Thanks Sean! Yes, that’s my voice. It sounds better than I’d expected.
Yes, the narration is wonderful and I think it enhances what is already excellent work. You have a soothing, well-articulated voice that goes especially well with the background music and the genre of videos you do. If I could make one suggestion, it would be to play around a little bit (and just a little bit) with the balance between the music and voice tracks, but, yeah, the narration is definitely a go in my book.
Last Tuesday I returned from my 2018 Nevada & Mojave trip. I’m still sorting and editing the hundreds of photos and videos. Here’s the first video I’ve completed, “Nevada Nights 2018”. It features some very cool time-lapse photography of the stars and Milky Way:
Music is “Some Dreamy Place” by Eric Matyas
Enjoy!
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Extremely well done Ray! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dan!
Very cool Ray!
That’s beautiful Ray!
Last week my wife Cris and I went up to Julian, a historic little town in the mountains east of San Diego,
to celebrate our 35th anniversary. Here are a few pics…
A view of Main Street in the early morning:
Although it’s late in the season there was still a bit of colorful fall foliage:
More scenes from Main Street:
Megaweapon and the Julian Gold Rush Hotel:
We spent the night at the hotel, in their “Patio Cottage”:
The hotel lobby was decorated for Christmas:
Breakfast was delicious! They served homemade granola, OJ, coffee, waffles topped with spiced apples,
and fresh fruit:
Megaweapon:
I did a little night photography:
On the actual date of our anniversary, Dec. 3, we loaded up the 4Runner full of toys and delivered them to the Salvation Army. That’s become a tradition for us, for at least the past 25 years. Here we are at SA headquarters in El Cajon:
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Very nice!
Maybe I missed it before, but where did you get the front bumper?
The only thing missing is a winch…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Ray, what nice way to celebrate your 35th anniversary. Like the fall colors. We order pies from the Julian Pie Company…Delicious.
Ken Brunt said:
Maybe I missed it before, but where did you get the front bumper?
The only thing missing is a winch…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
The bumper is from MetalTech.
I decided against a winch. The places I go, if I got stuck there usually wouldn’t be anything I could tie on to, to pull myself out.
Ray Dunakin said:
Ken Brunt said:
Maybe I missed it before, but where did you get the front bumper?
The only thing missing is a winch…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
The bumper is from MetalTech.
I decided against a winch. The places I go, if I got stuck there usually wouldn’t be anything I could tie on to, to pull myself out.
I’ve had a lot going on the past few months, so I haven’t been able to get out and do anything fun with the 4Runner for a while. But last week I finally got a chance to head out to the desert for a couple days! I left Wednesday night and returned Friday afternoon. Saw a lot of wildflowers, though not as many as I expected – I may have been a bit early for the peak of the season.
I’ve posted a full report with photos in my “Adventures of Megaweapon” thread over on the 4Runner forum:
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/225575-adventures-megaweapon-17.html#post3250194
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Ray, where is the “The old railroad water tower at Dos Cabesas siding” . Enjoyed the photos over at the 4Runner forum.
Dan, Dos Cabesas is on the old San Diego & Arizona line, at the southern end of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Here’s a link to the Google map:
The water tower on my In-kopah Railroad was modeled after the tower at Dos Cabesas. Here is my page with photos of the prototype tower going back to my first visit there in 1975:
I had a chance to go back out to the desert late Thursday afternoon for an overnight trip. Here are a few pics – you can see more in my “Adventures of Megaweapon” thread on the 4Runner forum:
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/225575-adventures-megaweapon-17.html#post3253404
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Spring in the desert is a beautiful thing, thanks for sharing Ray.
Well, it’s taken me a LOT longer than usual to get this posted, but it’s finally done. Here is my report on my 2018 Nevada & Mojave trip:
http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Nevada_Trip_2018_Part_One.html
Sites I visited on this trip include:
Nikolaus-Eureka Mine, CA
Belleville Mine and Mill, NV
Ophir Cabins, NV
Ophir, NV
Croesus Mine, NV
Eureka Tunnel, NV
Lane City, NV
Lucky Star Mine, NV
Ida May Mine, NV
Black Prince Mine, NV
Golden Eagle Mine, NV
Caselton Heights, NV
“Williams Hill” Mine, NV
“Lincoln” Mine, NV
Mendha Mine, NV
Indian Cove, NV
Cimarron Mine, NV
San Antonio Mine, NV
Potomac, NV
Lambertucci Roma Ranch, NV
In addition to photos, I also have videos tours for many of these sites.
Enjoy!
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