Bob Keefer
Is a writer and photographer who lives in rural Oregon. This is an informal blog with no particular purpose other than to give myself something to do with some of the welter of photographs I take each day.
For more considered work, see my hand-colored photography at BobKeeferPhoto.com.
You can email me at bob/at/bkpix.com.
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Monthly Archives: May 2010
Life in the slow lane
I came across this baby desert tortoise — he’s about the size of a woman’s clenched fist — working his way across the desert floor near the Visitor Center at Red Rock Canyon, a wonderful place to hike just a half hour from Las Vegas.
photo: Tortoise, 2010
Las Vegas: A city that can
We’re just back from a week in Las Vegas, where we headed to enjoy sunny days, desert hiking and the wonderful strangeness of life on the Strip.
One thing that especially struck me while we were there was the fact that everyone in Vegas is happy, in a way that everybody in Oregon, isn’t.
People aren’t constantly whining about the economy. People aren’t hunched over from the weather. They’re relaxed and smiling and having a good time, even the waiters and waitresses at the restaurants.
Places like Oregon could learn something in Sin City. Hey, I’ve got a novel idea: Let’s send our city councilors and state representatives for a week of partying in Vegas at taxpayer expense. (Oh, wait, that’s been tried already….)
photo: Wax Harrison Ford, 2010