This picture was taken north of Westcliffe, CO, at sunrise one morning as I was headed from Denver to Phoenix (via backroads and state highways, obviously.) 👍
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Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
17 October 2018
Man, I love a good ol' barn...
...especially when there's nothing but good memories and a little luck still holding them up. It doesn't hurt the scene any when they're backdropped by the San Juan Mountains in SE Colorado. This one is in an epic battle with the elements and gravity but is fighting the good fight. I love to think about the day when the last board was nailed into place and the family first looked with such pride upon their brand new barn.
31 March 2016
Lunar landscape via New Mexico Volcanoes
This picture was taken along the road that leads to the iconic Capulin Volcano at the US Park Services National Monument of the same name.
Capulin Volcano is located roughly near Des Moines, NM, which is pretty much right next to nothing you've ever heard of.
The closest town in Oklahoma is actually only 75 miles away from the volcano. But Kenton, OK, is also near the OK state line you've likely never crossed...the one that borders New Mexico. When you leave Kenton headed west, it's not long before you run into dirt road (4x4 only in bad weather) and that then carries you further into New Mexico.
I've loved every visit to Capulin Volcano and once was able to make the one mile hike around the rim. It's an obscure, but wonderful off-the-beaten-path sort of destination - my favorite kind.
If you are headed to Colorado Springs from Oklahoma, I highly recommend taking the volcano route (Amarillo | Dalhart | Clayton | Raton) since it costs you next to nothing in drive time but affords you lots in beautiful scenery.
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And as a bit of travelogue...
The view as you head west out of Oklahoma from Kenton.
The paved trail on the volcano and expansive view afforded from the same.
View from the top. You can see the parking lot at the bottom right of the first pic and over my right shoulder in the second pic.
Capulin Volcano is located roughly near Des Moines, NM, which is pretty much right next to nothing you've ever heard of.
The closest town in Oklahoma is actually only 75 miles away from the volcano. But Kenton, OK, is also near the OK state line you've likely never crossed...the one that borders New Mexico. When you leave Kenton headed west, it's not long before you run into dirt road (4x4 only in bad weather) and that then carries you further into New Mexico.
I've loved every visit to Capulin Volcano and once was able to make the one mile hike around the rim. It's an obscure, but wonderful off-the-beaten-path sort of destination - my favorite kind.
If you are headed to Colorado Springs from Oklahoma, I highly recommend taking the volcano route (Amarillo | Dalhart | Clayton | Raton) since it costs you next to nothing in drive time but affords you lots in beautiful scenery.
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And as a bit of travelogue...
The view as you head west out of Oklahoma from Kenton.
The paved trail on the volcano and expansive view afforded from the same.
View from the top. You can see the parking lot at the bottom right of the first pic and over my right shoulder in the second pic.
07 March 2016
Trippin'...at Canyon de Chelly
It's pronounced Canyon de 'Shay', it's in NE Arizone, and it's not a good place to not be sure-footed. Remote shutter releases are cool but that last step is a doozy.
Reflections at Great Plains State Park
Last summer Noah and I went on a surprisingly wonderful little weekend camping trip. It wasn't surprisingly wonderful because I didn't think we'd have a good time. But the remote location was even more enjoyable than I had hoped. I must add, and the internet as well as Noah can confirm, the bacon cheeseburgers at the 3-table Tom Steed Reservoir Bait Shop are just amazing! Oddly, my bride narrow-mindedly frowns upon eating in the same store where you can by earthworms and dead crawdads for bait.
Here are a few pics of world famous (not really) Tom Steed Reservoir in the early pre-dawn hours.
Here are a few pics of world famous (not really) Tom Steed Reservoir in the early pre-dawn hours.
05 August 2014
Hoover Dam @ Night and some Lake Mead drought
Day or night, I've never regretted a stop at the Hoover Dam. This place is a modern marvel of engineering and a grand human vision.
The star-burst pattern around the lights is an effect typical of many lenses at very high f-stop #'s (very small apertures).
