Re: Take the long way home

[John]

On 4/9/2020 12:31:07, Stanley Halpin wrote:



On Apr 8, 2020, at 10:29 AM, John  wrote:

I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming where
I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it down to
Atlanta so far.

I-40 to I-85 is the quickest, but US 1 down to Columbia, SC and I-20
through Augusta are maybe less hectic. Neither appears to be all that
photogenic. No place along the way that really inspires me to linger.

I'm thinking about how I could do just sticking to the numbered highways
and avoiding the interstates all together.


John, look for a book called Blue Highways by William Leastheat Moon. (sp?).
15 years ago? I haven’t read it but have been told it is very good, the story
of the author’s drive through and around the U.S. using only the smaller
roads (colored blue on the maps.)

Another thought for a road trip… When there was a bicentennial celebration of
the Lewis & Clark expedition, there was quite a bit of press coverage in
Missouri where we lived. One of our favorite state parks had been a campsite
for the group on their way west, the park bookstore had much relevant
literature including maps of the expedition overplayed on the current road
system. A drive from St. Louis westward, following their route, could be
interesting...

stan



Most of my travels out west have focused on the south-west, but Louis & Clark is 
on my bucket list. I'm trying to decide which used copy of "Blue Highways" to 
order from Amazon right now.


I like the cover image Amazon is showing for that book. It reminds me of an 
image I tried to make several times when I was driving down to Clinton, NC every 
day during the recovery & reconciliation phase of our little trip out of the 
country.


Many mornings it would be really foggy along NC 242 & US 421 & there was a 
particular tree up a dirt side road that I could see that looked a lot like the 
one in that cover image.


I stopped several times to try to capture the scene, but I never got one that 
satisfied me.


Sometimes it's hard to decide whether to just get on the Interstate and highball 
it west of the Mississippi before I start my meander or to start the meander 
from home and the west can wait 'til I get there ...


Then other times, I want to go north, revisit Colonial America and the American 
Revolution ... where to go, where to go?


Eventually, I hope to visit all 50 states, although I know driving to Hawaii is 
going to be a bit difficult.





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Re: Take the long way home

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

It's a lovely book, Stan. I read it years ago, re-read it just recently. A 
quiet musing on many things… 

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> On Apr 9, 2020, at 9:31 AM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Apr 8, 2020, at 10:29 AM, John  wrote:
>> 
>> I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming where 
>> I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it down to 
>> Atlanta so far.
>> 
>> I-40 to I-85 is the quickest, but US 1 down to Columbia, SC and I-20 through 
>> Augusta are maybe less hectic. Neither appears to be all that photogenic. No 
>> place along the way that really inspires me to linger.
>> 
>> I'm thinking about how I could do just sticking to the numbered highways and 
>> avoiding the interstates all together.
> 
> John, look for a book called Blue Highways by William Leastheat Moon. (sp?). 
> 15 years ago? I haven’t read it but have been told it is very good, the story 
> of the author’s drive through and around the U.S. using only the smaller 
> roads (colored blue on the maps.)
> 
> Another thought for a road trip… When there was a bicentennial celebration of 
> the Lewis & Clark expedition, there was quite a bit of press coverage in 
> Missouri where we lived. One of our favorite state parks had been a campsite 
> for the group on their way west, the park bookstore had much relevant 
> literature including maps of the expedition overplayed on the current road 
> system. A drive from St. Louis westward, following their route, could be 
> interesting...
> 
> stan
> 
>> 
>> Atlanta is just the gateway to places west ...
>> 
>> There's an old saying that if you die anywhere in the south it doesn't 
>> matter if you're going to heaven or to hell, you're going to change planes 
>> in Atlanta.
>> 
>> I'm going out west again some day. Maybe I'll make it all the way to 
>> California.
>> 
>> There's a couple of things I saw before that I'd like to see again & maybe 
>> try to get a decent photograph this time.


