I recently traveled to North Carolina. This was a voluntold type trip in that I was only there because my SO said it was highly encouraged, which is to say more than mandatory. Despite having to be there for another reason, I still searched to see if there were any lighthouses nearby. There was one in the general vicinity. It was not the coolest lighthouse I’ve seen, but it would be a fine subject.
Fast forward to the weekend of, and things were not working for me. I had a hellish day of travel due to flight delays, rental car place being out of cars, having to change hotels last minute. That put me behind schedule, and I only had one opportunity to escape and go do my thing. It’s the night before, I’m exhausted, I’m checking out the weather, and there’s a storm blowing in. Weather report indicates it’ll get in too early, but I was excited to have a chance to get a good sky.
I live in the Central time zone, I had my alarm set for 5:00 AM Eastern, after a night in which I only got a few hours sleep. Despite being very tired, I didn’t want to waste a golden opportunity.
The morning was brilliant. The colors, the clouds, the subject. I was very pleased with the results. The storm that was rolling in wasn’t but 20 minutes behind me. Definitely glad I made the trip.