Highway love

[gnwatts]

Driving east on I-70 going home to Carbondale (with a side trip to Telluride) near the San Rafael Swell I decided to stop at all of the rest stops & points of interest (State & federal highways only), and to take a photo not more than 20 feet from my car. It was a random thing to do but ended up being kind of fun, but sporadic, as I wasn't getting anywhere. The twenty feet was to get a little excercise, but not too much, kind of like a super short day hike every 20 minutes or so.

My first rest stop, via a nice short switchback road. The wind was blowing about 60 mph:

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The second stop was just before I-70 drops down through the reef:

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Then on the other side of the reef was this rest stop, with a memorial to a state trooper:

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Then the rest stops stopped, as did the points of interest with the handy camera signs (very helpful). Then on the road to Telluride on the top of Dallas Divide is this large turnout, with this view of Last Dollar Mountain (I think) and Ralph Lauren's ranch in the foreground:

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Telluride's Main Street.

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This turnout/view area (no camera sign) is past Telluride on the road to Cortez. This was a bonus stop as I was able to photograph three mountains with out moving. Sheep Mountain:


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Sunshine Peak on the left, Wilson Peak (it used to be in all of the Coors light commercials featuring giant bikini babes playing football across the mesa, very creative) on the right:


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Just a little further down the road and up a side canyon is Ophir. It is the 2nd highest (I think) incorporated town in the continental US, elev. 9650. An old mining town about 20 miles from Telluride. My wife and I moved here from San Diego in 1990. It was much smaller, about 70 people. It still had a party line for the telephone. No heat, just a wood burning stove, burned 10 chords every year. We lived here for 3 years. It's not officially on a state highway but close to one.


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Another old mining town on the way to McClure pass (and Carbondale on the other side), Somerset, on the north fork of the Gunnison River. It has a great bar,


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So, in closing, don't be in such a hurry! Stop at those rest stops and points of historical interest!

[JP]

:2thumbs: Great pics on the way home

[Sombeech]

Cool idea :popcorn:

[gnwatts]

Another nice pull off south of Moab:

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The drag was I just got a ticket.

[JP]

Whoops :lol8: Not for holding an electronic handheld device :ne_nau: or speeding

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/ab6017e3.jpg

[gnwatts]

Thanks for posting that. I think I remember this from when we lived in Telluride.

[gnwatts]

It is friggin snowing and raining outside and I have too much free time right now so I am going to post more shots.
Somewhere on Hwy 141 heading towards Gateway, Co.


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Paonia reservoir on Hwy. 133 on my way to or from Carbondale, heading to Telluride or Dominguez Canyon usually. What is left of the North Fork of the Gunnison River, under a hundred feet of sand:


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Boulder Dam on Nevada state Hwy. 93. Mis-judged my time (and forgot my tripod in San Diego) so I arrived late, with a big wind. I often admire and am repulsed by dams, but this strtucture is a beautiful thing. Cameras do not do it justice:


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Another shot on Hwy. 141 near Egnar, I think. Weird high winds and a fire nearby created this post apocalyptic feeling @ 11am.


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I-70, another post apocalyptic scene.


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On Hwy. 164 heading towards Searchlight, Nevada. That was a red road.


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Lifeguard tower next to Hwy. 101 @ Seaside reef, near Encintas, Ca.



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Another Telluride shot, San Miguel County Courthouse. (Hwy 145)


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Heading south on Hwy. 95 from Needles, Ca, heading towards Vidal Junction. Incredible rock formations and a perfect road for a 1972 Citroen SM.


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[JP]

They should make your idea (this thread) a sticky :2thumbs:

[canyonphile]

Great series of photos! :2thumbs:

I started having my camera with me on long road trips last summer when we moved from coastal CT to Durango, and as a passenger, I shot over 1200+ photos as we drove across the country through PA, OH, IN, IL, IA, NB and the plains/piedmont section of eastern CO.

Last fall, I did a series of 49 oil paintings based on photos taken last summer during our drive from Durango to North Timp Pt. in the Grand Canyon over Labor Day. Almost all were shot while we were driving. I've done several others since then based on photos taken during regional road trips around AZ, NM and UT. So, I'm all about anything and everything highway and road trip travel as well!

So, I agree with JP that this thread/your idea should be stickied! I'd love to post some of my photos, and see more of yours and anyone else's that has some to share :nod:.

:popcorn::popcorn:

[Iceaxe]

OOPS!!!! I expected this thread to be about something else....

***backs slowly out of room and closes door quietly behind***

[gnwatts]

Thanks Sonya and JP. Feel free to ad your images and paintings to this thread. The more the merrier.
I inherited a bunch of ektachrome slides from my Grandparents, shot I am guessing in the early fifties, and most of the shots are from the road, of the road, of the car in front of the road or in front of a sign describing the scene. They traveled cross country a lot, so there is great variety and little snapshots of life. Parades, gas stations, national park service signs, portraits in front of the car. The car is almost always in the photo, which is kind of weird I guess. My grandfather was a mechanic, so I guess that explains it. I guess I got hooked.

