you and me in a car

north I15

2011-08-25T14:07:00.000-07:00

from Cedar City to Salt Lake, after a glorious weekend of Shakespeare.

more northbound through seattle

2011-08-15T15:05:00.000-07:00

through seattle. sorry most of them are upside-down. that's just the way the camera fit in my hand that day.

gysers

2011-05-15T17:36:00.000-07:00

this is the road that goes through Yellowstone National Park. highway 20 or 191 or something like that. yes, we saw lots of bison. I don't know where those pictures ended up.

but here is one of dear Kimberly Barnes and I. thank you, cousin Melissa, for taking the picture and being the driver on this most wonderful of roadtrips. :)

alberta, canada

2011-04-05T14:05:00.001-07:00

I was looking through photo albums from the time I spent in Canada. and I came across these.

my best guess is that they were taking in a car traveling along Highway 5, south from Lethbridge.

but my memories of then aren't completely solid. all I have are these pictures and a fuzzy mental map of space and time to pin them down on.

9000 South, Salt Lake City

2011-02-19T08:33:00.000-08:00

I want to say this is 9000 South anyway... but it could very well be any eastbound cross-street in the whole valley. I can't remember. but the sky looks lovely and windswept, doesn't it?

I-5 North

2011-01-29T14:37:00.000-08:00

East Lake Creek Road, Heber Valley

2010-11-09T16:49:00.000-08:00

these are from the autumn.

Cottonwood Canyon Road

2010-09-07T09:32:00.000-07:00

if you'd be so kind as to ignore the weird reflections caught in the car windows...

you and me on a train

2010-03-26T14:02:00.000-07:00

somewhere between Sheffield and Chesterfield.

Valley of Fire Highway

2010-02-19T08:41:00.000-08:00

We spent all day Saturday hiking around these rocks. So lovely.

I-15 South

2010-02-17T08:40:00.000-08:00

Friday, February 12th

running away from winter.

I-15 South

2010-01-29T13:04:00.000-08:00

tuesday, january 19th. going back to somewhere I can't quite call home. I don't think I've found a home yet. { also }

interstate 90, east from washington

2009-07-20T11:55:00.000-07:00

Mamalahoa Highway, Hawaii

2009-07-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

Alii Drive, Hawaii

2009-06-27T17:17:00.000-07:00

Farrington highway, northwest Oahu

2009-06-16T19:22:00.000-07:00

we were driving back from a short hike up to Ka'ena Point. the hike was lovely and flat, the day semi-cloudy and not too hot. we saw one fat monk seal and no albatrosses.

oh so many pretty beaches. if I were homeless, I would live there. perhaps even if I weren't homeless...

and in new york too

2009-05-27T07:59:00.000-07:00

I spotted this from Ashley Simko's blog of very concise observations. it has a meta-fuzz to it. mm.

interstate 15 north, St. George Utah

2009-05-14T11:50:00.000-07:00

2009-05-08T20:56:00.000-07:00

look: more people who take pictures in their cars.

interstate 15 north, las vegas

2009-04-28T15:19:00.000-07:00

you and me in a car in sydney

2009-04-25T07:45:00.000-07:00

I just came across these photos from russell davies, many of which were taken from inside a car driving through Australia. cool, eh? it makes me happy to see I'm not the only one that tilts my camera a bit.

photos from my own trip south (not so far as Australia) will be posted as soon as I get around to it.

you and me in a plane

2009-03-28T16:41:00.000-07:00

YCC to SEA
january 29
something like six a.m.
view over calgary, alberta.
i'd stopped sobbing enough by this point to take a picture.

68th Avenue, Tukwila

2009-02-24T13:40:00.000-08:00

43 Street South

2009-02-14T13:48:00.000-08:00

Lethbridge, Alberta

kent kangley

2007-06-14T13:39:00.001-07:00

what sort of bird is that?
i have no idea.

