Remember the time I almost got locked in a state park overnight?

haha.  yeah, that was great.


Yesterday was a very full day.  I started with Photowalk El Paso -- short and sweet, but lots of good shots!  After lunch and a little regroup I headed along El Paso's Mission Trail, with stops at Ysleta Mission, Socorro Mission, and the Presidio Chapel of San Elizario.



Towards sunset I headed up Transmountain Road and enjoyed some of the most stunning views in El Paso.  I headed into Franklin Mountains State Park in search of a beautiful sunset vantage point.  I had a couple of adventures while in the state park... first off, during a trip to a park restroom, I saw a scorpion crawling around in a trash can.  How he got there and how he hoped to get out, I have no idea.  I left him happily exploring a dirty diaper -- the things we see while we're on the road! 



The sunset was incredible.  I found a gorgeous spot with no one else around but a noisy rattlesnake somewhere nearby (I never did see him, but I kept an eye out) and sat for over an hour enjoying the view.  Its amazing how rarely during normal daily life that we make time to do something like watch the sun set.  


Just after the sun went down past the horizon, I made my way out of the park and found myself on the inside of a locked gate.  Oops.  I was super lucky because the park ranger who had just locked the gate was still hanging around.  After a lengthy scolding (he thought I was a teenager) he unlocked the gate and let me out.  Thanks, Park Ranger Guy!  I'm super glad I didn't have to hide in my rental car all night for warmth.  Ah, adventures in solo travel.  


To make those people in my life who tend to worry feel a little better about the 'what-ifs' (you know who you are...) here are some lovely photos from yesterday! 


;-)

The Plaza Theatre of El Paso

A shot of the El Paso Convention Center

Hey look, its me...

Ysleta Mission

The Presidio Chapel at San Elizario

Hey look, its me -- after the poo-scorpion, but before the near stranding

A view worth a stranding... I think so anyway...

See what I mean?  Gorgeous.

Time to go get yelled at by a park ranger!

Now I'm on my way to Yuma, Arizona.  My train was supposed to leave at 1:47pm but got delayed until 3:45pm.  I was suuuuuuper hoping the delay would make it a 3:10 to Yuma (yuk yuk), but no suck luck.


Thanks for checkin' in!  Happy Mother's Day!

Many things to celebrate on Friday the 13th

Happy Friday -- even if it is Friday the 13th.  While you're busy killing time till the end of the work day, check out these exciting updates for America By Rail...

Almost 2 weeks out!

The details for the Chicago Photowalk with Steve Gubin are in!  For the Photowalk start time, meeting location and other important information, visit: 
 http://www.jordanawright.com/photowalkchicago.html

We are already expecting over 20 people for Steve's walk... people who will not only have an amazing time exploring, shooting, and meeting new friends, but people who will WIN PRIZES!

Steve Gubin, looking much how he will look on April 28th.



What sort of prizes you may ask?  Well, all kinds of stuff!  A big box of amazing arrived from Google headquarters today containing goodies for our Photowalk participants...  Super exciting because it's not just swag... ITS PHOTO SWAG!

GOOGLE+ STICKERS AND CAMERA STRAPS!?!?! DANG!

Proving once again that they are the coolest ever, Google+ donated swag to our project that is related to our project!  Take that, twitter and facebook.

So what else is exciting right now?  We just opened up an Instagram account so that everyone at home can follow along with multiple updates per day while we're out on America By Rail.  Our user name is: jordanawright.  Follow us on Instagram and see snapshots like this one: http://instagr.am/p/JTLSjAsjh3/?ref=nf.  

In other spectacular news, the Best Western Plus Olympic Inn has donated our accommodations in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  Many thanks to them for their fantastic hospitality, and to Brian Gailey Photography and Design for setting it up! 

Our new best friends at Olympic Inn!  They are super supportive of our project!

That's about it for now, friends, followers, and cohorts!  More updates coming next week!!!  You can still RSVP for any of our Photowalks or contact us to get involved!

America By Rail

I know, its been a while since our last post.  A lot has been going on around here.  A couple of weeks ago we announced our next big project, America By Rail.  

Last week we went to New York City via the Amtrak Lake Shore Limited route.  With several shoots lined up in NYC we took the opportunity to do a test run on the train to gear up for the America By Rail project.  At this point we have over 100 photographers who have RSVP'd for our photowalks, and we received our first gear donation sponsor.  JOBY has given us a pair of the amazing Gorillapod Focus with Ballhead X.  They arrived today and we can't wait to put them to good use on the trip!

After enjoying the journey to NYC on Amtrak, we got super excited about the trip in April.  Check out a few of the photos from the trip to NYC!

To get more information about America By Rail, or to RSVP for a photowalk, visit the America By Rail website or contact us!

Thanks for checking in!