Category: photography

A beautiful day at the Great Race Place…

Oh, that Art Deco glory…

They’re at your service!

This oddly perspective-d mural has been there as long as I can remember…

Behold, the scorched earth of the Eaton Canyon Fire.

In the shadow of the burned hills, the races go on!

Lead ponies…

The beautiful Clubhouse…

Johnny Longden, Bill Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay, and Chris McCarron. The greats. I was privileged to see them all. Well, I saw Longden present a trophy, so that counts.

The statuary is just one of the elements that makes this place such a treasure…

An olive tree that’s probably original to the place…

Zenyatta, the Queen of Racing…

Carriage horse Sally getting a foot bath…

Palm Springs: The Tramway

Want to take a virtual ride on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway?

There was snow at the top. Look at all of it!

The San Andreas Fault runs across the bottom of those hills on the opposite side of the valley.

That’s Palm Springs down there.

On a clear day, you can see the mountains just outside of Las Vegas. Is that them way over there? I have no idea. Let’s pretend that it’s true!

There’s supposed to be lots of these guys around, but very well-behaved fellow in the lobby was the only one that we saw.

The tram takes you to Mountain Station on Mt. San Jacinto. Lots of people were on the little paved trail. They were having a great time going down, but a hell of a time coming back up. The air is thin at 8,500 feet.

This is the sight that greets you as you head down. Somehow the downhill journey is more troubling than the uphill ride.

Palm Springs: Let’s Try This Again

For realz!

This is the Palm Springs Tourist Office. But it used to be a gas station. I mean, look at it. It’s a hell of a thing.

“Hyperbolic paraboloid” seems an appropriately grand description.

This is the view from the parking lot. How beautiful is that? Look at the colors!

Yeah, we’ll be going up to the top of one of those peaks on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which I remembered being insanely steep and close to some craggy cliff faces. I remembered correctly.