A scene off of Hwy 92 near Crawford, Co, driving to Crested Butte above the Black Canyon.


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Motel signs. Now that could be a sticky all by itself. Near Gunnison, Co.


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Old man off Pacific Hwy, San Diego


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Another dam (Damn!), Del Dios Hwy., northern San Diego county.


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Rocks @ turnout on Hwy. 1, Big Sur country.


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Me. when I was a lot skinnier, Big Sur.


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[JP]

So, I agree with JP that this thread/your idea should be stickied! I'd love to post some of my photos, and see more of yours and anyone else's that has some to share :nod:. :popcorn::popcorn:
They just get prefixed now. Dan set me straight due to my own ignorance not reading the no more stickie threads :haha: RIF me :roflol: So, since Dan is a mod in here, he prefixed it. Beech gave me the direct link to the prefix vault http://www.bogley.com/forum/forumdis...prefixid=Album (http://www.bogley.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?41-The-Dark-Room&prefixid=Album) So, the more highway shots that hit this thread, it will keep it on top. :2thumbs:


OOPS!!!! I expected this thread to be about something else....

***backs slowly out of room and closes door quietly behind***
:roflol: :roflol: :roflol: No hood sex here.....yet :haha:


Thanks Sonya and JP.
Anytime :mrgreen:

[gnwatts]

I haven't had good hood sex in a while.
How about a love rocket?

Hwy 93, Nevada:


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[JP]

This first one is for Ice :haha: Up north we call these things speed bumps, here in Florida :haha:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/Florida%20Jan%2007/P1010001.jpg

This friendly guy got whacked by a car, I guess he bit himself to end it all :haha:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/Florida%20Sept%2009/DSC_1004.jpg

Yes, the sun is out all the time here in Florida, even in the rain

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/Florida%20Sept%2009/DSC_1258.jpg

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Bulls Bridge...Kent, CT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/267Farm_HousJan08.jpg

Falls Village, CT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/ss1.jpg

Drakesville, CT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/Foliage32a.jpg

Oreo Cookie Cows (Belted Halfway)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/Oreo20.jpg

Newtown's Flag Pole...Newtown, CT

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/FlagPole5.jpg

New Hampshire Moose

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010013aa640.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/269549112_2e70d1bd03.jpg

Crash and burn Durango

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010004-3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010005-4.jpg

The rebuilding of the World Trade Center...This is where the Towers stood. One big hole.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010088a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/P1010085.jpg

[canyonphile]

Alrighty, then - the thread has been "album-ed"! That's good enough :mrgreen:

Thanks for letting it be a free-fer-all, Greg!

That "love rocket" shot is great :haha:.

I'll gear up with some, all following Greg's rules: from the road or no more than about 20' off the highway. Most of mine will be shots from the car, with lots of highway shots.

[canyonphile]

I'll start out with our 2200 mile road trip from CT to CO.

First up, PA:

#1 - one of my favorite barn shots from this state. I did a painting of it, in fact.

#2 - some marshy swamp

#3 - view of I-80 somewhere in western PA

[bowjunkie]

I'll play here's one from the swell , Eagle Canyon overlook
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[gnwatts]

The crash and burn pics are intense. Were they watching for the moose? The WTC site pics are equally intense, given the context. Covered bridges are very cool, post more if you have them and Include the Road #'s!
My barn obsession is right up there with motel signs. The last one is cool too, I thought it was one of your paintings.

[gnwatts]

Very nice bowjunkie.
I have never been able to get that close with a camera to a bighorn. He looks surprised and a little pissed.

[bowjunkie]

Very nice bowjunkie.
I have never been able to get that close with a camera to a bighorn. He looks surprised and a little pissed.
Thanks Greg,
He was 10 ft off the sidewalk when we parked and didn't want to give up his grass ... lol
Ed

[gnwatts]

He was 10 ft off the sidewalk when we parked and didn't want to give up his grass ... Ed

I don't blame him.

Here's a telephoto shot from Hwy 101 just north of Leucadia, Ca, a beach brake called "Pontos":


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[JP]

Were they watching for the moose? Covered bridges are very cool, post more if you have them and Include the Road #'s!
Nope, the traffic came to a stop in both directions because the meese :haha: were walking right down the road and past me. That was from the driver's seat of my truck. I have a few more bridges.

:haha: The name of that road is (drum roll) Bull's Bridge Road :roflol: It crosses the Housatonic River and within a half mile or so crossing through it, you're in New York State.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/MT%20Washington%2031%20Aug%2008/MW130s.jpg

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The scar to just left of center is the Cog Railway. Runs up Mt. Washington to the summit. The Cog Railway has a lot of history tied to it which I'll go into a little later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/Zukimog/MT%20Washington%2031%20Aug%2008/MW114.jpg

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Unfortunately, I don't have the time right now to break down these pics. All are from New Hampshire in the Mount Washington area. Some of the covered bridges are marked. Look up that number after doing a search for covered bridges of New Hampshire. I have to get up in three, long day and even longer weekend for me. I'll come back in when I have the chance to give you the info that I know. I just took pics, never really thought to document the area. I know where they are, just not roads. I basically came up I-93, and looped Mt. Washington. The bridges were on the upper route which is Route 2.