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Re: Take the long way home

[Stanley Halpin]

> On Apr 8, 2020, at 10:29 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming where 
> I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it down to 
> Atlanta so far.
> 
> I-40 to I-85 is the quickest, but US 1 down to Columbia, SC and I-20 through 
> Augusta are maybe less hectic. Neither appears to be all that photogenic. No 
> place along the way that really inspires me to linger.
> 
> I'm thinking about how I could do just sticking to the numbered highways and 
> avoiding the interstates all together.

John, look for a book called Blue Highways by William Leastheat Moon. (sp?). 15 
years ago? I haven’t read it but have been told it is very good, the story of 
the author’s drive through and around the U.S. using only the smaller roads 
(colored blue on the maps.)

Another thought for a road trip… When there was a bicentennial celebration of 
the Lewis & Clark expedition, there was quite a bit of press coverage in 
Missouri where we lived. One of our favorite state parks had been a campsite 
for the group on their way west, the park bookstore had much relevant 
literature including maps of the expedition overplayed on the current road 
system. A drive from St. Louis westward, following their route, could be 
interesting...

stan

> 
> Atlanta is just the gateway to places west ...
> 
> There's an old saying that if you die anywhere in the south it doesn't matter 
> if you're going to heaven or to hell, you're going to change planes in 
> Atlanta.
> 
> I'm going out west again some day. Maybe I'll make it all the way to 
> California.
> 
> There's a couple of things I saw before that I'd like to see again & maybe 
> try to get a decent photograph this time.
> 
> 
> On 4/7/2020 19:31:06, ann sanfedele wrote:
>> Love taking the long way in general and enjoyed your whole big set.. would 
>> have liked to have driven it with you.
>> Motley crew looks like they are wondering what the hell you are doing there.
>> ann
>> On 4/5/2020 3:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
>>> Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two 
>>> hour drive away.
>>> 
>>> In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, 
>>> and after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour 
>>> drive home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I 
>>> didn’t stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.
>>> 
>>> For Great Glass!
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/
>>> 
>>> At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking 
>>> crew standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting 
>>> even within 6m, much less 6 feet:
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/
>>> 
>>> I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of 
>>> time photographing in that area as well.
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/
>>> 
>>> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Larry Colen
>>> l...@red4est.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Take the long way home

[Bob Pdml]

> On 8 Apr 2020, at 16:33, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 08.04.20 um 16:29 schrieb John:
>> I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming
>> where I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it
>> down to Atlanta so far.
> 
> I don't even need Google Maps. My 'inner eye' keeps flashing me lots of
> sights from the French and Belgian coast - all the places we would have
> been going to in the next two weeks - while I'm trying to concentrate on
> translating the docs of a turbine-generator set from 'no English' to
> German.

I have the perfect book for you:
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-journey-round-my-room-1794-1871


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Re: Take the long way home

[Larry Colen]

> On Apr 8, 2020, at 10:55 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> John -- (or anyone)
> Found this on Youtube -- I've been there, done that ... 11 minutes of 
> Canonland's White Rim -
> have fun!
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdjfptfwQU4=z13yixt4pmibuh04o04cdxpxpzvjstu5c2o.1503878133082749

Then there’s the fun rally drivers have on dirt roads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXuN_wT4BoU


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Re: Take the long way home

[ann sanfedele]

John -- (or anyone)
Found this on Youtube -- I've been there, done that ... 11 minutes of 
Canonland's White Rim -

have fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdjfptfwQU4=z13yixt4pmibuh04o04cdxpxpzvjstu5c2o.1503878133082749

ann

On 4/8/2020 10:29 AM, John wrote:
I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming 
where I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it 
down to Atlanta so far.


I-40 to I-85 is the quickest, but US 1 down to Columbia, SC and I-20 
through Augusta are maybe less hectic. Neither appears to be all that 
photogenic. No place along the way that really inspires me to linger.


