Vermilion Cliffs while climbing the Kaibab Plateau SR89A West
You must know by now I take a lot of photos while driving. Many of them aren’t so great because of reflections on the windshield. Plus a lot of bugs committing suicide with last thoughts of their heads up their ass.
Point Sublime Road Kaibab National Forest
Whew just slipped past that one.
Raining on the Kaibab Plateau and not on the Vermilion Cliffs SR89A East
If I stopped driving every time I wanted to take a photo I’d never get anywhere.
South Rim Grand Canyon National Park
And sometimes the view is just as good or better behind me.
Forest Road 22 Kaibab National Forest
Yea ha! Kicking up dust.
2006 Warm fire SR67 North Kaibab National Forest
Or cruising past snow.
Red Butte US180 South Kaibab National Forest
So I’m a road trip junkie. Yet I do stop rolling sometimes to further explore an intriguing landscape.
Vermilon Cliffs SR89A East
I have to use the little Fuji while driving as the big Nikon really requires two hands.
House Rock Valley Road Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument
Then occasionally I’m a passenger but still enjoy the side mirror views.
Entrance station Grand Canyon National Park North Rim
What places do you look back at?
This is my one thousandth one hundred and eleventh post.
What a unique post for a special day. You take better pictures through the side mirror than many with a clear view!! Keep on rolling!
Thanks a lot klbkids. I so enjoy learning to improve my photography. Hope I never stop rolling along.
Congratulations on your 1111 th post, Gaelyn. I’m thrilled to be a follower of your blog! And WOW, congratulations on those STUNNING photos! You could enter them into a competition for visual effects. They are almost unreal and surreal. Thanks for sharing. (((Hugs))) Jo
Thanks Jo. I am working on some photo contests but it sure is competitive out there.
I love taking pictures from the car while driving. You have a bigger mirror and it gets better photos. You’re right. If I stopped completely with everything, I’d never get ‘there’.
Roe, there’s times when I’d rather stop to take photos and wish I wasn’t always in such a hurry. The big mirror is nice for the back view shots.
I enjoyed your views from the side mirror! I am glad that when you’re driving you use your little camera–hard to control that rig with your knees while you’re focusing on a photo. I much prefer the passenger side to take those drive-by shots, and I agree there’s no way you can stop for everything you’d like to photograph. Congrats on 1111 posts! I’m looking forward to 2222!
Thanks Elaine. If there was any way I could figure out how to use the big camera while driving I certainly would but I don’t steer well with my knees and am not usually a passenger. I look forward to the next 1111 too.
Very cool post! Love it!
Thanks Susie. I wonder how long you’ll be in the States.
I’m so happy so see another person who loves looking in the rear view mirror just as much as looking out the windshield. I also take pictures of the mirror views. Sometimes the view in the back is so much better than the one ahead!
Your pictures have always been great, but with this newest camera your pictures are totally awesome. I can almost smell the rain, the trees and feel the road ahead and behind, and I thank you for giving me such wonderful memories of my earlier camping days. You’re one heck of an ambassador for the Grand Canyon area!
~Pam in Louisiana~
Thanks Pamela. I sure wish I could be using the new big camera while driving but it’s heavy and really does require two hands. Even when hiking I try to remember to look behind me for what I may have missed on the way by. Glad these images bring back such good memories for you.
This truck seems perfect for adventure… The landscape you went through are amazing ; I like your self portrait too. And to answer your question, I always look back at place when I’m in my car… 😉 I’m not such a nostalgic person in the rest of my life…
This truck is great for backroading ‘Tsuki. I just wish the seats were more comfortable for long drives. Looking back seems just as important as forward to me also.
Great mirror pictures. You capture more than some people do looking forward.
Thanks Colleen. I’m a photo junkie and snap away like I’m creating a documentary.
I like your theme and ideas…..and the shots are incredible. How do you say something without repeating it over but yet you like the pictures? I’ve got to say, this is a first I’ve seen in the blogger world. Great spin on the photos. I like that shot of you in the pic. Road trips are the best….and like you, when I see a dark sky far away, I thank the gods that I’m not in the middle of it:)
Thanks Chris. I’ve been collecting these side mirror shots for a while and thinking of this theme. I love road trips. Unfortunately, I was caught in some very heavy rain just west of Flagstaff a couple times. But then my hands are on the wheel and not the camera.
Gaelyn, I saw the Vermillion Cliffs images and knew exactly where you are on the road. I absolutely love that drive along the cliffs. I will be doing that drive next week on my way to your neighborhood and cannot wait.
I start as the AiR on Sept. 4 and look forward to meeting you, as I have been following your adventures here all summer.
Take care and see you soon.
Dennis Farris
Dennis, I look forward to your arrival. I do work out on the Walhalla the 4th followed by the next three days off. Robin or Jessica will get you checked in. Will try to stop by.
Looks like I wasn’t here then, but luckily I am now. I’d be afraid I’d run off the road taking these pictures. Really interesting views. Where you are going and where you have been from right in the middle.
I have to use my small camera while taking shots on the road.