tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post7449968278992005260..comments2024-01-22T18:22:29.391-08:00Comments on hedera's corner: Driving in the Deserthederahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01696592301686568456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-77629394526086838342009-09-20T09:31:15.058-07:002009-09-20T09:31:15.058-07:00I've been down in Arizona a couple of times, a...I've been down in Arizona a couple of times, and across New Mexico, and those are another two flavors. I enjoyed this post and your descriptions.Hal Horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851897967853698214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20417751.post-72668037918684365012009-09-17T11:58:57.964-07:002009-09-17T11:58:57.964-07:00Hedera:
I just hopped down to Santa Monica and ba...Hedera:<br /><br />I just hopped down to Santa Monica and back last weekend, and was reminded of all the aspects you touch on here. I've spent a lot of time in the Southwest, chasing down photographic subjects with my large format cameras. I've driven 50 miles into empty wilderness, without a cell phone, and you do wonder about breaking down. What next?<br /><br />Once, at Eureka Dunes, I was slogging through the sand when two jet-black figher planes roared over me about 500 feet off the ground--literally an ear-splitting scream that made my timbers shiver. My god!, I thought, what must it be like to lie under something like that when it's YOU they're attacking?! <br /><br />If you get a window seat on a transcontinental flight, you can spend hours watching the incredible landforms of the dry country--Utah, the Four Corners country looks like "another planet"--the way Mars does in those shots from space. <br /><br />People talk about all the "open space" that people could occupy. I don't buy it. Most of the earth is inhospitable to humans, only fit for scorpions and lichen and so on. <br /><br />One weird thing you notice in open desert: If you're alone, and there's no car noise, you can hear your heart sloshing blood around. Gush-gush. It's eerie.Curtis Favillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634noreply@blogger.com