2022-06-05 - Pacific Crest Trail

Hiking north from the intersection of the PCT and Soledad Canyon Road.  This 2,650 mile long trail runs from the Mexican border to just past the border of Canada.

2022-06-05 - Devil's Punchbowl 

This amazing splash of sloped rock with a deep canyon in the bottom.

2022-06-04 - Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead 

A vast bowl of God's created beauty set in the Sierras at 9,800ft in elevation.

2022-06-04 - Owens Valley

On our way to the Cottonwood Lakes Trailhead, we stopped on the side of the mountain we were driving up to fly over the Owens Valley.

2022-06-03 - Trail of the 100 Giants 

The park in the Sequoia National Forest is totally surrounded by areas devastated by fire, yet this park was saved.

2022-06-02 - Lockwood Valley Road

This lonely spot between Frazier Park and Ojai, where I photographed the sunset a while ago.

2022-06-02 - Campo Alto Campground

On the west side of Mt. Pinos, at approximately 8,100ft in elevation.

2022-06-02 - Elderberry Forebay

Also on the old Ridge Route, this reservoir is above Castaic Lake.  They let water flow from Pyramid Lake through pipes to this lake to generate electricity, then use about a 1/3 of that power to pump the water back up.

2022-06-02 - Old Ridge Route

The old Ridge Route going north from Castaic, CA to Gorman, CA.

2022-05-14 - Skull Hollow Nature Trail @ Oologah Lake

Flying out over the lake to get a good view of the sunrise.

2022-02-14 - Mt. Laguna 

Flying out to see towards the Anza-Borrego Desert from the Pacific Crest Trail.

2022-02-12 - Red Rock Canyon 

Exploring what I thought was a dead-end canyon.  There's more to it when you can see it from a higher perspective.

2022-01-29 - Tallgrass Prairie Preserve 

I was flying my drone and lost it.  Click on the pic to read the whole story.

2022-01-04 - Williams Tower 

I was asked to video this "lift" of some steel going into a pergola project at the Williams Tower in downtown Tulsa.  The wind was blowing at 18+mph and the drone was self-adjusting to compensate.

2022-01-03 - Basden Steel Oklahoma

A fly-by of the place where I work.  Been at this location since 2003.  We build "structural steel" which is a fancy way of saying we build buildings.

2022-01-02 - Flying at Bryan and Megan's house

Flying at Bryan's today.  Just more practice, testing some of it's features.  Took it up to it's upper limit, and when we were flying south we received warnings about a restricted zone (airport).  The gimbles work great.

2021-12-29 - Sunset at work

Had my new drone (DJI Mini 2) at work and was showing it to a couple of my co-workers.  One of them suggested I give it the first flight at that time.  This is the result.

2021-12-03 - Yacolt Recreation Park

Went to Washington to visit Joey and Jen and our grandbabies.  First afternoon there Joey and I went to the park to fly the drone.

2021-10-30 - Shiprock National Natural Landmark

This was the last of 4 sites that dad and i visited today.  My intent was to be here a little before sunset and it worked out perfectly.  The dike, running north and south, leads up to the monolith itself.

2020-02-06 - Dehy Park, Independence, CA

Very windy and a rough landing.  I bounced the drone on the ground when I was landing and it flipped.  You can see it in the video and also when I picked it up and turned it over.

2020-01-26 - First drone flight

A little confusing to follow the instructions, and a compulsive need to be able to watch the drone itself, made it very hard to fly.  In time I would come to trust what I was seeing on the controller.