January was a very cold month with a ton of snow and ice. This kept me in doors for most of the month.

February

It started to warm up a bit, and began having more adventures and trips to the gun range.

March

March was a very active month. Tons of adventures and a weeklong stay in Austin for SXSW interactive. I hope I can make it to Austin this year for part of the 2011 SXSW, might just be a weekend trip.

April

April was a very relaxing month, full of adventure. This was taken at an arts and crafts fair in Lubbock, at the Civic Center I believe.

May

May was spent getting things ready and planning. I had not decided on if I was staying in Lubbock or moving to San Antonio. By the end of the month I had a plan in place.

June

June was the beginning of the end for my time in West Texas, I checked off items on my list. Places I had always wanted to go. Things I had always wanted to do.

July

July was a last hurrah for friends new and old. There where plenty of adventures like this one to Palo Duro canyon, and all over Lubbock.

August

August was by far my most stressful month. I found my self unemployed in a town with few connections; even though it was my home town. I spent my time seeking a new job or trying to figure out how I was going to afford going to school again.

It also found me back in El Paso visiting family. I had not been in El Paso since High School, so it was great to be there to visit friends and family.

September

Having finally found a job, it was time for a little relaxation.

I went down to Rockport for a long weekend of fishing. I need to make a followup trip to Rockport.

October

October was a slow and easy month. A few small adventures, but really just spent figuring out my new role at Clear Channel.

November

November was the month I pushed myself beyond my limits. First there was the Rock and Roll Half Marathon, then there was the Warrior Dash. In a two week time period I walked 16 miles and leaped over fire.

December

December brought the end to a lot of projects mixed with several adventures.

But above all else, there were my friends

Watching episodes of storm chasers tonight reminded me of the times Allison and I would chase storms across the south plains for fun.

Off the top of my head I can not remember when this was taken, but from the photos around this it was a pretty good drive.

I think this was out in Hale county, but I am not 100% on that.

Normally when I try and take a picture of Allison she gives me her grumpy face. Look at other pictures on this site.

But somehow, in front of my Holga she warmed up a bit.

This was shot out at Palo Duro Canyon out in West Texas, during one of our photo adventures.

The film was never forgotten about and moved to San Antonio in the camera where it sat for, about three months.

Until I found it the other day and decided to drop it off at the lab.

Shot on Ilford xp 2.

This wetland is significant to me, because this was a project I had worked on when I lived in El Paso.

My 7th grade year, some friends in my scout troop and I decided to volunteer our time and effort to clean this wetland up, It has previously been dumping ground.

During high school I began the work needed to start my Eagle project, and had decided that this place would be the perfect spot for an Eagle Project.

However, I moved before I could ever get the project started.

Much prettier than the old dumping ground it used to be. The hill in the background is an Earth dam to keep the valley from flooding when it rains.

The botanical garden is really pretty, the people who built the park did a really nice job at it.

More info on Keystone Heritage park can be be found here.

This  building is just off the main street in Ballinger, Texas.

Kind of a cool looking building.

Last night, over drinks a plan was hatched.

We would drive up to Amarillo and visit a spot next to historic Route 60 called Cadillac Ranch.

Cadillac Ranch is an interesting site to see, and even though it was rainy a muddy today. People showed up to fulfill the time honored tradition of covering them in spray paint.

You can read more about the Cadillac Ranch here.

And if you want to see some awesome pictures taken along Route 60, my friend Charlie Stout has an awesome project over at RouteSixty.com.

I shot this the other day, and decided to edit it a little bit for fun.

Still trying to edit photos which is something I rarely do.

What do you think of this?

Tonight some storms came in to town, and I decided to grab my camera and run outside of town to see the sunset.

About two miles outside of town, I decided to turn down a dirt road, looking for the perfect spot to sit and wait.

I started taking some pictures of this pump while I was waiting, and this shot I really liked. I wanted my shot for tonight to sum up West Texas, and I think this does a pretty good job.

While I was shooting this, the wind picked up on me, and I got hit by a fast gust of wind. Unfortunately, I was not on the best footing when I was shooting, so down I went.

According to the weather, during this storm we were getting wind speeds up to 60 mph. and I felt it.