Hi gang! I know things have been pretty quiet over here on the blog lately. That’s because things have been pretty quiet in general. I’ve been spending the past several weeks working, planning and setting goals for the upcoming year. As you may know, I usually live on the road, traveling around in a motor coach and photographing the U.S. of A. I’m usually not in one place for more than a few days. Well, for nearly a year now, my lifestyle has been a little different (for me) in that I’ve been hunkered down in the Tampa area of Florida, meaning I’ve been in one place for a LONG time! The reason for this is that I’m between motor coaches. Over the past few years, I’ve been working on restoring a vintage bus that Karen and I will eventually call home. As this project is nearing completion, I sold my original bus a few months ago. That leaves us in an interesting state of limbo, but considering the rest of the country is pretty darn cold right now, we’re pretty content with staying in Florida for a while.

Staying in one place for a while has been interesting for us. I guess you could say that it’s given us an idea of what it’s like to be “a local.” We have found our favorite hang outs (and become regulars at some), we get to go to the same gym (yoga studio for Karen) and grocery store, and have had more time to focus on learning new things. In 2015, we will be traveling abroad for two months and should move into the vintage bus when we return. Then, life will go back to “normal” and we can continue exploring this beautiful country.

Since 2014 is coming to a close, here’s a little visual reflection of our year. Here’s to 2015 being just as great!

Happy New Year everyone!

I did some light painting at the Tin Can Tourists Winter Rally

We visited the wildlife park in Kuranda Village, outside of Cairns, Australia.

Visiting a temple in Bali.

We got to see Komodo Dragons in the wild on Komodo Island, Indonesia.

Borobudur, the largest Buddhist shrine in the world, located on the island of Java in Indonesia.

The iconic Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Sunset in Singapore

James Bond Island, in Phang Nga, Thailand

We got to visit a buddhist monastery in Bago, Myanmar (Burma).

The cute little town of Hoi An, Vietnam.

Lots of progress is made on the interior of my vintage bus.

Karen took me on a sunset cruise for my birthday in Clearwater Beach, FL.

Donning a suit for my sister-in-law’s wedding in New Jersey.

Photoshop World, Las Vegas

My new light painting tool, the Pixel Stick, arrives!

I sold the bus I’d been living on since 2006.

Karen made me a book that documents the progress of my Vintage Bus.

A year-end visit to my vintage bus in Oregon.