Author: heistad

Its time to run

I had the perfect campsite in death valley over looking badwater basin. In the early afternoon I saw a dust storm building. Which isn’t that big of a deal. Over the next couple hours it moved south. All of the sudden it turned black and to my horror I saw a lightning strike not far… Continue reading Its time to run

The Rainbow

Drinking coffee and reading a book is my happy time in the mornings. I am unwillingly distracted by the soft rythmic tapping of persistent raindrops on my windshield, Off in the distance is a beautiful rainbow connecting the upper and lower lake. As I’m setting up my tripod and camera, you slowly fade back into… Continue reading The Rainbow

Wild Burros

For the last few nights I have heard these burros making noise all night. I hear them up in the hills and I can hear them below me. It was not until this morning that I have seen some of them.