Thank you for looking at my pictures. I am not a photographer, just a button pusher.

At the age of 61, I had a stroke, and had to re-learn everything all the way back to Elementary School.After my stroke, I had a different perspective of life. I knew (still do) that I could have another stroke (or anything else) at the next breath. I wanted a photo for everything that I haven’t seen before, and it will never see it the same way again.

When I was a child, some of the parents and teachers said, “You can do anything!” What happens if it is true? I wanted to find out if it was really true. I had nothing to lose.

I never had a real vacation. I wanted to take a road trip to see the Rocky Mountains. Everybody told me that, “You cannot do this.” Everybody said it was impossible.

I created a 45 day solo road trip through the U.S., with no itinerary, through many National Parks and Monuments, and things to do between the landmarks.

I needed it to record the journey with a camera, but never had a real camera. I searched the largest zoom in a point-to-shoot, it was a Nikon Coolpix P900; from 24mm-2000mm, which is a lot. (After the 4th road trip, I got the P1000 which has a range from 24mm-3000mm.) In the 3rd-5th road trips, I was solo with my PTSD Service Dog. The cameras are smarter than me; so, everything was in Auto Focus.

That is why photography is priceless. I compose them (hopefully) that could be re-experiencing them and just documented what I saw.

I traipsed through the United States, particularly the West, acting like 6 year old kid, seeing everything, and pushing the button, repeatedly. No Photoshop. Nothing fancy at all. Just experiencing the journey.

Comments are welcome!

Happy Trails!!