Lower Falls, 308 feet (94 m), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Lower Falls, 308 feet (94 m), Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

“We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.”  ― Bill Watterson

I’ve not been photographing much lately and posting even less. Maybe it’s a dry spell or some sort of creative block, I’m not sure. I just know I haven’t felt the need to do either.

That doesn’t mean I’ve been enjoying the journey less or things seen were less amazing or had less to teach me. Maybe as the moment becomes more important it also becomes enough.

We’re in eastern Nebraska and start heading east again this Sunday. We will be spending a couple of nights at each stop for a while as we work our way to Tennessee.  Once we arrive in the Nashville area we’re going to swing to northeastern Mississippi for a couple of days to visit the Vanleigh factory and get a few things adjusted/fixed/upgraded on our 5th Wheel. We continue to experience their great customer support.

 

10 Comments

  1. Cedric Canard

    “Maybe as the moment becomes more important it also becomes enough” – Nicely put Brooks. Nice to know you are still enjoying life.

  2. Totally agree with Cedric! We carry a camera “just in case” we are given an image but not because it’s that important.

    • I agree, Monte. I find I often just use my iPhone because it always seems to be available and the latest models do a pretty good job. It’s been nice to just relax, not feeling the need to “capture it.” I hope, later on, I don’t regret letting some photos opportunities escape…don’t really think I will. :-)

  3. Very cool, Brooks. Glad that you’re still enjoying the journey. Those desires to photograph come and go, I find. Anymore, I don’t worry about them. I know that it will be back, and if not, I still don’t worry about it. :)

    • Paul, I’m so out of it that I’m not even keeping up with the latest camera news. That would have been unthinkable a couple of years ago, but then so would the lifestyle we’re living! Yeah, worry is mostly a worthless activity…haven’t completely been able to completely give it up tho. :-)

  4. C’mon, admit it… You’re dying to cut a lawn. :-)

    • And don’t forget raking leaves, Mark, cause I almost have! lol No, I haven’t begged anyone to let me cut their lawn yet so I guess I’m handling that compulsion pretty well.

  5. Like so many others, I kind of decided to take the summer off. And most of what I’m doing photographically is learning how to do reasonably good time-lapse. Which, I’ve learned, takes a little bit of patience. But I’m hoping to use it extensively on our next trip. Especially at night. But right now there’s just nothing worth posting……..

    The rest of my time seems to be eaten up by our presidential election cycle. It’s kind of like driving by a bad automobile accident – you just have to stop and take a long, hard look. Frankly, it scares the hell out of me. I don’t really care for either one of them, but the orange guy makes me want to move to New Zealand or something. I’ve been watching elections for over 50 years and I’ve never seen anything like this one. It’s embarrassing……..

    • I’d been checking your blog for any updates but figured or hoped that the lack of activity was simply like me a lack of compulsion or things to say. Time-lapse is something I’ve never done much of and know very little about…it’s great you’ve spent your time delving into that area. I look forward to seeing the results of your efforts in the future.

      Geez, don’t even get me started on our current presidential election situation. It’s mind numbing these were the best two choices our major political parties could come up with. We’re in sad shape. Bonnie and I have ensured we’ll be able to vote while on the road, Florida makes it pretty easy, because we share much the same opinions as you and IMO it’s critical there’s no orange man in the white house. Heck, I’m fairly certain he doesn’t really want “the job,” it’s way too much work for him, but his ego won’t let him just quit. The rest of the civilized world has to be seeing it as both funny and scary as hell…I think if at this time I was traveling overseas I’d just tell people I met I was from Canada! :-)