#beyondcrowds

Following the shoreline

Big Lake, Alaska

We spent the weekend watching rafts of sea lions swim by the deck.

Orca Island, Humpy Cove, Alaska

Woven earth

Malaspina Glacier

Nothing here but these mountains and this Earth. Guess we better drill baby drill.

Ribdon River Valley, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Cloudy days are also nice

Yakutat, Alaska

Late in the day

Mt. Spurr, Alaska

Emergent

Glen Alps, Alaska

Tour to the top

Manitoba Mountain, Alaska

Miles and miles

Manitoba Mountain, Alaska

Came the winter witch

Turnagain Pass, Alaska

Glorious long ice skate on perfect ice on New Years Day, though the sounds the ice was making as it warmed up were terrifying.

Eklutna Lake, Alaska

“He told us another day that views are really crowds – crowds of trees and houses and hills – and are bound to resemble each other, like human crowds – and that the whole power they have over us is sometimes supernatural, for the same reason. … For a crowd is more than the people who make it up.” ~E. M. Forster
Chugach National Forest, Alaska (top)
Los Angeles, California (bottom)

The mystique felt thin, but it was definitely present.

Los Angeles, California

My favorite words.

Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California

This water feature through the gardens at the Getty was one of my favorite parts of L.A.

The Getty, Los Angeles, California

Nowhere to go but …

With a 50 mm lens, this is basically bird harassment.

San Francisco, California

Unnamed peaks in the Chugach

Hope, Alaska

There’s a lot more than termination dust hanging around these days.

Hope, Alaska

Sometimes you need to make a plan to wander.

Hope, Alaska