Perez Studios

Manuel Perez took this photo while in Palm Springs, California during the week of his vacation.  He traveled to the top of Mt. San Jacinto with his wife using the Palm Springs Aerial Tram.  The tram is amazing because it takes you from the bottom of the valley  (Valley Station) which is 2,643ft to the top (Mountain Station) which is 8,516ft in about 10 minutes.  The ride is a little creepy especially when you come to a tower.  This is a photo from within the car looking up at one of the towers along the way. 

Manuel Perez was in Palm Springs celebrating his and his wife’s twelve year anniversary.  Upon arriving at the top of the mountain his wife and him went on a hike down the hill to see some of the snow play activities.  It is amazing how the Tram takes you from the desert weather which is about 60-85 degrees to the top which has weather that is about 20-60 degree difference.  Below is a photo of the snow play area.

This is a photo of a flower that is in the middle of the gardens next to the mission in San Juan Bautista, California.  I went on the field trip with my daughter to view the mission.  It had been more years than I can remember since the last time I have been there.  Very interesting place and lots of history.

This is a photo of a miniature train that my former supervisor was able to get us a ride on a while back.  It is amazing how much detail they put in these trains.  The logs even look like real tree trunks but are actually smaller pieces of wood.  You can see the scale by looking at the people in the background.  If anyone has some similar photos and would like to share them please let me know.

Yosemite is home to some of the biggest trees in the world but if you havent seen them then now is your time to get up there and see it for yourself.  Trees that are so big people back in the day made paths through them to drive.  That is pretty big.  This one here seems to have been dead for some time now.  I think it is about 15 feet high on its side.  I cant imagine how tall it used to be when it was on its base.  I snapped this photo with my Minolta Dimage 5.  

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 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 while traveling to The Grand Canyon in Arizona.  We hiked about a mile and a half down to this tree that was just growing out of this rock.  I knew it was incredible so I had to take the shot.