Random Photos from Road Trips

[Mark Sedenquist]

I was looking for photos that I took near Zzyzx Road (Megan is presenting an academic paper on the "meaning" behind Zzyzx) and I found some other photos that you might find interesting.

This photo was captured on July 9, 2020 about 1/10th of mile from I-15 just south of the Cima Road off-ramp in Southern California. I had been hiking and was walking back to my car when these two critters decided that they could "buffalo" me. Their attempt to encourage my return to my vehicle was successful. There was just a tad too much 'tude from them.


Curious cows along I-15, near Cima Road by Mark Sedenquist


Another view of one of those characters that "encouraged" me to get back in the car.


Still taking a dim view of me being there -- see the I-15 call box in the rear of the photo?


Likewise, this jackrabbit attempted to "buffalo" me, but he wasn't all that intimidating.

Same day, about three minutes before I ran into the open range cattle.

[Rick Quinn]

Gotta love those ears!

[Mark Sedenquist]

Yep, she/he knew I was there long before I saw her/him.

Mark

[Mark Sedenquist]

Looking past the former Kokoweef Caverns sign at the MolyCorp mine at Mtn Pass, California
(Mark Sedenquist on March 12, 2006)

I drove past the mine two days ago and the tailings pile is extraordinarily tall -- making a new mountain there. I will have to go and get a new photo.

Mark

[AZBuck]

Mark, thanks for this opportunity to post atypical images from past trips. I would like to share some of mine from my first trip to Europe, specifically to Ireland. Now when most people think of such a visit they imagine scenes such as kissing the Blarney Stone, driving the Ring of Kerry, standing on the edge of the Cliffs of Moher, hiking the Giants Causeway, everywhere green, green, green - and stunningly beautiful images.

My experience was, shall we say, a bit different. The trip was part of a University of Delaware program to facilitate student travel in pursuit of knowledge. In my case this was in furtherance of some courses I was taking in photography. I note this because the course I was taking was aimed towards training the eye, so everything had to be shot as B/W slides. The thing about that restriction was that we processed the film ourselves, and the film that went through the camera was exactly the same film that got cut up after development and put into slide frames. No lighting or focus adjustments, no cropping, no anything - just exactly what the camera captured when you clicked the shutter.

Also, I did not go to the Republic of Ireland, but rather to Belfast in Northern Ireland during what was euphemistically called The Troubles. And another 'also', I managed to get myself detained by the British Army (King's Own Scots Borderers) whose Major suggested that I accompany his soldiers through the streets as he casually dropped my passport into his desk drawer. I decided it was in my interest to comply with his suggestion. So with that as background, here are some of the resulting pictures...






























AZBuck

[Rick Quinn]

Hey, Buck,

These are great! It clearly took some guts just to be walking the steets in those circumstances, much less pointing a camera at people with weapons, and taking the time to compose each of your photos. Traveling the world in my (much) younger days, I found myself in the middle of dangerous situations on a number of occasions--and I'll freely admit that I never had the stones to whip out my Nikon!

Rick

[Mark Sedenquist]

Yes, pretty awesome collection of photos and the back story is memorable too.

Thanks for sharing.

Mark