Streets of Guanajuato, Mexico

Ashland and Guanajuato share a lot of things in common–art community, university town, valley nestled in mountains, large tourism industry, etc. One thing Guanajuato has that Ashland doesn’t (does any place other than Guanajuato have this?) are the underground roads. Guanajuato’s tunnels sometimes have daylight overhead like the portion of the road in today’s photo.

The tunnels were originally put in place to reduce flooding and a river of water (and sewage) ran through it until 50 years ago. A dam was then built and the previous water channel was converted into a road for vehicles and pedestrians.

Posted on August 13th, 2014 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: buildings, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Subterránea Miguel Hidalgo

La Oreja de Van Gogh (Guanajuato, Mexico)

My first night in Guanajuato and I hadn’t eaten much all day. They don’t serve food on airplanes any more, and I even slept through the drink and nuts they sometimes provide. So I wasn’t going to last long walking the streets of Guanajuato on an empty stomach. I saw the Pirates and Marlins on TV, rain began to fall again, and my decision to eat at this place was decided.

I don’t speak Spanish. My waiter didn’t speak English. Guanajuato style enchiladas sounded good. I ordered an Indio to go with it, thinking it may be an IPA. The waiter seemed to ask if I wanted tomatoes in my Indio. With that I changed my order to Sol. A chicken leg came with my enchiladas.

Frescos on the walls were in a Van Gogh style, and the live music hit the spot. The rain came down so hard that the TVs stopped working. I waited until the rain weakened a bit and then headed back to my hotel.

Posted on August 12th, 2014 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: food, guanajuato mexico, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, photoshop photomerge. Comments Off on Enchiladas Mineras, Guanajuato style

El Meson de los Poetas (hotel) in Guanajuato (Mexico)

This is my fourth time staying in Guanajuato and each time I have lodged at this hotel. This was the first time I ascended to the very back of the property for this view though. Today’s photo is basically a reverse angle, taken a couple hours earlier, of yesterday’s photo.

Posted on August 11th, 2014 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: guanajuato mexico, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on El Meson de los Poetas

Guanajuato, Mexico after the sunset

Posted on August 10th, 2014 under outside of ashland, places. Tags: blue hour, guanajuato mexico, night photography, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Guanajuato Blue Hour

blue bird house (tree swallow)

Posted on August 9th, 2014 under outside of ashland. Tags: beatty, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, wildlife. Comments Off on What are you looking at?

Wehrmacht @ Musichead (Medford, Oregon – 7/10/14)

It’s been nearly a month since Raptor and Wehrmacht buzzed through Southern Oregon. Other than the one photo I posted earlier, I hadn’t looked at those photos until today. Looks like I have a dozen or more decent ones that I need to process…

I’ll get to the rest later. For now I will leave you with this one of the end of the evening. Wehrmacht has a tradition of calling members of the audience to the stage at the end of their set. This makes more sense in venues with a large stage. Musichead’s stage is barely big enough for a small band, let alone audience members and a 5-piece band. However, that didn’t stop Wehrmacht from packing the stage. James Lind, of Sylent Storm, did a fantastic Paul Di’Anno impression as the guest vocalist on this Iron Maiden cover. Members of Raptor can also be seen on stage in this photo.

Posted on August 8th, 2014 under outside of ashland. Tags: concert photography, musichead, Nikon 85mm f/1.8 g lens, Nikon D600, raptor thrash pdx, sylent storm, wehrmacht. Comments Off on Wehrmacht @ Musichead (July 10, 2014)

Denver, Colorado rainbow

I’m away from Ashland again for a couple weeks so I will be dipping into the archives or sharing photos from my trip to Mexico for the time being. Today’s photo is from my stop in Denver yesterday (enroute to Guanajuato, Ashland’s sister city).

Posted on August 7th, 2014 under outside of ashland. Tags: denver colorado, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle Zoom Lens, Nikon D600, rainbow. Comments Off on Rainbow from Coors Field

Rob Wynia of Floater

Floater will be playing at the Historic Rogue Theatre (not the Rogue Music Theater which I saw somewhere else online) in Grants Pass on August 22, 2014.

Posted on August 2nd, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: concert photography, floater, Jefferson State Hemp Expo. Comments Off on Floater returns to Southern Oregon

Ellie chased by a shark?

We’re a long way from Ashland, but tomorrow we will head back to Oregon. For a few of our Hawaii adventures click here.

Posted on July 31st, 2014 under outside of ashland, people. Tags: ellie, Samsung SM-G900V Galaxy S5 cell phone camera. Comments Off on Hawaii’s Kealakekua Bay