Day 9 & 10 – Texas, Oklahoma, and wind!

ByByron September 13, 2016 0 Comments
No, I am not getting lazy. I decided to compress the past two days into one post for a couple of reasons. First, Texas and Oklahoma just aren't as exciting (at least from the road) as the previous Southwestern states.  Second, the riding has been pretty bad through these states and I am getting a bit worn down. Especially today, through the first half of Oklahoma. There was a constant side wind...

Day 11, 12 and 13…ok, I am getting a bit lazy :)

ByByron September 16, 2016 1 Comment
It's not so much laziness but weariness. It's a long haul across this country, and I have to say that I think the most interesting parts, at least in terms of scenery, are behind us. We left Oklahoma City on Tuesday morning and made it a whole hundred miles up the highway to Tulsa. We originally planned to have made it into Missouri, but figured we were actually making some pretty good time and...

Day 14 – St. Louis

ByByron September 17, 2016 0 Comments
Well, here we are in St. Louis, and boy were we surprised what a treat this city has been. It appears very centred on the arts, and has a very cool vibe to it. There are some really fantastic things we saw here today which I'll get into in a minute... First, I have to admit that we rented a car today. After two weeks of no rain, today has been a pretty constant downpour and thunderstorms. We...

Going to bring some…film!

ByByron August 31, 2016 2 Comments
Yes, film! I still have several film cameras and equipment to use with them. My best camera is an oldie - a Zenza Bronica ETR from the 70's. It's a Japanese-made medium format camera, which means it takes negatives (or slides) that are 4.5cmx6cm, so they are quite a bit larger than those using 35mm film (or a DSLR). Yes, I know you're saying "Film, why would you use film when digital is so...

Thanks for visiting!

ByByron August 23, 2016 1 Comment
Well, the story goes that I will be turning 50 this year, on the 10th day of September. I am not sure I really believe the story, as it seems, so far at least, to have gone extremely quickly! Oh well, I've accepted that it's all true, and have decided that I want to start the second half of my century by doing something exciting. Something unforgettable. Something...unusual. So, I decided that...