To say photography has enriched my life would be an understatement. I have been to and experienced places I would normally not have gone to. I have learned to see things differently and be more aware of my surroundings. Most of all, I have met wonderful people who have become dear friends.
I was out with three friends during this road trip to we don’t know where. Three women of various ages, but with one goal–to have fun! Yes, photography is just an enjoyable means of having fun. We are serious about our photography, but not that serious that it is all consumable.
And, when women drive and shoot together there’s a major amount of talking and laughter. This road trip was no different.
In my previous post, we covered Winters, St. Helena and whatever we could find in between. In this post we visited Calistoga, Geyserville, Clearlake, Rumsey, Guinda and Cash Creek Casino. To be honest, I’m not sure I have images from each of these places, but we did drive through and sometimes stop at each of these towns or along the road side.
In the end, we were tired and weary, but joyful. We were grateful for an amusing day with dear friends. When I got home and uploaded my pictures, I was able to relive the day.
Yes, photography has enriched my life. It is now my passion.
Oh, I wish I could remember the name of this town. These are message trees where people leave notes.
This tag is on a tree that asks what do you want. Tags are inside the barrel.
Wine anyone.
A small part of an old mural covering the entire side of a store.
What’s on the other side of the yellow door?
An orange entrance to a shop.
This town had cute sculptures in some houses’ front yards. Here’s a cute monster.
This one is made from bicycle wheels.
A closer look.
I don’t know what to call this bird except cute!
Here we are in Clear Lake.
It was beautiful.
But the lake wasn’t clear. Still very a photographer’s delight.
Lines, lines and shadows.
This was taken off the Rumsey Bridge. An old bridge that was down to the rusted re-bar in some places.
These does were spotting as we were driving off the Cache Creek Casino property.
The property is beautiful.