Monthly Archives: October 2009

Gorge Lake Dam, outside Newhalem, WA Comments Off

Gorge Lake Dam, outside Newhalem, WA, originally uploaded by courtney johnston.
This was compiled from 4 iPhone pictures.
Newhalem, WA has a visitors center and there’s an outlook along Highway 20 allowing you to get a good view of the dam.

Tulsa State Fair Comments Off

Gondolas, originally uploaded by courtney johnston.
Oklahoma.
I realized something recently. I spent my first 20 years in Oklahoma and only took pictures of people and places that made me happy.
It never occurred to me to take pictures of the forsaken details that I would really miss, like the clouds. Those clouds make putting up with a [...]

JR Hiroshima Station Comments Off

JR Hiroshima Station, originally uploaded by courtney johnston.
While in Japan I fell in love with the rubber stamps posted in the train stations and at important tourist sites and temples.
It became an obsession, finding the stamps or waiting for the hordes of school children to clear out so I could have a chance of stamping [...]

Southfork 4 Boat Launch – Spada Lake, WA 1

Southfork 4 Boat Launch, originally uploaded by courtney johnston.

60 miles outside of Seattle and long after Sultan Basin Road runs out of pavement there is chalky blue Spada Lake.
The driftwood is high and leaves the impression that Spada has been drained to its lowest point of the year. There’s a washout somewhere between 4 and [...]