Accommodations
California
Bolsa Chica: 777 Motor Inn Huntington Beach
BH Photo
Used Photo Pro
Kamerastore
GearFocus
International Camera Technicians (repair)
Tempe Camera (sales & repair)
Ken Rockwell: Nikon MF Lenses
Bjørn Rørslett: UV IR Photography Links
Indie Film Lab in Alabama
The Darkroom
Nice Film Club
Timm Chapman
Ken Rockwell
Richard Haw
Whatdoineed2do
Peter Russell
Karl Groble
Pekka Butler
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My Favorite Video Channels: Cody Mitchell - Desert Drifter - Fayence Soaring - Fix Old Cameras - Foresty Forest - Ghost Town Living - Glider Guy Ben - grainydays - hachimmero - Isabel Page - KitemanSoham - Liz Kidder - Maarten Heilbron - Mallory Davis - Matt Guy - Nathan Florence - Neural Frequency Sounds - NirvanaGuitars - Over the Hill Hiker - Richard Haw - Sam Eckholm - SamCambetis - Sap - Sawagurui - GENRYUIZAKAYA
2025
August 2: Desert Drifter channel is excellent but, there will be no more. Andrew has passed away. I watched and rewatched many of the videos in awe of his kind gentleness on topics that I love. If you like Ghost Town Living, you will really enjoy this channel.
July 12: Probably my favorite YouTube Channel, “Ghost Town Living” is made by a seemingly hipster guy from Austin, Texas, Brent Underwood. In short, he bought a silver mining ghost town in the Inyo mountains of the Owens Valley of California. My attraction to this area is from my big mountain flights in my hang glider at Mingus Mountain in central Arizona. The old mining town of Jerome and my interest there. At the time, I was reading about the XC Classic hang gliding competitions from the 1980’s in the Owens Valley, that area being the next step for me. Like Mecca for religion, the Owens Valley was something I trained for. Desolate, sky sucking thermals stronger than anywhere… Wait, so Brent makes videos about his ghost town and the surrounding area. This video was about a guy who was legend in the Inyos. One of the most interesting videos Brent has made and he has made years of videos. Noah and I travelled to Cerro Gordo and meet Brent about the time of the Corona Virus Pandemic, we got the selfie below. I’ll take our family to Cerro Gordo to stay at the American Hotel once it is finished. But for now, the link to video about Marion Howard, a legend of the Inyo Mountains.
By a good margin my favorite video yet, of all of YouTube. Brent’s introspection after an epic hike to understand Marion Howard, “Because stories like this do not have to have meaning to everyone, you get to decide what you assign your purpose to.” What an amazing story.
June 29: I am a fly fisherman with a specialty in Japanese style fly fishing. Much of my study on the subject has been through the Internet. Books, magazines and meeting people. Often I make friendships and then interview them. It helps disseminate the information (I am an early adopter) and provides a resource. Enter Shouetsu Goto and Yoko Goto of GENRYUIZAKAYA. The video is not about fishing, it’s about the acquisition of their Land Cruiser and a little bit about their old house that they are turning into a Japanese fishing bar.
June 27: Not really sure why I’m adding this here, maybe because I’m feeling melancholy. But I like the grainydays channel. His humor and affect are down tone , even monotonous at times but I keep coming back for more. I like his photography in a vanilla way.
June 22: The Angry photographer! This is a classic video on “cucumber cost, Rolls Royce performance” Nikkor lenses. I rewatched it today and enjoy his advice, it’s solid although he is a bit odd…
June 7: My wife listens to murder and mystery podcasts, I watch video blogs. I’ve been watching Liz Kidder hike the PCT. This is about an average day entry but they are crossing alpine passes in early season, lots of post holing.
May 31: Being an old surfer, I still enjoy good content and the Florence bros provide the best. I particularly enjoy Nathan’s YouTube channel. In his latest, he boards John John’s catamaran and sails to surfing destinations. What I like about Nathan’s photography is that it’s raw. He films the paddle out and does not edit, just runs the camera, all the good stuff, it’s all good and this video is particularly good.
May 26: I’ve been following Simon Lamberts for many years. He has definitely evolved as a video blogger. I started watching him when he was doing these epic long distance camping rides on his fat tire bike. I actually bought one and rode it for some time and really enjoyed it. He lives in his van touring Canada (his home country) and into the USA. He has a Jack Russell Terrier (Rocco) that he takes on his mountaineering adventures. His videos are filled with epic drone vistas. This is one of his best videos and it is a shared video of other v bloggers.
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| Tom Sneva and I |
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| Brent Underwood of Ghost Town Living YouTube Channel |
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| Getting advice in finding a sister wife from Kody |