I'm thinking about how I could do just sticking to the numbered 
highways and avoiding the interstates all together.


Atlanta is just the gateway to places west ...

There's an old saying that if you die anywhere in the south it doesn't 
matter if you're going to heaven or to hell, you're going to change 
planes in Atlanta.


I'm going out west again some day. Maybe I'll make it all the way to 
California.


There's a couple of things I saw before that I'd like to see again & 
maybe try to get a decent photograph this time.



On 4/7/2020 19:31:06, ann sanfedele wrote:
Love taking the long way in general and enjoyed your whole big set.. 
would have liked to have driven it with you.
Motley crew looks like they are wondering what the hell you are doing 
there.


ann

On 4/5/2020 3:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar 
with Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) 
and a two hour drive away.


In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a 
rack, and after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a 
two hour drive home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount 
Hamilton, which if I didn’t stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.


For Great Glass!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/ 



At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley 
looking crew standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, 
never getting even within 6m, much less 6 feet:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/ 



I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk 
of time photographing in that area as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/ 



For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808


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Re: Take the long way home

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 08.04.20 um 16:29 schrieb John:

I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming
where I'm going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it
down to Atlanta so far.


I don't even need Google Maps. My 'inner eye' keeps flashing me lots of
sights from the French and Belgian coast - all the places we would have
been going to in the next two weeks - while I'm trying to concentrate on
translating the docs of a turbine-generator set from 'no English' to
German.

Ralf

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Re: Take the long way home

[John]

I've been doing "virtual" travel via Google Maps ... sort of dreaming where I'm 
going to go if I ever get to go anywhere again. I've made it down to Atlanta so far.


I-40 to I-85 is the quickest, but US 1 down to Columbia, SC and I-20 through 
Augusta are maybe less hectic. Neither appears to be all that photogenic. No 
place along the way that really inspires me to linger.


I'm thinking about how I could do just sticking to the numbered highways and 
avoiding the interstates all together.


Atlanta is just the gateway to places west ...

There's an old saying that if you die anywhere in the south it doesn't matter if 
you're going to heaven or to hell, you're going to change planes in Atlanta.


I'm going out west again some day. Maybe I'll make it all the way to California.

There's a couple of things I saw before that I'd like to see again & maybe try 
to get a decent photograph this time.



On 4/7/2020 19:31:06, ann sanfedele wrote:
Love taking the long way in general and enjoyed your whole big set.. would have 
liked to have driven it with you.

Motley crew looks like they are wondering what the hell you are doing there.

ann

On 4/5/2020 3:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two hour 
drive away.


In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, and 
after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour drive 
home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I didn’t 
stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.


For Great Glass!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/

At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking crew 
standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting even 
within 6m, much less 6 feet:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/

I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of time 
photographing in that area as well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/

For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808


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Re: Take the long way home

[Bob Pdml]

> On 8 Apr 2020, at 09:28, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> […]
> 
> One of my dad’s favorite description of heavy rain was “like a tall cow 
> pissing on a flat rock”. Mind you, my father grew up, or at least spent most 
> of the first twenty odd years of his life, on the same small island 3000 
> miles from the California coast as Ann lives on, so I don’t know where the 
> hell he picked that phrase up.  […]

A few years ago when i was travelling in India I had a conversation that went 
something like this:

Where are you from?
London
Do you grow much rice there?
Not really
Mostly wheat then?



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Re: Take the long way home

[Larry Colen]

> On Apr 7, 2020, at 4:31 PM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 
> Love taking the long way in general and enjoyed your whole big set.. would 
> have liked to have driven it with you.

Make it out to this part of the left coast and I’d be happy to drive it again 
with you.

> Motley crew looks like they are wondering what the hell you are doing there.

Said crew were on the nominal “non-cattle” side of fences, and did not seem to 
be at all interested in changing that status.  If I got closer to them than 
they liked, they’d wander down the road a bit further.

