Jan, I'll see what I've got. We traveled Route 66 from Chicago to California in 1959. And I'm familiar with the current condition from Chicago heading south. Ghost towns is a bit of a reach however. More later... Bob S in suburban Chicago
On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Jan van Wijk <[email protected]> wrote: > I will be in the US for a conference in St Louis, at the end of october, > and plan to stay for another two weeks or so for a road-trip and > hoping to encounter a lot of photographic opportunities :) > > Will be flying into (and out of) Chicago from Amsterdam, and there are a few > areas I want to explore: > > 1) > The first half of Route-66, from Chicago down to Amarillo Texas, staying OFF > the Interstates as much as > possible, and hoping to find stuff from the fifties, as well as even older > ghost towns along the way. > > 2) > Then east through Texas back to the Mississippi, no specific route ... > > 3) > North from Natches upto Nashville along the old Natches trail (now a parkway > I think) > > 4) > Back north to Chicago, probably along the Interstates, bringing > the total travel distance to something like 3500 miles. > > > I'll probably make a nice photobook out of the trip, allthough it will be > hard to match the quality Jostein presented us with last year! > > > Of course I will be doing some research on the net before leaving, > but I would love some input from the vast knowledge of the list too ... > > > I am looking for ghost-towns, derelict buildings, old cars and similar stuff. > Nature reserves, and wildlife would also be nice. > > Any hints and tips on that or other 'must sees' are welcome! > > I will be traveling rather light, but will have my K3 with 18-135mm > and the Bigma 50-500mm with me, and probably the 35mm macro. > > > If i get the opportunity to meet some of the PDML members over there > that would be nice too, but I do not have a fixed schedule yet ... > > > TIA, Jan van Wijk > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com > Flickr : jvw_pentax > > > -- > This email was Anti Virus checked by Astaro Security Gateway. > http://www.astaro.com > > -- > 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.
