Fremont Street, or Old Vegas as it's known, is a weird place to be in the morning. After a single night stop over on our way to California on our 2010 road trip, Dave and I awoke in a bit of a haze from the drinks, music, and casinos that fueled the previous evenings adventures. By morning light we weren't feeling too bad, but Fremont Street was practically bare compared to the shoulder to shoulder crowds that we'd experienced over the Sunday night of the Labor Day long weekend.
Despite all of the crazy and giant signs, the absence of glowing neon was like seeing the city without her makeup on. Not long after thinking that we realized how much blinking lights would irritate our modest hangovers and went back to looking for a good breakfast buffet. It was on to the Hoover Dam from there, followed by gridlock traffic along the interstate as everyone else was headed back to L.A. as we continued south.
My fascination with these landmarks along the interstate in southern California should come as no surprise. I've written about my first visit there, I posted about eating at the Wheel Inn next door, and I shared a few pictures from inside the T-Rex. Still, after all of that, I realized I still had a few images from around the dinosaur garden that I had never posted anywhere before. These are the remainder of my snapshots from visiting the Cabazon Dinosaurs in 2009 and 2010.
The video I shot and edited as part of my Indio Outio project (also posted below) ended up on the Cabazon Dinosaurs official facebook page back in April. It's always a pleasant surprise to find my photos or videos shared by people who are closest to the subject matter. I guess it's the best part of crazy attractions like this, they're quick to get attention and easy to build memories around. We can all look at the same pictures and take away something from our own visits.
In a third showcase of some of my images from Alcatraz Island, I was inspired this time by the filter that I'd created and used on my Queen Mary photo set. This vintage filter really emphasizes some of the ruins on the island, and further accents the bleakness of the concrete and stone that make up Alcatraz. In line with my recent recap of our drive through Big Sur (also from this road trip in 2010), don't be surprised to see something similar about our afternoon on Alcatraz Island coming soon.
