Anza Borrego Vacation

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Stephanie and I just returned from Anza Borrego where we camped at Coyote Canyon for two nights and spent one night in Fish Creek and Olla Wash. The weather was dramatic and cold for the first day and got progressively warmer. The last night I took pictures using the bulb or open shutter under a glorious full moon. I was amazed with the results. The color is a little soft and grainy but the look is surreal. I stood outside in my bare feet braving the scorpions at 2 A.M. to take some of these pictures of our surroundings.
Coyote Canyon Vista in Anza Borrego Desert State Park on a cold afternoon March 23,2005. Posted by Hello

A smoke tree in Sandstone Canyon Posted by Hello

An unusual anticline geological formation in Split Mountain, Anza Borrego Desert State Park Posted by Hello

A stereo image of Sandstone Canyon Posted by Hello

2 A.M. under a full moon and the hils of Olla Wash in Fish Creek. Posted by Hello

Night time with Stephanie sleeping in the tent. Posted by Hello

The Murano under the moonlight Posted by Hello

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