Shelter Island Sign with Traffic Light Trails Toddler T-Shirt

Shelter from the Storm

Well, I'm livin' in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor's edge, someday I'll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
Come in, she said
I'll give ya shelter from the storm

Bob Dylan, “Shelter From The Storm”

Continuing with my mini-project of photographing historic neon signs around various neighborhoods in San Diego, the Shelter Island sign has been overlooked from many lists of neon neighborhood signs. In fact, I have driven by this sign many times without giving a thought of photographing it.

So here is my contribution to recognizing Shelter Island’s (technically not an island, but an isthmus) neighborhood sign and to a living legend in Bob Dylan, the first songwriter to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Twilight car light trails with the Shelter Island neon sign, Shelter Island, Point Loma, California, USA. Taken 4 Apr...

Grand Prize winner of Chase Jarvis' CreativeLive iPhone Photography contest in 2015. Listed in the top 100 most socially influential photographers by Eyefi in 2014. I'm an award winning travel photographer from Southern California. My wanderlust has taken me from Elvis Presley's Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee to the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain and even skydiving over scenic Door County, Wisconsin. My photographs have been published in The New American Magazine, Audubon Magazine and Smithsonian Magazine. I am contributor to a local publication called the San Diego Reader. You can read my travel photography articles here I specialize in travel photography, landscapes, and compelling images. Following my wanderlust...