A potentially amusing post script.  After I had taken my fill of photos, I 
wandered back to the van and continued up the road. As I approached the cattle 
I noticed one of them was relieving itself.  One of my dad’s favorite 
description of heavy rain was “like a tall cow pissing on a flat rock”. Mind 
you, my father grew up, or at least spent most of the first twenty odd years of 
his life, on the same small island 3000 miles from the California coast as Ann 
lives on, so I don’t know where the hell he picked that phrase up.  After the 
show, I continued around the bend, and saw a couple pulled to the side of the 
road sitting on the hood of their car watching the cows.  As I came up to them 
I rolled down my window and commented on the state of dealing with the 
pandemic.  “It’s pretty sad when what passes for excitement is watching a cow 
take a leak”.

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Re: Take the long way home

[ann sanfedele]

Love taking the long way in general and enjoyed your whole big set.. 
would have liked to have driven it with you.

Motley crew looks like they are wondering what the hell you are doing there.

ann

On 4/5/2020 3:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two hour 
drive away.

In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, and 
after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour drive home. 
 Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I didn’t stop, 
would only take about 3.5 hours.

For Great Glass!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/

At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking crew 
standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting even 
within 6m, much less 6 feet:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/

I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of time 
photographing in that area as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/

For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808


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Re: Take the long way home

[Steve Cottrell]

>> What about my attempt at humor?
>
>I'm afraid nobody herd it.

Try farming it out again


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Re: Take the long way home

[Olga Iona Custer]

> On Apr 5, 2020, at 12:36 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
> Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two 
> hour drive away.
> 
> In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, 
> and after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour drive 
> home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I didn’t 
> stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.
> 
> For Great Glass!
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/
> 
> At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking crew 
> standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting even 
> within 6m, much less 6 feet:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/
> 
> I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of time 
> photographing in that area as well.
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/
> 
> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808 
> 

It’s hard to pick favorites from this set, but I think my top three are the tree
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737505407/in/album-72157713760697808/ 


the stump
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737484032/in/album-72157713760697808/ 


and sunset Lorry
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737156261/in/album-72157713760697808/ 


I did like the cows, but they seem to have been noticed ;-)

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Re: Take the long way home

[Larry Colen]

> On Apr 5, 2020, at 7:04 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> What about my attempt at humor?

I’m afraid nobody herd it.


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Re: Take the long way home

[Daniel J. Matyola]

What about my attempt at humor?

Dan Matyola

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On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 6:43 PM Larry Colen  wrote:

>
> > On Apr 5, 2020, at 9:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
> >
> > Interesting set of images.  My favorite, by far, is the closer of the two
> > images of the "motley crew.>  You may have kept your distance, but they
> > certainly were crowding together in violation of the standards. They are
> > glaring at you as if to dare you to tell them to moove further apart.
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > *
>
> Thanks Dan, Paul, Alan and all who looked. Even Bob for his attempt at
> humor. :-)
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 3:36 AM Larry Colen  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808
> >>
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Re: Take the long way home

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> On Apr 5, 2020, at 9:14 AM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Interesting set of images.  My favorite, by far, is the closer of the two
> images of the "motley crew.>  You may have kept your distance, but they
> certainly were crowding together in violation of the standards. They are
> glaring at you as if to dare you to tell them to moove further apart.
> 
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Thanks Dan, Paul, Alan and all who looked. Even Bob for his attempt at humor. 
:-)


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> On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 3:36 AM Larry Colen  wrote:
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>> 
>> 
>> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808
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Re: Take the long way home

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> On 5 Apr 2020, at 17:15, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
> 
> Interesting set of images.  My favorite, by far, is the closer of the two
> images of the "motley crew.>  You may have kept your distance, but they
> certainly were crowding together in violation of the standards. They are
> glaring at you as if to dare you to tell them to moove further apart.