132nd and 256th

2007-06-06T13:53:00.001-07:00

this picture is not very pretty. i took it because that is a green ford taurus up there. and nothing serves to remind me of bygone infatuations so well as automobiles that match.

the redheaded owner of the ford taurus was less of an infatuation and more of an insanity--but close enough.
he doesn't drive that car anymore. which is just as well. change is good. change is vital...

i wonder if my little blue honda (or any of her twins) will ever remind anyone out there of a bygone infatuation. that would be interesting to know.

there was also a maroon pontiac grand am. and a goldish nissan. such is my memory, hung up on certain types of cars probably a little bit more so than the male persons who once drove said vehicles.

124 SE

2007-06-04T15:49:00.001-07:00

i miss walking.

164th and 256th

2007-05-08T13:29:00.000-07:00

santa monica boulevard

2007-04-24T14:55:00.000-07:00

132 SE

2007-04-20T12:04:00.000-07:00

rain in the sunshine.

16th street, astoria

2007-04-13T14:29:00.000-07:00

Astoria, Oregon, was the place they filmed that epitome of 80s movies, The Goonies. i'm not a huge fan of the show, but it does sort of define the culture of the era I grew up in. so out of a weird nostalgia, i haven't put it on my list of hated films.

we drove around Astoria looking for a pizza place my dad had heard rumors about ten years previous. sadly, we didn't find it. we didn't have that many clues to go on.

so we kept driving, crossing this bridge that goes over the mouth of the columbia river. and we got home just after ten and ate fried chicken for dinner instead of pizza.

moon stone beach drive, california

2007-04-09T14:12:00.000-07:00

highway 101, san fransisco

2007-04-07T10:07:00.000-07:00

windy, golden, spring

highway 101, california

2007-04-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

avenue of the giants, northern california

2007-04-02T15:17:00.000-07:00

we saw bigger redwood trees, later that night. we pulled over at a small brown sign that said simply:

Big Tree --->

and we hiked 0.1 miles in the moonlight to the clearing where it stood, fenced off with a wooden fence. big trees. not all that red on the outside, especially not at night, but they are big and beautiful and straight and dark.

interstate 70, kansas

2007-03-23T12:11:00.000-07:00

a bright december monday, last year

car park (maple valley)

2007-03-21T17:11:00.000-07:00

Orillo Road

2007-03-19T14:31:00.000-07:00

148th SE

2007-03-14T14:08:00.000-07:00

244 Avenue SE

2007-03-12T08:16:00.000-07:00

always so grey. when will summer come?

Wax Road

2007-03-10T12:55:00.000-08:00

i like the name of this road quite a lot more than i like the picture i took on it.

kent-kangley

2007-03-08T10:13:00.000-08:00

132 SE

2007-03-06T11:18:00.000-08:00

Sweeney Road

2007-03-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

there is a pair of shoes tangled in the telephone wire up there. my little brother says they've been there for years and years.

two completely different car parks

2007-03-02T10:28:00.000-08:00

two completely different days.

148th

2007-02-20T20:08:00.000-08:00

160th SE

2007-02-19T12:29:00.000-08:00

highway 405 north

2007-02-16T12:53:00.000-08:00

a cloudy day it is. i think the lake is called Lake Washington. but don't quote me on that.

160th

2007-02-12T09:48:00.000-08:00

highway 63

2007-02-10T12:15:00.000-08:00

november third, a sunny saturday of much driving. i saw no fewer than three shiny black convertibles. this is one of them.
the one i want most.

a carpark

2007-02-08T09:59:00.000-08:00

highway 12

2007-02-07T14:31:00.000-08:00

SE 240th

2007-02-06T11:02:00.000-08:00

SE 256th

2007-01-31T14:38:00.000-08:00

not sure which little rivulet of water i'm driving across here. i'll look it up if i get a chance, and let you know.

