500 Miles To Go by bmac62
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The old and the new! This photo was taken along the old Oregon Trail in southeastern Idaho.
The ruts are actual tracks left by emigrant covered wagons enroute to Oregon in the 1850s.
The vapor trail or contrail in the sky above was made by a jet airliner going in the same direction.
Distance from here to the center of Oregon is 500 miles. Fifty days by wagon...one hour by jet airliner...lots of mountains between here and there:)
Comments (19)
Otto1969
Great landscape, well captured !
auntietk
The ultimate contrast in transportation options! Well seen, and a great shot, hon. :*
bugsnouveau
Beautiful scene...your words make it fascinating...very cool presentation
goodoleboy
Wow, a fisheye foto in reverse of this historical landscape, Bill. What a trip that must have been back in the 1850s.
RodS
OK, Bill.... How much did you have to pay that pilot to fly exactly along the Oregon Trail?? :-D
This is a wonderful look at the advance of history and transportation - and a great photo as a bonus!
durleybeachbum
This is a perfect example of how image and words more than double the interest of each other. Very clever!
jayfar
All lined up perfectly Bill and a really lovely shot.
I can imagine the wagons going along here and all the hardship that entails.
kgb224
Amazing capture Bill. God bless.
CavalierLady
What a great story this image tells! And the contrast of travel times between old and new along with the con trail is just the right place is amazing! Wonderful image, Bill.
flavia49
excellent capture
X-PaX
Very nice capture Bill.
helanker
A really stunning landscape, Bill. A wonderfully clear shot and the sky is breathtaking.
jendellas
How easy it is to travel today, how difficult, way back when. Lovely pic.xx
MrsRatbag
I have seen the wagon trails, and was amazed when I learned what they were. I can't even begin to imagine making that harsh journey. Fantastic capture of then and now, Bill!
kenmo
Stunning vista....
moochagoo
I love that kind of dirty road, but, once our car was out of control and it cost me 2000$ because my insurance didn't want to pay.
Richardphotos
it was amazing the hardships faced by early travelers. great desert-scape
anahata.c
lol, Rod...you'd have completed the story if you'd gone back in time and paid the original wagon trailblazers to make their trail for you too...anyway, I agree with others that your historical background is great for this shot, and it's a splendid shot, period, Bill. The trail is in perfect sync with the contrail. And the surrounding is vast, scruffy, and grand. I love the scale here---I assume those are full size trees? I mean, they don't have bonsais in Idaho...it's just, the trees seem very small; so, if they're full size, that trail is quite broad. Either way, the brush and plants in the foreground are prickly and beautiful, and the detail is grand. You're really made for that camera (and for a full frame camera, period). And you shot the background almost compressed to make a "border" for the foreground, with absolute clarity in the peaks and the clouds. A piece of beauty from top to bottom---I mean, even the high cirrus's (those are cirrus clouds, right?)---have such smoothness and beauty. These landscapes were made for you. Beautiful shot, Bill. It would be wonderful wall size...
wysiwig
Spectacular contrast, jets and wagons. I've been through country like this and can understand the phrase "men of iron' (and women too). I learned about the Oregon Trail in the fifth grade. I still remember a saying from my reading; "The cowards never started and the weak died along the way." I think I would have stayed in St. Louis.