While visiting the Golden Gate Park I came across this huge antenna that was ruining the scenery.  Anyone know what it is and what is its purpose?  I know that it is an antenna of some kind but why did they put it right in the middle of this beautiful area and not on top of some building?  I snapped this photo with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT using my Canon 28-135mm lens from the lake in the park.  Anyone know anything about this thing I would love to hear about it.

This weekend I had the chance to go to San Francisco and experience some of its beauty.  One thing that I thought was amazing was the Golden Gate Park.  My wife had seen this article in one of the Via (AAA Insurance Magazine) Magazine Issue, where it had this underground garden.  We went to try and find it but had no luck until we were flipping through some street magazine that we picked up while in the town on Friday.  We seen the same thing she was looking for.  We spent the night and went to see it the next day.  We walked over from the lake to see this amazingly long line to enter the garden.  It must have been over a thousand people in it and it wasn’t moving very fast.  Soon after we heard a lady say, “If you don’t already have a ticket then you will not get in.”  So we gave up and explored the rest of the park. Like this tree that I captured with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  There are more things to see so stay tuned. I am planning on trying to go back during the summer or so to take a trip over to Alcatraz and get my ticket ahead of time for the garden.

This is a photo of an orange flower that I took at Lake Tahoe.  I used my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Sigma 70-300mm lens.  I had the lens stuck in the Macro setting and couldn’t get it out so I just shot it the way it was.  My family was in a hurry so I needed to run.  I think the picture came out beautifully.  I am not sure exactly what kind of flower it is but if you know please let me know.  Thanks!

This is a photo of Toulomne Meadows just above Tioga Pass in California.  Very nice place.  It is peaceful and full of fresh air.  I went on a road trip one day and we went over to Yosemite, then up through Tioga Pass and then over to Mammoth Lakes, then over to Lake Tahoe.  It was a long drive but I think it was well worth it.  I took this picture with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and the Canon 17-55mm lens.  

I took this photo with my Minolta Dimage 5 just outside of Palm Springs, California.  This is the famous wind farm that provides power for so many people.  This farm has been seen in a lot of movies like E.T. and so many more.  

This is a photo of a real life oasis.  I took this photo with my Minolta Dimage 5 just outside of Twentynine Palms, California off of 29 Palms Highway.  The oasis is called Fortynine Palms Oasis.  I first seen this place back in 1998 when our Platoon went on a run from the highway to it.  When I first seen it it was amazing.  It had a lot of running water.  My family and I hiked over to it back in 2002 and it seemed like the water had diminished.  It didnt seem as beautiful as it did before.  I plan to go back again someday and take my son to see it. 

This is a photo of a spider that was hanging around in my back yard.  I took this photo with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  

This is a photo that I took with my Minolta Dimage 5.  I took this picture while my family and I were in Palm Springs one weekend.  We hiked up this trail on the north end of town and it was about a mile and a half up to this beautiful waterfall.  We still have to go back to ride on the tram that goes all the way to the top of the point.

Lately, you have probably heard about the crisis in the San Joaquin Valley with its shortage of water.  It is true.  Farmers are not able to irrigate their crops due to a large shortage of water in the valley.  With the approval of the "Speed Train" I am almost certain that funds that provide water to our valley farmers will get cut even more.  But hey, that is okay right!  As long as the people in San Francisco can catch a train to Los Angeles and get there a couple of hours faster than it takes to drive.  Well, if you are someone who is going to be effected by this crisis (which is almost everyone, because without water for these crops there is no food or produce for the rest of the United States.)  then be sure to give your congressman a shout and let them know how you feel.  I took this picture just off the Interstate 5 and Highway 33 turnoff.  I took it with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens.  We had just came back from Hearst Castle and we pulled over to take this beautiful picture.

This photo of this beautiful flower I took with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.  I took this photo with my Canon 28-135mm lens.  This flower was outside of my mother-in-law’s home.  I seen it and it had been growing for some time and I knew it was ready to be photographed when it was in full bloom.  Very beautiful.