Photo #7500: Parliament Building in Ottawa, June 26, 2007
The second half of the 2000s was my most prolific photographic period, evidenced by my racking up 5000 photos in 26 months — doubling the collection. This included my second and third trips to Canada before the rule requiring passports was initiated. I also got to all 99 counties in Iowa and took some short but intense road trips in the Midwest.
Photo #10,000: Early morning in Richmond, Virginia, on a three-state day, July 13, 2008
Perhaps my most ambitious trip was going halfway across the country to the Hampton Roads area in July 2008, covering dozens of counties and all of I-64 east of central Illinois.
Photo #15,000: US 177 over the Washta River, southern Oklahoma, Aug. 6, 2010. Photo #17,500 is one of those “blurry but can’t throw it away” shots, so I’ll skip that.
This decade, things have not gone as well. Personal issues and soaring gas prices have slowed down my travels, as well as the fact that it takes a lot longer to get to new places.
(Part 3 coming up.)