Bringing the bikes

Playing with the zoom lens. I like this shot. Kinda wish I had gotten more of the canoe in the shot.

Corvette Museum

This is as close as I've ever gotten to it. Not that I like Corvettes or anything. I'm more of a Porsche gal myself.

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Construction

This was an odd construction set-up on the interstate. Two lanes in the middle were singled out. I can't even remember why-it was just strange, not like anything I'd ever seen before.

Gas prices, sheesh

So this was last July. Price for regular was 3.79. And this was why we didn't take to many trips for the last few years.

Welcome to Kentucky!

I love Welcome signs. :)

Nashville

Apologies for being absent for awhile. Things have been crazy. Two computers crashing and my kid broke her arm. Will try to make up by adding a few today and post-dating them(4-28-09).

All the ones I add today will be from the Kentucky trip we took on July 12, 2008. This is a view of downtown Nashville as we went by on Interstate 24.

Good Friday

Apologies for the short break in posting photos. We had some bad storms come through on Good Friday. An F3 tornado ripped through 15 miles of Murfreesboro. At one point it crossed an area about 6 miles south of my house. This is a shot I got yesterday from the car(had to get out to check on Stones River National Cemetery-it had several trees down, a section of wall taken out, not certain if any headstones were damaged.

Rain

It rained almost the whole trip to Kentucky in July 2008. Had to take some photos of something!

Covered bridge

Just as we came off of the Cherohala Skyway into Tellico Plains, Tennessee, I spotted this beauty. I actually got the shot by turning around to my right in the passenger seat and shooting almost behind me. The road curved more to the right and I took a second shot in case the first didn't come out, but the first one-this one-is actually much better!

Turns out this probably isn't a very old bridge. It is the entrance to a fancy new subdivision called Telliquah Preserve. I couldn't find out any more information so I suppose it could be a refurbished older bridge. Who knows. I just know I loved how cute it was!

Brad Paisley!!

In honor of Brad winning the Best Male Artist last night on the Academy of Country Music Awards, I had to post something about him! He also won Video of the Year("Waiting on a Woman") and Event of the Year("Start a Band" with Keith Urban), but those were not shown last night. And Brad wasn't even there, he is home here in Nashville waiting for Kimberly to have their 2nd baby, awwww!

I got this shot along Interstate 24 near Bell Road a few months ago when Brad was scheduled to play at the Opry. I had actually missed the shot while headed north(it's a rotating billboard, there are 3 or 4 other things that could be showing) and got this shot while we were headed back south east sort twisted turned around and almost over my shoulder. But anything for Brad!

If you died today...

...where would you spend eternity? Interesting billboard! Thought provoking, of course. I am pretty sure that on the other side of that billboard, just behind those trees, is a cemetery and beside it of course is a church. I'm not certain which church, but I am pretty sure this is in Smith County, Tennessee along Interstate 40. I wonder if it has ever provoked someone into attending church?

See Rock City

I absolutely love photographing the "See Rock City" barns. And it seems that many of them that I catch, I have to catch while we are driving along. And sometimes you don't see them until it is too late! This one is located along Hwy 129 southwest of Maryville in Blount County, Tennessee. Luckily we were going about 5mph behind a tractor and a line of cars at the time so I had time to line the shot up. It's probably my favorite "See Rock City" barn shot that I've taken.

Extra support?

A few years ago some construction was done at Interstate 40 on the west side of Nashville at Briley Parkway/White Bridge Ave. The road was widened and new HUGE offramps were added on the north side. And for some reason this support column was built in the wrong place! Or they changed their mind at some point!
You can see the new offramp on the left of the photo. Maybe they wanted a direct access offramp coming from the eastbound traffic? Not sure, but this thing sure stands out. It can even be seen in this Google Street View-but not the overhead photo. The overhead image is pre-construction.

I wonder if they will ever finish the offramp or eventually take this down?

Tennessee's Finest

Doing their job! Slow those people down. I hate speeders. And tailgaters. And people who don't use signals. And basically anyone that breaks the law.

Obey the laws and this won't happen to you!

That's just odd

Somewhere between Michigan and Kentucky in 2003. Conditions not favorable-sun in my eyes and a dirty side window(we had gone through rain earlier and had not cleaned it off yet)-but I HAD to have a shot of this! Yes, it is a casket trailer. And the vehicle pulling it was a hearse with a similar paint job! Are they toting Grandma along? Or is it just a really unique way of hauling extra gear? Not really sure, but I have to say this was one of the most unique things I've ever seen on the road!