aMadTrip

The Personal Blog of a Professional Photographer, Amateur Maker and Traveler

The broken contacting tab from the factory trailer relay on my 2005 Dodge Ram 2500.
2005 Dodge Ram Trailer Relay Replacement
2005 Dodge Ram towing my home built teardrop camper under the milky way at Arches National Park.
An Ode to My Truck
Shoe box drawers slide in and out easily.
Quick, Cheap and Mobile Shop Storage
Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View with stars overhead and fog shrouding the valley.
A Yosemite Story
A mother and juvenile rhino hang out in the Safari Park's savanna area.
Endangered Species Day & the San Diego Zoo
A photo from a black light rave soaked shoot we did a few years back.
Creativity, Social Media & Selection Bias
A cheetah performs a run for the crowd at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.
To See a Cheetah Run
Mysterious Galaxy's Book Shelves
Reading in Print, Curators and Book Covers
The new fender test fit on the teardrop camper.
Teardrop: Redoing the Fender Mounts
Tim from NMDot helping me out to hook up the trailer again.
Teardrop: Mechanical Failures and the Kindness of Strangers
Planning my 2019 2020 and 2021 workshop schedule
Photo Workshop Planning: A Moment of Clarity
Repainting the teardrop galley's counter top and then coating with polyurethane.
Teardrop: Painting the Interior
Chasing Birds at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
Teardrop camper roof being glued down and clamped.
Teardrop: Catching Up From Before the Shakedown
The teardrop sitting in the snow mid afternoon on Christmas day.
Teardrop: A Short Shakedown Trip
Bending sheet metal with an imporvised
Teardrop: Back on the Horse and Bending Metal
Only this spot in the orbit is important.
About that Highlight Reel…
Elaborate clamping for the front of the trailer.
Teardrop: Great Progress and a Great Setback
A sandhill crane in flight at dawn.
Visiting Bosque del Apache
Installing the passenger side teardrop trailer skin and clamping it with improvised clamps.
Teardrop: Pushing Towards the Finish
Photographers Emergency Survival Kit - Help from Behind Rocks
Assembling a Photographer’s Survival Kit
Super hero dog shoot at the Taylor Animal Shelter
Superdog! More Taylor Animal Shelter Work
Black-mandibled Toucan
Costa Rica Critters
Eastern Screech Owl from Blackland Prairie Raptor Center - Olympus Camera Raptor Day at Precision Camera in Austin, Tx.
Olympus Raptor Day – Up Close with Raptors
Cute Alpacas - Alpacas of San Diego - San Diego Yarn Crawl
Alpaca Fun
Red Shoulder Hawk - San Diego - Bird Photography
Back Yard Birds – San Diego
A sarcastic fringehead nestled in his hole in the rocks.
La Jolla Shores Diving – The Main Wall
A bobcat among the rocks at Joshua Tree National Monument
Exploring Joshua Tree
Buff surfer catching a wave in La Jolla at the Scripps Pier
Sunset Surf Photos
A tiny flouder hiding in the sand.
Failing the Main Wall
A Green Sea Turtle
Turtle Time at the Marine Room
Caprock Canyon Milky Way Panorama Created with Hugin
Hot Times in Caprock Canyon State Park
La Jolla Cove Diving - Spiny Lobster saying Nope
Hitting the Water in San Diego
The Wonder of Children in the Grove of the Patriarchs
The Wonder of Children
DIY Teardrop Camper - Move Day - Towing Across Country behind a Dodge Ram 2500
Teardrop: Move Day
Teardrop - Ready for the DMV - 002
Teardrop: Bureaucracy Day
Teardrop Exterior Skin - Roof Insulation
Teardrop: Exterior Sub-skin
Padre Island - Turtle Patrol - Green Sea Turtle Nest - NPS and Volunteer Carry Eggs to Vehicle
A Green Sea Turtle Nest
Texas Rig Diving Trip - Underwater Photography - Atlantic Spade Fish
2x Texas Rig Dive
Adult Sunfish with Fry
Lake Travis Life
Miller Late - A beer can sits on the bottom of lake Travis.
The Seedy Underbelly of Lake Travis
Rabbit and cross member installed.
Teardrop: Prepping for Skin
Bed End Storage Bench made from Reclaimed Pine
Bed End Storage Box – Reclaiming Century Old Pine
Husky Compressor - Hung from Wall
A Quest to Clear the Floor – Compressor Hang
Teardrop - Galley and Upper Cabinets - 004
Teardrop: Galley Counter and Upper Cabinets
Teardrop - Rear Interior Cabinets - Cutting the Doors
Teardrop: His and Hers Closets
Teardrop Camper - Front Cabinets - Contoured to Shape
Teardrop: Front Upper Cabinets
Teardrop Walls and Front Bulkhead
Teardrop: Walls and Bulkheads
Teardrop Walls
Teardrop: Fabricating the Walls
Moon rise over a thunderstorm with lightning at Davis Mountains State Park in west Texas.
Davis Mountains Summer Trail Race
Teardrop Trailer Floor Being Laid
Teardrop: Trailer Floor
Long Drive, Long Night
A small tornado is still a tornado.
From Caprock to Dirt Roads – An Accidental Storm Chase
This is my first attempt at a Milkyway arch, and it happened spontaneously. I didn't even cover the entire area of the picture. The black bulk in the center is a section I didn't photograph.
Being Eaten by Coyotes
Long Drive, Long Night
A small tornado is still a tornado.
From Caprock to Dirt Roads – An Accidental Storm Chase
This is my first attempt at a Milkyway arch, and it happened spontaneously. I didn't even cover the entire area of the picture. The black bulk in the center is a section I didn't photograph.
Being Eaten by Coyotes

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