A few first photos from - heaven! - Costa Rica. I'm in Guanacaste, in the northwest corner of the country, perched on a hillside overlooking the Pacific. Matt & Ashlee's families have graciously flown me down for what is going to be an absolutely beautiful wedding: twenty people and a beach. More to come...
The drive to New Mexico.
Traveling east to Albuquerque on one of my favorite roads in the country: route 60 from Springerville, Arizona. Needing an astronomy fix after leaving Kitt Peak, I stopped at the Very Large Array in west-central New Mexico. As wondrous as it was to see miles of radio telescopes listening to something far far away, I was only there for an hour or two, and I couldn't help but miss the rhythm of my time at the observatory. Nothing quite compares.
Two hours off the mountain.
I had all these plans. I'd spent time in Tucson before (almost moved there 16 years ago) and I was excited to visit favorite spots: Gates Pass, Antigone Books, all the vintage clothing stores on 4th, the Donut Wheel, etc. So the day after I arrived at Kitt Peak Don said, "Let me know when you'd like to go somewhere." I just looked at him. Leave the quiet paradise of the mountain for the crazy world below? No way. I didn't even go to the Center for Creative Photography. (I know, I know... just shoot me.)
We did, however, spend a bit of time at the San Xavier Mission while on a grocery run...
