Travel: Forest Gump Hill, Extreme Southern Utah
2024-05-17 - Utah - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking
Robert writes, "This location on Highway 163 has become a hotspot for tourism. The State of Utah has installed several pull-offs for visitors wanting to take a selfie here. With Monument Valley in the background, this is the hill where Forest Gump ended his cross-country run in the movie. Even with the reduced speed signs on this stretch of the road, it's still quite dangerous as there's lots of traffic constantly flowing both ways.
It reminded me of being at the ocean and seabirds darting out to the waters edge for a morsel of food, only to rush off quickly because of the next wave to come crashing in. In this place it was the tourists running out on the highway between the few seconds of a break in traffic to take a selfie or short video. As mentioned, it was somewhat dangerous but also exciting in a strange way. Well worth the stop!
I used the opportunity to do some street/landscape photography. At first glance, viewers will assume I befriended these tourists in order to take a pic, but no. So, what's really going on is revealed in the photo...and hard to spot. Care to guess?"
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2024-05-17 - Utah - Photo by Robert Ellis, Robert Ellis Woodworking
Robert writes, "This location on Highway 163 has become a hotspot for tourism. The State of Utah has installed several pull-offs for visitors wanting to take a selfie here. With Monument Valley in the background, this is the hill where Forest Gump ended his cross-country run in the movie. Even with the reduced speed signs on this stretch of the road, it's still quite dangerous as there's lots of traffic constantly flowing both ways.
It reminded me of being at the ocean and seabirds darting out to the waters edge for a morsel of food, only to rush off quickly because of the next wave to come crashing in. In this place it was the tourists running out on the highway between the few seconds of a break in traffic to take a selfie or short video. As mentioned, it was somewhat dangerous but also exciting in a strange way. Well worth the stop!
I used the opportunity to do some street/landscape photography. At first glance, viewers will assume I befriended these tourists in order to take a pic, but no. So, what's really going on is revealed in the photo...and hard to spot. Care to guess?"
Paired Photo: Travel: Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park Comments | Permalink
Travel: Downtown Detroit
2024-05-16 - Detroit, MI - Photo by Evan Waggener
Downtown Detroit, as seen from the Detroit river. The white-roofed structure is the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater, and the black building at far left is GM's riverfront headquarters. Comments | Permalink
2024-05-16 - Detroit, MI - Photo by Evan Waggener
Downtown Detroit, as seen from the Detroit river. The white-roofed structure is the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater, and the black building at far left is GM's riverfront headquarters. Comments | Permalink
Tiger spotted on East Fortune Street
2024-05-16 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
This beautiful Tiger Lily is part of the landscape garden at Doug and Monica Janes' home. We were looking for a lost gold cat that needs to find its owners but it chose to ignore the humans in favor of the protection of the deck. If anyone has lost a cat, just click 'comment' below and let us know. Comments | Permalink
2024-05-16 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
This beautiful Tiger Lily is part of the landscape garden at Doug and Monica Janes' home. We were looking for a lost gold cat that needs to find its owners but it chose to ignore the humans in favor of the protection of the deck. If anyone has lost a cat, just click 'comment' below and let us know. Comments | Permalink
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