King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard @ Edgefield (September 11, 2024)

…I was more wet in my clothes than at any other time in my life.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard started the night off with the song “The Dripping Tap” which includes the lyric “the dripping tap won’t be turned off by the gods up above us”, and they weren’t wrong. Over an inch of rain fell during their set, and while an inch doesn’t sound like much, it meant that we were standing in several inches of water. Basically the venue turned into a pond or stream, depending on where exactly you were standing.

I was never so happy and miserable at the same time. I also learned that waterproof gear is only temporarily waterproof in certain conditions.

And the setlist? Three songs off of “PetroDragonic Apocalypse” and two off of “Infest the Rats’ Nest” made for a very metal evening.

Posted on September 11th, 2026 under Oregon. Tags: concert photography, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, metal, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z 50 Z50, portland. Comments Off on Two years ago today…

Green Lakes Trail (August 2026)

Posted on September 10th, 2026 under Oregon. Tags: Central Oregon, hiking, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii. Comments Off on Fall Creek

Kangaroo Lake from Fen Trail (August 30, 2026)

There is camping at Kangaroo Lake, and the road to it is completely paved.

Posted on September 3rd, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, hiking, landscape, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii. Comments Off on Kangaroo Lake

San Francisco Sea Lions (August 2026)

Posted on September 1st, 2026 under Other. Tags: california, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, san francisco, wildlife. Comments Off on SkyStar Wheel from Pier 39

Beacon Grand Hotel from Cartwright Hotel (August 2026)

We just returned from a two-night visit to San Francisco. The Cartwright Hotel was our lodging place, and they had us on the top floor in the fire escape room, which meant we could go out onto the fire escape for this view.

This brought back a ton of memories as I used to go to the Sir Francis Drake Hotel (now called the Beacon Grand Hotel) in the 1980s to obtain autographs of the Cincinnati Reds players.

Posted on August 29th, 2026 under Other. Tags: buildings, california, Nikon NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VR lens, Nikon Z50ii, san francisco. Comments Off on View from Cartwright Hotel