They don’t look at all worried about cowid-19



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Re: Take the long way home

[Daniel J. Matyola]

Interesting set of images.  My favorite, by far, is the closer of the two
images of the "motley crew.>  You may have kept your distance, but they
certainly were crowding together in violation of the standards. They are
glaring at you as if to dare you to tell them to moove further apart.

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On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 3:36 AM Larry Colen  wrote:

> On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with
> Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two
> hour drive away.
>
> In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack,
> and after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour
> drive home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I
> didn’t stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.
>
> For Great Glass!
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/
>
> At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking
> crew standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting
> even within 6m, much less 6 feet:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/
>
> I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of
> time photographing in that area as well.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/
>
> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808
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Re: Take the long way home

[Paul Stenquist]

Love the bovine bunch!

> On Apr 5, 2020, at 5:40 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 5, 2020, at 2:12 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Larry. Nice to see what other parts of the world look like. So the 
>> return trip took 5.5 hrs? We can only go out for essential stuff - no 
>> joyriding.
> 
> By the time the dust settled it was probably about that long.  But it wasn’t 
> a case of adding 3.5 hours to a 2 hour drive, it was taking the 3.5 hour 
> route home and spending a couple hours taking photos on the way.  
> 
> It wasn’t so much a joyride, I needed to make the drive out for work, and I 
> just took a more scenic route home.  
> 
> If you look on the map this route actually looks a lot more direct than going 
> North on 99, and South on 5 to cut across on 205. 
> https://tinyurl.com/wdbvbee
> 
> 
>> 
>> Alan C
>> 
>> On 05-Apr-20 09:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
>>> Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two 
>>> hour drive away.
>>> 
>>> In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, 
>>> and after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour 
>>> drive home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I 
>>> didn’t stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.
>>> 
>>> For Great Glass!
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/
>>> 
>>> At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking 
>>> crew standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting 
>>> even within 6m, much less 6 feet:
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/
>>> 
>>> I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of 
>>> time photographing in that area as well.
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/
>>> 
>>> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Take the long way home

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> On Apr 5, 2020, at 2:12 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Thanks, Larry. Nice to see what other parts of the world look like. So the 
> return trip took 5.5 hrs? We can only go out for essential stuff - no 
> joyriding.

By the time the dust settled it was probably about that long.  But it wasn’t a 
case of adding 3.5 hours to a 2 hour drive, it was taking the 3.5 hour route 
home and spending a couple hours taking photos on the way.  

It wasn’t so much a joyride, I needed to make the drive out for work, and I 
just took a more scenic route home.  

If you look on the map this route actually looks a lot more direct than going 
North on 99, and South on 5 to cut across on 205. 
https://tinyurl.com/wdbvbee


> 
> Alan C
> 
> On 05-Apr-20 09:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
>> Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two 
>> hour drive away.
>> 
>> In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, 
>> and after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour 
>> drive home.  Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I 
>> didn’t stop, would only take about 3.5 hours.
>> 
>> For Great Glass!
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/
>> 
>> At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking 
>> crew standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting 
>> even within 6m, much less 6 feet:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/
>> 
>> I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of time 
>> photographing in that area as well.
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/
>> 
>> For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808
>> 
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Re: Take the long way home

[Alan C]

Thanks, Larry. Nice to see what other parts of the world look like. So 
the return trip took 5.5 hrs? We can only go out for essential stuff - 
no joyriding.


Alan C

On 05-Apr-20 09:36 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two hour 
drive away.

In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, and 
after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour drive home. 
 Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I didn’t stop, 
would only take about 3.5 hours.

For Great Glass!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/

At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking crew 
standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting even 
within 6m, much less 6 feet:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/

I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of time 
photographing in that area as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/

For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808


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Take the long way home

[Larry Colen]

On Friday I worked in Modesto. For those of you who aren’t familiar with 
Central California geography, it’s about 115 miles (180 klicks) and a two hour 
drive away.

