One of the engineers from our station was going to be working up at Mt. Wilson last weekend.  That’s where all the Los Angeles area TV and radio stations have their main transmitter towers.  It’s also one of our primary microwave sites.

A big part of my job depends on me being able to link into one of our microwave sites.  That link is how we relay our sound and pictures back to the station and also how we go live from remote locations.

With my wife out of town visiting our daughter in Boston and nothing but work for me to do around the house, I decided to make the drive up and do a little still photography.

The road up wasn’t bad. I wish I’d taken my motorcycle, but I didn’t want to risk carrying all my photo gear on the bike.

Gee, for some reason, I’d been under the impression that the road up would be difficult. It was easy (and very clearly labeled).

There was a lot of haze covering the LA basin, but the view was still very impressive. You can see the downtown skyline peeking through in the middle of the photo above.

I made sure to grab a couple of shots to show the quirky character of the area.

No trip to Mt. Wilson would be complete without a visit to the Mt. Wilson post office. . .

. . .and the pay phone along the roadside near the entrance to the Mt. Wilson Observatory sits mostly unused, but ready.

So, I thought my main objective for going up to Mt. Wilson was meant to be capturing the sunset.

That was my thinking before I got there and it turned out to be a very nice one.

Still, the stars of the show ended up being the man-made attractions.

I guess because I can catch the sunset any day of the week and it’s not every day I can see an antenna farm up close.

Suck it, nature.