fog rolls in at Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
After 10 years running a photo studio @ Mainspace, In Vancouver, it was time to make a move.
Some move, any move.
I could not just watch another rainy winter go by. So I sold the Studio, put the money into Google, and loaded up my SUV for a little adventure.
A little photographic odyssey down the Pacific Coast of North America from Vancouver to Land's end, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Can ya hear Kenny Chesney in the background singing "Beer in Mexico"?
This week is final preparations for the trip. Organizing my camera gear, a laptop, beddings and my espresso machine! Hell, how can ya have good adventure without a triple carmel Mocha to start...
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