Friday, August 20, 2010
Streetview, Dobbs Style.
9:24 PM | 
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Cheryl |
If you don't use a picture organizer on your computer, I highly recommend it. I use Google's free picture manager, Picasa, which allows me to see every photo I have stored on my computer regardless of what illogical place I have saved it. It also gives me the chance to look through years worth of photos without opening one single shoe box or album. As I browsed my pictures this evening, some patterns emerged: Roads, sky, and flowers. I already knew there would be lots of pictures of Amy and Goldie (that goes without saying), but I was surprised at how often my camera found these three themes.
Roads represent a journey - and I find that irresistible. They tell a story and promise new adventures. This is one of the reasons we really do enjoy driving vacations. The journey, the process of getting there, is as much a part of the adventure as is the destination. There's a mystery, too. Where does the road go? What's back there behind the trees, or those rocks? What is life like on this road - or what did it use to be like? Mark is especially susceptible to "exploring." On our trip to Hawaii we headed down a coastal road with a quarter tank of gas and nearly found out a little more than we wanted to know about that remote road. We sometimes take out of the way roads, just to get off the big highway and enjoy the land a bit more. Stopping for a picnic by a stream is so much more fun than fries at Denny's! Our out of the way route this summer took us to the Kansas Wetlands Education Center - a great serendipitous find. Did you know that Kansas boasts 435,000 acres of wetlands? Who knew?
Every road offers a different mood - remote, dangerous, romantic, scenic, historic - even the everyday roads you travel have stories to tell and hold a promise in that elusive vanishing point. You just have to get off of auto-pilot and travel them with new eyes.
Next up: Skies!
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The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.
- Bilbo Bagins