Arizona Vacation - Day Three

Not far from where we stayed was an old west town called Goldfield Ghost Town. We decided to pack a picnic lunch and spend the day there. 

This Cactus was HUGE!

I love these clay ornaments hanging up on the porch of one of the shop.  I loved the rustic colors in this picture. 

This neat sign was posted on the church. 

This is one of my favorite shots of the day. I love how the cactus adds so much to this picture.

Had to take a picture of this Victorian style house. I love the winding staircase.

My sister dragged me into the reptile exhibit with her.  We saw over ten different species of Rattlesnakes, a Cobra, and many other creepy crawlies that gave me the shivers.  

The Gold field Jail.    

I thought these glass cactuses in in the gift shop were pretty.

Arizona Vacation - Day Two

Our second day in Arizona we headed off to spend the day in town. I'm getting pretty good at taking pictures while the car is driving. I snapped the picture above while in the car.

We visited a huge flea market.  It was called the Mesa Market. We each found some treasures, but we mostly just enjoyed browsing all the merchandise. This table of rocks caught my attention.

My sister found brownies!  She didn't buy them but she wanted to.

Later in the evening my Grandpa introduced us to his favorite sport - Pickle Ball.

My brother is being silly, as always.

Apparently in the picture above my sister is booing someone.

My sister is so photogenic.  I'm always taking pictures of her.

The sunset was so pretty at our campground. 

My Favorite Place - The Ocean

My favorite place has always been and will always be the ocean. Okay, maybe not always. I love other places just as much but there is something about the ocean that makes me happy. The feel of your feet in warm sand, the sound of waves crashing onto the shore, and the vibrant colors as the sun sets.

We just got home from spending two nights at the coast with some friends and I've been busy editing all the pictures I took.

Your can't go to the ocean without watching the sun set and for once there was no fog ruining this experience.

I got these sunglasses at walmart for $5.  They are so cute and I love how reflective the lens are.  Been wanting to take a picture like this for a while.  

My sister found this neat shell like thing and I couldn't help but take a picture of it.

The sunset wasn't as stunning as I wanted but what can you do.  You get what you get.  I boosted the saturation and it looks better.  I love the bluffs fading in the background.

This was in the other direction away from the sunset. I love how the longer shutter speed blurred the water.

I am extremely proud of this shot.  I did photoshop the volley ball in.  I've always wanted to capture an amazing silhouette and well, here it is.  beach volleyball at sunset.

Finally Another Post...

Well, it seems I've either been not taking pictures or neglecting this blog.  I've been taking pictures so, yeah, I guess that means I've been neglecting  this blog. Sorry.

The last few months have been crazy, busy and so much fun, but now I'm back to my slow and not busy life. Okay fine, that's just sounds depressing.  I have a great life, really.

Anyway, here's some pictures that I've taken in the past few weeks.  We've been getting some rain, flowers are starting to bloom (and die), and my family went on a camping trip. 

And I promise I'll try to post more to this blog in the future.

We have a rose bush that has so many roses's and they are all starting to bloom.  There's at least ten roses bloomed at the same time.  It's so pretty.

We've been getting lot's of rainy days which is so weird cause it's June.  But we need the rain so bad so it's very welcome.  And it gives me a chance to wear my rain boots.

We went to Tahoe and Fallen Leaf Lake for a camping trip.  It was so nice and relaxing.

My brother's dog Shasta loved the beach

The mountains around lake Tahoe.  Tahoe is so low :o we need water.

You can't go camping without roasting marshmallow's as family.  Yum!  They tasted so good!!!