Recently a customer of mine requested that I take a panoramic cityscape view of Williston, ND.  She had a specific spot in mind where her and her hubby liked to watch the planes land and to take in the beautiful view from the east side of town.  Always ready and willing to accept a challenge I gladly jumped at the chance to capture the perfect image for her to give to her man.  When I arrived at the spot I realized that this was what we referred to in high school as “the make out spot!”  (Not that I knew personally….I’m just sayin!)  Oh man, could it be approaching 25 years already??  No way!  The view had changed considerably since my days as a Williston Coyote but it was still my hometown.  A place that I take great pride in saying will always be my home.

The clouds lined up perfectly for me that night, something I wasn’t sure was going to happen when there wasn’t a cloud in the sky all day.  But there they were on the horizon just waiting to perform for me in all their glory.  God is pretty cool that way!  After sitting up on that ridge for nearly two hours, I packed up my tripod and headed north on my next adventure.  You see I’ve been wanting to photograph a drilling rig with the lights of Williston in the background for sometime now but could never quite get the right angle to accomplish my task.  But with a new Nabors rig just to the south east of my dad’s the possibility was about to become a reality.  My dad loaded up his new Kawasaki toy on the trailer and away we went!

The night was perfect for off roading in the hills.  I felt like a tiger stalking my prey.  We would go over one hill, stop and take pics, maneuver over the next valley and take pics again.  We were getting closer and closer to the image that I knew would be perfect.  We had so much fun that night, those are the kinds of memories that go way beyond just taking a picture of a drilling rig.  Thanks Dad for the fun time and I hope you love my “North Dakota Skyscraper” picture that you helped me to hunt down!  🙂

So good night Williston, I hope you sleep tight…