… or how to fill a memory card from just one location. I could have stayed and photographed from here, on this day, all day.
And last one. (I took dozens, whittled it down to 8, then had battery issues, so got it down to 5.)
Okay, now the fun part. Vote for your favorite. If you feel like it, tell me why it is your favorite in the comments below. If not, then your vote is completely anonymous, even to me!
I don’t know about where you are, but it has been mighty cold up here all day. Have been inside, running the heater to stay warm. BUT my internet seems to be cooperating at the moment, so will upload a few of the photos I took on Wednesday of the incredible wildflower displays.
I also have photographs of owl’s clover, lupine, vetch, indian paintbrush, and others. It is hard to keep up with all the wildflowers in bloom right now!
Until I get permission from Cal-Trans to post the photos I want of Pitkins (it is in process), I thought I’d issue a reminder that the Summer contest for the bigsurkate header photograph is approaching.
The “theme” is again quite broad – “Summer.” The photograph must have been taken in Big Sur, from Mal Paso Creek to San Carpoforo. Summer can mean many things, including tourists, traffic jams, fire, lazy afternoons, jammed up tourist venues, and, of course, coastal fog. Only landscape format (horizontal) will be accepted, and remember, the final, winning photograph will be cropped to fit the header space provided, so keep that in mind when shooting, or submitting your photograph.
Photos can be submitted to kwnovoa@mac.com in jpg format from now until June 10th. No photographs will be accepted after midnight, PDT on June 10th. The winning photograph will be posted to the header on or about June 21st, the summer solstice.
The panel of judges will narrow the field down to approximately 10-12 photographs, and then readers will have a chance to vote for their favorite, as last time. Have fun, and let’s see what you got!
All the following photographs were taken by Rock Knocker on May 11, 2010. He promised me he would go every month or so, with his hard hat and vest, and take more so we can all follow this amazing engineering feat, which started construction November 30, 2009, and is predicted to take four years.
Few of us could ever hope to get shots like this, and even fewer would ever get permission to do so. Thanks, Rock Knocker!
And it looks like this:
It even has its own Motel 6:
Not that I’d want to stay there, even with the view!
Here is the new city from a longer perspective:
My internet has gone wonkers on me this evening, and I have quite a few more photographs to post. I will have to add them tomorrow, as I have reached my patience limit tonight.
The two work platforms (and no, it is not the start of the bridge construction, that will be a while coming) are depicted here:
Here is the south work platform:
Here is the north work platform. Note the people for perspective. That is a 150 TON crane sitting on the platform!
This post is a “work in progress.” I will be uploading more photos as the internet goddess allows.
This “box” is 50 feet by 50 feet. Inside you see a remotely operated excavator. It has the drill on, and the plan is to drill a number of 5 ft. square holes, to an unknown depth, which will then provide support columns to anchor the south end of the bridge. This 50×50 foot box will then be filed completely with 5 ft. of cement.
This is the head honcho on this project. Rock Knocker told me his name … but I failed to write it down.
Tomorrow, I will post some Cal-Trans photos of the slip out in 2000 which lead to this project. I am also searching for the rendering of the project, which I have seen, and participated in (along with the rock shed at Rain Rocks) as part of the Aesthetic and Design Committee.
We are wrapping up our wonderful trip, and had a great luau last night. All the May birthdays were requested to get up on stage and do the hula. I tried to pass, but Debbie and Rose would not let me. I also got snagged by the MC to sing a song in Hawaiian – that was hilarious. I tried to get out of it, but *he* wouldn’t let me. They took photos of both events. IF I decide to post them, they will be on my travel page in a couple weeks. (I have to get them, first!) In the meantime, here are some photos of last night’s luau.
Photos from around the Grand Hyatt
Just another day in paradise …
Today may have been the highlight of the trip … and what a trip it was. I missed photographing the dolphins jumping out of the water along side the boat, but I got so many other great photos, I don’t know which to post, so here are a few random shots.
We saw tons of them. We also saw the giant sea turtles, but they were shy.
and yes, the water really is that color. It is amazing.
What they forgot to tell me was that there would be a wet T-shirt competition, and I was it! Wonderfully exhausting day.
As I said, one of you was very close, but we are not on the island of Hawaii, only in the state of …
And this is our view from the lanai.
This is the plantation where we had Sunday brunch.
This is near Spouting Horn.
This is the view from the hotel lobby.
And I took the back road (I always find the back roads) to Lihu’e and saw some incredible views.
My internet is very slow and unreliable, and I refuse to pay the $15.50 a day the hotel charges, so photos only as is possible.
Thanks for playing along with me, and I hope to be able to continue posting while I am gone. I am checking in with Big Sur events and weather, and am sorry it has been cold, windy and rainy there this week, but I have sure been enjoying the sun and warmth! Aloha!
It is an island … and it is in the Pacific … and one of you is very close, but not quite accurate.
These are all over the island, as well as wild chickens.
And this was at the Plantation where we had Sunday Brunch. Tomorrow, I reveal my whereabouts.
