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Showing posts with label park. Show all posts
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Malibu Creek State Park
A year ago, we went to Malibu Creek State Park to camp. Its located just north of Los Angeles, and its one of our favorite places in Southern California. This past weekend, we returned to Malibu Creek for a day of hiking and to photograph the parks stunning landscape, flora and fauna. We got great shots of mule deer via digiscoping, which is when you mount a camera to a spotting scope. This is especially useful to hunters who dont own a high power telephoto lens, but do own a spotting scope. If the animal doesnt present an opportunity to shoot, might as well do some shooting with your camera to show all your friends and family back home what you saw, and to prepare for the next season.
Most of the deers shots here were taken from at least 400 yards away. So if you havent already seen our pictures on Food for Hunters Facebook page, here a few of our favorite photos from our day in the woods. But really, we encourage you all to follow us on Facebook. We will be able to offer you more interactive content. We post almost everyday to our page there.
A group of does.
A beautiful doe we spotted coming from the treeline.
She got quite close. Then some bikers came by and scared her off. If you must bike in the wilderness, try to be less obtrusive.
Wonder what they were looking at ... probably some hot does across the ways.
While hiking earlier in the day, we came by a big ol rattlesnake! We think its a southern pacific rattler.
It slithered across the trail and into the grass on the other side.
There were also a lot of turkey vulture.
Tree tunnel!
Ricks handsome smile. I think hes having fun.
We hiked to a place called the Rock Pool. Some splunkers came climbing by...
Remember "Romey" the Roaming Fox? Well, he made friends with a crawdad.
It was a beautiful little spot. We were bummed that we didnt bring our bathing suits.
California poppy, growing in the wild. So pretty...
Heres me sitting by the creek. I know Im having fun!
If you come to Southern California, Malibu Creek State Park is definitely a must visit to get away from all the nasty city lights and sounds.
The scottish thistle. If allowed to grow bigger, they grow into artichoke like bulbs. They actually taste like artichokes too, except tinier.
Game trail!
Before we left, I sneaked up on some deer just before sunset. I got pretty close and took this picture with my zoom lens.
Here is one last photo of the valley before dark.
Thick clouds from the sea came rolling in ...
As it got darker, the sound of frogs surrounded us. Funny, because we didnt see a single frog all day. Where did they come from? It kind of reminded me of my visit to Vietnam many years ago. The sound of frogs littered the night, so much that it was hard to fall asleep.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
A Photo essay of Flavours of the World at Park Plaza Hotel
The world famous dish from Spain - Paella
Paneer Mirch Ka Shoal from the Indian grills counter which also has the subji aur badam ka sheek, matar ki tikki and Mysore Bonda | Fresh vegetables for grilling | Chicken satays being grilled
Chicken sausages and grilled marinated chicken breast | Vegetarian kababs/ starters plate
The Laksa counter with beautiful, fresh ingredients for soups and stir frys
A variety of Chinese mushrooms - edible, yes! I asked them if they could make me something from that, but it was for decoration purposes, it seems :)
Visually appealing salad arrangements - Beetroot with artichoke, roasted pumpkin with carrot and garlic, homemade chicken roulade, lamb roulade
More Salads
Arabic style biryani
The wide main course spread comprising of Thai curries, stuffed zucchini, mashed potatoes, Kadi pakodi ( I loved this), Gujarati khichdi, Dal Kabuli
The regions covered in the Flavours of the World buffet are the North Western Frontier Province, Rest of India, Far East, South & North America, Mediterranean region in the form of interactive chef stations, grills and hot buffet stations. Apart from this there is a range of desserts to choose from. Theres a huge variety to suit every foodies likes. Only, dont try to sample them all! This event is on on Saturday evenings until April 2013, so if you are in Bangalore, do make it a point to check out the flavours of the world festival and dont blame me if you come back thoroughly stuffed :)
Venue: Mélange,
Park Plaza Bengaluru,
90-4 Marathahalli, Outer Ring Road, Bangalore
Time: Every Saturday. 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM
Until: April 2013
Price: INR 999 plus taxes
With select alcoholic beverages: INR 1499 plus taxes
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