So I'm a road trip photo junkie. I LOVE taking photos while flying down the freeway at 75mph. Maybe part of it is because as a kid raised in the 70s and 80s from Idaho, our family drove everywhere. And you have to drive a long ways to get to see different parts of the country when you're from North Idaho! We never flew by airplane. I spent countless hours trying to keep myself busy in the car (this is pre-DVD player, mind you--I don't know how my parents survived!!) and a lot of the time I would just check out the scenery unfolding in front of my eyes. I grew to appreciate watching how the topography would gradually change from a mountainous, forested landscape to a dry high-plain with scrub brush. I loved watching the weather and remember driving through a few killer thunderstorms in the Dakotas and Nebraska. I liked slowing down through small towns and seeing what restaurants and business they had and what was busy. These are the places I'd see hot dogs, coffee, and fishing lures all on the same sign. And there was always the wonder of approaching a big city. Watching the freeway go from 2 lanes to 5 or 6, seeing all the lights and hi-rises off in the distance, and witnessing my parents trying to navigate through it with their large maps spread out on their laps.
This summer we're headed back to Coeur d'Alene a few times and I plan on taking quite a few photos on the road. I took this photo below last week (while Tim was driving) on our way back to Seattle. This is on I-90 on the bridge going over the Columbia river. I took it with the iPhone camera and processed it once again with my trusty Camera+ app.
If you have similar camera photos you've taken while on the road, post them to my
Facebook Page. I'd love to see your favorites!
Happy Shooting!
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