Check out how much the water level has dropped in Lake Mead between the top picture taken in 2001 and the bottom one taken in 2009!
08 July 2014
Union Station in the City of Fountains - Kansas City
Everything's up to date in Kansas City
They gone about as fer as they can go
They went an' built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin' orta grow!
While in Kansas City for a conference, I wandered over (e.g. hiked 8 miles that night) from my hotel on the far north side of town to as far south as the World War I museum. Of course that included a stop by Union Station which was, for all intents and purposes, completely empty on that week night. It was far too kind for the operators there to empty the place for me and my camera to enjoy.
Wikipedia says that the height of activity (approx 670,000 passengers) at Union Station occurred in 1945 at the end of World War II. After that, it was a steady decline until closure in 1985. It was almost demolished several times until a public/private partnership found means to save the station in 1996.
Here are a few of my favorite images of my private, self-guided tour of the place.
They gone about as fer as they can go
They went an' built a skyscraper seven stories high
About as high as a buildin' orta grow!
At least that's what Will Parker said about Kansas City in the musical Oklahoma.f
While in Kansas City for a conference, I wandered over (e.g. hiked 8 miles that night) from my hotel on the far north side of town to as far south as the World War I museum. Of course that included a stop by Union Station which was, for all intents and purposes, completely empty on that week night. It was far too kind for the operators there to empty the place for me and my camera to enjoy.
Wikipedia says that the height of activity (approx 670,000 passengers) at Union Station occurred in 1945 at the end of World War II. After that, it was a steady decline until closure in 1985. It was almost demolished several times until a public/private partnership found means to save the station in 1996.
Here are a few of my favorite images of my private, self-guided tour of the place.
One of the more interesting things about this curvy, wide-angle image is the lighting. Under most circumstances you'd never see such balanced lighting inside a structure with many windows except maybe at noon. In this case, the light on the left (east) wall was directly from the sun shining in the right (west) windows. The light on the right (west) wall was reflecting off a large glass building outside and to the east of Union Station. Confused yet?
Hey that's me. Or two of me, actually. All in a long, single exposure, too.
St. Louis Gateway Arch up close and abstract
This is what the arch looks like when you press your toes, your knees, your belly and your chin right up against it and take a picture...just in case you were wondering.
26 June 2014
23 June 2014
National World War I Museum in Kansas City
Man, I loved this place.
No doubt in the decades immediately following the Civil War, there must have been much more "we must never forget" sort of sentiment. And it fades.
World War I...probably the same.
World War II...probably already happening. Although a certain Tom Hanks movie, among others, will help with that. But 100 years from now, it won't be near the popular topic it is now.
What will happen with monuments like this? Will the war be so far removed that we will no longer fund such museums? I don't know. Only time will tell.
Regardless, I highly recommend a visit to this one if you ever have a chance to drop by. The view from the tower is particularly fantastic at night.
Front entrance over the Poppy Fields.
Presentation over 'the trenches.'
Front entrance
Grassy field at sunset just north of the museum.
View looking south.
View of downtown Kansas City looking north.
Ummmm...Sir Longshanks of Edmond. Low sun = long shadows.
No doubt in the decades immediately following the Civil War, there must have been much more "we must never forget" sort of sentiment. And it fades.
World War I...probably the same.
World War II...probably already happening. Although a certain Tom Hanks movie, among others, will help with that. But 100 years from now, it won't be near the popular topic it is now.
What will happen with monuments like this? Will the war be so far removed that we will no longer fund such museums? I don't know. Only time will tell.
Regardless, I highly recommend a visit to this one if you ever have a chance to drop by. The view from the tower is particularly fantastic at night.
Front entrance over the Poppy Fields.
Presentation over 'the trenches.'
Front entrance
Grassy field at sunset just north of the museum.
View looking south.
View of downtown Kansas City looking north.
Ummmm...Sir Longshanks of Edmond. Low sun = long shadows.
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