Features Finding an Oasis in a Desert of Madness

Beautiful photos, available light is your best friend in outdoor photography. A long road trip like that alone sure gives you time to wonder about the big picture of life.

 

Thanks for sharing Ryan. I was right with you when you were describing dropping off your kid and heading back. I have three kids similar age and it is tough to see them transition into the next stage of life no matter what it is. Surreal to say the least and makes everything else in life seem less important.

Oh, and cool pictures of a very cool 32.

 

Your pictures make it look a hell of a lot better than mine!

glad you survived your trip....

 

The pictures of the car and the desert are good. The lone cactus, surviving under some of the harshest conditions in the world while giving it the finger, that's great.

 

Great story and a bitchin coupe!
It’s tough when the offspring leave. Seems so long ago.

(No picture of you and the electric truck?)

 

Great trip, stories, and photos. Especially liked the nail in the driver's door window handle.

 

The truck would be definitely OT and @Moriarity would have to delete the photo?

 

Remember, it's a dry heat.

 

Just a few short days ago we wrapped up a 4000+ mile road trip to Seattle to visit our daughter. We experienced the same emotions as Ryan when we dropped her off at college in 2016. Eight years on, she is employed by a great company, travels the world, is surrounded by a community of incredibly caring friends, and is thriving. Of course the worrying that a parent does never ends, but there is comfort in knowing that they can be as resilient as we think we are. I still have hope for our country.

@Ryan Can you explain what causes the distortion in the second color photo with the car on the right hand side of the photo? It makes the car look extremely lopsided. I assume it's due to the lens, but there doesn't seem to be nearly that much distortion at the edges of the other color photos. Or is it a darkroom trick?

 

Great post.

Your on the road journal entries are often my favorites, and I think it’s pretty cool that after all these years I could have seen those photos out of context and knew you’d shot them.

 

Ron is a true hotrodder. Been friends with him since I bought his old house in Tucson in 2006. You were in my part of the world Ryan. I've seen the transformation of that coupe from the beginning. I honestly never thought I would see it as it is today. It was very rough. Perserverance is the key word here. Photos are great. Was it too hot for you? It builds character! Ha! Now if we could work something out for the HAMB drags here in the Southwest that would be killer. When it's cooler though. Dale

 

Great topic, great car.
My 3 favorite shots are, the one that shows the nail in the door handle, the one that shows the little bumper sticker that says "Get Schlitz Faced" and the cactus that appears to be flipping off the Universe!

An epic journey, to and from, two entirely different Universe's.

You are fortunate to have a daughter, that is on her own journey, and your daughter is fortunate to have a dad, that is lost in time, but often finds his way back to a variety of times, and captures frozen moment's of time, to share with a vast audience!
Thanks from Dennis.

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Is that license plate copper? HRP

 

All great stuff... The car, people, photos, well written. Thank you, Ryan!

 

A 32 5-window and a 72 Suburban. Two of my favorite vehicles.

 

All the shot are great. Always love a natural lenses flare. You were working that flare real good !!!

 

Great shots, great story. Just like usual, I am learning stuff on the hamb. This is great practice for you, for when your daughter finds her life partner and takes another big step…

 

Wicked cool pictures and amazing car. I’m digging the spreader bar axle.
@HOTRODPRIMER yes original 32 plates from AZ were copper and one of the hardest to find..

 

Me too....not sure if I've ever seen axles used for spreader bars......very cool look.

 

I was so taken with the copper license plate I completely missed the axle spreader bar, it looks like it came that way/ HRP