Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas — Day Five. Morning walk to get away from work and out of the hotel for a break. Studying the maps I discovered that Cattail Marsh is actually a posh name for a sewage treatment pond.
Fish – Toledo Bend Reservoir, Tourist Information Center, Louisiana.
November 3, 2023 11:59
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana. From the Louisiana Tourist Center, complete with the sounds of an accompanying distant chainsaw. Video: 25 Seconds
November 3, 2023 11:52
Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana. Day Three. Natchitoches, Louisiana to Beaumont, Texas.
November 3, 2023 11:50
US 71 in Louisiana. Day Two. Hot Springs, Arkansas to Natchitoches, Louisiana. +1
November 2, 2023 15:37
Scenic Overlook on Highway 43 near Ponca, Arkansas. One-minute read, +1
November 1, 2023 12:30
Near Gaither Mountain Overlook, Arkansas — The first major scenic overlook of our trip, and well worth the stop. Video: 24 Seconds
November 1, 2023 12:06
Near Gaither Mountain Overlook, Arkansas — The first major scenic overlook of our trip. This is a 180° Panorama, so the image is a bit distorted horizontally. +1
November 1, 2023 12:06
On the road again (Day One) — Near Gaither Mountain Overlook (Arkansas) — The first major scenic overlook of our trip. Two-minute read, +2
November 1, 2023 12:05
Trip: Annular Eclipse — Odessa Texas. The plan is simple. We have set aside three days to drive to Odessa, Texas, which is in the middle of the Annular Eclipse track, where the weather is set to be clear and cold. We’ll watch the eclipse and then spend two or three days driving home. Album: 5 17
October 15, 2023 16:03
Annular Eclipse Timelapse — A series of hand-held photographs of the Annular Eclipse taken by Ginger on her cell phone using a pair of eclipse glasses held in front of the lens.
October 14, 2023 11:45
Eclipse glasses — Ginger and Gary ready for the annular eclipse, in Odessa, Texas. Annular Eclipse Trip Day Four. 8
October 14, 2023 11:12
Faux Stonehenge Odessa, Texas. We stopped here while scoping out potential places to watch the annular eclipse. We decided this might be too twee and too popular. The eclipse photographers were already gathering. +2
October 13, 2023 18:30
Nowhere – State Highway 206, New Mexico — Day Three. We stopped to grab a quick video of the impressive nothingness here for the folks back home. Within ten minutes a couple of guys (from the buildings you can see in the distance behind the water tank) turned up to check on us. It is not as deserted as it might appear! Video: 30 seconds
October 13, 2023 17:15
The northern edge of the Llano Estacado in New Mexico. On state Highway 469. Annular Eclipse Trip Day Two.
October 12, 2023 17:26
The northern edge of the Llano Estacado in New Mexico. On state Highway 469.
October 12, 2023 17:25
Scenic stop — If we’d checked the map, we would have discovered an amphitheater nearby. On state Highway 469.
October 12, 2023 17:22
The northern edge of the Llano Estacado in New Mexico. On state Highway 469.
October 12, 2023 17:21
Canadian River, south of Logan, New Mexico.
October 12, 2023 16:24
Ginger sitting on the edge of the bluff overlooking the Canadian River, south of Logan, New Mexico.
October 12, 2023 16:23
Day Two — Canadian River Railroad Bridge. Logan, New Mexico. We spent last night in Dodge City, then headed down to Texas, went across Texas and into New Mexico. And why not? It bagged me a new state.
October 12, 2023 16:22
Day One — Annular Eclipse Trip. The plan is simple. We have set aside three days to drive to Odessa, Texas, which is in the middle of the Annular Eclipse track, where the weather is set to be clear and cold. We’ll watch the eclipse and then spend two or three days driving home. +2
October 11, 2023 17:51
Sparkle Zone color. There’s a reason why we call this room of our house the ‘Sparkle Zone.’ +1
October 10, 2023 16:49
Testing, testing. One, two, three — Two outpatient visits to the hospital today for some tests. Ultrasound in the morning, and my annual cardiology checkup in the afternoon. All my results were good. In a little experiment, I used AI to obfuscate the personal information in the image. It makes a nice change from pixelating it.