September 19 – October 7, 2026
A new beginning.
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Austin to Marfa and Tucson, north up the coast from Laguna Beach into Oregon, then east through Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado and back down through Amarillo. Fourteen places, nineteen days, 5,090 miles.
01Sat, September 19
West Texas
19:57sunset, Marfa
02Sun, September 20
Valentine, Texas
19:58sunset, Prada Marfa
03Mon, September 21
Texas to Arizona
07:22first light at Prada Marfa
04Tue, September 22
Catalina, Arizona
05:47first light
05Wed, September 23
Los Angeles to Laguna
17:45golden hour to an 18:47 sunset
06Thu, September 24
Upper Newport Bay
06:16first light
07Fri, September 25
Laguna Beach
17:45golden hour to an 18:44 sunset
08Sat, September 26
Marina Park, 7 AM
07:00cleanup starts, sunrise 06:43
09Sun, September 27
Central California
18:54sunset behind Morro Rock
10Mon, September 28
Highway One
11:00high sun on a south-facing cove
11Tue, September 29
Marin Headlands
06:38blue hour, sunrise 07:04
12Wed, September 30
Prairie Creek to the Oregon line
06:45first light, Prairie Creek
13Thu, October 1
Brooks, Oregon
indoorssix hours
14Fri, October 2
Columbia River Gorge
07:08sunrise, looking east up the gorge
15Sat, October 3
Snake River Canyon, Idaho
19:17golden hour into sunset
16Sun, October 4
Interstate 80, Utah
afternoonred rock on the interstate, no detour
17Mon, October 5
Southern Wyoming
18:38golden hour on granite
18Tue, October 6
Texas Panhandle
19:26sunset
19Wed, October 7
Home
07:21first light, 518 miles home
Nineteen, one for each day, under three minutes each. They go up here as they are finished.