beyond crowds

a non-chronological journal, sort of

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Following the shoreline

Big Lake, Alaska

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

Orca Island, Humpy Cove, Alaska

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Woven earth

Malaspina Glacier

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

Ribdon River Valley, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

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Cloudy days are also nice

Yakutat, Alaska

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Late in the day

Mt. Spurr, Alaska

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Emergent

Glen Alps, Alaska

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Tour to the top

Manitoba Mountain, Alaska

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Miles and miles

Manitoba Mountain, Alaska

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Came the winter witch

Turnagain Pass, Alaska

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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

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"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)

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The mystique felt thin, but it was definitely present.

Los Angeles, California

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My favorite words.

Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, California

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

The Getty, Los Angeles, California

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Nowhere to go but ...

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

San Francisco, California