Hey, I've eaten at that truck stop! That was way too much driving to do! Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/15/2012 4:13 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: >> >> This is what rural Iowa looks like these days. >> >> Comments encouraged. >> >> If you have a chance look at the rock picture below this one. I posted the >> link awhile ago and no one noticed. If it is too bad to comment on I need to >> know. >> >> >> >> >> http://donspix.posterous.com/#!/ >> > The first image is very strong and well executed. I drove from Kalamazoo, MI > to my mother's house in Waterloo, IA, last Friday to retrieve the final car > load of her personal effects before the house sale closes, and I wish I had > gotten a shot as nice as the one you have there. It very much represents the > landscapes that I drove through. > > I had hoped have some fun on a trip of necessity, and I packed a light photo > kit to take with me and planned to see the sights in Iowa City. But... I got > a nasty cold the day before the drive, and never took a single photo, never > got to Porters Cameras, and never hit the Iowa City Brew pubs. I just took > sudfed, drank red bull, blew through two boxes of Kleenex and listened to > the Ramones and Car Talk on the Ipod. Drove 12 hours Friday and 7 hours > Saturday (thanks to a Michigan snow storm that day.) Ate dinner Friday in > the food court at the Iowa 80 World's Largest Truck Stop - the highlight of > the trip. > > Sheese... Well, your photo makes me realize that one *can* get good photos > in the bleak Midwest, and for that I am grateful. > > MCC > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
