The End of the Road

After picking-up where I left off on the Californian border last year, I continued my journey down Route 66, travelling through the Mojave desert and finally found myself at the end of the road in Santa Monica.



Santa Monica marks the end of the 2448 miles of the original Mother Road from Chicago to LA. Having driven along all the remaining road surface, there was a certain melancholy on reaching the Pacific.


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Highlights from Fall in New England

The 2 weeks I spent shooting the Fall Foliage in New England was amazing... though it's taken a little longer than that to get the results edited!

Click here for some highlights!

From Big to Small...

Compared to Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon should hardly be called "canyon"!

In places it's only a shoulder's width, which can make both photographing and just enjoying it a little tricky at times.

Having said that, it is one of the few places (along with it's much bigger cousin) that really lives up to the hype, and received "wows" from every single person in our Navajo escorted visit.

Grand Canyon!

This is the Hole-in-the-Ground to end all Holes-in-the-Ground!

When you first see it, the scale really takes your breath away. But it's not long before you find yourself running around, trying to get that interesting tree in shot, along with the amazing view and the pink sky... then your breath gets taken away again when you realise how stupidly near the edge you are!

... and now a Meteorite Impact!

This huge hole in the Arizona desert was made by the impact of a meteorite some 50,000 years ago. The meteorite was around 50m diameter, producing this crater of about 1,200m in diameter and 170m deep.

Imagine the result of such an impact today, in a more populated area.

Dinosaurs Run Amok...

Shocking scenes today, in Holbrook Arizona, as dinosaurs run amok.

Authorities warned all mannequins not to go out alone, while on the plains, a triceratops was the latest victim of the marauding T-Rex!

RedTop Diner on Route 66

Many thanks to Jerry Ueckert (pictured) for inviting me over to his newly restored Valentine Diner, in Edgewood, NM. Once there were 1000's of these pre-fabricated Diners around the US, now there are fewer than 20. For more information on Valentine Diners, click here and here.

A River Runs Through It

Finally found some consistent Fall Foliage yesterday.

Maine was beautiful, but too many evergreen trees in the forest for that cliché hillside of colour.

On the other hand, the White Mountain Forest here in New Hampshire (State Moto "Live Free or Die"... which is nice!) is amazing.

I had a lot of fun down by the Swift River for this shot.

I'll be heading back there over the next couple of days, for some under-the-canopy pictures.

Gorgeous!!!

... well, that's the only way to describe much of New England!

This was taken outside Newport, Rhode Island, just as the sun was coming up.

Today I'm in Maine. The weather's not so pretty, so it's going to be a day of research. They say the sun will be back tomorrow, so I'm looking forward to more gergeousness, this time with Fall Foliage!