Desert Trip

Another birthday trip out to Death Valley and the Nevada desert. Old favorites included Bodie ghost town, Badwater and the open road. This time we added some clowns, aliens, crashed airplanes in front of a brothel, a wicked storm and detour-inducing flash floods. Living in the city with no car, it's sometimes a nice wake-up to be at the complete mercy of nature (which is not an earthquake).

Fluorescent Fish

A quick trip to Palm Springs and the Salton Sea. Didn't find any of the abandoned motels I hoped for and the decaying yacht club was "sadly" refurbished. Dust to dust people...!

Break From the Grind

Crunch time is on for the show. Work is piling up (can't wait to get it up on some walls). Not a moment to spare...

...but on a last minute supply run we naturally took a few detours. Ended up crawling around historic military bunkers in the Marin Headlands.

Hashima

Hashima, or Gunkanjima (Battleship Island), a 15 acre island owned by Mitsubishi for coal mining until 1974 sits rotting off the coast of Nagasaki. Boats are allowed to travel to the island since last year, though you're "not permitted to enter the structures." Now added to my fantasy travel list along with Prypiat, Ukraine, Varosha, Famagusta, and I guess Detroit.

Pictures via 端島　軍艦島と呼ばれた岩礁の都市

Abandoned Theaters

Abandoned Ships