CamperJim, I've thought about that, though the book market is a tough thing. I have one published book (on Sierra Nevada Fall color, from Heyday Books), so I know a bit about the challenges of these things. I may, at some point, just do a small run self-published book, without significant profit goals. I'm also considering a small "folio" edition of some of the DEVA prints. We'll see!
Starfire8, your story about Eureka Dunes resonates. The first time I was there was in mid-winter, perhaps late December or early January. When I arrived there were a few other people around, but certainly no more than a dozen in total. They all left late in the day and I camped there that night in complete solitude.
Fast-forward to a visit last year, a bit later in the season. I was expecting something similar — people when I arrived, but few staying overnight. When I arrived there were perhaps three or four times as many as I had encountered on that first visit. As the afternoon wore on, instead of watching people depart I watched more and more parties show up. That evening there were more than a dozen parties (not individual people — some groups were a half dozen or more) camped in the small campground and further up the road.
It seems that during the pandemic a lot of people wanted to be in (formerly) more isolated areas. Consequently there seems to be a lot more remote camping in DEVA, and in places that were formerly almost devoid of other visitors you now are more likely to have company.
Avoiding footprints in dunes is sometimes a challenge. Obviously, it helps to go into the dunes when the wind is blowing or right afterwards — and that was the case when I made these dune photographs. If you go to the most popular dunes it is worth thinking about ways to get to them that are not the routes that everyone else takes. And, obviously, you'll find fewer footprints in more remote locations and in places where approach roads are rougher and walks are longer.
Dan
Feb 08, 2022 at 12:16 PM
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