Excellent record of a great road trip. I commented earlier but it never showed up. Faultless compositions, well done.
Paul On Jun 29, 2014, at 3:21 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > Thanks, Frank! Cheers, Christine > > > On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:48 PM, knarf <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wonderful photos, great travelogue. >> >> I saw that big bell with the crack in it. Someone should really fix it. >> >> ;-) >> >> Cheers, >> frank >> >> On 26 June, 2014 2:30:08 AM EDT, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> >> wrote: >>> Hi Everyone: >>> >>> Just a few road trip pics—nothing great. We visited a lot of author >>> homes, but unfortunately no interior photography was allowed, so I >>> spared you the exterior shots of the houses. I do include Mark Twain’s >>> Study—an octagon shaped building specifically built for him at his >>> in-laws’ farm near Elmira, NY—built so he could write undisturbed >>> during his summer visits to the farm. This building is now owned by >>> Elmira College and located on campus. There was no student ambassador >>> around to let us in, but I took some photos through the windows and >>> converted to BW. They are included here. >>> >>> Visiting the author homes was great—fun to stand in Emerson’s study, >>> the bedrooms where Little Women was written (Concord, MA) and that tiny >>> women in Amherst, MA penned all those delightful poems, and, of >>> course, seeing the Seven Gables that inspired the House of Seven Gables >>> was fun as well (Salem, MA). Twain’s home in Hartford, CT is >>> absolutely amazing and very well preserved, but interestingly, the >>> Emerson family STILL owns Emerson’s home: the tour guide informed us, >>> “We all work for the Emerson family.” Something really cool about >>> that. Sara Orne Jewett’s house in South Berwick, ME is also a great >>> house, but the town is not much to speak of. >>> >>> I’d never seen Philly, so we did all the historical stuff in one day, >>> then left early the next for Hartford et al. Spent a few days in >>> Boston—Freedom Trail, Boat ride, and Museum of Fine Arts—the Copley >>> collection there is fantastic—then headed for Salem, MA. >>> >>> We also paid homage to author tombstones, but I spared you those photos >>> as well, though Sleepy Hollow was amazing—many pilgrims travel to these >>> markers and leave stones, pencils, pens, other trinkets—lots of small >>> stones at Dickinson’s marker. Chronic dappled lighting made the >>> markers somewhat of challenge to photograph. Famous people seem to >>> love pretty spots near trees. >>> >>> We traveled for 16 days by car, moved on nearly every 1-3 days. As I >>> look back now it was a dizzying pace, and the driving challenging: I >>> nearly got us killed at a small round-about in Concord, MA. >>> >>> And we drove 12 hours straight from Elmira, NY to Chicago. The drive >>> home started early, and we had the road nearly to ourselves, enjoying >>> the quiet, morning fog, and the lovely tree studded hills and valleys >>> of NY. But then a large doe jumped out in front of us. Fortunately, >>> Darrel swerved right, the doe kept left, leaving no damage to car, >>> person, or animal. I gushed over Darrel for his quick response, and >>> the trip continued uneventful, that is, until we were literally 5 >>> minutes from home. At a speed about 15 miles per hour, I turned a >>> corner for the final 5 minute stretch home, only to have to slow down >>> to let one of our neighborhood deer, traveling about .5 miles per hour, >>> cross the road. Uncanny! >>> >>> Anyway, here are the pics! Cheers, Christine >>> http://www.caguila.com/pdmllit/index.html >> >> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
