Not much for the site today. Pretty much the entire day was spent with the
wagon train so just about every picture I took could theoretically be used
in the magazine article. There are, of course, the really crappy ones that
clearly won't make it and there are the near duplicate shots of a scene of
which only one - or less - will ever get used. But something that I could
and would use here were really scarce. The two in this panel were chosen
because they are moderately crappy yet give a hint of how I spent my day.
The first was taken during what I think was the personal highlight of the
day. Fans of Route 66 who have crossed the Chain of Rocks Bridge in recent
years should be able to relate. The Wilson Bridge was built in 1819,
superseded in 1937, and heavily damaged & closed in 1972. Facing
demolition in the early 1980s, it was saved and restored in 1984. It is
always open to pedestrians and occasionally opened to wheeled vehicles.
Today was one of those occasions and I was in one of those vehicles. Sort
of like crossing the Chain of Rocks in a '49 Ford.
The second photograph isn't actually representative of the overall day
but is more a naturally occurring collage of various elements that
contributed to it. There is the wagon train, of course, accompanied by
some folks on horseback. There are some cars pulled to the side of the
road while their occupants watch the train go by. Some got out; some
didn't. Many photos are taken. Some with fancy camera and some with cell
phones. In between, traffic moves on.
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