Maternity // Train // Dunes

Okay so most of these were taken in random spots of Eureka. Our plan was to go to the Young Living lavender farms, but after arriving and realizing everything had been harvested, we had to come up with a backup plan.  Little Sahara was sort of close and I had been wanting to shoot there.  I finally convinced my sister to head that way although she wasn't very happy about it.
I looked the location up on my Maps for iPhone and it wasn't a successful route. It took us on this little dirt road we were sure we would die on. This road was cleary meant for 4x4 trucks only. Four girls in a little white ford laugh-crying the whole way hoping we didn't wet our pants or die.
We finally found a place to turn around and headed back to the main road. We happened to cross paths with a lonesome train that thankfully had an open cart. So we took a few shots in there and on the tracks. The lighting was amazing and the inside of the cart was so artsy! The perfect background. Another train went by as we all did our thing in the cart and it was such a cool experience being four feet away from a moving train. Feeling the wind on our faces from the speed. The empty cart echoing. If you've never done it... go for it!
When we finished shooting there, we headed home on that little road again. Feeling a little depressed about the lavender fields being a bust and not finding a road to the dunes.  Just then, we passed a sign "Little Sahara..." with an arrow. I begged like a small child,"Please, we are sooooo close! Lets go find it!!" My sister agreed and after another 15 minutes of driving, it was like freaking Christmas morning! We had found it. My heart was so happy!  Suddenly my day full of disappointments was all worth it. After reviewing all of the photos, I couldn't be happier about how they turned out. I have a few done now, but I will be adding more!