Part III: The Long Road Home

Part III: South along the Oregon and Californian coasts.

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Mule deer. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: elk fighting. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Isolated northern california beach. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Rugged northern California beach along Highway 1. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Rugged northern California beach along Highway 1. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Northern California forest and fog. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Ferns along river. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Sunset at Salt Rock state park, California. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Seals on rocks at Salt Rock state park, California. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Cliffs and rugged coast line of California’s Highway 1. © Cody Duncan photography

Part II: Westward

Westward through Oregon:

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Mountains of Crater Lake National park, Oregon. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Crater Lake National park, Oregon. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Crater Lake National park, Oregon. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Old pier on Oregon coast. © Cody Duncan photography

Part I: The Journey North

Part I: Santa Barbara, California to Hart Mountain, Oregon.

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: empty rural highway in eastern Oregon. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Tuolumne river at sunset, Yosemite National park, California. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Mono Lake at sunrise, California. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Old Wooden wheel at Bodie state historic park, California. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Mount Shasta, California. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Truck driving down dirt road, Hart Mountain, Oregon. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: White horse in field. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Herd of horses in field. © Cody Duncan Photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Beehive burner at abandoned saw mill, California. © Cody Duncan Photography

Zaca Fire

Heavy smoke has been drifting over town for the last few days, and in combination with the full moon, I decided to see if I could get a good view of the fire from up on West Camino Cielo.

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: gaviota coast north of Santa Barbara and smoke from Zaca Fire, 2007. © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Smoke rising over Santa Ynez valley from Zaca fire, 2007 . © Cody Duncan photography

Cody Duncan Stock Photography: Smoke blocking full moon over Santa Barbara from Zaca fire, 2007 . © Cody Duncan photography

Midsummer. Exploration.

Early Monday morning I’ll be on a place back to California. 373 days since I was home last and I don’t even know where all that time has gone; seems like I just got here last week. I guess the next adventure awaits…

midsummer bonfire in Germany

Limestone cave in Germany

Allgäu = Beautiful

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up to the north

Monday afternoon, April 16th: I’m walking out the door – my jacket and backpack full of camera gear already on – to go shoot some photos of the fields of flowers in the area. By chance, I glance at my plane tickets to Norway which were sitting on the table by the door and notice the date is for the 17th. 17th, 17th, 17th, hmmm, I thought. Shit! Todays the 16th, I leave tomorrow, not Wednesday, I realize in a sudden panic.

Tuesday, April 17th, Aprox 1:00pm: The flight left Munich on time, despite having a 5 hour layover in Oslo, I had still been worried about missing my connection (I haven’t had the best of luck with flights being on-time in the last year, in fact, I’ve come to expect that they will be delayed.). But now I’m planning on what to do with 5 hours in Oslo as I’m watching the beautiful colors of the German spring pass beneath me as we are slowly gaining altitude. Suddenly after around 20 minutes in the air, the plane suddenly makes a quick decent and we enter into a sharp turn towards the south. Hmmm, this doesn’t seem too good. A few minutes later the pilot comes on and says there is a ‘Technical Problem’ and we must now return to Munich. Well, I still have 5 hours in Olso, no problem. Well, the airplane cracked a windshield, which took 5 hours to repair, I arrive in Oslo as my flight I’m supposed to catch to Bodø is taking off. Luckily the airline was nice enough to put me on a later flight from another airline (as this was their last flight of the day), and once again I find myself walking out of the Bodø airport around midnight, looking forward to a night on the floor in the ferry terminal (which I’m now quite familiar with). At least its warm, which is more that can be said about the snowstorm outside.

Only a few pics for now:

lofoten norway

lofoten norway

lofoten norway

dead whale lofoten norway

drying cod stockfish lofoten norway

Down South, Up North

Took a little roadtrip to the French Riviera last week, what a beautiful place. On Wednesday I’m leaving the warm temps of spring and heading off into the cold of the Norwegian arctic.

only a couple pics for now…

French Alps near Annency. Cody Duncan Photography

Lake Annency, France. Cody Duncan Photography

Stormy weather on Mediterranean sea near Antibes on the French Riviera. Cody Duncan Photography

moped and old doorway in Sospel, Cote d’azur, France.  Cody Duncan Photography

Spring is Here

It seems I have survived my first winter in Europe. The days are getting longer, birds are singing in the mornings and I even went for a run in shorts and a t-shirt this afternoon. Had a good weekend on Franconian limestone, so I’m a bit sore. Got a trip planned for southern France in a few weeks, and then a trip back up to the Artic where the weather is still a bit sucky, but I want to try and catch some Aurora’s before I’m forced back to milder latitudes.

© 2007 cody duncan photography.  German farm field in spring

© 2007 cody duncan photography. plowed german farm field

© 2007 cody duncan photography. Rock climbing in Frankenjura, Germany

© 2007 cody duncan photography. Rock climbing in Frankenjura, Germany

© 2007 cody duncan photography. Rock climbing in Frankenjura, Germany

© 2007 cody duncan photography. Rock climbing in Frankenjura, Germany

Into the Frozen North

Curonian Spit, Lithuania:

Cold, Barren, Rugged. I walked south from Nida, thick fog rolling in and out of the dunes; the Russian border a short distance to the south. I crossed dunes and forest from the lagoon side (frozen) until I reached the barren shore of the Baltic sea.

© cody duncan photography. Ice fisherman walking on frozen curonian lagoon, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen curonian lagoon, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen curonian lagoon, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen curonian lagoon, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen sand dune on Curonian Spit, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen sand dune on Curonian Spit, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen block of ice from Baltic sea, Curonian Spit, lithuania

© cody duncan photography.  frozen sea ice, Curonian Spit, lithuania