You'all might be interested in a group of folks who's goal is to visit
(drive thru) every US county (all 3000+ of them.).
Some 16 members of the group have accomplished it. (I haven't yet .)
It's amazing what there is to see (and photograph with my trusty OM's) off
the beaten track.
It's particularly amazing finding wonderful places in unexpected places (I
won't mention them, to avoid setting off arguments).
If you're interested let me know (off list) and I'll send the e-mail / web
site information.
The point to the exercise is to have a reason to go to lots of interesting
places one would otherwise completely miss, and thereby take wonderful OM
photos ....
Bob Benson
(Note -- I don't think this is any crazier than a lot of what
Zuikoholicism compels us to do)
"John A. Lind" <jalind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [OM] Re: Digital, digital, Part 2 (Long, really
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At 01:12 PM 4/14/2005, Walt (Luddite) Wayman wrote:
>I don't usually drive on the Interstate highways unless there's some
>urgency to get from here to there. I am, however, eternally thankful for
>the Interstate system, because it attracts the big rigs, the motor homes,
>the hell-bent-for-leather, "got to make 800 miles today" tourists, the
>U-Haul movers, stinky busses, and all the other undesirables, keeping
them
>off the "back roads" where I travel. It may take me a little longer to
>get where I'm going, but it's a whole lot more fun, more relaxing, more
>interesting, and offers many more photographic possibilities. I learned
a
>long time ago that, as often as not, the getting there is more enjoyable
>than the being there. That, I guess, sort of sums up my photographic
>philosophy.
Walt,
I now take back roads -- U.S. highways the NDHS replaced -- as time
permits
. . . and that's cross-country. I don't like to fly anywhere any more and
have long found commercial airports abhorrent. That mode of travel leaves
me feeling like just I was just one more head of cattle processed by the
Big Meat Packing Plant. Might take a train some time. Commercial air
travel is also "island hopping" from one megalopolis to another, devoid of
everything between origin and destination. Might as well live in a
Galapagos. After making two Great Road Trips in 2002 and 2003 I
rediscovered what had been missing in my travels since the mid-1960's . .
.
being able to "SEE" everything between origin and destination. Now I'm
looking at it in the manner of Robert Frank's _The_Americans_ (1958) and
find the journey as important as destination. Took much more time on the
second Great Road Trip to stop and make photographs during the trip . . .
something I wish I had done much more of during the first one. Very much
want to do a third Great Road Trip some time this year.
-- John Lind
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