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This week's prompt is "road." John (rnrman) suggested this hunt in a previous thread, and his photo will start this thread, followed by JeffH .
You're encouraged to describe your photo--where you shot it, details of what you were doing or what was going on, etc.
Hi oncemore. I have a fascination for photos that feature a road as part of the composition. I like the fact that a road takes you into the picture, what lies around the corner or over the hill? I want to know, I want to go there. I thought perhaps I can get you to post any choice photos you may have that fit this criteria. Anywhere, hopefully there will be many. I have taken a many road photos but the one I am posting is not mine. It was taken by a friend a couple of years ago and the location is in Castle Valley, Utah. Of course I took one look at it and just had to go see for myself last year.
Not a road, but the Great Wall of China conjured up similar questions and curiosity for me as we hiked this section during May. Fatigue had a lot to do with wondering what was next, though: as in when does this thing END?
Posts: 5495 | Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA | Registered: 25 November 2005
Beautiful Ramsay Gardens in Edinburgh. These houses are very coveted, and don't come on the market very often. The other side of them looks over Princes Street Gardens. The street is just off the Royal Mile just near the Castle.
Decumanus Maximus in Ostia near the Theater. The Decumanus is the main road in most ancient Roman towns. Ostia was the port city of Ancient Rome. This part of the Decumanus is close to the beginning near the restored Theater. Oney 30 min from Rome's Piramide Metro stop on the commuter train
Posts: 4355 | Location: St Paul, MN | Registered: 10 February 2006
Street of the Wineseller's Pompeii.The top of the street is Appian Way, the road to Rome.Note the chariot ruts, always makes me wonder who drove this way.
We were traveling the back roads of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil in 2002. These roads though-out the Vale dos Vinhedos (Valley of Vineyards) between Bento Gonçalves, Garibaldi and Caxias do Sul lead to Brazil's best wineries founded by mostly Italian immigrants. The wineries include Casa Valduga, Miolo, Don Giovanni, Lovara, Laurindo, Embrapa, Boscato Vinhos Fines, Casa Cordelier, Cave de Pedra, etc.
Posts: 761 | Location: Palmyra, NJ, USA | Registered: 29 July 2003
In late May 2008 we were on a coach tour from Mendoza, Argentina into the Andes, on the main artery between Argentina and Chile.
We were not fated to see what was around the next curve, however, as the snowstorm that stranded about 800 commercial trucks at rest stops a few miles below this point caused a huge boulder to block the roadway. Our driver impressed us all with his ability to turn the coach around with an easy 3 point turn!
Judy
Posts: 3915 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
OK - only one more. This was taken from the gardens at La Foce in late June, an archetypical Tuscan (Crete Sinese) scene of a winding road we were told was built by the Orego family.
Judy
Posts: 3915 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
I took a lot of road pictures this week... but I thought I'd post this - Taken at the Marriott Desert Springs entrance. This was my road to a week of doing nothing... when I came to start a short get-away last Friday, July 3rd. Leaving the vacation spot tomorrow, Thursday.
I love the photos posted in. I cant explain exactly why but the Western Australia road shot paticuarly holds my attention. Maybe its because there is very little in the frame except the road itself, it draws me in. This one will be familiar to many who have taken scenic byway 12 Ut. Its part of Red Canyon around midday in Sept.
We were in altstadt Dresden in 2007. I forget some of the details, but, if I recall correctly, the mural on the building on the left tracks the history of Saxon Kings and is made from Meissen tiles.
Posts: 185 | Location: Fairfax, VA | Registered: 30 June 2005
We're at the top of Mont Ventoux, looking down on cyclists climbing to the top, as they do nearly every day, swarming like bees. It's surreal up there. What looks like snow from a distance is bleached white rock, rather moon like. Timely shot - the Tour de France will go over Mont Ventoux again this year, on the day before the tour finale in Paris. Should be exciting stuff, as always. Linda
Posts: 935 | Location: Outlying area of Chicago | Registered: 15 September 2004
A long weekend in Toronto was packed with fun and surprises, especially how friendly it is! This picture shows how the cars, bikes, and streetcars amicably share Queen Street East.
Originally posted by Eden: Eurogirl, are those utility wires crisscrossing above the intersection? They seem so low and way too many.
Yes, I took the liberty of answering for Eurogirl; Toronto is my home town. This is the intersection of Queen and Boadview, and on the left is Dangerous Dan's Diner "Where the burgers are bigger" . (See below "The Coronary Burger")
Lively older part of the town where wires for telephone and electricity have not been burried yet (and probably will not be for a very long time!) and share the airspace with the criss-crossing street car trolley cables. You can actually see the pattern of the cables following that of the rails as the street car will turn.
This is the end of the road (or one of the roads) for pilgrims on the El Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. The light at the end of the tunnel is the Praza do Obradoiro; make a left and you are in front of the Cathedral of St. James. Standing near the exit and watching the pilgrims emerge after their long journey is one of the more memorable experiences of my life.
In Monteriggioni on the wall opposite the one with the main entrance. We never went by a gate that we didn't go over to look outside. And there it was.
The Roman road that runs from Anghiari to Sansepolcro in western Tuscany on the Umbrian border. There is a speed camera at the bottom of the hill to tax tourists.
An old traveler
Posts: 177 | Location: Wodonga Australia | Registered: 15 April 2006
I suppose this one could also be entered into the 'heat' photo hunt too (N America forum). It was taken on old Route66 west of Oatman the old ex mining town.Its mostly desert wilderness around there. Briefly our rental car had just rounded the bend you see on the right..it then died!. Not even life in the starter and we were in a nasty situation. Temp in the 90s no shade and next to no traffic. The photo was taken approx an hour later. John
On our way up to Mammoth Mountain we took a short detour and headed up the dirt roads of Alabama Hills in Lone Pine. It's where all those old Hollywood westerns were filmed and it's still used today. The High Sierras are in the background. The area is called, "Movie Flats".
Posts: 1376 | Location: Laguna Beach, CA | Registered: 09 February 2006
I have lots of these - a ribbon of road threading its way through a remarkable pass. My husband loves to drive these thrilling roads, and for safety's sake, has to resist my constant gasps - "Look over there!" This one is the Col du Rousset, south of Grenoble and north of Die, winding its way down to Drome and Provence. Linda
Posts: 935 | Location: Outlying area of Chicago | Registered: 15 September 2004
. (See below "The Coronary Burger")
