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Weekend motorcycle trip
Last weekend I was supposed to go to a motorcycle ride in Illinois. My plan was to leave work early friday and head down to where the ride is held. This should have been around a 175 mile/4 hour ride.
I'm easily distracted and it wound up getting dark about halfway to my destination, so I called some friends that were camping nearby and went and stayed with them.
The next morning my friend Ernie spotted this caterpillar on his tent pole.
Here is another version with the flash
My friends went to bed and I stayed up a little later playing around with long exposures.
My original plan was to leave early and get down to the motorcycle rally, but there was something inside me that wasn't going to allow that. I was asked by my frieds to ride with them, but I needed to do something different. I called another friend that lives near my camp and went and visited his family.
We decided to go for a motorcycle ride and we looked for a cool old church I has seen pictures of.
We went to a local saloon for a little dinner, unfortunately the place was packed. I saw this sweet 1936 Sokol, a Polish motorcycle.
This building had some cool decorations!
More later, I'm falling asleep!
I'm easily distracted and it wound up getting dark about halfway to my destination, so I called some friends that were camping nearby and went and stayed with them.
The next morning my friend Ernie spotted this caterpillar on his tent pole.
Here is another version with the flash
My friends went to bed and I stayed up a little later playing around with long exposures.
My original plan was to leave early and get down to the motorcycle rally, but there was something inside me that wasn't going to allow that. I was asked by my frieds to ride with them, but I needed to do something different. I called another friend that lives near my camp and went and visited his family.
We decided to go for a motorcycle ride and we looked for a cool old church I has seen pictures of.
We went to a local saloon for a little dinner, unfortunately the place was packed. I saw this sweet 1936 Sokol, a Polish motorcycle.
This building had some cool decorations!
More later, I'm falling asleep!
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Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
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We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
- George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"
Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
http://rokklym.smugmug.com/
We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
- George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"
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I like how your destination changed mid-stream. That's what it's all about
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Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
http://rokklym.smugmug.com/
We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
- George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"
There were a boat load of Harleys here and then a bunch on people showed up on horseback. Apparently you can't get a ticket for riding a horse drunk.
One reason for stopping in New Diggings is because I had seen a photo of a cool old church. THe photo I saw was taken by dgrin member klasjm. Jim is a friend of mine and I had to see it.
Here is Jims photo
Photo by Jim Klas
I was hoping to see it in the same shape as when Jim visited, but it has recently been restored. This church was built in 1844, so now it will hopefully last another 164 years.
My friend John wanted a good photo of his Harley, so I took one in front of the church. I'm not a fan of Harleys, but its a nice bike if your into that style.
after a nice ride through the country, we ended up back in Galena Illinois and walked around the historic downtown a bit. I love the flood gates!
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Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
http://rokklym.smugmug.com/
We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
- George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"
I stopped at a gas station for something to drink and had a nice talk with a guy that was showing off his sweet 1970 Chevy Nova SS, but I was too warm to care about taking photos, I wish I would have. I passed through quite a few small farming towns and eventually ran into some guys that were on the ride that I was supposed to be on.
I eventually made it to the motorcycle rally and ran into a few friends. We hung out, ate, and talked til late at night.
My friend Craig test rode a KTM 950 Super Enduro and couldn't get the grin off his face all night.
Pretty nice sunrise the next morning!
Olympus E3 w HLD4, E520, E510 11-22mm, 50-200mm,35mm macro, 14-42mm, 40-150, FL50R & FL36R
http://rokklym.smugmug.com/
We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life,to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment no matter what.
- George Santayana, "The philosophy of travel"