Castle Crags and Mt. Shasta (May 2019)

June 19th, 2026 | Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, california, hiking, landscape, mt. shasta, Nikon D500 | Category: Other | Comments Off on Castle Crags

June 18, 2025

Sometime between when I took the above photo and August of 2025, the management of the Western Motel decided to refresh the above sign so that it says “Motel” instead of “M∅T-L”. Adding the “ERN” back after “WEST” was not in the budget.

Google street view capture (August 2025)

Apparently the (partial) sign improvement didn’t help the business as it no longer exists. I’m not sure if the building has been torn down yet.

These places always intrigue me, as we stayed in such motels back in the 1970s when I was a kid. I couldn’t find out much about the history of the Western Motel online, other than the fact that they have finally gone under, and the mayor of Wendover once owned the place. I did find these “blasts from the past” below though.

Western Motel pennant

Western Motel postcard front

Notice that the 2025 sign is a replacement sign for the one in the above postcard. The (now crumbling) raised planter box is the same. I’m guessing the postcard is from the early 1960s (or 1950s). They must have added the “COLOR TV by RCA” around 1970.

Are the 116 and 428 still on the mountain in the background? Barely.

Western Motel postcard back

A phone number of just four numbers? That’s before my time.

June 18th, 2026 | Tags: buildings, nevada, NIKKOR Z 24-200mm f/4-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 6II FX-Format Mirrorless Camera, signs, utah | Category: Other | Comments Off on One year ago today…

…I was cruising around the Westfjords of Iceland in a rented campervan. This photo was from a road called Örlygshafnarvegur shortly before arriving at Látrabjarg.

June 17th, 2026 | Tags: AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR DX lens, landscape, nature, Nikon D500, Westfjords, wildlife | Category: Iceland | Comments Off on Seven years ago today…

Columbia Gorge adjacent

Today’s photo comes from my drive home back in September of 2022. I’d spent the prior night in Spokane, Washington.

June 16th, 2026 | Tags: landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50 | Category: Oregon | Comments Off on Driving home

Teddy Möller (AKA Dr. Ted Killer Miller) of F.K.Ü. (Freddy Krueger’s Ünderwear) @ Getaway Rock Festival (July 9, 2011)

June 15th, 2026 | Tags: concert photography, FKU, getaway rock festival, metal, nikon d7000 | Category: Other | Comments Off on Metal Monday