Brooke Geery

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Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
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States #42-47: OK, AR, AL, MS, GA, TN

Circa 2006 Doing fifty posts (one for each of the states) seems a bit excessive, and as I said, most of them were hit on long distance road trips. That said, I'm going to keep going back in time in the order I hit the states by combining each road trip into one post. A few might get mixed up (like GA, which I visited before this particular trip) but close enough. (more…)
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Ahh…. The Good Old Days

I have a confession to make. I don't really snowboard or skateboard anymore. I mean, I still go snowboarding and skateboarding, but not with the passion and vigor I once did. I guess it's a natural part of getting older, busier, more self-involved, etc., but it seems it may be time to admit this to my 9 readers (up from 7 a few weeks ago!) In high school I went snowboarding every day. Senior year I had my class schedule organized so I was done by 1 pm, giving me a few hours to get up to Killington and hike the pipe or lap the gondola. When we had to…
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Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

States #42-47: OK, AR, AL, MS, GA, TN

Circa 2006 Doing fifty posts (one for each of the states) seems a bit excessive, and as I said, most of them were hit on long distance road trips. That said, I'm going to keep going back in time in the order I hit the states by combining each road trip into one post. A few might get mixed up (like GA, which I visited before this particular trip) but close enough. (more…)
Read More

Ahh…. The Good Old Days

I have a confession to make. I don't really snowboard or skateboard anymore. I mean, I still go snowboarding and skateboarding, but not with the passion and vigor I once did. I guess it's a natural part of getting older, busier, more self-involved, etc., but it seems it may be time to admit this to my 9 readers (up from 7 a few weeks ago!) In high school I went snowboarding every day. Senior year I had my class schedule organized so I was done by 1 pm, giving me a few hours to get up to Killington and hike the pipe or lap the gondola. When we had to…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

States #42-47: OK, AR, AL, MS, GA, TN

Circa 2006 Doing fifty posts (one for each of the states) seems a bit excessive, and as I said, most of them were hit on long distance road trips. That said, I'm going to keep going back in time in the order I hit the states by combining each road trip into one post. A few might get mixed up (like GA, which I visited before this particular trip) but close enough. (more…)
Read More

Ahh…. The Good Old Days

I have a confession to make. I don't really snowboard or skateboard anymore. I mean, I still go snowboarding and skateboarding, but not with the passion and vigor I once did. I guess it's a natural part of getting older, busier, more self-involved, etc., but it seems it may be time to admit this to my 9 readers (up from 7 a few weeks ago!) In high school I went snowboarding every day. Senior year I had my class schedule organized so I was done by 1 pm, giving me a few hours to get up to Killington and hike the pipe or lap the gondola. When we had to…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

States #42-47: OK, AR, AL, MS, GA, TN

Circa 2006 Doing fifty posts (one for each of the states) seems a bit excessive, and as I said, most of them were hit on long distance road trips. That said, I'm going to keep going back in time in the order I hit the states by combining each road trip into one post. A few might get mixed up (like GA, which I visited before this particular trip) but close enough. (more…)
Read More

Ahh…. The Good Old Days

I have a confession to make. I don't really snowboard or skateboard anymore. I mean, I still go snowboarding and skateboarding, but not with the passion and vigor I once did. I guess it's a natural part of getting older, busier, more self-involved, etc., but it seems it may be time to admit this to my 9 readers (up from 7 a few weeks ago!) In high school I went snowboarding every day. Senior year I had my class schedule organized so I was done by 1 pm, giving me a few hours to get up to Killington and hike the pipe or lap the gondola. When we had to…
Read More

Nature’s Majesty: Part 2 — The Redwoods

Despite having my professional-photo-taking significant other in tow, I opted to take self portraits. My epic National Park adventure series continues with Redwoods National park. This time we were on the way to a rail jam in San Francisco and took an extra day to scope some big trees. Word to the wise: the end of October is a GREAT time to visit places that are supposed to be seen in the summer. No tourists! It's almost impossible to get the scale of these things without a person or something else for context. If you squint, you can see little Jared in this one. Fisheye + redwoods = Awesome If…
Read More

States #42-47: OK, AR, AL, MS, GA, TN

Circa 2006 Doing fifty posts (one for each of the states) seems a bit excessive, and as I said, most of them were hit on long distance road trips. That said, I'm going to keep going back in time in the order I hit the states by combining each road trip into one post. A few might get mixed up (like GA, which I visited before this particular trip) but close enough. (more…)
Read More

Ahh…. The Good Old Days

I have a confession to make. I don't really snowboard or skateboard anymore. I mean, I still go snowboarding and skateboarding, but not with the passion and vigor I once did. I guess it's a natural part of getting older, busier, more self-involved, etc., but it seems it may be time to admit this to my 9 readers (up from 7 a few weeks ago!) In high school I went snowboarding every day. Senior year I had my class schedule organized so I was done by 1 pm, giving me a few hours to get up to Killington and hike the pipe or lap the gondola. When we had to…
Read More