These Boom Piers are on Route 16 in Berlin, NH.

[gnwatts]

I like the shot of the barn and flag. Very nice. The bridge shots are great also, especially the interiors showing the structure. RR track 4 up from the bottom is cool also.
Where is that suspension foot bridge? Pretty unique.

[JP]

That's the Bemis Bridge crossing the Saco River in the town of Hart's Location. It's off of Rte.302 south of the Crawford Notch State Park.

[Sombeech]

Awesome album

[accadacca]

Fantastic thread. I agree that an album of just signs would be awesome. :popcorn:

[gnwatts]

Thanks accadacca & Sombeech

So I decided to open up some of my grandparents old dusty Kodak carousel boxes. I had looked at them maybe 25 years ago. These slides have seen the light of day a few times in 63 years. These scans do not come close to replicating the unique color and saturation of these Kodachrome slides.
My grandparents, Myron & Leita, used to drive to Detroit every year to pick up a new car at the factory, I think he worked for Ford (I have no idea what model the maroon sedan is - anybody?). And they went all over the place, before there were freeways. They loved including the car in the photos. And they liked signs.

8/48
I have no idea what road, maybe Crater lake Hwy. 62?


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8/48
Hwy 84 in Oregon?



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8/48
Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Hwy?




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7/25/48
Lanes Redwood Flats, Ca., Hwy 101. Now Smithe Redwoods State Reserve, this was a roadhouse and gift shop, with the entrance to the gift shop through one of the trees.



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No date
Near present day Interstate 5?



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1948
Gallup, NM



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1949
I have no friggin idea. It just said "POW WOW" on the back of the slide. Ideas? Flagstaff! Thanks Sonya.


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6/21/49
"Ohio-Menonite lady"




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7/3/49
Painted Desert, Az. Hwy 89.



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Hwy 1
My mother in June, 1959, on an Austin Healy road rally, Big Sur, Ca. I am in the "boot" behind the seats in my cradle.



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[canyonphile]

These are great! I love vintage photos and those vintage cars are to-die for! The last photo of your mom and the Austin Healy is probably my favorite of these :nod:.

I think the "Pow Wow" photo is in Flagstaff; I see the Hotel Monte Vista sign in the background, and that's definitely a downtown landmark of Flag. I lived in Flagstaff for 4 years, but I can't place the exact location of this photo, but it may be south of the tracks and probably to the east a bit. Of course, this photo was taken almost 50 years before I moved there, so I think some things have changed :mrgreen:.

[jdgibney]

Wow, those old slides are amazing, thanks for sharing, Greg! And thanks for starting this thread with a great idea!

JP, those NH pix are great too, I have lived in NH most of my life good to see some stuff in my back yard ;) Also, saw some stuff from Newtown, CT where my mom grew up and my younger brother graduated High School, good stuff!

[gnwatts]

Thanks jdgibney.


The last photo of your mom and the Austin Healy is probably my favorite of these :nod:.

Mine too.
Thanks for the Flagstaff call Sonya. I like the "Menonite photo", not for it's quality but what it kind of represents. In 1948 we were barely 30 years out of the horse and buggy era, puts things in perspective I guess.

[canyonphile]

Okay, after resizing and loading several pictures of Ohio barns into Flickr last week, and not being able to figure out how to embed the pictures, Ibenick has explained how to do that, so here are some from that 2200 mile drive across I-80 last summer. All shot from the passenger side of the Civic going about 75 MPH, and usually through a closed window (it was hot and nasty-humid through 7/8 of the drive).

Attractive farmhouse, barns and field:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2042/5713364115_96a917375e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713364115/)
DSC_0400 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713364115/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr

Old barn in shadow:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2521/5713925210_114179c422_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713925210/)
DSC_0394 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713925210/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr


An attractive pair of red barns:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2464/5713363729_94b6ffb236_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713363729/)
DSC_0372 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713363729/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr


Pair of white barns and their grain silos (aka "bankruptcy tubes")
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2032/5713924508_ac8aa86b5e_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713924508/)
DSC_0334 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713924508/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr

A family of grain silos:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2356/5713362543_eb0eebf549_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713362543/)
DSC_0301 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713362543/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr


Red barn, new barn, old barn, blue barn (sort of):
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2226/5713924296_3c5f17d52c_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713924296/)
DSC_0331 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713924296/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr

A small barn or shed and a neat paneled silo:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3625/5713921912_5aa7cda4a9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713921912/)
DSC_0222 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/canyonphile/5713921912/) by Sonya Johnson (http://www.flickr.com/people/canyonphile/), on Flickr

[gnwatts]

Thanks Sonya. I love the grain silos (and barns also). I once designed a house (un-built unfortunately, or maybe fortunately) made of old Butler silos, it looked like your 301 pic. Thanks for posting.