In short, I drove two hours there, it took us 4.5 hours to install a rack, and 
after getting an awesome (take out) burger, I was facing a two hour drive home. 
 Fortunately I knew a shortcut over Mount Hamilton, which if I didn’t stop, 
would only take about 3.5 hours.

For Great Glass!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737476342/in/album-72157713760697808/

At one point, just before going around a turn, I saw this motley looking crew 
standing by the road, so I stopped to photograph them, never getting even 
within 6m, much less 6 feet:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49737457822/in/album-72157713760697808/

I crested the summit just before sunset, and spent another big chunk of time 
photographing in that area as well.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49736618463/in/album-72157713760697808/

For those that are interested: the full set (66 photos) is at:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713760697808


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Re: PESOs: Take the Long Way Home

[Aahz Maruch]

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:

 This was my 2nd day ever seeking a Whooper while armed with a camera.
 The first, last year, I drove right to one over a lunch hour. This
 time, I found one again:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8575498343/in/photostream
 
 In addition, I got many of the pedestrian Sandhills Cranes:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576594072/in/photostream

The Whooper is a good catch, but I like these Sandhills better.
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Re: PESOs: Take the Long Way Home

[Stan Halpin]

Sorry, it doesn't do a thing for me. Literally. I just see a blank screen.

stan

On Mar 20, 2013, at 9:45 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

 Now that daylight savings time has kicked in, I actually have some
 golden hour on the drive home from work. I decided to Take the Long
 Way Home photographically speaking (with deep apologies to
 SuperTramp) and drove along the southern W. Platte River Road between
 Alda and Wood River. It is the time of our annual Sandhill Crane
 migration, and a lot of people from all over the world come to what is
 normally a flyover State to get their fill of the thousands and
 thousands of Sandhill Cranes that we take for granted. The rare (and
 endangered Whooping Crane is their Holy Grail). I saw my first one
 last year [photographed with a 200mm f2.5 and a defective (I didn't
 know then) 1.7x teleconverter] on my K-x. This year, I was armed with
 a Bigma on my K-5.
 
 I stopped at the Platte River where an observation deck was full of
 tourists. A pelican flew right over our heads while I was there, but I
 was to slow and only got it from behind. With nothing to see there I
 proceeded south to W. Platte River Road and headed west, skimming
 along the south of the Platte River, with harvested fields full of
 Sandhill Cranes refueling for the trip to Alaska and Siberia where
 they would hatch their young before returning south in the fall.
 
 This was my 2nd day ever seeking a Whooper while armed with a camera.
 The first, last year, I drove right to one over a lunch hour. This
 time, I found one again:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8575498343/in/photostream
 
 In addition, I got many of the pedestrian Sandhills Cranes:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576594072/in/photostream
 and even some curious deer nearer to sunset:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576593126/in/photostream
 
 These are quickies from Picasa. Posted within minutes of arriving home
 to see what I captured. Hope you enjoy.
 
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Re: PESOs: Take the Long Way Home

[Don Guthrie]

Good catch on the 1st one and I like the sunset flying cranes even more. 
Send some birds up to Iowa when you are done with them.


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Now that daylight savings time has kicked in, I actually have some
golden hour on the drive home from work. I decided to Take the Long
Way Home photographically speaking (with deep apologies to
SuperTramp) and drove along the southern W. Platte River Road between
Alda and Wood River. It is the time of our annual Sandhill Crane
migration, and a lot of people from all over the world come to what is
normally a flyover State to get their fill of the thousands and
thousands of Sandhill Cranes that we take for granted. The rare (and
endangered Whooping Crane is their Holy Grail). I saw my first one
last year [photographed with a 200mm f2.5 and a defective (I didn't
know then) 1.7x teleconverter] on my K-x. This year, I was armed with
a Bigma on my K-5.

