Our 5th and final day of this illustrious journey. We didn’t have too much time for stops today as the trip that took us 3 days out was only going to take 1 day back. We managed to get a couple stops in though. The desert landscapes of Utah were very different than the mountain landscape shots of Colorado. The fact that we saw both in the same day was a little jarring.
I hope our little journey inspires you to do something similar. It’s good cheap fun and we live in a really big country. There’s tons of places just off the road to stop and photograph. We learned about how to do this sort of thing on this trip and I am definitely looking to put what we learned to good use on PSN: Take 2…wherever that may be.
todd Todd Huish
Day 4 was the actual conference but I’m not going to talk about that here. The conference was very good followed by an after-party down the street. I had the tallest burger I’ve ever seen and walked a lot of it off by wandering the streets of Downtown Denver
todd Todd Huish
Day 3 found us braving a trek across the treacherous mountain passes. Well, treacherous is a stretch since the weather was actually pretty mild and we aren’t exactly rocking the wagon train or anything like that.
This picture pretty much sums it up. Trees, mountains, snow…not something we get in Vegas too much
He’s trying for an interesting angle, I’m trying to make sure he doesn’t get hit by a truck
The tiny mountain town of Silverton, CO. I didn’t even know this was on the way but it was very cool and quaint and oddly protected, surrounded by these huge mountains all around it
So much better than “Closed”
We went to the Brown Bear Cafe for lunch and they had one of the best pizzas I’ve ever seen. It tastes -at least- as good as it looks
I love watching the snow blow around like sand. It just seems unnatural though maybe it’s just unintuitive
Our trust steed
Finally we arrive in Downtown Denver and it is time for a beer.
todd Todd Huish
Day 3 of Photo Safari was centered around WordCamp Denver. We got up early and took the free mall bus to the downtown drop off point and then walked the 2-3 blocks to the Denver Art Museum. We checked in, said hello to some people we knew and then took our seats to listen to Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress, do his presentation, “State of the Word.” As usual, he dishes out a lot of information about WordPress related stats. As a WordPress junkie, I could listen to him go on all day long.
After the morning session concluded we went to lunch with Micah Baldwin from Lijit and Ben Huh, the guy behind the LOL Cats and Fail Blog. I’ve been a fan on both for quite some time, so it was nice to meet and hang out with him. It didn’t hurt that, like Micah, Ben was a ridiculously cool guy to hang out with.
Some lady, Micah and Austin on the left, Jeana, Andrew and Ben Huh on the right.
After the conference wrapped up we went to the after party for a few hours, had dinner and then walked for a few hours taking photos along the way.
Walking to lunch
Jeana & Austin riding back to their hotel
Steam vents and derailing trains
The Clock Tower at night
Preaching through the bus
I had an awesome time at WordCamp and walking around with Todd and Andrew shooting all evening. I’m sad that the photo safari is coming to an end, but it will also be nice to get back home.
john John Hawkins #wordcampdenver, Colorado, WordCamp
Our stay in Denver is over, and it’s time to go back to reality. We just stopped for breakfast, gassed up, and now we’re on the road. We’re still near civilization, so the wireless fills the car with stuff to do while flying along.
andrew Andrew Minerd FJ, Mountain