Of course I took a lot of photos in Maine and during our travels into Canada… not all of them have made it neatly into my blog posts, but there are still some that I found funny, inspiring, beautiful, quirky or just plain interesting.
Often taken just quickly out of the window as we drove, here are a few…
(photo © kiwidutch)
Of course I am enamoured with the wide open spaces that we miss so much, living as we do in the densely populated province of South Holland in The Netherlands…
(photo © kiwidutch)
Nothing delighted us more than traveling on first the big highways, seeing so many trees… and so many more trees !
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
.. then to the smaller roads, …
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(photo © kiwidutch)
…through bigger towns,
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(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
…though small towns.
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(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
…even to some very very small roads, that lost the bitumen and became gravel, but fortunately connected much later to a bigger road to our relief as we were afraid at one point that we were really heading into the middle of nowhere!
(photo © kiwidutch)
We looked out for moose, and I would have loved to see one, good for them, but sadly for us they stayed away from the roads and I looked for naught…
(photo © kiwidutch)
.. and saw watertowers that reminded us a little of journey’s though the French countryside…
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
We practiced our linguistic skills, (or lack of them) with the aid of some local road signs,…
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We moved over for wide loads…
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… and drooled over the wide open spaces… again,
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..and again,
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.. and again …
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I played a sport called ” let’s try and photograph a lighthouse sign” this is only one that came even close !the other 99.9% of my efforts resulted in blurred imaged of forest greenery…
(photo © kiwidutch)
I loved the houses.. so very different in style to Dutch ones…
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
… and the Barns…. beautiful !
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
(photo © kiwidutch)
Love the view. Nice work on the shots, It felt as though I was there in some of them.The small town IGA grocery store is my favorite. Nice post.
Comment by Birks Photography — December 11, 2009 @ 1:38 am |
Thanks! I love taking photos far off the beaten track that portray “real life” in new places I travel to. So much more authentic experience than just massive impersonal hotel chains and tourist trap venues. These are all point and click short on the go…. so you get to pass though as I do LOL.
Comment by kiwidutch — December 12, 2009 @ 4:54 am |
I can relate to the gravel road experience thatyou described. We hit a few of those while driving through Vermont–the ones where you ask “I hope this road really does lead somewhere.”
Comment by slamdunk — December 11, 2009 @ 3:04 am |
We did get more than a little nervous at one point when the road got VERY narrow and rough, luckily that only lasted a short distance and then it widened out and looked a bit more like a real road again, so we pushed on and it all came good in the end. It was so deserted that there weren’t even any houses where we could stop and ask directions even if we’d wanted to
Three relieved adults and four blissfully unaware kids made it to a bigger road later.
Comment by kiwidutch — December 12, 2009 @ 4:59 am |
The best way to see the U.S. is on the road: there’s so much to see, and the views change constantly. Glad you enjoyed the ride! (And one of these days you might aim for a trip through the western mountain ranges.)
Comment by blisterina — December 11, 2009 @ 3:59 am |
We aim to be back for more… maybe not next year, but soonest ! We find exploring small towns a total delight. After Vermont Hubby started talking about a dream to walk the Appalachian Trail too ( we also had Bill Bryson’s book with us, so yes we were influenced a little LOL) So much to see, so short a lifetime to do it all in! These kind of rides are amazing!
Comment by kiwidutch — December 12, 2009 @ 5:04 am |