2018 thus far I was expecting this year to be a whole lot better for me than what has happened. The reason is because of the odd decade phenomenon, that I have noticed over the years. In my 30 th decade of life I divorced from my first marriage – not a good thing. In my 50 th decade of life I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. So, this being an even decade I was not expecting any big life changing negative events. But … In February my neurologist did not raise my medication for my PD symptoms. I was expecting to get an increase in my medication since my off-time was starting to increase and I was having trouble sleeping through the night. For those of you who do not know what off-time means it is when my medication wears off between medication dosages and my PD symptoms begin to show. When this has happened in the past the neurologist always raised the dosage. In April Vicki and I took the...
This day began with me getting up in the morning 5:30am for sunrise pictures in Big Bend. I went to Sotol Vista. It looked like an interesting sunrise position, but the sun did not do much. Below are a few pictures from there: Next on our agenda was to drive the river road in Big Bend Ranch State Park. This is a drive on TX 170 from Lajitas to Presidio. A couple of people, we have met on the way, highly recommended it. It runs along the Rio Grande through the mountains. You may or may not know, Max is a bit spoiled. When he goes for a car ride, he has to have the window open so he can stick his head out the window. He does this even at 60 mph. When I get back from sunrise pictures, Vicki and I eat breakfast and prepare for the drive. The plan was to go to Presidio, eat, grocery shop and return. Of course we would stop on the way and I would take some pictures. We take off around 11:30pm and get to t...
We take-off from Scottsdale went pretty smoothly. We only forgot a few things. We get to the GCNP in early afternoon and try to check-in. Of course, they don't have our room ready and we go out to lunch: The Arizona Vicki at the Arizona The waiter, whose name was Erik and has spent 20+ years in GCNP was very helpful as to where take pictures. Most of what he told me I had read, but he helped me decide where I wanted to go. We eventually get into our room. It is described as a standard room with a partial view: Room View Not a bad partial view. I spend some time trying to figure out where to go for sunset pictures. I finally decide on Hopi Point and it is relatively close. In all my readings they suggest getting there 1-1/2 hours early, which would mean around 5:45pm. To make sure you get a spot and the lighting is a good. I think I got there around 5pm. I happen to own two cameras, so after a while ...
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