American Portraits: Deserts-Rockies, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah

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Happy holidays / Happy New Year, best wishes for all your resolutions and endeavors! 2013 promises to be an exciting year for ooamerica.com, with the final posts of the American Portraits series, the upcoming release of the movie / documentary, a fully revamped website, and a brand new adventure to another part of the world. … Read more

The Diaries: A Lonely Path through the Glaciers

May 2nd “I don’t think I can do this anymore.” It’s a grown man, with tears to his eyes, who says this.   Damn, even a heartless robot (not a pleonasm) would say something. “I heard you making some calls. Were those the…?” “Yeah. I’m not in. I can’t do this anymore. I think I … Read more

Travel Photos: Through Utah and Idaho to Montana

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A few pictures from Utah, then Blackfoot, Idaho, and through Butte and Missoula, Montana, heading towards Glacier Park.

Road Video 30.5 – Utah, Dinosaurs and Good People

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Video with life philosophy interviews from people met in Utah, Salt Lake City and Ogden, set to the background of Dinosaur National Monument.

The Diaries: Going for Broke, a Beer by a Salt Lake

Time has passed. A month now. I have no notes for the leg from Denver to Idaho, through Salt Lake City. My musings feel dry. Was it the trip itself, or is it something I missed? The arc. I know the arc. But is it coming together? Does it have to? Are things ever meant … Read more

Travel Pictures: Yellowstone Park

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The Diaries: Grand Teton, Yellowstone, colorful serenity

August 26th Leave SLC in the morning (after a parking enforcement agent forces me to pay the meter although I was in the car and told him I was leaving). Really wish I’d had more time in Utah. Idaho: pure farmland, pretty drive on the I-15 North, overlooking the alternatively golden and green fields, mountain … Read more

Chapter 18 – Road Reel – Salt Lakes and Yellow Stones

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The Diaries: rushing through Utah’s Mormons

24th August Returned to SF at 5am on the red-eye. Got a call from a friend overseas, who should be joining on my journey back East. Retrieved the car from a friend’s friend in Oakland. Dusty, sputtering, but I was off. Hit Napa Valley and the vineyards, driving up to Montelena, historical first California wine … Read more