Ephemeral View The Blog
Beginning at the Bay
The first new morning of 2022 had us hitching up the house and cruising up to the Northern Coast of California. Beautiful weather carried us out of the desert, over a mountain pass, through...
In the Transition Zone
We recently drove from the south to the north end of Joshua Tree National Park. This is recommended so you can see the transition from low desert, the Sonora, to high desert, the Mojave....
Monochromatic Nomadic
When you take something away, you see what remains with fresh eyes. Removing color reveals light, movement and texture with more clarity. We enjoy seeing the world this way sometimes… and know Ansel did...
Second Spring in the Rockies
After round #2 of the Moderna vaccine (thank you National Guard), we made our farewells to friends in Marathon, prepped Casita Grande and took one last trip down to the Bend, before heading off...
Hidden Treasures
Many before us discovered these precious places. They found them beautiful, fragile, unique, an aid to survival… and then worked to preserve and protect them. Treasures can be found in your own backyard if...
A Sense of Place
One component to this travel journey of ours was to be able to spend a length of time somewhere that we get to know it pretty well. Vacations are wonderful, but they are often...
On the Move
Nature seems easiest to capture when it holds still or moves super slowly. That’s why we have so many beautiful pictures of mountains, skies, trees etc. But we do fancy trying to film wildlife...
Non-Judgement
Right & Wrong. Sometimes it seems so important to define them. It is, however, part of our practice to notice when we might be judging something or someone, so we can recognize that it...
Transition to the High Desert
In some ways, it was hard to believe we had made our home at Enchanted Rock for 8 months. The original plan was for 3 months. But looking back now we find we filled...