124th

2007-01-30T12:53:00.000-08:00

covington way

2007-01-29T16:40:00.000-08:00

interstate 5, south again

2007-01-27T16:13:00.000-08:00

the museum of flight is there in the background. there's a rather nifty exhibit on Lenoardo da Vinci going on there at the moment. i went and explored the place on thursday, slipping in with my little brother's school field trip.
quite an extraordinary person, da Vinci was.

interstate 5, northish into Seattle

2007-01-26T21:53:00.000-08:00

nobody was hurt in the making of this production

2007-01-22T15:36:00.000-08:00

this is the car in which i learned to drive: a lovely gray ford escort. my sister wrecked it last august, one week before her wedding. everyone survived but the car. we sold it for scrap metal, i believe.these pictures weren't taken by me, but if i'd never learned to drive i wouldn't be here taking photos while driving and posting them on this little blog, would i?

in addition, you ought to know that i've never been in a car wreck. several bicycle crashes and i did hit a deer a few months ago, but none of these incidents involved a camera. don't worry, i'll be careful.

not sure where

2007-01-15T22:30:00.000-08:00

sixty miles an hour. some empty road someplace.

a car park

2007-01-10T14:45:00.000-08:00

157th Place

2007-01-09T18:00:00.000-08:00

this is the street where i live. this is me pulling into our fat driveway. that schoolbus is parked up at the end of the road all the time. i don't know why. it just sits there. reminds me of a story i need to write.

SE 320th

2007-01-08T13:29:00.000-08:00

look at me dodging traffic.
these are the local community college dorms. the place is crawling with stylish asians. perhaps they only look stylish. probably they only look asian and are as american as i am. after all, i'm not the most observant person, nor the most fashion savvy, really. nor the most political correct. but at any rate i like the colorful buildings. don't you?

124 SE

2007-01-03T12:44:00.000-08:00

cross the street, cross the sky.

these sideview mirror shots are becoming a bit of a classic, i think.

SE 256th, washington

2006-12-26T12:01:00.000-08:00

the whole world up here smells like pine trees.

interstate 80, wyoming

2006-12-22T14:06:00.000-08:00

western wyoming: the interesting bits, down in the corner.

highway 287

2006-12-21T15:18:00.000-08:00

somewhere along this road i got from colorado to wyoming. i never saw the stateline, nor did i notice any shift in the porportions of either type of license plate. just a wondering where am i?, and then Laramie appearing on the horizon. like magic.

interstate 15, utah

2006-12-20T17:09:00.000-08:00

that car up there is the twin to mine. same shape, same blue, just dirtier. we passed each other a few times on our way north toward brigham city. i wonder who the guy driving it was. i wonder where he was going.

highway 14, colorado

2006-12-19T11:16:00.000-08:00

i got lost here, looking for 287. i eventually found it, and the detour through the curvy outskirts of Fort Collins provided some scope for the imagination. i wonder what it's like there on all the other days of the week.

highway 25, colorado

2006-12-18T12:02:00.000-08:00

the first decent glimpse of mountains i'd had in six months. sadly, the southbound bits of traffic obstruct the view just a little.

4th north, logan, utah

2006-12-17T17:39:00.000-08:00

highway 34, idaho

2006-12-16T11:25:00.000-08:00

this was going to be less about words and more about photographs, but in fact i'm much more of a writer than photographer. and there are stories here that need to be told. right? highway 34, idaho isn't much description, and although the picture is supposedly worth thousands of words, if i were you i'd want to know where i was going, what i was leaving behind.

it was a bright winter saturday, early afternoon. i'm leaving behind my newly engaged cousin and all the relatives who'd come out for her bridal shower. i'm leaving behind uncles i somehow have too little time to visit. memories that will not fit in my overpacked suitcases. i'm stopping by grandmother's house, to see her unfinished kitchen and her wide open views. i'm looking at my map and moving north again to my sister's tiny little apartment in rexburg.

it hasn't snowed yet, but i still have a long way to go.

J and 36

2006-12-14T13:15:00.000-08:00

interstate 70, kansas

2006-12-14T13:01:00.000-08:00

highway 6

2006-12-14T00:50:00.000-08:00

interstate 84, oregon

2006-12-13T21:55:00.000-08:00

highway 6

2006-12-13T19:52:00.000-08:00

highway 36, missouri

2006-12-13T19:42:00.000-08:00

J highway

2006-12-13T19:20:00.000-08:00