I'd be happy to give it a go, and if the publication likes it, that's great. If they don't, well,
that's OK too. It's a pleasure to share my adventures, but have no delusions about being a
serious author. More than likely it will end up as a fair article with excellent images, and if you
feel it has some value, then we'll talk about the options and see what works best. No worries
either way.
Have been told by many that I'm a fair writer, and love to tell a good story. It will take
me a while to get it all written, and then it will need to be reduced to the size of article
desired. Biggest weakness I have in my writing is a tendency to "take the long way home"
when telling a story, so it will require some additional editing time when writing for publication.
I'll be heading out on a 2-week prospecting trip a week from today, and will be traveling through
both eastern and western Oregon, both sides of Calif. and through central Nevada from Tonopah
North, and back up to Washington through Idaho and Oregon. Odds are high they'll be a lot of
wandering from that general path, however I'm not in any hurry to move on if I'm finding good gold,
beautiful country, or both.
Initial plan was to spend the majority of time nugget shooting, but now it appears that I'll also
have access to some good areas in both Calif. and Oregon to drop in my sluice. Relaxing camping,
nugget shooting, and a whole lot of photography all the way up through central Nevada.
I retired as a photographer, and will have my Nikon's (plus tripod and accessories)
along for the trip. There's little doubt the vacation will end with several hundred still
shots of landscapes, critters, and loads of prospecting images, so they'll be more than
plenty to choose from for an article.
For reference,
here is one of my images. The shot was taken from my backyard, and was chosen
over 6000 others as the January image for the 2013 Weather Calender published by Seattle
based, NBC affiliate King5. Image is best viewed by hitting F11 and then expanding it to
maximum size.
It will take some time to write it all up when I return, plus images are shot in RAW and
will need to be processed. Should have something decent together by mid-June.
This is gonna be fun...