I stopped at the Platte River where an observation deck was full of
tourists. A pelican flew right over our heads while I was there, but I
was to slow and only got it from behind. With nothing to see there I
proceeded south to W. Platte River Road and headed west, skimming
along the south of the Platte River, with harvested fields full of
Sandhill Cranes refueling for the trip to Alaska and Siberia where
they would hatch their young before returning south in the fall.

This was my 2nd day ever seeking a Whooper while armed with a camera.
The first, last year, I drove right to one over a lunch hour. This
time, I found one again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8575498343/in/photostream

In addition, I got many of the pedestrian Sandhills Cranes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576594072/in/photostream
and even some curious deer nearer to sunset:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576593126/in/photostream

These are quickies from Picasa. Posted within minutes of arriving home
to see what I captured. Hope you enjoy.



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PESOs: Take the Long Way Home

[Darren Addy]

Now that daylight savings time has kicked in, I actually have some
golden hour on the drive home from work. I decided to Take the Long
Way Home photographically speaking (with deep apologies to
SuperTramp) and drove along the southern W. Platte River Road between
Alda and Wood River. It is the time of our annual Sandhill Crane
migration, and a lot of people from all over the world come to what is
normally a flyover State to get their fill of the thousands and
thousands of Sandhill Cranes that we take for granted. The rare (and
endangered Whooping Crane is their Holy Grail). I saw my first one
last year [photographed with a 200mm f2.5 and a defective (I didn't
know then) 1.7x teleconverter] on my K-x. This year, I was armed with
a Bigma on my K-5.

I stopped at the Platte River where an observation deck was full of
tourists. A pelican flew right over our heads while I was there, but I
was to slow and only got it from behind. With nothing to see there I
proceeded south to W. Platte River Road and headed west, skimming
along the south of the Platte River, with harvested fields full of
Sandhill Cranes refueling for the trip to Alaska and Siberia where
they would hatch their young before returning south in the fall.

This was my 2nd day ever seeking a Whooper while armed with a camera.
The first, last year, I drove right to one over a lunch hour. This
time, I found one again:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8575498343/in/photostream

In addition, I got many of the pedestrian Sandhills Cranes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576594072/in/photostream
and even some curious deer nearer to sunset:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576593126/in/photostream

These are quickies from Picasa. Posted within minutes of arriving home
to see what I captured. Hope you enjoy.

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Re: PESOs: Take the Long Way Home

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I really like the first one.  The four standing birds make a nice
contrast to the dynamism of the one in mid air.  Great catch.
Dan Matyola
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 Now that daylight savings time has kicked in, I actually have some
 golden hour on the drive home from work. I decided to Take the Long
 Way Home photographically speaking (with deep apologies to
 SuperTramp) and drove along the southern W. Platte River Road between
 Alda and Wood River. It is the time of our annual Sandhill Crane
 migration, and a lot of people from all over the world come to what is
 normally a flyover State to get their fill of the thousands and
 thousands of Sandhill Cranes that we take for granted. The rare (and
 endangered Whooping Crane is their Holy Grail). I saw my first one
 last year [photographed with a 200mm f2.5 and a defective (I didn't
 know then) 1.7x teleconverter] on my K-x. This year, I was armed with
 a Bigma on my K-5.

 I stopped at the Platte River where an observation deck was full of
 tourists. A pelican flew right over our heads while I was there, but I
 was to slow and only got it from behind. With nothing to see there I
 proceeded south to W. Platte River Road and headed west, skimming
 along the south of the Platte River, with harvested fields full of
 Sandhill Cranes refueling for the trip to Alaska and Siberia where
 they would hatch their young before returning south in the fall.

 This was my 2nd day ever seeking a Whooper while armed with a camera.
 The first, last year, I drove right to one over a lunch hour. This
 time, I found one again:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8575498343/in/photostream

 In addition, I got many of the pedestrian Sandhills Cranes:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576594072/in/photostream
 and even some curious deer nearer to sunset:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/8576593126/in/photostream

 These are quickies from Picasa. Posted within minutes of arriving home
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