On The Road To Christmas; Photo. More Ascender’s Photos

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On Christmas Day, Kathleen and I
propel a raft with plastic spoons
through the hissing fur of surf,
stirring as we go
an Alka-Seltzer sun.

We pass Bolinas-Stinson School,
the fire house, and Smiley’s dive;
extinguished geodesic domes
along the mesa road
where Cream Saroyan lives.

With a telescope, my sister spies
the erstwhile chemist of Argonne
who left his post to polish glass.
As penance, he engraves
a glyph of hydrogen

on the blank face of every cliff
from Monterey to Inverness.
Beside us, cormorants describe
the chop in grunts, then plunge
through thirty feet of grease.

I try to hold my breath as long
and cheat or fail. As evening comes
we pass the final spit of land.
Once more around the Horn
and then we’ll make for home.

The Golden Hinde by Devin Johnston

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We are headed off to spend Christmas with family in Pasadena. Usually we go down for Thanksgiving but this year we’ve switched.

You know how I love my shots along the road. Here’s some from Christmas past…

This one reminded me of Wyoming’s No Dineros Ranch

Zooming down Highway 1; this woman standing on the edge of the hill looking down at cars speeding by. I don’t think she approves.

Got Milk? On the way to Davis University.

Life is a highway… I’m gonna ride it all night long.

I dunno. A circle of sticks in a field. Anyone?

Palm trees near LA; I think this is on the 5.  Or the 77?  or the 90?  Kidding I have no idea the roads down there.

In between the 5 and Gilroy.

Curious… all bald trees except one with leaves; and two chairs looking at nothing.  On the way to Santa Cruz.

King kong and a hay maze, also on the way to Santa Cruz

Christmas tree farm near Half Moon Bay.

Trees growing over a bridge; Gilroy to San Jose

Pigeon Point looks like it is on the highway, but it’s not.  On the way to Santa Cruz.

Near Point Reye.

On the way to Walnut Creek.  Hotel California?

Near Half Moon Bay

On top a mansion in Atherton.

I will return on Monday with a whole not stack of shots from the road.

I hope to finally receive those limited edition prints that I mentioned before and can take some photos then.  Looking forward to hearing how all your holiday weekend went.