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Running over 4.5Hrs late, Amtrak #4, The Southwest Chief, came in this evening with a great pinch-hit leader - none other than ATSF GP60 #8730. Rare as it is to find this blue and yellow bonnet on the road, its even rarer to find it leading America's train! Special thanks to Chris Lastovich for the timely heads up - I owe ya one man! Brookfield, IL.
Sometimes when you lose your way in the fog, you end up in a beautiful place! Don't be afraid of getting lost!
- Mehmet Murat Ildan -
Castrocucco di Maratea, Potenza, Italy
«Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say»
(Portishead, Roads)
When one arrives here, on this stretch of road, on this infinite straight line of asphalt which leads the eye and the driver into an absolutely world famous landmark, it is literally impossible not to halt the car, step down and take a photo. Doesn't matter how many times one passes from here, he must stop. And when the sky is like this one, no excuses.
SH80 to Mt Cook Village
Over the next little while, I'll be uploading verticals! I've ridden the explore bandwagon for the last year and a bit and run with it but now that I seem to be out of equation again, it's time to show some vertical images that I haven't been putting up :)
Restaurants and coffee shops sell the local specialty, beer fish, and local handicrafts which range from really cheap handmade jewellery, to joints of pork carved from local stone to crystalline honey which beekeepers will chip straight from the hive for you!
Taken @XingPIng village, Yangshuo, China
Coming off of 160th Street West (dirt road) and approaching Lancaster Road. A view of The Gathering Church.
"The road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began,
Now far ahead the road has gone,
And I must follow if I can.
Pursuing it with weary feet,
Until it joins some larger way,
Where many paths and errands meet
And whither then I cannot say."
JRR Tolkien.
This was recited/sung by Bilbo in "The Fellowship of the Ring" when he was leaving the Shire for Rivendell.
Never Tire of the Road - Andy Irvine www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRg6X1sHBt4
On the right, the track of the dismantled Nickey rail line in Redbourn, Hertfordshire. On the left, the road that has taken over the function the rail once had. Fuji X-Pro1 plus pancake lens.
Forward to the stars ... You can walk this road for a very long time, watching the stars on their way. There is a strange lantern ahead, but it's not light from the train, we noticed it from the very beginning and it was green, we went to it for a long time, but we did not reach it.
explore?
In honor of St Patrick's Day, here is a photo of highway 136 into Lone Pine. At about 4,000 feet elevation it is definitely the high road... though I am not sure I will get to Ireland before ya (as the song goes).
In the distance are the Alabama hills which sit at the foot of Mount Whitney (pictured), the tallest peak in the continental United States.