Forrest Brown

I’m back in Japan to go to the Fuji Rock and Summer Sonic music festivals and then to hang out for a couple of weeks. This trip I flew United Airlines instead of one of the Asian airlines. The flight was also a little different because instead of flying directly to Tokyo from LAX, I flew to San Francisco, switched planes and then flew to Tokyo. Coming back from Japan I’ll fly directly to LAX.

Panorama of my jet waiting to be boarded at San Francisco International Airport

The Jet had a flat tire that they were changing before we boarded. I wonder if they have AAA roadside assistance?

My steamed buns look like boobs.

Steamed Buns at Din Tai Fung in Arcadia, California.

In the last month I’ve been trying to shoot Time Lapse movies of the stars. Here’s a couple of the better ones.

The last day of the ski season.

Me at the top of Mammoth. During the winter, this sign can be completely buried with snow

There was still a small terrain park with 4 rails and a medium kicker with a smaller kicker next to it

This photo is just sad. It's the last day for skiing and these guys would rather work on their tan.

At the end of the day everyone gathers at the top of the mountain for for an end of the year party/snowball fight.

Approaching the top of the mountain at the end of the day. The crowd is bombarding the gondolas with snowballs

The crowd gathering at the top of the mountain for a season end party-snowball fight

After skiing I went for a soak in one of the natural hot springs around Mammoth

Happy 4th of July!

I after returning from Canada I decided to go up to Mammoth Mountain for their last weekend of skiing for the season. I was originally planning to drive up Saturday so that I could ski Sunday and Monday, but I was still tired from my Canada trip so I decided to go to stay in LA on Saturday and then get up early Sunday morning and make the drive up to Mammoth. Sunday morning I was still moving a bit slowly and didn’t get on the road until 5:30. But I still managed to get to Mammoth and hit the slopes by 11:00 for a couple hours of skiing.

It was amazing how much snow had melted since I was here two weeks ago. The bottom of the mountain was pretty much all melted with only small snow paths made by the snowcats to get to the lift. But once you got to the top of the mountain there was quite a bit of snow. There were two chairlifts and the gondola running.

July 4th and still skiing

There was lots of snow on top of the mountain, but getting to the bottom was a little trickier

I think this guy made a wrong turn and ran out snow

Bikinis and Bikes

This guy was having a good time

Lately I’ve been trying to shoot time lapse movies of the stars. So after skiing I decided to find a good location where I could camp out and set my camera up. I ended finding a spot in the mountains above Bishop that gave me a nice view of the Owens Valley, Bishop and the Sierra Nevada mountains.

My camp for the night

The stars above Bishop

I went to see that blooming Corpse Flower at the Huntington Library. Unfortunately the flower was already closing.

I’m moving into a new apartment.