Author name: Steve Reiss

Steve Reiss (www.dalmdad.com) is a patent attorney and landscape photographer living in Orange County, California. He did all the historical research, photography, and text for his first self-published book, Travel Guide to Inland Monterey County, CA. He also revised his second self-published book, A Kid's Guide to Some Critters of California (3d Ed) and has other child-focused books on animals. Steve is on flickr (www.flickr.com/dalmdad) and also has his own Photo and Travel blog (dalmdad.blogspot.com) and blog about his experiences in China and Taiwan (dalmsworld.blogspot.com). All materials posted are copyrighted. However, Steve has a very flexible use policy as long as you contact him first.

The Birds!

A few weeks ago we spent a very nice Saturday night in a cabin in the Laguna Mountains of eastern San Diego county after spending the day searching for bighorn sheep in the southern portions of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (no luck!). The Laguna Mountains are in eastern San Diego county and generally run north-south. 

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Whitewater Canyon

In her post about Whitewater Canyon and River, Lynn Bremner mentions how her frequent passing of the “Whitewater” exit sign on I-10 drew her to explore the Canyon.  I understand being drawn to a location; I felt compelled, as are many, to explore the Zzyzx Road area outside Baker, California, solely due to the enigmatic

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A Tortoise Tale

“What should we do?” “I don’t know.” “I don’t know either. I don’t want him hurt, but we cannot spend the whole day here.” The man slung his camera over his shoulder. I guess he was done taking my picture for the moment. “Look how cute he is. I guess its a he.” “We never

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