The Last Trip from Art School
This is a photograph that I took in 1987 with my old Nikon FM. The truck in the photo was the first new vehicle I had ever owned. It was a 1983 Dodge D-50 Turbo Diesel built by Mitsubishi Motors of Japan. I photographed this somewhere in Northern Ontario during my drive back to the Yukon from Art School in London Ontario.
I think I stopped at this place because the C&H Hamburger Stand had been started by the parents of a good friend of mine at Art School many years before. They no longer operated it, but I stopped just to see what I could see. I'd studied at Art School from 1984 to 1987, doing the very long drive back and forth during my first and last years there, and taking the Greyhound Bus Twice. In those days, you could travel anywhere in Canada on a Greyhound for $99.00. The cost for diesel to power my drive one way was probably about $150.00. That was one of the advantages of running a four cylinder Japanese diesel. That truck was very frugal on fuel while the four wheel drive system meant that I could traverse the worst roads without too much concern.
In this photo, the truck was loaded up with all my worldly possessions for the last trip home to Whitehorse. Those were wonderful and exciting days.
The Last Trip from Art School
This is a photograph that I took in 1987 with my old Nikon FM. The truck in the photo was the first new vehicle I had ever owned. It was a 1983 Dodge D-50 Turbo Diesel built by Mitsubishi Motors of Japan. I photographed this somewhere in Northern Ontario during my drive back to the Yukon from Art School in London Ontario.
I think I stopped at this place because the C&H Hamburger Stand had been started by the parents of a good friend of mine at Art School many years before. They no longer operated it, but I stopped just to see what I could see. I'd studied at Art School from 1984 to 1987, doing the very long drive back and forth during my first and last years there, and taking the Greyhound Bus Twice. In those days, you could travel anywhere in Canada on a Greyhound for $99.00. The cost for diesel to power my drive one way was probably about $150.00. That was one of the advantages of running a four cylinder Japanese diesel. That truck was very frugal on fuel while the four wheel drive system meant that I could traverse the worst roads without too much concern.
In this photo, the truck was loaded up with all my worldly possessions for the last trip home to Whitehorse. Those were wonderful and exciting days.