The Carol-Van Podcast

The Carol-Van Podcast A nomad's journey of self-discovery shared through personal narrative and photos from the road

🤫 Today I don't need anything more than the sounds of the bay 📍 Dungeness Landing County Park
09/09/2026

🤫 Today I don't need anything more than the sounds of the bay

📍 Dungeness Landing County Park

🌔 Waxing Gibbous moon over the Outer Sunset District neighborhood as seen from Sunset Dunes along Ocean Beach in San Fra...
09/08/2026

🌔 Waxing Gibbous moon over the Outer Sunset District neighborhood as seen from Sunset Dunes along Ocean Beach in San Francisco

💙 My first time visiting the Great Highway in San Francisco and I was completely charmed by it

❗ If you recognize this location, please correct me if I'm wrong about which neighborhood this is

🏙️ In my life, I've been to the largest cities in the United States 🚐 So in van life I seek the slower pace of smaller t...
09/01/2026

🏙️ In my life, I've been to the largest cities in the United States

🚐 So in van life I seek the slower pace of smaller towns, and the quiet of wide open spaces. Still, there is one city that beckons me back

🌉 San Francisco

🌊 I made this photo there last week

📍Ocean Beach

👄 Angel's Ladies Brothel near Beatty, Nevada. Closed in August 2014🚫 The intimidating "No Trespassing" signs limited my ...
08/25/2026

👄 Angel's Ladies Brothel near Beatty, Nevada. Closed in August 2014

🚫 The intimidating "No Trespassing" signs limited my options for different POVs. It's rumored that, although official business may be discontinued, people still live on the property. The threat of shotgun-toting residents very much inhibited any thoughts of my overstepping even a little bit

🛩️ The wrecked plane remains from a promotional stunt conducted by the previous owners when the brothel was known as Fran's Star Ranch

❗Note: No innocent johns were harmed in this stunt

🪂 As the story goes, they painted a large star on the desert floor and dropped a mattress into the center. To win a free night with their lady of choice, contestants were challenged to parachute from the plane and land on the mattress

❗ In dramatic fashion, however, the plane experienced engine failure and crashed into some wires. The pilot and passengers were unhurt.

🏆 A relative win all around. The men lived to tell the tale. Fantastic publicity for the brothel. And the ladies didn't have to give anything away for free

⚠️ Disclaimer: My version of events is based on the most scant internet research. I'm not a historian, People

😉 I'm a photographer



📸 More attempts at portraiture. Natural, early evening light📸 My nephew, Austin, was kind and patient sitting for his po...
08/24/2026

📸 More attempts at portraiture. Natural, early evening light

📸 My nephew, Austin, was kind and patient sitting for his portrait as I figured things out 🙌

📸 These, along with the portraits of his sister, are birthday gifts for their mom, Mary. I'm so very pleased (and relieved! 😅) that she likes them

📸 I think I've hit the limit on family imposition. I'll have to start asking strangers to sit for portraits to further my learning

💙🩷 Thank you Austin and Kyra for being so good to your auntie. I loved our one-on-one time together ❤️

📸 👭🏞️ My view of others taking in the view
08/20/2026

📸 👭🏞️ My view of others taking in the view



📷 Learning portraiture📷 Some attempts at making photos of my niece, Kyra, as a birthday gift for her mom, my sister Mary...
08/18/2026

📷 Learning portraiture

📷 Some attempts at making photos of my niece, Kyra, as a birthday gift for her mom, my sister Mary

📷 I have no lighting kit and tried to work with the available natural light

📷 Kyra is rarely without her guitar and never without her own camera. Check out her Instagram page to see the world through her lens as she travels



💚 Summer solstice in the Olympic National Forest
06/22/2026

💚 Summer solstice in the Olympic National Forest

📍Mono Lake in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of the oldest lakes in the western hemisphere🤯 Estimated...
06/02/2026

📍Mono Lake in California's Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. One of the oldest lakes in the western hemisphere

🤯 Estimated to be between 750,000 and 1 million years old

💨 It's a saline soda lake (high alkaline and salty). On this windy day, the large plumes of powder-fine salt dust blown off the exposed lake bed made for a dramatic and layered photo

🥾 This shot was made from a vista point on US 395. But you can hike and kayak in Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve. That's what I intend to do next time. I really want to get some photos of the otherworldly limestone spires, known as tufa towers

🛣️ There will indeed be a "next time." I discover something new every time I travel US 395, and revisit the places I love

🐦‍⬛ For bird watchers, the salty water of Mono Lake sustains brine shrimp that attracts millions of migratory birds

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